Pig Destroyer - The Diplomat

'Cause it's awesome, dammit. Love the Kubrickesque imagery. 

"Book Burner" is definitely one of my favorite releases of 2012 so far, and I've got it on repeat.

Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity trailer

Defeated Sanity has released a teaser for their upcoming album, "Passages Into Deformity," which is slated for a May 2013 release, and so far it's sounding pretty nasty. Although they've undergone numerous lineup changes, the original spirit of their sound seems to have been retained, despite the death of guitarist and founding member, Wolfgang Teske. Lille Gruber, Teske's son and drummer, is the other founding member, making this the ultimate death metal family band. Not to mention the past involvement of other current notable musicians like Christian Muenzner of Necrophagist and Obscura, and AJ Magna of Disgorge.