Heavy Metal Tuesday: April 5, 2011

Not a whole lot happening this week in terms of notable releases, though there are a couple that should entice you to crack open your wallet.

The Best of Week 14, 2011:

Vicious Rumors: Razorback Killers
(Steamhammer/SPV)
Long-running American power metallers Vicious Rumors are back with their tenth studio album. Razorback Killers is a solid slab of no-frills metal that fans of Iced Earth and Jag Panzer will want to have in hand.

Vintersorg: Jordpuls
(Napalm)
Swedish Viking/folk metal champs Vintersorg are back with a seventh album of progressively-leaning blackened anthems. Sung entirely in Swedish in both clean and harsh vocals, Jordpuls finds folk melodies paired with modern complexities for a listening experience that will satisfy a large number of metal fans.

And now the rest:

Asking Alexandria: Reckless and Relentless [ metalcore ]
Assassin: Breaking The Silence [ thrash ]
Blood Freak: Mindscraper [ grind ]
Burzum: Fallen [ black metal ]
Dodheimsgard: 666 International [ industrial ]
Glen Drover: Metalusion [ prog metal ]
Kampfar: Mare [ black metal ]
Power Quest: Blood Alliance [ power metal ]
Sons of Season: Magnisphyricon [ prog metal ]
Thinning the Herd: Oceans Rise [ stoner rock ]
Vains of Jenna: Reverse Tripped [ hard rock ]