It's a week for hellos and goodbyes, with the most extreme stuff elevated beyond the murky depths, leaving releases by Battlegrave, Nukem, Skaphos, Spirit Adrift and Witch Ripper. Have you ever seen this much death metal in the "overground"? Will we ever again? Archspire – Too Fast To Die (technical death metal) Bodysnatcher – Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home (deathcore/hardcore) Immolation – Descent (death metal) Inferi – Heaven Wept (technical death metal) Lord Of The Los

It's a death metal-dominated week of the sinister, hooded variant, with releases from Jade, Skaphos, Escarnium and For The Pyres. If...