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 Feb 19-25

March 04, 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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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.

Feb 12-18

Feb 26 - March 4

Weekly Metal Recommendations Feb 5-11

February 17, 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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Feb 5, 2022

Band: Cronica

Release: Ukony

Style: Folk

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

Sounds old school but unique at the same time.

Feb 11, 2022

Band: Shield of Wings

Release: Unfinished

Style: Symphonic

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

Band: Amorphis

Release: Halo

Style: Melodic Death

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

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

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

Jan 29 - Feb 4

Feb 12-18

Weekly Metal Recommendations Jan 22-28

February 03, 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/ 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, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Feb 23, 2022

Band: Demented Heart

Release: Different Infinite Equations (EP)

Style: Technical Death

+2

Band: Imšar

Release: Ciemra Pierad Zołkam

Style: Black, Black/folk

+2

Jan 24, 2022

Band: Ravenous Death

Release: Visions from the Netherworld

Style: Death

+2

Jan 25, 2022

Band: Vile Rites

Release: The Ageless (EP)

Style: Progressive Black/Death

+3

Jan 26, 2022

Band: Disinter

Release: Demolition

Style: Death

+3

Band: H

Release: Dominus Draconis

Style: Black, Black/Death

+2

Jan 27, 2022

Band: Malefic Throne

Release: Malefic Throne (EP)

Style: Death

+2

(worth a +3 if there were more tracks, fantastic sound though)

Band: Scream Maker

Release: Blood King

Style: Traditional

+3

Jan 28, 2022

Band: Night Hag

Release: Phantasmal Scourge

Style: Death/Doom

+2

(it might be a +3, but I’m not the biggest fan of the slower stuff.)

Band: Freaks and Clowns

Release: We Set The World on Fire

Style: Traditional

+2

Band: The Mist From The Mountains

Release: Monumental - The Temple of Twilight

Style: Melodic Black

+3

Band: Silverlane

Release: Inside Internal Infinity

Style: Heavy/Symphonic

+3

Band: Emerald Sun

Release: Kingdoms of Gods

Style: Power, Heavy

+3

Band: Crystal Ball

Release: Crysteria

Style: Traditional, heavy, synthonic

+3

Band: Revenge

Release: Venomous Vengeance

Style: Speed, thrash, power

+2

Band: Dawn of Solace

Release: Flames of Perdition

Style: Doom, Rock

+2

Band: Sarcasm

Release: Stellar Stream Obscured

Style: Melodic Death

+2

Band: Tension

Release: Decay

Style: Traditional

+3

Band: Vicious Knights

Release: Alteration Through Possession

Style: Death, Death/Thrash

+3

Band: Agresiva

Release: Pánico Escénico

Style: Thrash

+2

(+3 if you speak Spanish, riffs and progressions are killer)

Band: Tine

Release: Mergae Maris Profundi

Style: Symphonic Black/Death

+2

Band: Toby Knapp

Release: From The Aether

Style: Instrumental

+2

(The Morbid Angel influence is killer! I’d easily bump this to +3 if either there were some real drums or vocals)

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Band: Amoth

Release: The Hour of the Wolf

Style: Progressive

+3

Jan 15-21

Jan 28 - Feb 4

Weekly Metal Recommendations Jan 15-21

January 28, 2022 by Joe Cearlock in recommendations

(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, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Jan 15, 2022

Band: Хранитель

Release: Наука побеждать

Style: Speed

+2

Band: Connect the Circle

Release: Mother of Evil

Style: Heavy

+3

Jan 16, 2022

Band: Burning

Release: Scourge of Humanity

Style: Traditional

+2

Jan 17, 2022

Band: Aveth

Release: Der Untergang

Style: Black, Black/Folk,… is that a kazoo?

+2

Band: Elegiac

Release: Wolves Chase the Light

Style: Epic Black

+2

Band: Storm Kvlt

Release: Europas Weg Zum Grab

Style: Black

+2

Jan 20, 2022

Band: Enjoy Sarma

Release: Lost

Style: Groove

+3

Band: Truculency

Release: The Dome Collector

Style: Technical Brutal Death

+2

Band: Neuropsy

Release: Vivisection of the Demented (EP)

Style: Death

+2

(a full length would get a +3, It’s good)

Jan 21, 2022

Band: Nocturna

Release: Daughters of the Night

Style: Symphonic

+3

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Band: Ashes of Ares

Release: Emperors and Fools

Style: Power

+2

(I’m a huge Barlow fan so I will put this at a +3, but with that said nothing has really caught my attention yet)

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Band: Beriedir

Release: Aqva

Style: Progressive Power

+3

Band: Hazemaze

Release: Blinded by the Wicked

Style: Doom

+2

Band: Abyssus

Release: Death Revival

Style: Death

+3

Band: Tokyo Blade

Release: Fury

Style: Traditional

+3

Band: Battle Beast

Release: Circus of Doom

Style: Synthonic

+2

Band: Sunczar

Release: Bearer of Light

Style: Groove, Southern, Stoner

+3

Band: Septem

Release: Pseudonica

Style: Heavy, Speed, Progressive

+3

Band: Bullet Ride

Release: At the Gates of Hell

Style: Heavy, speed, Melodic Death

+2

(I want to like this more, but he mixing has the vocals way to loud.)

Band: Druid Lord

Release: Relics of the Dead

Style: Death/Doom

+2

Band: Spitfire

Release: Denial To Fall

Style: Traditional, Speed, Heavy

+2

Band: Planeswalker

Release: Tales of Magic

Style: Symphonic Power

+3

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Band: The Ferrymen

Release: One More River to Cross

Style: Synthonic, Synthonic Power

+2

Band: Midnite Hellion

Release: Kingdom Immortal

Style: Heavy

+2

Band: Silhouette

Release: Les Retranchements

Style: Black, Gothic/Black

+2

Band: Forthright

Release: Antiorthodox

Style: Groove, Groove/Thrash

+2

Jan 18-14

Jan 22-28

Weekly Metal Recommendations Jan 1-7

January 11, 2022 by Joe Cearlock in recommendations

(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, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Jan 1, 2022

Band: Devastacion

Release: Vomitando el Veneno (EP)

Style: Death/Thrash

+2

Band: Insecurity

Release: Intruder of Reality

Style: Thrash

+2

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Jan 6, 2022

Band: Sothoris

Release: Wpiekłowstąpienie

Style: Black/Death

+2

Jan 7, 2022

Band: militia Templi

Release: L'Ordre de la Croix de Lumière (EP)

Style: Black

+2

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Band: Dark Millennium

Release: Acid River

Style: Progressive Black/Death

+3

Band: Power Paladin

Release: With The Magic Of Windfyre Steel

Style: Power, Traditional

+3

Band: Needless

Release: The Cosmic Cauldron

Style: Technical Death/thrash

+2

Band: Necrophagous

Release: In Chaos Ascend

Style: Death

+3

Band: Riverwood

Release: Shadows and Flames

Style: Symphonic, Progressive

+3

Band: Infected Rain

Release: Ecdysis

Style: Nu, Groove

+2

Dec 18-31

Jan 8-14

Weekly Metal Recommendations Dec 18-31

January 04, 2022 by Joe Cearlock in recommendations

(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, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Dec 18, 2021

Band: Morbid Rot

Release: Chaos: New Law

Style: Thrash

+2

Band: Just Before Dawn

Release: In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow (EP)

Style: Melodic Death, Death

+2

Dec 20, 2021

Band: Ira Inferos

Release: Suppression

Style: Melodic Black

+2

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Band: Frost

Release: Winterblood

Style: Black, melodic black

+2

Dec 21, 2021

Band: Bullet-Proof

Release: Cell XIX

Style: Thrash, Speed

+2

Band: Abyssum Chaos

Release: Abyssum Chaos (EP)

Style: Black, Melodic Black

+2

Band: Berzerker

Release: Pereat Mundus

Style: Black

+2

Band: Syrek

Release: Story

Style: Instrumental, progressive, shred

+2

(+3 if you like instrumental stuff, this is amazing)

Dec 23, 2021

Band: Carnal Viscera

Release: Rated R (EP)

Style: Death/Grind

+2

Band: Darker Sun

Release: Adumbrated

Style: instrumental, melodic djent

+2

(probably a +3 if you like instrumental albums)

Dec 25, 2021

Band: Black Reaper

Release: Under The Dying Sun

Style: Technical Death

+3

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Band: Horroraiser

Release: Иллюзии

Style: Death

+3

Dec 26, 2021

Band: Mortar

Release: Trapped In a Rotten World (EP)

Style: Death

+2

Dec 27, 2021

Band: Destruction

Release: Diabolical (EP)

Style: Thrash

+2

(awesome but short and covers and live stuff)

Dec 29, 2021

Band: まだ見たことのないセカイ

Release: 夢幻パラレルコードリリース！

Style: J-power

+2

(would get a +3 if I spoke Japanese, this is really good)

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Dec 30, 2021

Band: Feuerscwanz

Release: Memento Mori

Style: Folk

+2

Dec 31, 2021

Band: Iron Attack!

Release: Comic Market Resurrection

Style: Synthonic J-Power

+2

Band: Wombbath

Release: Agma

Style: Death

+2