New Releases 20260123 (Jan 23)
featuring
RITUAL ARCANA - Ritual Arcana / HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records ,
GROS ENFANT MORT - Le sang des Pierres / Moment of Collapse Records ,
Ligation - After Gods / Personal Records ,
Temptress - hear / Blues Funeral Recordings ,
New Mexican Doom Cult - Zaggurat / Majestic Mountain Records
and DC118 Mystery Picks!
Let's get into it!
RITUAL ARCANA - Ritual Arcana / HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records
https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-arcana-ritual-arcana
Ritual Arcana is the debut self-titled full-length record manifested by the power of three. A cauldron of doom, hard rock, and the supernatural, this breakthrough album is a ritual, a descent, a death, a resurrection, and a cosmic awakening.
GROS ENFANT MORT - Le sang des Pierres / Moment of Collapse Records
https://grosenfantmort.bandcamp.com/
With "Le Sang des Pierres" GROS ENFANT MORT turn exhaustion into defiance. The Poitiers-based band - rooted in French screamo and post-hardcore traditions - craft a record that feels less like catharsis and more like survival. Born from emptiness and collapse, it captures the slow erosion of self under social pressure, isolation, and the absurdity of modern life.
Ligation - After Gods / Personal Records
https://personal-records.bandcamp.com/album/after-gods
Spawning from the warped grimness of Finland, LIGATION play "death mental" for noise-thirsty undead ghouls. A power-trio, the members are trained in the realm of death / doom, concurrently residing in the ranks of Profetus, Convocation, Sum of R, and La Murga among others. Over the last couple years, LIGATION have released two splits - the first with Hail Conjurer, the second with Gravavgrav - where they've read their sermon: death metal, doom, and elements of experimental noise, pushing the boundaries further by incorporating unorthodox instruments such as saxophone noise into their deranged filth, tightening the ligatures on your blood vessels and cystic ducts, resulting in loss of consciousness.
Temptress - hear / Blues Funeral Recordings
https://temptressofficial.bandcamp.com/album/hear
Temptress is a heavy trio founded in Dallas, Texas who fuse drone, doom, post-rock, noise, grunge and classic metal into an unexpected blend that sounds at times like each yet is also entirely unique. Comprised of veteran touring musicians Andi Cuba (drums/vocals), Kelsey Wilson (guitar/vocals) and Christian Wright (bass/vocals), Temptress began their musical journey in 2019. Within just five months, these experienced players went from jamming for fun to writing and recording their first potent songs, self-releasing the self-titled "Temptress" EP that year and immediately launching into live performances.
New Mexican Doom Cult - Zaggurat / Majestic Mountain Records
https://newmexicandoomcult.bandcamp.com/album/ziggurat
Forged in isolation and raised on the altar of down-tuned amplification, the quartet channel a sound that feels unearthed from ancient ruins: a towering fusion of stoner doom, fuzz-worship, and myth-soaked heaviness, steeped in tales of forgotten gods, doomed expeditions, and cosmic dread. Their music is a slow-moving avalanche: massive, ominous, and ritualistic.
DC118 Proto Roboto! Breaking the Binary Code of Heavy Rock with the Doom Charts Mystery Picks!
That's all, folks! Another stack of heavies to check out at your local shops.
~ Bobby
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