Weekly Metal Recommendations April 9-15

Good band worth checking out, nothing entirely new for the genre, but a good show of the great aspects of power metal.

Band: Mercürio

Release: Instinto callejero

Style: Traditional

Sounds great, to bad I don’t speak Spanish

April 10, 2022

Band: Pharmacist

Release: Flourishing Extremities On Unspoiled Mental Grounds

Style: Death

I was expecting a shitty Carcass knock off but instead I got a really good Carcass knock off.

Band: Greve

Release: Föllo afv Svavel, Lifvet Dimridå

Style: Melodic Black

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Wow this really surprised me. I hear so many terrible black metal that when I find one that is good it is a shock. These guys are incredible… to bad I don’t understand Swedish.

April 14, 2022

Band: Haissem

Release: A Sleep of Primeval Ignorance

Style: Melodic Black

Only four tracks but each long and dynamic. Its worth checking out.

April 15, 2022

Band: Crisix

Release: Full HD

Style: Thrash

I consider myself a thrasher, but this band never popped up on my radar. These guys are good and its a shame I missed discovering them sooner.

Band: Incandescence

Release: Le Coeur de I’Homme

Style: Black

Great songs that I will recommend to anyone who understands French or doesn’t care that they can’t.

Band: Azaab

Release: Summoning The Cataclysm

Style: Death, technical death

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Solid death metal album from Pakistan of all places, great job guys!

Band: The Troops of Doom

Release: Antichrist Reborn

Style: Death/Thrash

A harkening back to old school Sepultura while in ways reminding me of Vader.

April 2-8

Weekly Metal Recommendations April 2-8

April 22, 2022 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/ and http://metalstorm.net/home/.

I’m no longer using a rating system and will be doing a shorter list. This list now only includes the things going on my buy list or things I want to promote.

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April 2, 2022

Band: Snake Eyes

Release: No One Left To Die

Style: Thrash

This band knows how to groove in their thrash. They remind me a lot of Sodom.

April 8, 2022

Band: Destruction

Release: Diabolical

Style: Thrash

Pure thrashing awesomeness from these German thrash legends.

Band: Heidra

Release: To Hell or Kingdom Come

Style: Symphonic Melodic Death/Power

I’m loving this, it reminds me a lot of Amon Amarth but with occasional clean vocals thrown in and symphonic elements sprinkled here and there adding to the epicness.

Band: Et Moriemur

Release: Tamashii No Yama

Style: Symphonic Progressive Blackened Death/Doom

This is a whole lot of things mixed in with Doom being the foundation, the symphonic elements are prominent and their sound twists darkness and beauty together for a unique and intriguing journey.

Band: Scalpture

Release: Feldwärts

Style: Death

A balance between refinement and rawness. I’m immediately reminded of Bolt Thrower.

Band: Atlantis Chronicles

Release: Nera

Style: Technical Metalcore

This is not for me, but I recognize the talent these guys have and if you are more tolerant of metalcore vocals than myself then I will recommend you check this one out.

March 26 - April 1

April 9-15

Weekly Metal Recommendations March 26 - April 1

April 14, 2022 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/ and http://metalstorm.net/home/.

I’m no longer using a rating system and will be doing a shorter list. This list now only includes the things going on my buy list or things I want to promote.

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March 26, 2022

Band: Coffin Hunters

Release: Wake the Dead

Style: Traditional, Hard Rock

These guys are pulling a sound from the late 70’s early 80’s and are worth a listen for any NWOTHM fans.

April 1, 2022

Band: Infinityum

Release: The War

Style: Melodic Death

I’ll give this a partial recommendations. I have only been able to find one song and I normally only recommendation after hearing multiple tracks from the album. I like the song but for a full recommendation I’d have to hear more.

Band: Wolf

Release: Shadowland

Style: Heavy

This is a band that has been on my radar for some time, but I’ve never really took the time to listen to them much if at all…. this was a mistake. Solid heavy metal band worth checking out.

Band: Lords of the Trident

Release: The Offering

Style: Heavy, Epic, Power

This is my first experience with this band and from this album I’m mostly getting a modern heavy/power metal feel. I’m reminded of Unleash the Archers if they had a male singer. despite any claims to a classic sound, I don’t hear it. The influence is certainly there, but listening to these guys it is easy to tell they are of the modern generation. I’m always interested in concept albums, so I intrigued by the story they are telling here.

Band: Evil Invaders

Release: Shattering Reflection

Style: Speed, Thrash, Heavy

A fun old school speed metal extravaganza.

Band: Dreamtale

Release: Everlasting Flame

Style: Power, synthonic/symphonic power

After several power metal bands were not included on this list for either being bland or very derivative of better bands, Dreamtale saved the day for power metal. Great melodies and very epic sounding. The uniqueness comes from their duel male/female vocals. Fantastic band!

Band: Blood Countess

Release: Occulta Tenebris

Style: Black

Finally a black metal band that doesn’t sound like they recorded themselves with their hello kitty karaoke machine. The vocals still sound raw, but the production quality hits hard and isn’t a thin mess of noise, but instead a well defined chaos. I’m reminded a bit of Cradle of Filth minus all the gothic and symphonic elements.

Band: Esperfall

Release: Act 1 - Origin of Darkness

Style: Synthonic melodic death, synthonic power