May 8-14 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
+2 - interesting
+3 going on my buy list
+4 already bought or pre-ordered
May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021
May 12, 2021
May 14, 2021
Band: The Monolith Deathcult
Release: V3 - Vernedering: Connect the Goddamn Dots
Style: Symphonic Death
+2
Band: Scare of The Sun
Release: Inertia
Style: Melodic Death, Gothic
(Despite Metal Archives using “melodic groove” this style they are labeling as such has nearly nothing to do with groove metal. I do think there is a genre here but their term doesn’t seem appropriate. Maybe Pansy Melodic Death… ok probably not that but this is the style being used by modern In Flames and other melodic death based bands with whiney vocals added into the mix)
+2
Band: Canvas Solaris
Release: Chromosphere
Style: Instrumental Progressive
+2
(get me a good vocalist to go with this and you have a +3)
Band: Sunbomb
Release: Evil and Devine
Style: Traditional
+3
(as much as I make fun of Stryper, this is actually really good)