Weekly Metal Recommendations Feb 19-25
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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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Feb 18, 2022
Band: Glasya
Release: Attarghan
Style: Symphonic
Sounding like there will be a lot of middle-eastern influence here which I’m a fan of.
Feb 22, 2022
Band: Aquilla
Release: Mankind’s Odyssey
Style: Heavy, Speed
Vocalist has a great range. I love the King Diamond Sound vocally combined with the speed/power musical style.
Band: Sin Starlett
Release: Solid Source of Steel
Style: Traditional
Great retro sound. Although they have a Judas Priest feel, these guys certainly don’t sound like a clone of any one band.
Band: Vivaldi Metal Project
Release: EpiClassica
Style: Symphonic, Neo-classical
One guy with like a hundred guests. Normally I don’t care much for these type of projects because of the inconsistence. I might love one song because of the vocalist and then that be the only song he does on the album. This has that potential, however out of the songs I heard there was a consistent power and epicness.
Feb 23, 2022
Band: Hibria
Release: Me7amorphosis
Style: Power
So I liked Hibria’s early stuff and then I got a later album that was disappointing. This album comes with a new line up from their last few releases, and the band is sounding great again.
Band: Emetropia
Release: Equinox
Style: Symphonic
They sound a lot like Epica minus the more extreme influences. Lucky for them I love Epica.
Feb 25, 2022
Band: Hammerfall
Release: Hammer of Dawn
Style: Power, Traditional
Hammerfall is a favorite of mine so this is obviously on here.
Band: Allegaeon
Release: Damnum
Style: Technical Melodic Death
I’ve been a big fan since I first heard these guys years back. With that said nothing I’ve heard yet is particularly catching my ear compared to past releases. It will go on my buy list, but it’s not one I have to get right away.
Band: Felskinn
Release: Enter The Light
Style: Heavy, Hard Rock, Synthonic
I like the vocals and melody, riffs are fairly plain, but overall seems pretty good.
Band: Svartsot
Release: Kumbl
Style: Folk, Blackened Folk
I have know idea what they are saying, but good melodies and interesting rhythms.
Band: Embryonic Devourment
Release: Heresy of the Highest Order
Style: Technical Death
Very technical with and old school sound. Obviously the only way they could be this good is because they are reptilianoids.
Band: X.I.L
Release: Rip & Tear
Style: Speed, Thrash, Traditional
Worth checking out for any old school speed or early thrash lovers. I’d like to hear the vocals a bit more clearly as they are a bit muddy sounding, but otherwise solid album.
Band: Fetal Blood Eagle
Release: Indoctrinate
Style: Brutal Death
Typically I lean old school in my taste in death metal, but I can recognize a good modern death band when I hear them. Great brutality and great grooves with some awesome occasional shreds.
Band: Metal Cross
Release: Soul Ripper
Style: Heavy, Speed
This is a solid heavy metal album, I’m loving all of it!
Band: Deathhammer
Release: Electric Warfare
Style: Thrash, Blackened Thrash, Blackened Speed
It took a couple tracks for my ears to adjust to the old school sounding production, but once I did I was really enjoying the sound.
Band: Artisan
Release: The Stain of Life
Style: Progressive, Progressive Death
Love this, I would say it is something similar to Control Denied but with more death style vocals, doing both harsh and clean vocals are great. It grooves like some great old school death with the changes sounding fluid.
Band: Timeless Rage
Release: Untold
Style: Synthonic/Symphonic Power
Worth checking out for power metal fans.
Band: Swarm Chain
Release: Looming Darkness
Style: Doom, Death/Doom
Great classic doom sound with added backing death metal vocals.