Asagraum - Veil Of Death, Ruptured

 

Genre: Black
Country: Holland
Year: 2023

1. Ignem Purificat Lilitu
2. Fearless Dominance
3. Opus Ad Errantem
4. De Verloren Tijd
5. Impure Fire
6. Veil Of Death, Ruptured
7. Opus Ad Aeternum
8. De Waanzin Eoept Mijn Naam

3rd album by Asagraum. This is '90s second wave worship, played with passionate skill and infernal zeal. 'Veil of Death, Ruptured' delivers 37 minutes of classic satanic black metal, steeped in the old ways and in thrall to the ancient ones. There’s a clear progression in the production of the album, and it all comes together very well.

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Hailsteel - Raw Rapid Aggressive

 

Genre: Speed
Country: Greece
Year: 2022

1. Raw Rapid Aggressive
2. Game Over
3. Tanks In The Streets
4. Defenders United
5. Violence Of Law
6. Warrior Of The Sea
7. Wings In The Sky
8. Hailsteel

Debut album by Hailsteel. Speed metal that in some songs flirts with heavy metal and in other with thrash metal, with bashing drums, spiteful vocals and squealing guitars. They've got a surprisingly pronounced bottom end with the bass and kick drums a lot more forward in the mix than is typical from speed/thrash metal.

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Crust - Dissolution

 

Genre: Black/Sludge
Country: Russia
Year: 2023

1. The Color Of Void
2. He Carries The Fog
3. I Serve You And Oblivion
4. Graves Await
5. God Made Some Hearts Of Stone
6. Captivi Infernis
7. The Maniac King
8. Morrigan
9. Blazing The Trail In The Land Of Suffering

5th album by Crust. There is a move to a more blackened sludge territories this time. The black metal influences creeped in a little more, and thus made their music more dynamic.

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Slaughtered Priest - Bang Your Head For Satan

 

Genre: Black/Thrash
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Torment The Chapel
2. Symbol Of Lies
3. Unholy Command
4. Rites Of Schizophrenia
5. Bang Your Head For Satan
6. Back To Hades
7. Crypt Of The Insane

6th album by Slaughtered Priest, 7 years after their last one. Here you'll find nothing but pure, blasphemous, oldschool black/thrash. The group continues delivering filthy music and manage to entertain the listener effortlessly. 

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Cauldron - New Gods

Genre: Heavy
Country: Canada
Year: 2018

1. Prisoner Of The Past
2. Letting Go
3. No Longer
4. Save The Truth - Syracuse
5. Never Be Found
6. Drown
7. Together As None
8. Isolation
9. Last Request

5th album by Cauldron. It represents both more of the same for Cauldron and is also leaning a bit further towards the melodic song writing present on all their releases thus far. It is at it’s core an insightful modern take on classic mid-80’s hard rock that mounts the softcore balladry of early '80s.

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Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade

 

Genre: Heavy/Epic/Doom
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2023

1. Velocity (S.E.P.)
2. Relentless
3. Sailor On The Seas Of Fate
4. Sacrifice
5. Looking Glass
6. Dark Parade
7. Distant Shadows
8. Down Below

6th album by Cirith Ungol. It captures Cirith Ungol’s weird and wonderful mix of traditional and doom metal as if it was still 1984. The production is modern, but everything else here is so authentically '80s. This journey is a great pleasure to embark on with the band whose discography remains consistent. 

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Aherusia - Bacchus ~ Epiphanies of the Crazy God

 

Genre: Folk/Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2022

1. Ἄπτερος ἵπτασαι
2. Άξιος ταύρος
3. Πάλιν έλθών
4. Βακχεία
5. Επορεύθην άνέστιος
6. Ανάστειτε άνδρείαν άνελκείν
7. Άδου ήλιος

5th album by Aherusia. The group continues melting Greek folk music with black metal. Here you'll find everything, clean and harsh vocals, several traditional instruments, great, epic melodies. An inspiring, interesting, amazing album.

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Tower Hill - Deathstalker

 

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Canada
Year: 2023

1. Deathstalker
2. The Claw Is The Law
3. Fighting Spirits
4. Kings Who Die
5. In At The Death
6. All The Little Devils Are Proud Of Hell
7. How Am I
8. Antigone
9. Port Of Saints

Debut album by Tower Hill. We’re dealing with classic heavy and traditional European-style power metal. The Canadians take us back to the 80s and early 90s, when bands like Blind Guardian, Helloween and Running Wild were at their best. 

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Malokarpatan - Vertumnus Caesar

 

Genre: Heavy/Black
Country: Slovakia
Year: 2023

1. Na Okraji Priepaste Otevíra Sa Hviezdny Zámek
2. Kočár Postupuje Temnomodrými Dálavami Na Juhozápad
3. Vertumnus Caesar
4. Vovnútri Chlácholivého Utočišta Kunstkamru
5. Panstvo Salamandrov Jest v Kavernách Zeme
6. Maharal A Golem
7. Mnohoraké Utrapy Milostpána Kelleyho
8. I Hle, Tak Zachádza Imperiálna Hviezda

4th album by Malokarpatan. The group incorporates a significant amount of '70s prog and even classical music alongside powerful heavy metal and ominous black metal. An interesting album that is a grower for the listener.

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Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory

 

Genre: Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2023

1. I Erindringens Høstlige Dysterhet
2. Winter's Ghost
3. Cedar Skeletons
4. An Autumn Storm
5. Enduring The Snow Drought
6. The Blue Against The White

10th album by Panopticon. It’s an album about the aging process and our attempts at clinging to our youth for as long as humanly possible, even if that means destroying the foundations of our existence. It’s powerfully atmospheric and emotively poignant, pulling you into its cold, harsh world.

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Sad - Black Metal Craft

 

Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Black Metal Craft
2. Crimson Haze
3. Believe In Evil
4. Catacombs Of Thoughts
5. Sickening Euphoria
6. The Fortune Teller
7. Blissful Horizon
8. Winds Of Grief

8th album by Sad. There is a bounty of blackened goodness to be found as listeners dig into the frozen soundscape. A plethora of savage and soul-crushing heavy sounds with empathic melodic touches. It’s not a complex listen, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a substantial level of girth to this music.

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Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: Sweden
Year: 2023

1. Ride The Night
2. We Rock The World
3. Walhalla Warriors
4. Angel Dark
5. Slave No More
6. Raven Is Calling
7. Sail Away
8. Butterfly Whispering

4th album by Heavy Load, 40 years after their last one. They have managed to make an album that is both classic-sounding and completely modern. You can find songs that flirt with blues and songs that follow the metal path. An honest record, that is not groundbreaking, but it will satisfy the average listener.

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Sadus - The Shadow Inside

 

Genre: Techn.Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2023

1. First Blood
2. Scorched And Burnt
3. It's The Sickness
4. Ride The Knife
5. Anarchy
6. The Devil In Me
7. Pain
8. No Peace
9. New Beginnings
10. The Shadow Inside

6th album by Sadus, 17 years after their last one. The musicianship is sharp, the songwriting is intricate and often varies in tempo  and the attitude is angry as hell, all that would be expected from this venerable act. A solid and honest release.

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Melan Selas - Zephyrean Hymns

 

Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Mountain Tops
2. Frozen Lake
3. Humble Soil
4. Trumpets Of War
5. Dreadful Dome
6. Darkened Cliff
7. Wanderer
8. Ancient Scrolls

3rd album by Melan Selas. It is made of eight tracks, each with its own unique set of insane riffs, raw vocals alternating with ethereal ones that don’t bore the listener. The group does a great job of throwing enough variety into this album to make it far more engrossing, from the solid blackened heavy metal of the earliest songs through to the caustic blackened thrash, doom and even folk elements that creep into the sound later on. 

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Gama Bomb - Bats

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: Ireland
Year: 2023

1. Prologue: Under The Pyramids
2. Egyptron
3. Living Dead In Beverly Hills
4. Rusted Gold
5. Materialize
6. Mask Of Anarchy
7. Don't Get Your Hair Cut
8. Dreamstealer
9. Speed Funeral
10. Secular Saw
11. Bats In Your Hair

8th album by Gama Bomb. They have maintained a consistent vision and remain one of the most energetic and refreshing bands in thrash. In the new album you'll also find punk and heavy metal elements. This is a fun listen that exceeds expectations.

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Sadhus (The Smoking Community) - Illegal Sludge

 

Genre: Sludge/Doom
Country: Greece
Year: 2023

1. Mel O.D.
2. Fuckin' Apes
3. Fuck Off & Die
4. Eye On Man
5. Illegal Sludge
6. Woodman
7. Filthy Trust
8. Hold Out

3rd album by Sadhus (The Smoking Community). They return from a five year slumber. It’s an ugly slice of angry fueled doom/sludge metal with the band focusing upon a more blackened style of music. With moments of distorted psychedelics and screeching guitars, nothing is quite what it seems with this album.

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Cryptosis - The Silent Call 'Ep

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: Holland
Year: 2023

1. The Silent Call
2. Master Of Life
3. Prospect Of Immortality (live in Athens)
4. Transcendence (live in Athens) 

4-track 'Ep by Cryptosis. It contains a new song, a previously unreleased track and two live songs (taken from their debut). It is a way to keep fans on the hook for more material. 

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Sodom - 1982 'Ep

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 2023

1. 1982 (Remix)
2. Witching Metal
3. Victims Of Death
4. Let`s Fight In The Darkness Of Hell
5. Equinox

5-track 'Ep by Sodom. It features the previously-released title track (remixed for this release), and re-recordings of their early songs - 'Witching Metal', 'Victims of the Death', 'Let’s Fight in the Darkness of Hell' and 'Equinox'. 

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Top Albums Of 2023

 Thrash:
1. Skourge - Torrential Torment
2. Intöxicated - Sadistic Nightmares
3. Overkill - Scorched
4. Riffobia - Riffobia
5. Bio-Cancer - Revengeance
6. Cruel Force - Dawn Of The Axe

Death:
1. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2. Obituary - Dying Of Everything
3. Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death
4. Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific
5. Cadaver - The Age Of The Offended
6. Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll 

Black:
1. Uada - Crepuscule Natura
2. Demoniac - Nube Negra
3. Enslaved - Heimdal
4. Auriferous Flame - Ardor For Black Mastery
5. Mork - Dypet
6. Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul

Viking/Pagan/Folk:
1. Faidra - Militant : Penitent : Triumphant
2. Cruachan - The Living And The Dead
3. Skálmöld - Ýdalir

Crust/Hardcore/Grindcore:
1. Gridlink - Coronet Juniper
2. Poison Ruïn - Härvest
3. Swordwielder - Wielding Metal Massacre 'Ep
4. Birdflesh - Sickness In The North
5. Head Cleaner - The Extreme Sound Of Truth
6. Brujeria - Esto Es Brujeria

Heavy/Speed/Power:
1. Receiver - Whispers Of Lore
2. Megaton Sword - Might & Power
3. Gatekeeper - From Western Shores
4. Satan's Fall - Destination Destruction
5. Century - The Conquest Of Time
6. Legendry - Time Immortal Wept

Doom/Sludge/Stoner:
1. Downfall Of Gaia - Silhouettes Of Disgust
2. Decemberance - Implosions
3. Sadhus (The Smoking Community) - Illegal Sludge
4. Altar Of Oblivion - Burning Memories 'Ep