Hello maniacs. Tis I, Alexandros, your on-air lord of death and decay en música.
As 2023 plods ever onward, I wanted to take some time to shine a spotlight on the recent metal goings on in our Lawrencian hamlet and the world. So far we have some seriously promising releases from local, regional and international acts. Here, I’ll try and give you a taste of the musical devilry that’s been about in the first half of the year, so let’s dive into a smattering of recent and upcoming releases.
METAL DETECTOR RELEASE RADAR
Creeping Death (TX) – Boundless Domain
Death Metal/Hardcore
FFO Gatecreeper, Power Trip
Dead On Collision (KCMO) – Kansas City Violence
Death Metal / Hardcore
FFO Impetigo, GEL
Enforcer (SWE) – Nostalgia
Speed Metal
FFO Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Hellripper
Frozen Soul (TX) – Glacial Domination
Death Metal
FFO Bolt Thrower, Power Trip
Hellwitch (FL) – Annihilation Intersection
Technical Death Thrash
FFO Coroner, Atheist, Sadus
Immortal (NOR) – War Against All
Black Metal
FFO Mayhem, Abbath
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (ASTL) – PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Progressive Stoner Thrash/Heavy Metal
FFO Motörhead, Old School Thrash, Mad Max: Fury Road
Pyöveli (FIN) – Mega-Thrash Revolution!!!!
Speed/Thrash Metal
FFO Early Slayer, Motorhead, Zeke
Sarin Reaper (KCMO) – Noxious Black Vomit
Blackened Crust Punk
FFO Siege Column, crust-era Darkthrone, Celtic Frost
Serpent Corpse (QC) – Blood Sabbath
Old-School Death Metal
FFO Bolt Thrower, Entombed
Smoulder (FIN) – Violent Creed of Vengeance
Traditional Heavy Metal
FFO Eternal Champion, Iron Maiden
They Watch Us From The Moon (KS) – Cosmic Chronicles, Act I: The Ascension
Melodic Stoner Doom
FFO Black Sabbath, Abba, moon-related conspiracy theories
Wytch Hazel (UK) – IV: Sacrament
Heavy Rock
FFO Thin Lizzy, Parish
EPs, Singles, & Upcoming Releases
Baroness (GA) – Last Word
Full Length “Stone” Out 9/15/23
Progressive Sludge
FFO Mastodon, Prog in general
Cannibal Corpse (FL) – Blood Blind
Full Length “Chaos Horrific” Out 11/22/23
Death Metal
FFO Morbid Angel, Deicide
Cavalera Brothers (AZ) – Morbid Visions (Rerecorded Single)
Full Length “Morbid Visions” and EP “Bestial Devistation” Out 7/14/23 on Nuclear Blast
Blackened Thrash Metal
FFO Sepultura, Sodom, Celtic Frost
Cruel Force (DE) – At The Dawn of the Axe Single
Full Length “Dawn of the Axe” Out 9/22/23
Speed Metal
FFO Exodus, Artillery, Helloween
Crypta (BRA) – Lord of Ruins + Trial of Traitors Singles
Full Length “Shades of Sorrow” out 8/4/23 on Napalm Records
Death Metal
FFO Skeletal Remains, Immolation, Arch Enemy
Cystic (WA) – Core of the Maelström
Full Length “Palace of Shadows” Out 8/11/23
Death Metal
FFO Carcass, Undeath
Dethklok (CA) – Aortic Desecration
Full Length “Dethalbum IV” out August 2023
Melodic Death Metal
FFO Amon Amarth, Later Death
Drifter (KS) – New Full Length Album “Grigori”
Out Early 2024 (previous release “Herald” pictured)
Sludge/Post Metal
FFO Pallbearer, Monolord, Early Sleep
Live Performance featuring Upcoming Material
Exmortus (CA) – Beyond the Grave
Full Length “Necrophony” out 8/25/23
Technical Thrash Metal
FFO Coroner, Later Exodus
Iron Savior (DE) – Firestar
Full Length “Firestar” out 10/6/23
Power Metal
FFO Helloween, Gamma Ray
Knife (DE) – Heaven Into Dust
Full Length “Heaven Into Dust” Out 8/25/23
Blackened Speed Metal
FFO Midnight, Speedwolf
Moonlight Sorcery (FIN) – Burning Embrace EP
Full Length out September 2023
Black/Power Metal
FFO Emperor, Yngwie Malmsteen, Deep Purple?
Wyrgher (CH) – The Weeping Of A Blazing Rock
Full Length “Panspermic Warlords” out 7/28/23
Black Metal
FFO Ungfell, Misþyrming
This has been your quarterly Metal Detector. Check back for more this fall, and listen to Malicious Intent from 9pm-12am every Sunday.
ROCK ON!!!
– Alexandros