Weekly Metal Recommendations Feb 12-18

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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Feb 15, 2022

Band: Altair

Release: Ghosts ‘n Sinners

Style: Heavy, Power, Traditional

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Sounds like it came out of the early 80’s NWOBHM, and I love every second so far. I’m also reminded of early Savatage.

Band: Schizophrenia

Release: Recollections of the Insane

Style: Death, Death/Thrash

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Fantastic! Forced to headbang to this old school death sound reminiscent of some of the best Death/Thrash plus reminding me of one of my favorite death bands, Malevolent Creation.

Feb 18, 2022

Band: Smed

Release: Smed

Style: Doom

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Old School Heavy Doom!

Band: Immolation

Release: Acts of God

Style: Death

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How could I not have such a classic death metal band included here.

Band: Spirits of Fire

Release: Embrace the Unknown

Style: Heavy

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I would say this is an unexpected supergroup, but apparently this isn’t even their first album.

Band: Nightrage

Release: Abyss Rising

Style: Melodic Death

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I’m reminded of many of the melodic death metal bands I love, but this band is good enough to stand on their own.

Band: Re-Machined

Release: Brain Dead

Style: Traditional

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Has a strait forward style reminiscent of Accept.

Band: Mind Patrol

Release: Milking the Masses

Style: Thrash

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worth a listen, I’m getting exodus vibes.

Band: Hydra

Release: Beyond Life and Death

Style: Doom

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Love the vocals here, a lot of doom bands unfortunately bore me, but this singer brings some much needed dynamics to his delivery.

Weekly Metal Recommendations Feb 5-11

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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Feb 5, 2022

Band: Cronica

Release: Ukony

Style: Folk

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I don’t speak Polish, but these melodies are fantastic.

Feb 8, 2022

Band: Greyhawk

Release: Call of the Hawk

Style: Traditional, Speed, Epic, Power

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Sounds old school but unique at the same time.

Feb 11, 2022

Band: Shield of Wings

Release: Unfinished

Style: Symphonic

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Bands like this will keep the genre strong when there are to many weaker intimidations.

Band: Amorphis

Release: Halo

Style: Melodic Death

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Amorphis as certainly gone through many sounds and I’ve liked each sound to different degrees. This album is sounding pretty good.

Band: Ironmaster

Release: Thy Ancient Fire

Style: Death

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Has an upbeat Vader and Morbid Angel vibe with some Jeff Loomis quality guitar work.

Band: A Pale December

Release: Death Panacea

Style: Technical/Progressive atmospheric Black

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Far more technical than most black metal with some melody among the dissonance.