Dead Head - Slave Driver

 

Genre: Thrash/Death
Country: Holland
Year: 2022

1. Acolyte
2. Grim Side Valley
3. Frequency Illusion
4. Southfork
5. Drawn Into The Wire
6. Polar Vortex
7. Grooves Of Envy
8. Parabellum
9. Fear Scraper
10. Horrors Of Hades

7th album by Dead Head. The general style is still very fast and aggressive thrash metal but here and there some more death metal arrangements have found their way into the song writing. The production is well-balanced and it is kept very warm and not sterile which gives 'Slave Driver' a perfect atmosphere.

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Månegarm - Ynglingaättens öde

 

Genre: Viking/Black/Folk
Country: Sweden
Year: 2022

1. Freyrs Blod
2. Ulvhjärtat
3. Adils Fall
4. En Snara Av Guld
5. Stridsgalten
6. Auns Söner
7. Vitta Vettr
8. Hågkomst Av Ett Liv
9. The Wolfheart (English version)

10th album by Månegarm. The band keeps with their tradition of songs recalling paganism, ancient myths, warriors, and kings, their latest offering telling the story of the house of Ynglinga, an old Nordic dynasty. The songs follow the same template giving us traditional​ folk me­lodies with heavy ri­ffs and harsh but melodic vocals.​ 

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Venom Prison - Erebos

 

Genre: Death/Hardcore
Country: Wales
Year: 2022

1. Born From Chaos
2. Judges Of The Underworld
3. Nemesis
4. Comfort Of Complicity
5. Pain Of Oizys
6. Golden Apples Of The Hesperides
7. Castigated In Steel And Concrete
8. Gorgon Sisters
9. Veil Of Night
10. Technologies Of Death

4th album by Venom Prison. It is simply a lean exercise in aggression that’s mostly death metal but isn’t afraid to delve into hardcore or even black metal. 

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Konvent - Call Down The Sun

 

Genre: Death/Doom
Country: Denmark
Year: 2022

1. Into The Distance
2. Sand Is King
3. In The Soot
4. Grains
5. Fatamorgana
6. Interlude
7. Never Rest
8. Pipe Dreams
9. Harena

2nd album by Konvent. This album is comprised of 9 brutal and uncompromising slabs of molten-thick death/doom metal. It is a nice mix of bludgeoning heaviness and malevolent intent, all wrapped up in some intelligent songwriting and strong performances for all four corners of the band.

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Kampfar - Urkraft 'Ep

 

Genre: Black/Pagan
Country: Norway
Year: 2022

1. Urkraft
2. Lausdans Under Stjernene

2-track 'Ep by Kampfar. Two new, long, epic black metal songs to fill the gap between their last and their upcoming full length album. Kampfar's music is always 100% satisfying.

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Abysmal Dawn - Nightmare Frontier 'Ep

 

Genre: Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2022

1. A Nightmare Slain
2. Blacken The Sky
3. Behind Space (In Flames cover)
4. Bewitched (Candlemass cover)

4-track 'Ep by Abysmal Dawn. It contains a new original track, a newly re-recorded version of the 2006 demo 'Blacken the Sky' and two cover songs.

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Wolf - Shadowland

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: Sweden
Year: 2022

1. Dust
2. Visions For The Blind
3. The Time Machine
4. Evil Lives
5. Seek The Silence
6. Shadowland
7. The Ill-Fated Mr. Mordrake
8. Rasputin
9. Exit Sign
10. Into The Black Hole
11. Trial By Fire

9th album by Wolf. The album moves mostly in mid-tempo rhythms with some more speedy moments. There is a tremendous flow and once again the songwriting is great. Niklas Stalvind’s voice is once again the strong card for Wolf.

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Nailwalker - The Gutted Trout Of Dear Life 'Ep

 

Genre: Crust/Black/Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2022

1. A Shocking Display Of Nepotism
2. Like Dirt from A Knife
3. Wrought In I
4. Burning Blood & Soil
5. The Horn Of Empty Pt. I
6. The Horn Of Empty Pt. II
7. The Horn Of Empty Pt. III

7-track 'Ep by Nailwalker. Crusty, doomy, blackened death metal. The group carefully weaves together elements of chaotic crust with more introspective and abstract post black which results in a mindbending journey into emotional ruin. 

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Immolation - Acts Of God

 

Genre: Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2022

1. Abandoned
2. An Act Of God
3. The Age Of No Light
4. Noose Of Thorns
5. Shed The Light
6. Blooded
7. Overtures Of The Wicked
8. Immoral Stain
9. Incineration Procession
10. Broken Prey
11. Derelict Of Spirit
12. When Halos Burn
13. Let The Darkness In
14. And The Flames Wept
15. Apostle

11th album by Immolation. It is characterized by mid-paced passages, with the structures of the songs having a kind of David Lynch-like perspective, making you feel as if you are sinking into a dream. The production is much more natural and clean compared to the trigger-fest of some recent albums.

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Beleriand - In The Book Of Life One Leaf Turned

Genre: Atm.Black
Country: Norway
Year: 2022

1. A Diamond Glow Of February
2. Throne Of Winter
3. In The Dark
4. White Silence
5. 1874
6. March
7. In The Book Of Life One Leaf Turned

3rd album by Beleriand. The one-man band continues the successful formula of melodic atmospheric black metal mixed with acoustic parts and black metal shrieks, this time fully enriched with female vocals. A melancholic, atmospheric trip!

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Diablery - Candles

 

Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2021

1. Three Torches Lit
2. Sanguine Emissions Of Aeonic Ecstasy
3. Spiral Ascension Of Becoming
4. The Star-Veiled Face
5. The Coming Fog
6. The Piercing Ice
7. Moonlit Dome Revealed
8. The Earth Covered My Face
9. The Core That Burns Forever

2nd album by Diablery. It is a mammoth record, swollen with grandiose black metal songwriting and memorable sections. They range on different instrumental themes, passing from epic outbursts to much softer and more symphonic parts.

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Abbath - Dread Reaver

 

Genre: Black
Country: Norway
Year: 2022

1. Acid Haze
2. Scarred Core
3. Dream Cull
4. Myrmidon
5. The Deep Unbound
6. Septentrion
7. Trapped Under Ice (Metallica cover)
8. The Book Of Breath
9. Dread Reaver

3rd album by Abbath. Whether your black metal style of choice is in the old school or the more melodic rock'n'roll type riffs, 'Dread Reaver' provides a promising opportunity. Expect a catchy and more melodic Immortal-like album.

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Werewolves - Deathmetal 'Ep

 

Genre: Black/Death
Country: Australia
Year: 2022

1. Harvest Of The Skulls
2. I Hate Therefore I Am
3. Behind The Light Thou Shall Rise (Deicide cover)
4. Christ Raping Black Metal (Marduk cover)

4-track 'Ep by Werewolves. It contains two new songs, following their well-known technical black/death formula, plus two cover songs. The 'Ep prepares us for their upcoming third assault, later in this year.

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Wiegedood - There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road

 

Genre: Black
Country: Belgium
Year: 2022

1. FN SCAR 16
2. And In Old Salamano's Room, The Dog Whimpered Softly
3. Noblesse Oblige Richesse Oblige
4. Until It Is Not
5. Now Will Always Be
6. Wade
7. Nuages
8. Theft And Begging
9. Carousel

4th album by Wiegedood. It is a lot more progressive and experimental than their earlier trilogy. It is atmospheric, progressive and slightly crazy. Especially the fact that it sounds like a single song for the most part of the album convinced me.

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Satan - Earth Infernal

 

Genre: NWOBHM/Heavy
Country: England
Year: 2022

1. Ascendancy
2. Burning Portrait
3. Twelve Infernal Lords
4. Mercury's Shadow
5. A Sorrow Unspent
6. Luciferic
7. From Second Sight
8. Poison Elegy
9. The Blood Ran Deep
10. Earth We Bequeath

6th album by Satan. Satan belong to the elite of heavy metal and they conquered it emphatically with an impressive back catalogue that they have created all these 40 years of existence. The album actually has 10 balanced compositions, 10 well-crafted songs with catchy choruses, full of energy, clever and sharp lyrics, focused on excellent razor-sharp riffs and the depressed voice of Ross. One of the best albums for 2022.

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