Tuesday's Metal Releases

As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise (Metal Blade)
Attila - Rage (Razor & Tie)
Beneath The Sky - In Loving Memory (Victory)
Brain Drill - Quantum Catastrophe (Metal Blade)
Howl - Full Of Hell (Relapse)
I Am Abomination - To Our Forefathers (Good Fight)
Judas Priest - British Steel Deluxe Edition (Sony)
Karma To Burn - Appalachian Incantation (Napalm)
Laethora - The Light In Which We All Burn (The End)
Lacrimas Profundere - The Grandiose Nowhere (Napalm)
Low Twelve - Splatter Pattern (DBC)
Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery (Relapse)
Nefarium - Ad Discipulum (Agonia)
Nightbringer - Apocalypse Sun (Ajna Offensive)
Skyforger - Kurbads (Metal Blade)
Solution 45 - For Aeons Past (AFM)

THOUGHTS: Pick Of The Week goes to Howl.  Howl are Relapse Records sweethearts who break the label's overall track record by playing straight up metal-metal.  No fancy experimentation or doom/ambient avant garde shit going on.   I also give a nod to As I Lay Dying, I think this album is a bit different from their last few and I like that they were up for that.  (Lots of ____-core bands are formulaic).   And, of course hats go off to Priest  for this new live version of British Steel.  The cd/dvd combo is more than just that album live.  Expect a ton of bonus tracks, and don't expect it to sound flawless.  
Pick Of The Weak goes to Solution 45 and Low Twelve. Useless.