Best of March 2024
File this under “better late than never,” as we finally bring you our best of March 2024 lists. Once again, contributions are provided by Andrew Dana and Hayduke X, though we have less to say. Andrew has been dealing with technology issues after having to mercifully put down his prior laptop and Hayduke has been stuck in standardised testing hell. ‘Tis the season for us high school teachers. There were a ton of great releases in March, and I’m sure some that we missed. There is a little bit of overlap between the two lists, so those releases are maybe the best place to start. Have fun digging in the digital record stacks!
Andrew Dana
3/1/2024 – Carbanegra – Karoshi – Grindcore – Tupank Records – Brazil
3/1/2024 – Convulsing – Perdurance – Dissonant Death Metal – Self Released – USA
3/11/2024 – Pettersson – Ashen Plain – Screamo – Zegema Beach Records – Austria
3/21/2024 – Strebla – Annegare – Noise Rock – The Ghost Is Clear – Italy
3/22/2024 – Mastiff – Deprecipice – Sludge Metal – MNRK Heavy – UK
3/22/2024 – Civerous – Maze Envy – Death Metal – 20 Buck Spin – USA
3/29/2024 – Frail Body – Artificial Bouquet – Screamo – Deathwish – USA
Hayduke X
3/1/2024 – Angmodnes – Rot of the Soul – Funeral Doom – Meuse Music Records/Tragedy Productions – Netherlands
3/1/2024 – Iarmhairt – Demo MMXXIII (reissue) – Black Metal – Fiadh Productions – UK
3/1/2024 – Lunar Spells – Sacraments of Necromantical Empires – Black Metal – Northern Silence Productions – Greece
3/1/2024 – Namebearer – Demo I – Silver Metal – Fiadh Productions – USA
3/1/2024 – Tàmailt – Echoed Calls in the Night – Black Metal – Fiadh Productions – USA
3/5/2024 – Solvalou – Solvalou – Screamo – Tomb Tree Tapes – USA
3/6/2024 – Molten – Malicide – Death Metal – Transylvanian Recordings – USA
3/6/2024 – Planet On A Chain – Culture of Death – Hardcore Punk – Revelation Records – USA
3/6/2024 – Redivivus – Obscured by Stone – Black/Death – Fiadh Productions – USA
3/8/2024 – Besotten + Funerelic – Abyssal Synodality – Death Metal – Satanik Royalty Records – USA
3/8/2024 – Kollapse – AR – Sludge Rock – Fysisk Format Records – Denmark
3/15/2024 – Brat – Social Grace – Deathgrind – Prosthetic Records – USA
3/15/2024 – Hadit – Metaphysical Engines Approaching The Event Horizon – Death Metal – I, Voidhanger – Italy
3/15/2024 – Mouthful of Locusts – Way Worser – Death Metal – Independent Release – USA
3/15/2024 – Sweat – Love Child – Hardcore Punk – Vitriol Records – USA
3/18/2024 – Chapel of Samhain – Black Onyx Cave – Death Metal – Nuclear Winter Records – Portugal
3/20/2024 – Acathexis – Immerse – Black Metal – Amor Fati/Extraconscious – International
3/20/2024 – Lhaäd – Beneath – Black Metal – Amor Fati/Extraconscious – Belgium
3/22/2024 – Aberration – Refracture – Death Metal – Sentient Ruin – USA
3/22/24 – Basque – Pain Without Hope of Healing – Screamo – Tomb Tree Tapes – Canada
3/22/2024 – Civerous – Maze Envy – Death Metal – 20 Buck Spin – USA
3/22/2024 – Dödsrit – Nocturnal Will – Black Metal – Wolves of Hades – Sweden
3/22/2024 – Funeral Oration – Antropomorte – Black Metal – Avantgarde Music – Italy
3/22/2024 – Hamferð – Men Guðs hond er sterk – Folk Metal – Metal Blade Records – Faroe Islands
3/22/2024 – Spaced – This Is All We Ever Get – Crossover – Revelation Records – USA
3/28/2024 – Charles East – I Am Your Consequence – Piano Doom – Brucia Records – South Africa
3/28/2024 – Wytch Hazel / Phantom Spell – Ride On / Palantíri – Heavy Metal – Bad Omen Records – Canada
3/29/2024 – Alkhemia – Abraxas – Black Metal – Malpermesita Records – France
3/29/2024 – Child – Shitegeist – Crust – Suicide Records – Sweden
3/29/2024 – Flageladör – Culto aos Decibéis – Speed Metal – Helldprod Records – Brazil
3/29/2024 – Givre – Le Cloître – Black Metal – Eisenwald – Canada
3/29/2024 – Mountain Shadow – Mountain Shadow – Black Metal – Fiadh Productions – USA
3/29/2024 – Shadow Limb – Reclaim – Post-Rock – Seeing Red Records – USA
3/29/2024 – Verwoed – The Mother – Black Metal – Wolves of Hades – Netherlands
3/29/2024 – Waidelotte – Celestial Shrine – Black Metal – Debemur Morti Productions – Ukraine