Braveride - The Great Awakening

 

Genre: Epic/Heavy/Power
Country: Greece
Year: 2025

1. Twilight
2. Executioner
3. Nightmares Are Real
4. Souls Are Marching
5. Temple Of The Unholy Reign
6. The Gate
7. Delfekor
8. Unspoken Terror
9. Gionis
10. The Final Confrontation

4th album by Braveride, 6 years after their last one. This fourth, monumental chapter in the band’s saga, with a spectacular new line-up, multi-layered compositions, commanding guitar work, and a top-tier production, offers a cinematic, immersive epic/power experience, saturated with magnificent symphonic textures.

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Rogga Johansson - Dreaming The Otherwhere

 

Genre: Death
Country: Sweden
Year: 2025

1. Dreaming The Otherside
2. A Flesh Conundrum
3. The Night Of Garpe
4. A Few Good Men In The Otherwhere
5. Trailing The Wounded
6. Deadsky Hunter
7. Garpe Awaits
8. Hail The Re-Emergers
9. The Rotten Hordes

5th album by Rogga Johansson. It is mostly mid paced death metal, with some faster parts and very good growls courtesy of the man himself. The production hits that perfect Swedish sweet spot - thick, filthy and razor sharp. The riffs are pure chainsaw worship, slicing through everything in their path with that HM-2 soaked snarl.

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Ribspreader - As Gods Devour

 

Genre: Death
Country: Sweden, U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. As Gods Devour
2. The Pig in You
3. Cold Dead World
4. Massgrave Madness
5. Rotten Soil Serenade
6. Punish You
7. As Corpses Cry
8. Feeder Bleeder
9. Deadhunter

11th album by Ribspreader. It is filled with fast and crunchy guitar work with surprisingly catchy riffage and the drumming is a mix of pounding and hypnotic. When they're not playing it pedal to the metal and slow down a bit, you're served with a menacing, eerie atmosphere.

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Lethwei - Lethwei Vol. 1

 

Genre: Grindcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Lethwei
2. The Final High Before You Die
3. Mainline Event
4. If You Can't Join Them, Beat Them
5. Kung Fu Spiral Galaxy 318
6. Methwei
7. Knocked Out And Revived With Illegal Substances
8. No Quarter, Crashing Down
9. The Warrior's Epitaph
10. Common Discourtesy
11. Burmese Boxing Grindcore Ballad
12. Lined Up For A Straight Shot
13. The Last Waltz 14. Bone Contusion

Debut album by Lethwei. A new grindcore project from Matti Güey (Formless Master, Rottenness, Defigurement), Ben Anft (Noisem, Castle Freak, Muscipula) and JM Cave (Dwelling Below, Occulsed). 'Lethwei Vol. 1' is themed around martial arts (specifically Lethwei, a form of Muay Thai where fighters can take substances--legal or otherwise--to be revived if they are knocked unconscious).

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Testament - Para Bellum

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. For The Love Of Pain
2. Infanticide A.I.
3. Shadow People
4. Meant To Be
5. High Noon
6. Witch Hunt
7. Nature Of The Beast
8. Room 117
9. Havana Syndrome
10. Para Bellum

14th album by Testament, 5 years after their last one. The speed on the new album remains at a high standard; the riffs and power of the guitar leads, continue to be powerful parts of the structure, even though the band seems a little tighter in the fast moments than in their last work. This album is pure, unadulterated Testament doing only what they know how to do best, destroy souls with no remorse.

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Parasite - Indoctrination Rituals

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Intro
2. Chiroptera
3. Burden Of Man
4. Blood Moon
5. Wrong Turn
6. Murder Suicide
7. I.I.A.
8. Cross The Line
9. Entity
10. Hallowed Halls

Debut album by Parasite. It is an album that thrives on a certain feel and sense of youthful impertinence. That’s an ingredient that is absolutely vital for a good and successful thrash record. The thing that makes 'Indoctrination Rituals' a great listen is a good amount of raw edges and unpolished ugliness that truly harkens back to the genre’s ultimate peak of the late '80s.

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Messa - The Spin

 

Genre: Doom/Heavy
Country: Italy
Year: 2025

1. Void Meridian
2. At Races
3. Fire On The Roof
4. Immolation
5. The Dress
6. Reveal
7. Thicker Blood

4th album by Messa. Here, you’ll find elements of jazz, prog, gothic rock, post-punk and black metal, all woven into the doomy musical core, ready to manifest at key moments throughout the record.

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Sanguisugabogg - Hideous Aftermath

 

Genre: Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Rotted Entanglement
2. Felony Abuse Of A Corpse
3. Ritual Autophagia
4. Heinous Testimony
5. Abhorrent Contraception
6. Repulsive Demise
7. Erotic Beheading
8. Sanctified Defilement
9. Semi Automatic Facial Reconstruction
10. Paid In Flesh

3rd album by Sanguisugabogg. The group delivers a brutal album that continues their musical approach. Meat-cleaver riffs and barking vocals are the main assets of an album that offers more than an aural assault. Although it relies heavily on downtuned guitars and massive growls, 'Hideous Aftermath' has a clear sound without losing any of the energy woven into these ten tracks.

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Paradise Lost - Ascension

 

Genre: Doom/Gothic
Country: England
Year: 2025

1. Serpent On The Cross
2. Tyrants Serenade
3. Salvation
4. Silence Like The Grave
5. Lay A Wreath Upon The World
6. Diluvium
7. Savage Days
8. Sirens
9. Deceivers
10. The Precipice

17th album by Paradise Lost. It is a formidable statement from Paradise Lost, blending gothic melancholy with doom’s crushing weight and moments of haunting beauty. It confirms the band’s continued relevance and artistic vitality, proving that after more than three decades, they still craft deeply affecting and powerful music that draws listeners into their dark, immersive world.

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Iron Griffin - Gate Tower 'Ep

 

Genre: Epic/Heavy
Country: Finland
Year: 2025

1. Blood Moon
2. Gate Tower
3. Towards The End

3-track 'Ep by Iron Griffin. The band’s ability to blend melodic hooks with powerful riffs and intricate solos is on full display here, creating a rich and dynamic listening experience. It consists of three concept songs, which Oskari Rasanen composed in the past for different band project, which broke up quickly after. Later on, he decided to release them as Iron Griffin, where he handled all the vocals by himself.

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Mortual - Altar Of Brutality

 

Genre: Death
Country: Costa Rica
Year: 2025

1. Mortuary Rites
2. Necromancy Ritual
3. Divine Monstrosity
4. Evil Presence
5. Fiendish Visions
6. Skeletal Vortex
7. Altar Of Brutality
8. Ecstacy Of Death

Debut album by Mortual. This album is a reminder that you don't need to be extremely technical and overproduce your music in order to be brutal. Mortual takes the best of their influences and creates a work that without presenting anything new, feels inspiring and conveys the spirit of the school. 

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Auriferous Flame - The Duel 'Ep

 

Genre: Black
Country: Greece
Year: 2025

1. Breathing Shadows
2. Nest Of Serpents
3. The Duel

3-track 'Ep by Auriferous Flame. Epic, narrative-driven, battle-worn black metal has been the name of the game for Auriferous Flame to this point and 'The Duel' sees no reason to change the approach. Every instrument is both crystal clear and appropriately black-metal-muddled at the same time.

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Lamp Of Murmuur - The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy

 

Genre: Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. The Fires Of Seduction
2. Forest Of Hallucinations
3. Hategate (The Dream-Master's Realm)
4. Reincarnation Of A Witch
5. Angelic Vortex
6. The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy Part I - Moondance
7. The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy Part II - Twilight
Orgasm
8. The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy Part III - The Fall
9. A Brute Angel's Sorrow

4th album by Lamp Of Murmuur. It hones Lamp of Murmuur’s hallmark fog, blending meticulous black metal lines with gothic rock accents and shadowy metal swells into a liberating, boundless outlook, securing its place as a masterpiece from an ascending force in darkness.

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Devilpriest - Where I Am The Chalice, Be Thou The Blood

 

Genre: Death/Black
Country: Poland
Year: 2025

1. He Is In Me
2. Dragon Of Blasphemy
3. Unwavering In The Left Hand Path
4. SNEGTH IER ARNES (The Words That Have Become The Effect)
5. Channeling Into The Peerless Transgressiveness
6. The Enmity Against The Grace
7. The Prayer Of Hell

3rd album by Devilpriest. The group isn't doing anything too groundbreaking or innovative here, but quality old school death metal like this is hard to come by. Devilpriest 's strengths, resounding tempo shifts, technical riffing and barbarity, are on full display on the seven songs.

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Vindicator - Whispers Of Death

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Whispers Of Death... Anxiety's Grip
2. Charnel Pastures
3. Thirst For Violence
4. Your World Dies In Flame
5. Exhaustion
6. Novocain
7. Bleed Between The Lines
8. Merry Evenings Make Sad Mournings
9. Battle Box
10. Abominable Intelligence
11. Ripper Attack
12. Obsoletion Complete

5th album by Vindicator. It is built around traditional thrash metal, but it also offers a smart blend of different vibes and inspirations ranging from heavy to death metal. The riffs pummel, the drums drive relentlessly, and the gravelly, commanding vocals flirt with death metal territory. They bring a shit ton of attitude through gang shouts, and add some additional sting with the occasional nods to punk.

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Phrenelith - Ashen Womb

 

Genre: Death
Country: Denmark
Year: 2025

1. Noemata
2. Astral Larvae
3. A Husk Wrung Dry
4. Lithopaedion
5. Nebulae
6. Stagnated Blood
7. Sphageion
8. Chrysopoeia
9. Ashen Womb

3rd album by Phrenelith. It is a superb cut of sonic slaughter that all morbid maniacs need to witness. What is slightly different to its predecessors is that the guys sometimes throttle down the tempo a little bit to cause even more damage. 

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Unleashed - Fire Upon Your Lands

 

Genre: Death
Country: Sweden
Year: 2025

1. Left For Dead
2. A Toast To The Fallen
3. The Road To Haifa Pier
4. War Comes Again
5. Fire Upon Your Lands
6. Loyal To The End
7. Midjardarhaf
8. Hail The Varangians!
9. To My Only Son
10. Hold Your Hammers High!
11. Unknown Flag

15th album by Unleashed. The overall vibe of the album is both fierce and strangely cozy, making it a great listen whether you’re gearing up for battle or winding down for the evening. It effectively balances fun, aggression, and a sense of epic storytelling, all wrapped in methodically crafted and disciplined songwriting.

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Phobocosm - Gateway

 

Genre: Death
Country: Canada
Year: 2025

1. Deathless
2. Unbound
3. Corridor I - The Affliction
4. Sempiternal Penance
5. Corridor II - The Descent
6. Beyond The Threshold Of Flesh
7. Corridor III - The Void

4th album by Phobocosm. The group is an undeniable force in death metal, crafting the sort of cunning, weighty, dismal style that’s gushing with a sinister atmosphere. The band has remained consistent with their sound, although maybe a tad more doom death metal is on this latest album.

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Paradox - Mysterium

 

Genre: Thrash/Speed
Country: Germany
Year: 2025

1. Kholat
2. Abyss Of Pain And Fear
3. Grief
4. Those Who Resist
5. One Way Ticket to Die
6. Pile Of Shame
7. Tunguska
8. Fragrance Of Violence
9. Mysterium
10. The Demon God
11. Within The Realms Of Gray

9th album by Paradox. It showcases the bandleader’s stamina and there’s more. Paradox’s latest album is a one-man effort, with Steinhauer playing all the string instruments himself, while a drum computer provides the album’s heartbeat. Even though he has elected to go alone this time without the benefit of a backing band, 'Mysterium' remains a strong piece in the Paradox discography.

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Mezzrow - Embrace The Awakening

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: Sweden
Year: 2025

1. Architects Of The Silent War
2. Sleeping Cataclysm
3. Symphony Of Twisted Souls
4. Foreshadowing
5. The Moment To Arise
6. In Shadows Deep
7. Inside The Burning Twilight
8. Dominion Of The Dead

3rd album by Mezzrow. Crunchy, thick rhythms with furious downpicking or gallop-like bursts surrounded by supplemental melodic twists / accents next to forceful vocals and propulsive drumming are the base of the Mezzrow template.

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Hooded Menace - Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration

 

Genre: Heavy/Doom/Death
Country: Finland
Year: 2025

1. Twilight Passages
2. Pale Masquerade
3. Portrait Without A Face
4. Daughters Of Lingering Pain
5. Lugubrious Dance
6. Save A Prayer (Duran Duran cover)
7. Into Haunted Oblivion

7th album by Hooded Menace. The album respects the foundational elements of death/doom while boldly exploring fresh soundscapes, maintaining an eerie ambiance that grips listeners throughout. The slow, lugubrious doom segments interspersed with harsher death-metal passages weave a rich, introspective sonic tapestry that balances crushing heaviness with eerie, ghostly moods.

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Barren Path - Grieving

 

Genre: Grindcore
Country: Japan/U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Whimpering Echo
2. Subversion Record
3. Primordial Black
4. No Geneva
5. Isolation Wound
6. The Insufferable Weight
7. Relinquish
8. The Unreliable Narrator
9. Celestial Bleeding
10. Lunar Tear
11. Horizonless
12. In The End… The Gift Is Death

Debut album by Barren Path. The group consists of all the ex-Grindlink members with Mitchell Luna (Noisear, etc.) behind the mic. The group emerges from Gridlink’s formidable shadow to unleash a teeth-gnashing, refreshing debut, using their death-plated grind as a catalyst for carving through exciting fresh pastures. 

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Gotsu Totsu Kotsu - Immortality

 

Genre: Death/Folk
Country: Japan
Year: 2025

1. Lullaby For The War Dead
2. Anima Immortalis
3. Hidden Destiny
4. The Path Of Carnage
5. To The Capital
6. Eternal Warrior Fame
7. Annihilation
8. Ghoulish Beast
9. Living Corpse
10. Destroy The Enemies For Seven Lifetimes
11. Mountain Of Immortality

7th album by Gotsu Totsu Kotsu. The group continues delivering modern death with folk/thrash/samurai metal elements. Crystal clear production, catchy songwritting, amazing vocal delivery!

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Blood Red Throne - Siltskin

 

Genre: Death
Country: Norway
Year: 2025

1. Scraping Out The Cartilage
2. Beneath The Means
3. Husk In The Grain
4. Necrolysis
5. Anodyne Rust
6. Vestigial Remnants
7. Vermicular Heritage
8. On These Bones
9. Marrow Of The Earth

12th album by Blood Red Throne. This is pure early 2000s death metal with a modern tonal palette. Solid songwriting grafts to explosive percussion and multi-dimensional riff passages, huge crunching guitar tone heats the riff phrases to rancorous levels, and the two different styles of vocal execution merge together to create an end sum that is total destruction.

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Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons

 

Genre: Black
Country: France
Year: 2025

1. Shadows Breathe First
2. Seclusion
3. The Ordeal
4. The Fall Opens The Sky
5. What Burns Now Listens
6. Twin Sun Reverie
7. The End Becomes Grace

16th album by Blut Aus Nord. There's a real maturity to the songwriting you don't get from a lot of bands, with layers and layers of sound and melody and meaning all stacked up, creating a soundscape that has a tremendous amount of detail. It’s gorgeous from every perspective and incredibly balanced, as only veteran musicians can achieve.

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Darkenhöld - Le Fléau Du Rocher

 

Genre: Black
Country: France
Year: 2025

1. Codex De La Chevalerie
2. Le Cortège Royal
3. Temps Enfouis
4. L'ascension Du Mage Noir
5. Dans L'antre De La Vouivre
6. Troubadour
7. Le Fléau Du Rocher
8. Gardienne Des Dryades
9. Sortilège Ancestral
10. La Cavalerie Fantôme
11. Pour Le Royaume

6th album by Darkenhöld, 5 years after their last one. Their style of blending dark, melodic black metal with stories inspired by ancient legends, medieval folklore and atmospheric composition remains interesting within a genre known for its stylistic rigor. With the the band’s passion and skills throughout, this record can be one of the most exciting melodic black metal albums in recent years.

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Crystal Skull - Arcane Tales

 

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Italy
Year: 2025

1. Prelude To Darkness (intro)
2. Gates Of Skull
3. Prisoner In The Night
4. Stormbreaker (Turok's Axe)
5. Hall Of eternity (intro)
6. Ancient's Ritual
7. Am-Aras (Black Lord)
8. The Underdark
9. Queen Of The Black Moon (Erevyn's Fate)
10. Horizon's Nightstorm
11. Defenders
12. Glory Or Damn
13. Homecoming (Regdar's Tragedy)

2nd album by Crystal Skull, 5 years after their debut. Their style is speedy, European power metal, not too crunchy, lots of catchy choruses, a bit of an epic vibe to the lyrics, etc. Throughout, the music is epic and grand, the lyrics telling tales of swords and sorcery, the entire project feeling like a single unit, a story that has to be told in this order, from the beginning, each time you listen.

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Crypt Sermon - Saturnian Appendices 'Ep

 

Genre: Epic/Doom
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Only Ash And Dust
2. A Fool To Believe
3. Lachrymose
4. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Mayhem cover)

4-track 'Ep by Crypt Sermon. The riffs are solid and the songwriting is interesting, carrying the songs through a lot of twists and turns that keep things interesting. The most interesting track here is actually the last one, which is a cover of Mayhem's 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'. The band wrings Euronymous's twisted riffs into doom-styled dirges, and the song is almost unrecognizable.

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Castle Rat - The Bestiary

 

Genre: Doom/Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2025

1. Phoenix I: Ardent
2. Wolf I: Tooth & Blade
3. Wizard: Crystal Heart
4. Siren: The Pull Of Promise
5. Unicorn: Carnage And Ice
6. Path Of Moss
7. Crystal Cave: Enshrined
8. Serpent: Coiled Figure
9. Wolf II: Celestial Beast
10. Dragon: Lord Of The Sky
11. Summoning Spell
12. Sun Song: Behold The Flame
13. Phoenix II: Cinerous 

2nd album by Castle Rat. It shows us once again the mythical realm that the group lives in, a kingdom of labyrinths, medieval creatures and magic, blending doom, stoner rock, and atmospheric riffs with a theatrical flair. The band’s latest odyssey features 13 spellbinding tracks of epic carnage and mystical metal.

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Werewolves - The Ugliest Of All

 

Genre: Death/Black
Country: Australia
Year: 2025

1. Fools Of The Trade
2. I Want To Be Offended
3. Skullbattering
4. Unoriginal Sin
5. The Enshittification
6. Logorrea
7. Rats Versus Snakes
8. Slaves To The Blast
9. The Ugliest Of All

6th album by Werewolves. As we expect every year, Werewolves returns with a handful of raw but oh-so-delicious riffs marked by violence. 'The Ugliest Of All' joins its predecessors and unashamedly takes its place as the heir to the band’s rage. The album is a devastating nine-track release, a relentless assault with clenched fists that offers the listener no pleasure.

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Hydra Vein - Perpetual Violence Machine 'Ep

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: England
Year: 2025

1. Perpetual Violence Machine
2. Iron Men
3. Black Slammer
4. Strive For Life
5. A Thousand Forms Of Fear

5-track 'Ep by Hydra Vein. There’s a rawness and underground '80s thrash vibe here which also boasts a surprising selection of neat little melodies under its cloak of aggression. If the band would have recorded three more songs, this would be a solid album. 

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Black Sword Thunder Attack - Black Sword Thunder Attack

 

Genre: Epic/Heavy
Country: Greece
Year: 2025

1. The Black Sword
2. Don't Hear The Sirens
3. On The Way Of Acheron
4. Evil Sorcery
5. Through The Fires Of Hell
6. Anvils Of War
7. Last Flight Of The Eagle
8. Master Of Hell
9. Song In The Night
10. Gates Of Fire

Debut album by Black Sword Thunder Attack. It isn’t just an album; it’s a declaration of war on blandness, a beacon for those craving epic metal’s undiluted soul. Every riff cleaves like a broadsword through the veil of mediocrity, every melody soars on dragon’s wings, delivering the high-quality craftsmanship that defined an era without pandering to modern polish.

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Top Albums of 2025

Thrash:

1. Coroner - Dissonance Theory
2. Warfield - With The Old Breed
3. Dead Heat - Process Of Elimination
4. Sacrifice - Volume Six
5. The Haunted - Song Of Last Resort
6. Violator - Unholy Retribution

Death:

1. Pissgrave - Malignant Worthlessness
2. Lik - Necro
3. Drawn And Quartered - Lord Of Two Horns
4. Cadaver - Hymns Of Misanthropy
5. Benediction - Ravage Of Empires
6. Gruesome - Silent Echoes

Black:

1. Havukruunu - Tavastland
2. Kaosekt - The Fathomless Void Of Death
3. Afsky - Fællesskab
4. Grima - Nightside
5. The Great Old Ones - Kadath
6. Cult Of Fire - The One Who Is Made Of Smoke

Heavy/Speed/Power:

1. Typhus - Fate Weaver
2. Century - Sign Of The Storm
3. Black Sword Thunder Attack - Black Sword Thunder Attack
4. Helms Deep - Chasing The Dragon
5. Throne Of Iron - Adventure Two
6. Venator - Psychodrome

Crust/Hardcore/Grindcore:

1. Catharsis - Hope Against Hope
2. Barren Path - Grieving
3. Dephosphorus - Planetoktonos
4. Bent Sea - The Dormant Ruin
5. Κατολίσθηση - Λήθη


Viking/Folk/Pagan:

1. Svartsot - Peregrinus
2. Alestorm - The Thunderfist Chronicles
3. Saor - Amidst The Ruins
4. Helheim - HrabnaR / Ad Vesa

Doom/Sludge/Stoner:

1. Crust - Where Light Fears To Descent
2. Conan - Violence Dimension
3. Pagan Altar - Never Quite Dead
4. Castle Rat - The Bestiary