You know the drill. Here's some rather fine sounding Cthulhu driven death metal that's not due for release until 2013, with extraordinarily beautiful cover artwork (check out the detail in the full image):

Oh Cthulhu, you rarely disappoint. Sweet artwork!

Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time
Circle II Circle - Seasons Will Fall
Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell

At the top of my head, these forthcoming ones are must-haves for me. But... as they obviously are not released just yet, how can I recommend them? Oh well, I DO recommend their previous works though.

Well Godflesh and Electric Wizard have some new material planned for this year.

Devin Townsend should also be releasing 2 more albums too. They're my big ones for the year anyway.

So UK blackened death metallers Abyssal have another album out already, and it sounds pretty massive and awesome (going by this song which is the only one I've heard so far):



Sounds a bit Portal-esque with a few Blut aus Nord bendy riffs thrown in for good measure. You can't ask for much more than that.

Whole album here. Jesus H Christ this stuff is intense...

Let's not forget the new Katalepsy that's right around the corner...

Boy, you guys certainly don't dick around.
A lot of the new thrash metal bands seem to be releasing new stuff this year, including Skeletonwitch, Toxic Holocaust, Gama Bomb, Havok, Absu and hopefully Warbringer. I, for one, am looking forward to them.
Also looking forward to 40 Watt Sun (Sweet), Carcass (Sweeter), Cerebral Bore (Hesistant because I really liked that previous vocalist), !T.O.O.H.! (Sweet), Devin Townsend, the remaining Down EPs, Entombed, Exhumed, Fates Warning, Ghost, Hell (Oh, yes), Mirrorthrone, Tool, Tesseract, Vader, Sodom, Black Sabbath (If), The Ocean, Onslaught, Clutch, KMFDM, Saxon, Blind Guardian's boxset, Neurotech, Helloween, Ayreon, Iced Earth, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Queens of the Stone Age and Year of No Light.

Me thinks this'll be a fine year.

Pretty much what he said^

Nothing original by Polish death metal standards but still sounding more promising to me than Erebos did...



And let's not forget the new Deeds Of Flesh album coming too...

Verwustung released a new album apparently, on 01/01/2013

2 Young Death flavored proggers. Promissing career ahead of them

Eritherium - Ephemeral

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God damn I can already sense that Sulphur Aeon album being top 10 material. That song was god tier melodeath.
The only album that comes to mind right now is Defeated Sanity, which most people who would be interested in are already aware of.


Hit me up when some thrash or power metal songs get released. (hurry up Exodus, it's time for Atrocity Exhibition C...)

Written by The Turbanator on 02.01.2013 at 06:52

Verwustung released a new album apparently, on 01/01/2013

It's fantastic too.

Promising Electronic Djent band from Poland. Sound is a a bit unprofessional (sorry for bad spelling), but they like to experimenting with sounds.

OR something epic - extreme progressive metal - Arsafes. Amazing sound - like mix of Sybreed, Neosis, Meshuggah and Periphery.

Guess what people! They gave us an impressive release last January and now the're back this January to make sure we keep the decay alive!

Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

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Edit: Oups sorry !J.O.E! Did'nt see you there.

I don't mind, the more people that listen to it the better. If it had been a 2012 release it would have given Igorrr and Aluk Todolo a serious run for their money. It's that good.

I'm digging Abyssal, although I'd have preferred if they went slightly easier on the vocals.

Written by Guest on 02.01.2013 at 19:27

OR something epic - extreme progressive metal - Arsafes. Amazing sound - like mix of Sybreed, Neosis, Meshuggah and Periphery.

This is pretty nice, gona have to keep an eye out for these guys...

New album By Post Black Metaller Fen avalaible for pre-order via Aural Music. Pretty darn good!

It won't be anything groundbreaking, but Joel Grind's "The Yellowgoat Sessions" might turn out to be entertaining.

Written by Slayer666 on 02.01.2013 at 23:04

I'm digging Abyssal, although I'd have preferred if they went slightly easier on the vocals.

Not sure what you mean. The vocals on this are practically invisible and mostly blend in with the music.

New Cult of Luna is the absolute tits:

Jizzed

Fuck yes, new CoL!

For 2013 I am looking forward to new: Godflesh, Fates Warning, Fractal Gates, Enshine, Mouth of the Architect, Rosetta, Carcass, The Ocean, Lightbearer, Subsignal, Blindead and I am sure I have forgotten some...

Written by Guest on 04.01.2013 at 00:09

Not sure what you mean. The vocals on this are practically invisible and mostly blend in with the music.

It's at the beginning of the track you posted, and on a few other occasions as well, that the vocals are a bit too prominent in the mix. It's pretty rare overall, though, so that's quite a minor quirk.

Written by Edmund Fogg on 03.01.2013 at 16:32

New album By Post Black Metaller Fen avalaible for pre-order via Aural Music. Pretty darn good!

Fen should be listened to by more people. They are one of those amazing bands which need more recognition.

Written by Carl Berg on 06.01.2013 at 02:48

Fen should be listened to by more people. They are one of those amazing bands which need more recognition.

Couldn't agree more. I don't know why they always seem to go unnoticed, even here.

Terra Tenebrosa's new album "The Purging" that will be released on February 22nd 2013.

Written by Guest on 01.01.2013 at 23:08

So UK blackened death metallers Abyssal have another album out already, and it sounds pretty massive and awesome (going by this song which is the only one I've heard so far):



Sounds a bit Portal-esque with a few Blut aus Nord bendy riffs thrown in for good measure. You can't ask for much more than that.

Whole album here. Jesus H Christ this stuff is intense...

Just gave this a listen. Crazy evil stuff. I love bands like this. Thanks for this!