Oct 2-15 Weekly Metal Recommendations

October 21, 2021 by Joe Cearlock in 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 2, 2021

Band: Sythera

Release: Frozen Rose

Style: Synthonic Power

+2

Band: Cranial Decay

Release: Ov The Darkest Magic

Style: Death

+2

Band: Imaginature

Release: Imaginature

Style: Symphonic, Progressive, Power

+3

Band: Stormgrey

Release: DNA of Chaos

Style: Death

+3

Oct 3, 2021

Band: Empty Life

Release: Demons

Style: Black, atmospheric

+3

Oct 4, 2021

Band: In Vain

Release: All Hope is Gone

Style: Power/Thrash

+3

Oct 5, 2021

Band: Vomit Bag Squad

Release: Tales From The Bag

Style: Thrash, crossover

+2

Oct 8, 2021

Band: Black Sites

Release: Untrue

Style: Progressive, Heavy

+2

Band: Blood Red Throne

Release: Imperial Congregation

Style: Death

+2

Band: The Breathing Process

Release: Labyrinthian

Style: Symphonic Black/Death

+2

Band: Creeping Death

Release: The Edge of Existence

Style: Death

+2

Band: ATRÆ BILIS

Release: Apexapien

Style: Death

+2

Band: Trivium

Release: In the Court of the Dragon

Style: Heavy, Metal-core

+1

Band: Voidfallen

Release: The Atlas of Spiritual Apocalypse

Style: Synthonic Melodic Death

+2

Band: Toward the Throne

Release: Vowed to Decline

Style: Atmospheric Melodic Black/Death

+2

Band: Desalmado

Release: Mass Mental Devolution

Style: Death

+2

Band: Gus. G

Release: Quantum Leap

Style: Instrumental

+2

Band: Naraka

Release: In Tenebris

Style: Black/Death

+2

Oct 15, 2021

Band: Hate

Release: Rugia

Style: Black/Death

+2

Band: Lords of Black

Release: Alchemy of Souls Part II

Style: Power, Progressive

+2

Band: Leverage

Release: Above the Beyond

Style: Traditional, Early, Symphonic/synthonic

+3

Band: Destinity

Release: In Continuum

Style: Melodic Death

+3

Band: Alcatrazz

Release: V

Style: Speed

+2

Band: Avdagata

Release: Damnatio Cursus (EP)

Style: Melodic Black, Synthonic/Symphonic Black

+2

Band: The Agonist

Release: Days Before The World Wept (EP)

Style: Melodic Death

+2

Band: Necromantia

Release: To the Depths We Descend…

Style: Black

+3

Band: Extreme Cold Winter

Release: World Exit

Style: Death/Doom

+2

(+3 if you are into Death/Doom, it’s not one of my favorite genres)

Band: Aeon

Release: God Ends Here

Style: Death

+3

Band: Misanthur

Release: Ephemeris

Style: Black/Doom

+2

Band: Deviant Process

Release: Nurture

Style: Progressive Death

+2

Band: Autumn’s Grief

Release: The Dead Don’t Smile

Style: Symphonic/Gothic

+2

Aug 28 - Sep 3 Weekly Metal Recommendations

September 09, 2021 by Joe Cearlock in 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

+2 - interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Aug 28, 2001

Band: Temple of Gorgon

Release: Throats of Lie

Style: Black

+2

Band: Mortifilia

Release: The Great Inferno

Style: Melodic Death

+1

Band: Offence

Release: You’ll Never Rest In Peace

Style: Death

+1

Aug 29, 2021

Band: The Maledict

Release: Remembrance

Style: Death/Doom

+2

Sep 1, 2021

Band: BlightMass

Release: Harbinger of Lucidity

Style: Death

+2

Band: Vilú

Release: Üden Vilú

Style: Death

+2

Sep 3, 2021

Band: Bloodphemy

Release: Blood Sacrifice

Style: Death

+2

Band: Malison

Release: Death's Embrace

Style: Heavy, Speed

+2

Band: Deformatory

Release: Inversion of the Unseen Horizon

Style: Technical Death

+2

Band: Nattmaran

Release: The Lurking Evil

Style: Blackened Speed

+2

Band: Apallic

Release: Edge of Desolation

Style: Melodic Death

+2

Band: Rise to the Sky

Release: Per Aspera Ad Astra

Style: melodic death/doom, atmospheric

+3

Band: Iron Maiden

Release: Senjutsu

Style: Traditional, hard rock, progressive, synthonic

+4

Band: Portrait

Release: At One with None

Style: Traditional

+3

Band: Wharflurch

Release: Psychedelic Realms ov Hell

Style: Death

+3

Band: Necrosexual

Release: Seeds of Seduction (EP)

Style: Crossover thrash

+2

Band: Apophis

Release: Excess

Style: Melodic Death

+3

Band: Carnifex

Release: Graveside Confessions

Style: Deathcore, Black/Deathcore

+2

June 5-11 Weekly Metal Recommendation

June 17, 2021 by Joe Cearlock in 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

+2 - interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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June 5, 2021

Band: Misotheist

Release: Secular Blight

Style: Black/thrash, Black

+2

Band: Dead Heat

Release: World At War

Style: Crossover Thrash, Hardcore

+2

June 7, 2021

Band: Alastor

Release: The Unholy Hordes

Style: Speed, Heavy

(Would for sure be a +3 if I knew the language)

+2

Band: GraveRipper

Release: Radiant Remains

Style: Black/Thrash

+2

June 8, 2021

Band: Glora Nexus

Release: A Grand Monument to Mortality (EP)

Style: Black, melodic

+2

Band: Heathen Deity

Release: True English Black Metal

Style: black

+2

June 11, 2021

Band: Crypta

Release: Echoes of the Soul

Style: Death, melodic

+3

Band: Hammer King

Release: Hammer King

Style: Heavy

+4

Band: Interloper

Release: Search Party

Style: Progressive, metalcore

+3

Band: This Ending

Release: Needles of Rust

Style: Melodic Death

+2

Band: Exsanguination

Release: Spectral Hymns

Style: Melodic Death

+2

Band: Evil King

Release: The Dark Age

Style: Synthonic Heavy

+2

Band: Metalwings

Release: A Whole New Land

Style: Symphonic

+2

Band: Path of Destiny

Release: The Seed of All Evil

Style: Melodic Death, Symphonic

+4

Band: Gorgon

Release: Traditio Satanae

Style: Black

+3

Band: Firienholt

Release: By the Waters of Awakening

Style: Synthonic black

+2

Band: Brother Against Brother

Release: Brother Against Brother

Style: Synthonic heavy, power

+2

Band: Witch Cross

Release: Angel of Death

Style: Traditional

+2

Band: Land of Confusion

Release: The Morning Star

Style: Melodic Death, Death

+2

Band: Seum

Release: Winterized

Style: Sludge

+2

Band: Galundo Tenvulance

Release: Tenvulancy

Style: Symphonic Deathcore (EP)

+2

Band: Terra Odium

Release: Ne Plus Ultra

Style: Progressive

+2

Band: InnerSiege

Release: Fury of Ages

Style: Traditional, heavy

+2

(their music is ok, but their metal memes on facebook are top notch)

Band: Go Ahead and Die

Release: Go Ahead and Die

Style: death/thrash, sludge, groove

+2

Band: Narbeleth

Release: Svmma Cvm Nox Arcana

Style: Black

+2

April 10-16 Weekly Metal Recommendations

April 20, 2021 by Joe Cearlock in Recommendations

Starting this year I will no longer being do a comprehensive list of all releases. 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

+2 - interest peaked

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

April 11, 2021

Band: Nero Omega

Release: Nero Omega (EP)

Style: Doom

+2

Band: Viscral

Release: Entrance Into Terrifying Imagery

Style: Brutal Death

+2

April 13, 2021

Band: Nephilim Grinder

Release: Spiritual Torment

Style: Brutal Death

+1

April 15, 2021

Band: Kaine

Release: Kaine E.P.

Style: Traditional

+2

Band: Social Scream

Release: From Ashes To Hope

Style: Heavy

+2

Band: Detritus

Release: Myths

Style: Heavy

+2

Band: Legions of War

Release: Dark Dimensions

Style: Blackened Heavy, Black/Thrash

+3

April 16, 2021

Band: Cannibal Corpse

Release: Violence Unimagined

Style: Death

+3

Band: Shadowspawn

Release: The Biology of Disbelief

Style: Death

+3

Band: Liquid Tension Experiment

Release: Liquid Tension Experiment 3

Style: Instrumental Progressive Metal/Rock

+2

Band: Ildaruni

Release: Beyond Unseen Gateways

Style: Epic Black/Folk, Pagan

+3

Band: Deathswarm

Release: Forward Into Oblivion

Style: Death

+2

Band: Aggravator

Release: Unseen Repulsions (EP)

Style: Death/Thrash

+2

Band: Dark Horse | White Horse

Release: Dark Horse | White Horse (EP)

Style: Progressive

+2

Band: Giotopia

Release: Trinity of Evil

Style: Heavy, Symphonic, Power

+3

Band: Bushido Code

Release: The Ronin

Style: Crossover Thrash

+2

Band: Endseeker

Release: Mount Carcass

Style: Death, Melodic Death

+2

Band: Aran Angmar

Release: Black Cosmic Elements

Style: Black

+3

Band: Betrayal

Release: Disorder Remains

Style: Melodic Death/Black

+2

Band: Icon of Sin

Release: Icon of Sin

Style: Traditional

+3