May 15-21 Weekly Metal Recommendations

May 26, 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

May 15, 2021

Band: GjeldRune

Release: Слово посеет смуту

Style: Folk

+2

Band: Karcinoma

Release: Invictus

Style: Symphonic

+3

Band: Infitar

Release: Inhuman

Style: Death

+3

Band: Killchain

Release: Rottenness

Style: Death

+2

Band: Tvær

Release: Uvaer

Style: Black, atmospheric

+2

(Sorry, but if you want +3 You actually have to give your songs titles, I’m guessing there aren’t any actual lyrics either, who the hell can tell.)

May 18, 2021

Band: Swamp Terror

Release: Gathered For Carnage (EP)

Style: death

+2

Band: Faeces

Release: Nihilominus

Style: Progressive Death, death/grind, brutal death

+3

May 20, 2021

Band: Guzarat

Release: Algoritma

Style: Death

+2

Band: Chiliasm

Release: Flesh Over Finite (EP)

Style: Technical Death

+2

Band: Great Master

Release: Thy Harbour Inn

Style: Epic Power

+2

Band: Eisenhand

Release: Fires Within

Style: Speed, Traditional

+2

May 21, 2021

Band: Liquid Steel

Release: Mountain of Madness

Style: Traditional

+2

Band: Vomitron

Release: RighteousNES

Style: Instrumental

+2

Band: Slithering Decay

Release: Aeons Untold

Style: Death

+2

Band: Havamal

Release: The Shadow Chapter

Style: Synthonic/Symphonic Melodic Death

+3

Band: Conquerors

Release: Stormbringer

Style: Black/Thrash

+2

Band: Hanging Garden

Release: Skeleton Lake

Style: Melodic Death/Doom

+2

Band: Hagel

Release: Veneration of the Black Light

Style: Atmospheric Melodic Black/Doom

+2

Band: Majestic Downfall

Release: Aorta

Style: Melodic Death/Doom

+3

Band: Herman Frank

Release: Two for a Lie

Style: Heavy

+2

Band: Illusory

Release: Crimson Wreath

Style: Traditional, Heavy

+2

Band: Virtue of Decay

Release: Only Now You Fear the Cold (EP)

Style: Black, melodic

+2

Band: Gn0sis

Release: Pro Terra

Style: Instrumental Technical Death, Progressive

+2

Band: Sabhankra

Release: Death To Traitors

Style: Black

Band: Vulture

Release: Dealin’ Death

Style: Thrash

+3

Band: Nahaya

Release: Vital Alchemy

Style: Melodic Death

+3

Band: Artaban’s Redemption

Release: Broken Puppets (EP)

Style: Power

+2

Band: Overlloud

Release: Splendor Solis

Style: Heavy

+2

Band: Krilloan

Release: Stories of Times Forgotten

Style: Power

+2

Band: Nergard

Release: Eternal White

Style: Symphonic, Power

+3

May 1-7 Weekly Metal Recommendations

May 12, 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

May 1, 2021

Band: Ravian

Release: Kingsmen From Afar

Style: Symphonic Power

+2

Band: Rift Giant

Release: Cataclysm

Style: Doom/Sludge/Stoner

+2

Band: Misfire

Release: Sympathy for the Ignorant

Style: Thrash

+2

Band: Dark Seal

Release: Stvoření světa

Style: atmospheric Black

+2

(maybe +3 if I spoke the language)

May 3, 2021

Band: Hanternoz

Release: Au Fleuve de Loire

Style: Black/Folk

+2

Band: Tower

Release: Uriel

Style: Gothic

+2

Band: Gargoyle

Release: Hail to the Necrodoom

Style: Black, Doom

+2

May 4, 2021

Band: Melabstra

Release: El fruto de la discordia

Style: Synthonic Black

+2

Band: Ice Howl

Release: Erhan’s Quest

Style: Instrumental Heavy

+2

May 5, 2021

Band: Outlaw

Release: Death Miasma (EP)

Style: melodic black

+2

Band: Auld

Release: …of Petrichor and I (EP)

Style: black, black/folk

+2

May 6, 2021

Band: Disembodiment

Release: Mutated Chaos (EP)

Style: Death, Death/grind

+2

May 7, 2021

Band: Lord Vampyr

Release: The Vampire’s Legacy

Style: Gothic/Black

+2

Band: Out of Hand

Release: Exility

Style: Death/Thrash, Black/Death

+2

Band: Seth

Release: La Morsure du Christ

Style: Synthonic Black

+2

Band: Nordjevel

Release: Fenriir (EP)

Style: Black

+2

Band: Wormlight

Release: Nightmother

Style: blackmetal

+2

Band: Vokonis

Release: Odyssey

Style: Stoner, Progressive

+2

Band: Solstice

Release: Casting The Die

Style: Thrash

+2

(it’s ok but but I’d prefer either of the other front men)

Band: Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom

Release: Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom Part 3

Style: epic power

+3

Band: Kryptik Mutation

Release: Pulled From the Pit

Style: Death

+2

Band: Artillery

Release: X

Style: Thrash, Heavy

+4

Band: In Asymmetry

Release: Ashes of Dead Worlds

Style: Technical Death

+2

Band: Reality Grey

Release: Beneath This Crown

Style: Technical Melodic Death

+2

Band: J. D. Overdrive

Release: Funeral Celebration

Style: Southern, Stoner, Sludge

+2

Band: Steel Fox

Release: Red Snow

Style: Traditional Speed

+3

Band: Moon Coven

Release: Slumber Wood

Style: Doom, Psychedelic rock

+3

Band: Nightshadow

Release: Strike Them Dead

Style: Power, Traditional Speed, Heavy

+3

Band: Bretus

Release: Magharia

Style: Doom, Heavy Rock (Stoner)

+2

Band: Nordic Frost

Release: Sovereign (EP)

Style: Black, Melodic Black

+2

Band: Sonic Haven

Release: Vagabond

Style: Power

+3

Band: Ghost Iris

Release: Comatose

Style: Metalcore, Djent

+3

(I’m normally not a fan of this sort of thing, but something about it got my attention.)

Band: Robin McAuley

Release: Standing on the Edge

Style: Traditional, Rock

+2