NAILS - ABANDON ALL LIFE (2013)
Second full length album from California grindcore/crust band. Clocks in at a barely EP-length 17 minutes of aggressive, heavy violence.
REVOCATION - (2013)
Fourth album from American technical death metal band Revocation. There are moments of more melodic death, a little thrash thrown into the mix. It was decent enough on first listen, if not anything outstanding.
CHELSEA WOLFE - PAIN IS BEAUTY (2013)
Rather quite beautiful blend of breathy darkwave and down-tempo electronica. With violins.
ANCIIENTS - HEART OF OAK (2013)
Canadian progressive metal band. At times what seems a rather standard slow/fast or light/dark structure, alongwith a mixture of clean and harsh vocals. Really though, the more I listen to it I appreciate a far more intelligent, complex structure of a record that showcases both its progressive moments and its riffy stoner metal moments.