It isn’t slowing down at all – there’s an even bigger bouquet of fresh riffs out there since the last edition of Bandcamp Friday, and I’m not mad about it. The header image this month is by Brad Moore, the aptly named “Art Wizard”, for the cover of Spinebreaker’s Cavern of Inoculated Cognition, one of three excellently heavy full-lengths releasing on May 5th.
Here’s a wide array of picks from all over the spectrum, and the world, for your exploratory listening enjoyment. Listed in order of release date and ranging from experimental/ambient to way-out-there, raw as hell black metal and back again :
MAULÉN – El Miedo De Amar Pero Igual Lo Hago
Experimental/drone/ambient – Gothenburg, Sweden
released April 7 – Icons Creating Evil Art
CHALICE OF VOMIT – Promo 2023
Experimental/black metal/sludge – Toronto, Ontario
released April 7 – Iniquitous Purpose
MORATORIUM – Hope [single]
ft. Jesse Matthewson of Ken Mode
Hardcore/punk/sludge – Ottawa, Ontario
released April 8
ALL HELL – All Hail the Night
Black n roll/thrash/punk – Asheville, North Carolina
released April 14 – Terminus Hate City
LUSTRE – Reverence [EP]
ft. J.J. of Harakiri for the Sky
Ambient/dungeonsynth/black metal – Östersund, Sweden
released April 14 – Nordvis
MONONEGATIVES – Crossing Visual Field
Synthpunk/new wave – London, Ontario
released April 21
HEALTH – HATEFUL [single]
Industrial/noise rock/electronic – Los Angeles, California
released April 27 – Loma Vista Recordings
NIGHTMARER – Deformity Adrift
Guest vocals on ‘Taufbefehl’ by Christian Kolf and Jan Buckard of Valborg
Death metal/dissonant – Portland, Oregon
releases May 5 – Total Dissonance Worship
SPINEBREAKER – Cavern of Inoculated Cognition
Death metal/hardcore – San Jose, California
releases May 5 – Creator-Destructor Records
CONCILIUM – Sky Bvrial
Blackened death metal – Portugal
releases May 5 – Sentient Ruin Laboratories
