Another one from Bridger’s pack. American again, from one of the various towns throughout that nation called Elizabethtown. No clue which.

Another similarity is that we’re dealing with ‘cory’ stuff again, though not quite as obviously this time. It’s crunchier, more brutal and will touch upon more progressive / technical forms of Metal, meaning it’s got a certain Djentiness to it, in addition to a strong focus on melody in the choruses. It’s good eating listening!

We have some wickedly brutal news tonight. California Deathcore outfit Impending Doom have released the first single of their upcoming album Baptized in Filth, called For the Wicked (as you’ve probably seen). The single comes with a lyric video, which seems to gain popularity in the Core scene.

Their Facebook page reads:

Formed in 2005, jumped right into the touring lifestyle and gained their success very quickly. The band has released 1 e.p. and 3 full length records, selling over 70,000 records world wide.

Sounds impressive, and it’s true, despite their Christian background and bold lyrics, they tour the world with the biggest bands in Metal, such as DevilDriver, Dying Fetus, Chimaira, Whitechapel, My Children My Bride, the list goes on and on.

Where my prejudice about Norwegian Metal makes me expect all Metal from Norway is Black Metal, I’ve got a similar – and equally fucked-up – rule of thumb about Sweden. It’s either Old-school Death Metal type of stuff or Melodeath that they produce there. Absolute rubbish of course and the examples are numerous. Still, it’s a bit of a default thing to expect I guess.

Today we add another entry to our list of examples that counter that coarse generalization: Humanity’s Last Breath. They’re a five-piece from the city of Helsingborg, where I know also Soilwork is from. A typical line-up of two guitars, a bass, some bongos and a voice, these guys produce something undeniably brutal and aggressive, often a shit storm of blasts and chugs, but also often melodic and harmonious. That is what I pulled from the band’s latest release, which was sent out into the world in early 2011 as their second EP since forming in 2009.

Arms of Enmity have been hanging onto us via our Facebook page, but for some reason, they slipped through our queue, so firstly apologies for that! From what I see, I can conclude that Arms of Enmity are primarily a live band, with only two songs up, while they already exist since 2006.

Musically they fall somewhere between Hardcore Punk and Deathcore, if you don’t mind. Logically that would be Metalcore, but they are a tad raw and non-melodic for that. However, the playing is very tight, although sometimes they seem to struggle a bit with the rhythm, as they seem to falter at times.

Hell, we’re up to date. Yesterday “Melodic Death Metal”-outfit Miseration put out a video for their song Dreamdecipher. Yeah, the Melodic Death Metal is in quotation marks because our holy bible (aka the Metal Encyclopedia) says that, but I can tell you, this is not Melodic Death Metal. Sounds more like Technical Grindcore to me.

Who are Miseration? You ask. Miseration are a Swedish band formed in 2006, and have since produced two full-lengths, on which they play a very heavy, Grindcore-influenced kind of Melodeath. Stylistically they are a very interesting band, and I haven’t really heard something like what they did on their first two albums before. Dreamdecipher however takes their sound to a less original height, although it’s still a good song of course.

A couple of months ago we covered a song by a German band named Vaulting. I characterized the song as having ”plenty of fast-paced leads, hooks and sharp edges”. A few weeks later the band released its debut record Nucleus, containing thirteen brand new songs of pretty much the same general inclination. If it wasn’t for a bunch of them being rather different.

So Nucleus is a debut according to drummer Sebastian Gathof, so it’s kinda strange how Encyclopaedia Metallum lists 2008’s Epilog as a full-length too. Because taking a closer look at it, it seems more like an EP, with only 18 odd minutes of playing time. Yet there are eight songs which is more than you’d expect on a normal EP. The key is in the Grindcorian length of songs: one of them is only four seconds.

It’s been quiet here for a while, which is due some issues with my hosting provider. This seems to be a yearly recurring theme or something, though thankfully this one was solved rather quickly. They do tend to respond rather quickly.

Anyfuck, we’re back now and we’re back with Arbiter, which was a suggestion by Rufio. He described the American band’s music as ”a heavier, Djentier Omnium Gatherum”, but also admitted he ”didn’t poke around at much”. Can’t blame him, but if he had, he would’ve found out the band certainly isn’t comparable to Omnium Gatherum.

Instead, these five dudes from Charlevoix, Michigan, do some proper brutal Death Metal with distinctive Deathcore elements. Having listened to some of their stuff, they seem to me like a bunch of breakdown kings, which I know will put half of you off. The other half, or whatever the exact split is, might actually enjoy several shitloads of the band’s getting-hit-by-a-freight-train experience.

Still a bit raw, but full of original and refreshing ideas. That Organism Jenova operates in the Deathcore department, but it’s not really like anything I’ve ever heard, although there are familiar elements.

The band formed in 2009 and has, according to their ReverbNation page, already shared the stage with bigger names in Metalcore, like After the Burial, Born of Osiris and All That Remains. In terms of releases, there have been two EPs, one self-titled, the other titled The Second Cumming. Cheesy!

You guys remember Fractals, the Technical Deathcore outfit from Britain? Although their debut full-length is only seven months young, they’re already back at our doors with an EP called Corridors. This EP clearly show’s the guys have matured over time with everything from lyrics to music becoming more professional and solid.

Style-wise the guys have kept to their Technical Death Metal roots, but Corridors seems to show that they know what they’re doing. Where Paradox contained a lot of short songs ranging between half a minute to two minutes, Corridors shows more lengthy songs, and personally I find it more pleasant to listen to than Paradox. I even found myself tapping my foot to it, which is quite something regarding that this is not really my cup of tea.

As a proper-bred Metalhead I obviously have no fuckin’ clue who Sharon Tate is. Likely, I hope, you don’t either. Sharon Marie Tate was an American actress, born in 1943, and married to Roman Polański, a.k.a. Mr. Afraid to Leave Europe 1977 Child Rapist whose arrest led to public outrage because he happens to have made a movie or two. In 1969 Sharon was murdered by Charles Manson and his band of Weird Ass Nazi Bitches. Events such as these, of course, are certain to attract the interest of Metalbands looking for a shocking band name.

And thanks to Emily we now know this band is called, DUH!, The Sharon Tate. And they hail from Hungary, Budapest it seems. I’ve been able to gather a few facts about these chaps, but internet turns up pretty empty to be honest. Thankfully we’ve got stacks of music to share, after the jump!