1. The Gates Of Brass
2. In Two
3. The Bet
4. 8-bit Terror
5. 29
6. Silver & Steele
7. Castrum Doloris
8. Echoes & Tapestry
9. VV
10. NYC Nightmares
11. Grant Us His Love
12. Regenesis
5th album by Black Anvil. The originality and the finishes are what really drives this record. There are a variety of unique sounds and multiple layers in this record that really add some texture and diversity to the sonics.
1. Throes Of Inebriation
2. Orchestration Of Misinformation
3. Maverick
4. Ring Of Steel
5. Melodies Inside
6. They Left Nothing
7. Living Skies
8. Neptune
9. Tomorrow's Mirror
5th album by Untimely Demise. This album encapsulates all the influences and sophisticated sonic brutality that the long running Canadian band has built their name upon. Thrash, death, and old-school inspired heavy metal!
1. Revelj
2. Create To Destroy
3. Du Kan Bli Vad Du Vill
4. FUCK The War
5. NO!
6. On The Verge
7. Incels 8. Echoes
9. Vi Vandrar Vidare
10. Kapitalismen = Religion
11. Krossa Gränserna
12. Stopp I Huet
13. Dödsreveljen
4th album by Crutches. 13 songs in 23 minutes of total raw madness. The group delivers once again filthy D-Beat punk, with dual vocal attack. Fast, dirty and brutal!
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1. Putrescine And Cadaverine
2. Drained Of Color
3. Carbonized
4. Rank And Defiled
5. Lurid, Shocking, And Vile
6. Undertaking The Overkilled
7. Necrotica
8. No Headstone Unturned
9. Defecated
10. Disgusted
8th album by Exhumed. While 'Horror' was a return to a more grind metal style, 'To The Dead' feels like a celebration of gore. Most tracks are sped up and ferocious charges with filthy yet well built compositions. Exhumed are masters of killer tempo shifts that will snap your neck.
1. Love Without Love
2. Animal Espionage
3. Heart Reformer
4. Strong And Wrong
5. Ants And Dragons
6. Nightclub Canary
7. Christian Missile Crisis
8. Reign Of Error
9. Imposter Syndrome
2nd album by Dead Cross, the supergroup consisting of Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, etc.), Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, etc.), Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox, etc.) and Mike Crain (Retox, Cunts, etc.). An interesting blend of various genres with raw production and excellent musicianship. It is a powerful, no holds barred sonic rumble, that in spite of its monstrous, almost combative ferocity, still manages some gratifying melody and intriguing experimentation.
1. Aeons Of Winter
2. Eternally Lost
3. Prelude To The Apocalypse
4. The Hidden Gospel
5. The Spiritualist
6. Novum Dogma
7. Death: A State Of Mind
8. Our Will Be Done
9. October 14th 1582
10. Unorthodox
11. Catharsis
3rd album by Doomocracy. It is a piece of doom metal art, expressed through paths of real progress and original aesthetic. It marks a new era for Doomocracy and sets new standards for the band and the listeners. It easily claims a spot in the best doom albums of the year.
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1. If Your Music Were A Blowjob, It Wouldn't Suck
2. Melankolske Oppstøt
3. Flatulence Of Emotions
4. Behind The Remains
5. Self Defenestration
6. Så gjør vi så når solen slikker vårt kjøtt
7. Carola (Engulfed By The Stormwinds Of Death)
8. The Night Is Young And We're All Out Of Nekro
9. The Old Man And The Internet
10. Run Burn Move Die
11. Hallway To Hell 12. Cunts Of Lulu 13. Jeg skal lage drakt av deg
14. Rectal Dark Ages 15. The Dying Egg (førti år rett i dass) 16. Crying On The Outside, Living On The Inside
5th album by Beaten To Death. There’s no question the band are having a butt-load of fun on this record, and as a result it’s difficult for listeners not to do so as well. The album finds the extremity of its scene not through the typical tools of grind but through its experimental approach.
1. Asche & Fragen
2. Neben Mir
3. Short Fuse
4. Auf Kredit
5. So What!?
6. Echos
7. Junk For Inner Peace
8. Warhawks
9. Instabile Realitäten
3rd album by A.F.K. (Aargh Fuck Kill). Nine new songs that, compare to their last album, see a u-turn back to their roots of full throttle hardcore punk with a aggressive sonic intensity! Lyrics shouted in German and English show and tell a description of the insanity, frustration and anger that lies in the void of the current state of society.
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1. Idiocracy
2. Follow The Leader
3. Progress But Why?
4. Viewing The Absurd
5. Voice Your Opinion
6. Born Of Greed
7. Closure
8. Leading The Blind
9. The Missing Peace
10. Heed This Warning
Debut album by Sickrecy, a group consisting of Martin Eriksson (World In Ruins, etc.), Adde Mitroulis (Birdflesh, etc.) and Marcus Dahl (World In Ruins, etc.). A killer release of pure grindcore, brutal and heavy as hell, that doesn't waste your time. Their grindcore in times flirts with death metal and in times with hardcore/punk.
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1. Servants Of The Elder Gods
2. Assassins Of Carthage
3. Disillusions
4. Invoking The Master
5. The Scarlet Citadel (Chronicles Of The Barbarian King pt.I)
6. Fyres Of Koth (Chronicles Of The Barbarian King pt.II)
7. Psionic Transmogrification
8. IX.
9. Blestem
3rd album by Solitary Sabred. They show they’ve made a compositional leap that can place them amongst the elite of their peers. The basis is the US heavy/power, with epic endings, but there is also a pervasive progressive mentality in the songs.
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1. Khuylo
2. Does The End Justify The Means?
3. Unlamented
4. Eradication Zone
5. Age Of Plague
6. Blood Eagle Dawn
7. Blue Lamp
8. Mano A Mano
9. Twilight
1. Straight As The Crowbar Flies
2. Slow Death
3. Protomolecule
4. Spaced
5. Wrath Of The Gods
6. Behemoth
7. Lucifers Awakening
3rd album by Blind Illusion, 12 years after their last one. What Blind Illusion do best on this new album, is deliver cleverly written and fun songs with catchy riffs, all wrapped in a warm, oldschool sound. At the heart of thrash, that’s really all you can ask for.
1. Behind The Walls Of Treachery
2. Seven Words
3. Spit Coin
4. The Alter Of Nothing
5. Everybody Loves You When You're Dead
6. Reckless With A Smile
7. Ghost Tape Number 10
8. My War
9. Kill And Protect
10. Anything But The Truth
6th album by Xentrix. They continue where they left off with the previous record. The quartet has not lost its punch and it quickly becomes clear that on this record only energetic thrash metal songs come to life.
1. Pavlov`s Dawg
2. Ex-Fluencer
3. Beerbarians
4. Diary Of A Nihilist
5. Veins Of Terra
6. Memento
7. Metal Cash Machine
8. Dark Self Intruder
9. Lockdown Forever
10. On The Day I Die
1. Speed Inferno
2. Radiation Overload
3. New World Crucifixion
4. Barbarians Of Doom
5. Keepers Of The Blade
6. Return To The Steel
7. Shock Combat
8. Rising Evil
9. Heading For A Road Rash
5th album by Seax. If you like speed metal you need this one! Seax have managed to hit the sweet spot between speed and catchiness. Screaming and gang vocals, melodic solos and riffing, speedy tempos, everything is here!
1. Hades
2. The Black Halo
3. Fire, Chaos And Doom
3-track 'Ep by Thou Art Lord. The group is back 7 years after their last release (a split 'Ep with Ravencult), offering three songs. 'Hades' is a previously released as a Rotting Christ song with new lyrics and new production. 'The Black Halo' features Melechesh Ashmedi as a guest vocalist.
1. Keeper Of The Burning Flame
2. Resurgence
3. Crawl Beyond
4. Rotten Life
5. Murder Taste
6. War In Mind
7. The Crib
8. Mercy Denied
9. Shell Shocked (Western Front)
10. Yourself Unknown
11. H8red
12. Legend III (The Final War)
7th album by Flames, 26 years after their last one. You won’t find many differences on the foundations of their sound, Teutonic thrash as we learned it by Destruction, Exumer, Kreator and Sodom along with brave doses of Razor and Exodus speed elements and tons of Slayer-isms. Heavy fast riffs, a plethora of tempo changes, melodic intros, warm sound and solid production by Bob Katsionis.
1. Psyche
2. Cartesian Eye
3. Synastry Of Heartbeats
4. Pleiades
5. Trauma Cultura
6. Clark Nova
7. Hysteria
8. Mantledeath
9. Doppelgänger
4th album by Aenaon, 6 years after their last one. It is an approachable record with a wealth enough of guitar interest baked-in but, of course gauge your general interest in eerie black metal and progressive metal on your own terms beforehand.
1. Mordian Winds
2. Unbreakable Bonds
3. Mighty Old Star
4. Hidden Enthronement
5. Halfway To Heaven
6. Kiolsvarf
7. My Guarded Home
8. Every Battle Has Its Glory
9. Lonesome Rider
Debut album by Sordid Blade. The group tap into the broad, illustrious field of true, mid-paced anthemic metal, harnessing stout riffing and choice melodies to form a sound that remains faithful to the style’s storied past. When epic metal collides with emotional atmosphere, it’s a record worth listening to.
1. Na Krilih Noči
2. Roka Pogube
3. Veliki Briljantni Valček
4. Arbogastov Plamen
5. Orbis Mundi
5-track 'Ep by Vigilance. Their style is a mixture of NWOBHM blended with Mercyful Fate riffs and some doses of Bathory and epic hints. The 5 song, 26 minutes long mini album has the power, the dynamic and the quality to win every fan of pure heavy metal who loves twin guitars and strong compositions.
1. Go Extinct, Now!
2. Image Infection
3. Serving Mockery
4. Dystopian Victoria
5. The Lowest Prevail
6. Dying To Escape
7. Crisis Is For The Poor
8. Predetermined Decandence Pt. 2
9. Life Expired
10. Justified Hatred
11. Stay Asleep
12. Hidden Slavocracy
13. New World Murders
14. Haunting The Rotten Streets
15. Figures Of Fraud
Debut album by Vile Species. After an 'Ep and three split 'Eps, time has come for Vile Species to unleashed their debut full length album. Flirting with the hardcore, the group delivers 22 minutes of pure, violent grindcore with great production and perfect musicianship.
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1. Ai Margini Della Follia
2. Als Peus De La Creu
3. Infamia Insular
4. Els Murs Errants
5. Confines De La Cordura
6. Eones De Sangre
7. L'Alè De La Cripta
2nd album by Cruz, 6 years after their debut. This is nasty death/thrash with occasional black metal flirtations, but in whichever hailing form it takes this is one aggressive, spouting composition of chaos and hatred propelled further by the vicious expressions of vocal wraith Narcís Boter Jaume.
1. Adderall
2. The Dying Song (Time To Sing)
3. The Chapeltown Rag
4. Yen
5. Hivemind
6. Warranty
7. Medicine For The Dead
8. Acidic
9. Heirloom
10. H377
11. De Sade
12. Finale
7th album by Slipknot. 'The End, So Far' is miles away from a throw away album to get out of the Roadrunner Records contract. It contains plenty of powerful moments and successfully breaks new ground for Slipknot 27 years into their career.
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1. Twilight Points The Way
2. Heavens Above
3. Dreamkiller
4. Night Ride
5. Edge Of The Knife
6. Force Of A Storm
7. The Savior's Lie
8. Death To Mercy
1. Caustic Fetid Vomit
2. Grave Of The Brood
2-track 'Ep by Cryptic Brood. Two morbid tracks, full of pus and filth, with a dirty, real and cold sound. Oldschool death metal with the distinctive doomy parts and the energetic fast bursts here and there.
1. Gather Each Witch
2. Rot Among Us
3 .The Sleeper
4. Psychedeathic Swampnosis
5. Devil's Night Doom
6. 5508 Martin St
7. Evil Dad (Dad By Dawn)
8. Tommyrotters
9. Chelsea Didn't Come Home Last Night
10. Gundella The Green Witch
4th album by Acid Witch, 5 years after their last one. Keeping true to their horror metal vision, Acid Witch have given us another soundtrack to Halloween. There is a decidedly more fierce production which does give the music a bit more weight, but overall it’s just another ripping slab of slaughtering terror.
1. Arrival
2. Odin’s Call
3. Hail To The King
4. Stand Or Fall
5. Alone In The Night
6. The Ring
7. Shayol Ghul
8. Moria
9. Under The Spell (demo)
Debut album by Oathbringer. A promising and highly entertaining album. It excels with a very good old-school sound, a great performance of all musicians and consistently good, partly excellent songwriting.
1. Stab The Brain
2. Final Frost
3. The Voracious One
4. Born In Blood
5. Flesh Strewn Temple
6. Tapestry Of Scars
7. Knife Slice, Axe Chop
8. Skin By Skin
9. Maggots In The Mirror
10. Slaughterer Of Souls
11. Your Eyes Will Turn To Dust
9th album by Autopsy, 7 years after their last one. 'Morbidity Triumphant' is 100% classic Autopsy doing what they do best and it’s their best release since 'Macabre Eternal'. The album lasts little over 42 minutes or so, but the variation between the songs means that you never switch off, your mind will not wander.
1. Hunter Of The Damned
2. Battle In The Sky
3. The Burning Of Rome (Cry For Pompeii) (Virgin Steele cover)
4. Lords Of Light
5. Spirit Of Merciless Time
6. Mystical Realm (Deorum In Absentia)
7. In The Tombs Of Atuan
8. Blood Of The Dragon
5th album by Claymorean. The band has continued to refine and improve their blend of power and epic metal leading to this album where things all come together beautifully. One of the best albums for the genre for 2021, which I missed 'til now.
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1. Target: Unknown
2. Black Passage
3. The Void Unending
4. IV – Logic Of Nonsense
5. Panic Generator
6. The Rules Of Hate
7. Fifth Dimension
8. D.I.E. (Droids In Exile)
9. Chain Reaction