Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul, Worm [outside]

Arise metallic undead, for October disembowels the hard arts hemorrhaging into our streets. Gatecreeper’s third crusher and first for mega imprint Nuclear Blast transcends its trad death metal predecessors atop the crucified cry of man as set to a Panzer division tempo and churn. Dark Superstition will top year-end lists as sure as the band’s Arizonan origin shares Texas’ parch. Fort Worth DM ice age Frozen Soul still crackles the land behind last year’s breakthrough for Century Media, Glacial Domination, while cloaked and blackened death-doom dealers Worm crawl outta Florida and Quebec oppressively. Don’t miss a second. – Raoul Hernandez