Our favorite releases of August 2024:
Jared:
The Godzilla band leveled up on their newest release, putting out some of the hardest-hitting death/thrash I’ve heard in a while. These guys knocked it out of the park.
Nathan:
Nails are a cold-fury band. They spent 8 years for just under 18 minutes, and the result is that this album is exhausting to listen to even at this short run-length.
The chorus to Opera‘s first proper track “I Can Never Die” has not left my poor brain since the first time I listened. Fleshgod Apocalypse know how to write grandiose moments, and while their songwriting and production may have tightened up a bit, the band’s vision as as in-the-sky as ever.
This one sounds like it looks. Concrete Winds, released on Sepulchral Voice Records, is an insane whirlwind of messy notes and over-the-top crescendos. This is one of the most ridiculous, biting releases of the year, and one of the best accomplishments.
Beaten To Death, Wolves In The Throne Room, A Distorted Utopia, Worm Altar, Urarv, Shores…
The Ocean, Burner, Hippotraktor, Critical Defiance, Wharflurch, Servant, Temic, Morbid Stench, Esoctrilihum
Green Carnation, Kraanerg, Shannon Jae Rideout, Venomous Echoes, Nils Lassen, Filth, Green Lung, Anthrax, Krallice,…
Altarage, Ceremonial Worship, FireFlame, Nothingness, Hulder, Neptunian Maximalism, Ceremony
Arise From Worms, Wailin Storms, Black Sites, Carbon Tomb, Emptiness, Fuming Mouth, Faustian, Horns Of…
