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THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Plus releases from Allen/Olzon, Crippled Black Phoenix, Fallujah, Inhuman Depravity, Parkway Drive, and Warforged.

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This week's new heavy metal releases include atmospheric proggsters, nasty death metal-ers, The Prince of Darkness, and more! Get 'em on vinyl and CD here, and as always ā€“ to the metals…

Allen/Olzon – Army Of Dreamers

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Progressive/power metal
Origin: Long Beach, California/Katrineholm, Sweden
Label: Frontiers

Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Anette Olzon (Ultima Grace, ex-Nightwish, etc) are back with their second collaborative album. Unsurprisingly, it's just as grand as the first. Their voices mesh really well together once more and this will surely get you feeling mighty. Get it here on CD.

Bloodbath – Survival Of The Sickest

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Death metal
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Napalm

If you're in the mood for old school style death metal, then of course Bloodbath got you covered. You've had "Zombie Inferno" for a bit now, but now you're getting ten more evil, nasty tracks. Also, you're getting some guest spots from Luc from Gorguts, Barney from Napalm Death, and Marc from Despair. J. has a full review here, and you can get it on vinyl here.

Crippled Black Phoenix – Banefyre

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Genre: Experimental/progressive
Origin: England
Label: Season Of Mist

Slowing things down a bit now with the latest from Crippled Black Phoenix. This is over ninety minutes of atmospheric, experimental moodiness from these Brits. It's a long ride, but an enjoyable one. Get it here on vinyl and CD.

Fallujah – Empyrean

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Progressive/technical death metal
Origin: San Francisco, California
Label: Nuclear Blast

When this record was announced I was very surprised to see founders Scott and Andrew with an otherwise new lineup. This one has new vocalist Kyle Schaefer from Archaeologist who is easily the band's most dynamic vocalist they've ever had as well as bass noodling from the mighty Evan Brewer. There are also returning guests vocals Tori Letzler and Katie Thompson who were both on Dreamless and new spots from Chaney Crabb (Entheos) and guitarist David Wu (Riffshop/ex-Cyborg Octopus). This sounds like Fallujah, but with new things to say. Max's review is here, and you can get it on vinyl and CD here.

Inhuman Depravity – The Experimendead

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Brutal death metal
Origin: Istanbul, Turkey
Label: Gruesome Records

Buy now on Bandcamp

With a name like Inhuman Depravity, you know you're in for a sonic ass kicking. The band's first album in seven years serves one up nicely too. They're calling this "8 songs and 33 minutes of pure violence," and I cannot argue with them. They'll kick the shit out of me if I do. Hear the whole thing here as part of our Tech Death Tuesday column.

Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Heavy metal
Origin: Birmingham, England
Label: Epic

There's so much going on here. You're getting reunions with old collaborators (Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, and Tony Iommi), some new collaborators (Jeff Beck, Mike McCready, and more), it's got Ozzy on harmonica for a song (at least?), and his strange sense of humor and darkness. Even without all the guest spots, it's a solid Ozzy record. Andrew Watt knows really how to get Ozzy to be Ozzy. Get it here on vinyl.

Parkway Drive – Darker Still

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Genre: Metalcore
Origin: Byron Bay, Australia
Label: Epitaph

Parkway Drive have been one of the leading voices in metalcore for almost twenty years. That sound is still present here, but more than ever they are branching out into hard rock, straight ahead metal, and even nĆ¼ metal. Little something for all eras of their fans here. Get it on vinyl and CD here.

Revocation – Netherheaven

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Technical death metal/thrash
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts
Label: Metal Blade

Revocation had always been heavy, but they also took moments to be quirky and fun on previous albums. Fuck all that nonsense this time. This is easily their heaviest album yet. A guitar masterclass as always, but David seems real mad this time. Max has a full review here, and you can get it on vinyl here.

Warforged – The Grove | Sundial

THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

Genre: Progressive/blackened death metal
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Label: The Artisan Era

Buy now on Bandcamp.

Concluding this really, really solid week with something really heavy. On their second full-length Warforged are blending heavy as hell breakdowns, blast beats, melodic technical guitar, and rapid tonal shifts. This record is an adventure, and one that you feel exhausted in the best way after.

  • Abrams In The Dark (Small Stone Recordings) – Sludge/post-metal
  • Perversion Dies Irae (Hells Headbangers) – Death metal/thrash
  • An Abstract IllusionWoe (Willowtip Records) – Atmospheric/progressive death metal
  • Berried AliveOur Own Light (Berried Alive Productions) – Hard rock/ambient
  • Bones – Sombre Opulence (Invictus Productions) – Death metal
  • Electric Callboy – Tekkno (Century Media) – Metalcore/electronic
  • END / Cult LeaderGather & Mourn (Closed Casket Activities/Deathwish Inc.) – Metalcore/hardcore
  • Flogging Molly – Anthem (Rise) – Celtic punk
  • Greber Fright Without (Ancient Temple/Nofuneral/Hibernation Release) – Hardcore/noise
  • Gridfailure / Megalophobe Harbinger Winds (Nefarious Industries) – Dark ambient/avant-garde
  • High Vis Blending (Dais Records) = Post-punk
  • Highly SuspectThe Midnight Demon Club (Roadrunner Records) – Hard rock
  • Holy FawnDimensional Bleed (Wax Bodega) – Shoegaze/black metal – Full review
  • I AMEternal Steel (MNRK Heavy) – Deathcore
  • KMFDM HyĆ«na (Metropolis Records) – Industrial
  • Mo'ynoq A Place For Ash (Self-released) – Black metal
  • Moral PanicValidation (Reptilian Records) – Punk
  • Pentagram (aka Mezarkabul) – Makina Elektrika (Sony Music) – Folk metal
  • Slugcrust Ecocide (Prosthetic Records) – Grindcore/crust
  • Stray From The PathEuthanasia (UNFD) – Metalcore/hardcore
  • Taboo Taboo (Frontiers Music) – Hard rock
  • Tallah The Generation of Danger (Earache) – Nu metal
  • Trauma – Awakening (Massacre) – Heavy metal/thrash
  • Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown – Shake The Roots (Rattle Shake) – Rock
  • Until I Wake – Inside My Head (Fearless) – Melodic hardcore
  • Valborg – Der Alte (Lupus Lounge) – Progressive death metal/doom – Full review
  • Wayward Dawn All-Consuming Void (Emanzipation) – Death metal

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