Friday is arguably the best day of the week. Why? Well not only does it mean the weekend is nigh, but it’s also the day that most bands and artists unleash their new albums upon the world. These Weekly Release posts aim to compile the best new heavy releases into one convenient location, allowing for the discovery of countless new bands and the convenience of keeping track of old favourites. Here are the new heavy metal releases for January 6th, 2023.
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Ὁπλίτης – Ψευδομένη
Genre: Dissonant Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: China
FFO: Deathspell Omega, Misþyrming
Akloleh – Aybiker Ritual
Genre: Black Metal / Yiddish Music
Label: Off Beat
Country: USA
FFO: Batushka
Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children
Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Spinefarm
Country: USA
FFO: Pennywise, Bad Religion
Born A Ghost – Stairway To An Empty Room
Genre: Drone / Post-Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Neurosis, Cult of Luna
Celestial Shadows – The Tragedy of Calufrax
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Rassilon Records
Country: Australia
FFO: Lamp of Murmuur, Inexorum
Crotalus – Pre Programmed Decimation
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death
Daedric Chamber – Dragon Cult Rising
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Skyrim
Earth – Even Hell Has Its Heroes
Genre: Drone / Post-Rock
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Sunn O))), Boris
Frostbitt – Machine Destroy
Genre: Nu-Metal / Mathcore
Label: Independent
Country: Norway
FFO: The Dali Thundering Concept, Vildhjarta
Har Shatan – Manum Inicere Alicui
Genre: Black Metal
Label: The Sinister Flame
Country: Germany
FFO: Burzum, Darkthrone
The Howling Void – Into Darkness Ever More Profound
Genre: Symphonic / Funeral Doom Metal
Label: Funere
Country: USA
FFO: Shape of Despair, Evoken, My Dying Bride
Intrepid – Slaying of Sanity/Murder of Mind
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Knife Fight Media
Country: Estonia
FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Obituary
Iravu – A Fate Worse Than Home
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Malaysia
FFO: Violet Cold, Blood Incantation
Onslaught Kommand – Onslaught Kommand
Genre: Blackened Death Metal / Grindcore
Label: Iron Blood and Death Corporation
Country: Chile
FFO: Beherit, Archgoat
PeelingFlesh – PF Radio
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Label: Vile Tapes Records
Country: USA
FFO: Abominable Putridity
Remorseful – Our Law, Grace
Genre: Blackened Sludge / Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: The Body, Thou
Throat Locust – Dragged Through Glass
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Independent
Country: USA
FFO: Obituary, Bolt Thrower
Varmia – Prolog
Genre: Black / Folk Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Poland
FFO: Drudkh
Vosbúð – Heklugjá
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Independent
Country: Iceland
FFO: Misþyrming, Spectral Wound
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