Oct 16-22 Weekly Metal Recommendations

If you need even more metal in your life, I get all my info from https://www.metal-archives.com/ from which you can find upcoming releases, and from http://metalstorm.net/home/, from which you can find both upcoming and past releases although it is not as complete of a list compared to metal-archives.)

(I’m still using the rating system from our “New Releases” list although I will likely no longer be listing anything below a +2 unless it comes from a very well known band)

-1 - not for me or just bad

+0 - not particularly interesting or not that good

+1 - worth checking out if you like the style, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Oct 16, 2021

Band: Altesia

Release: Embryo

Style: Progressive

+2

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Oct 19, 2021

Band: Spirit Adrift

Release: Forge Your Future (EP)

Style: Traditional

+2

(sounds good but I will rarely give an EP +3 because of so few tracks)

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Oct 20, 2021

Band: Primeval Well

Release: Primeval Well

Style: Raw Black, Southern Black

+2

(This has to be the first time I’ve heard blue grass combined with black metal. I’m interested for sure. Unfortunately I’m not Trv Kvlt and don’t care much for raw black metal. I’d love to here with done with a cleaner production.)

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Oct 21, 2021

Band: Tripulante

Release: Lickan Antaw

Style: Heavy, Power, Speed, Synthonic

+2

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Oct 22, 2021

Band: Cradle of Filth

Release: Existence Is Futile

Style: Extreme Symphonic

+4

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Band: Thirteen Bled Promises

Release: Foundation (EP)

Style: Technical Black/Death

+2

bandcamp

Band: Evil Spell

Release: Padre Vostro

Style: Traditional Black, Black/Thrash

+2

facebook

Band: Dream Theater

Release: A View from the Top of the World

Style: Progressive

+3

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Band: Necrofier

Release: Prophecies of Eternal Darkness

Style: Melodic Black

+3

bandcamp

Band: Phantom Fire

Release: The Bust of Beelzebub

Style: Black

+2

facebook

Band: Ravenous

Release: Hubris

Style: Power

+2

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Band: Knife

Release: Knife

Style: Black/Thrash, Traditional Black

+3

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Band: U.D.O.

Release: Game Over

Style: Traditional

+3

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Band: Green Lung

Release: Black Harvest

Style: Traditional, Doom, Early, Stoner

+3

bandcamp

Band: Toledo Steel

Release: Heading For the Fire

Style: Traditional

+2

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Band: Seven Sisters

Release: Shadow of the Fallen Star Pt. 1

Style: Progressive, Heavy, Traditional

+3

bandcamp

Band: Burning Point

Release: Arsonist Of The Soul

Style: Power

+3

facebook

Band: Shadowland

Release: The Necromancer’s Castle

Style: Speed, Traditional

+3

bandcamp

Band: Hand of Kalliach

Release: Samhainn

Style: Melodic Death

+2

bandcamp

Band: Worm

Release: Foreverglade

Style: Death/Doom

+2

label bandcamp

Band: The Sonic Overlords

Release: Last Days of Babylon

Style: Doom

+3

bandcamp

Band: Scarecrow

Release: Scarecrow II

Style: Early Doom, hard blues rock

+2

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Band: Draconicon

Release: Dark Side of Magic

Style: Symphonic Power

+2

( I wouldn’t be surprised if this band gets big in the next couple years)

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Band: Bloodred Hourglass

Release: Your Highness

Style: Melodic Death

+2

facebook

Band: 1914

Release: Where Fear and Weapons Meet

Style: Symphonic Black

+3

bandcamp

Band: LIVLØS

Release: And Then There Were None

Style: Melodic Death

+2

website

Band: Zornheym

Release: The Zornheim Sleep Experiment

Style: Melodic/Symphonic Black, Black/Power

+3

bandcamp

Band: Massacre

Release: Resurgence

Style: Death

+3

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Band: Slapdown

Release: Fundamentally Wicked

Style: Death

+2

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Band: Cognos

Release: Cognos

Style: Progressive, Progressive Death

+2

bandcamp

Band: Catalyst Crime

Release: Catalyst Crime

Style: Symphonic

+2

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Band: Red to Grey

Release: Balance of Power

Style: Thrash

+2

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