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AlexMercer wrote:

New album of Hideous Divinity and Hour of Penance is fantastic and worthwhile.

Both of these are good but Hideous Divinity is clearly superior, in my opinion.

Antichrist Siege Machine’s Vengeance of Eternal Fire deserves to be heard, that and Heresiarch’s latest may be top ten this year. Two extremely brutal yet memorable offerings.

Progressive sludge/post-metal outfit Dvne has just released (Aprilt 19th) their third LP, Voidkind. As the band's name suggests, it's lyrical themes are heavily inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune.

From a sonic standpoint, the band's main influence seems to be Mastodon, with the multiple vocalists juggling with harsh and clean vocals, longer progressive tracks with softer and heavier sections, high focus on contrasts, etc. The band also shares elements with Baroness, Kylesa and other prog sludge/post-metal acts.

It's pretty damn solid, and a good contender for my top 10 AOTY so far.

Death metal from Chile in the vein of other bands that have been coming out of that country in recent years. Definitely a big Altars of Madness era MA vibe on this album IMO.

Mallephyr deliver a great black/death album. Has some similarities to Blasphemer-era Mayhem, in fact, the riffs here and there sound very much like him. Given the added death metal elements, I thought this sounds like how Vltimas might sound if they got more adventurous and progressive with their songwriting.

For the black/speed metal crowd, Demonslaught 666 - Endless Witchcraft is one I'm really liking.

https://demonslaught666.bandcamp.com/al ... witchcraft

The new Blaze of Perdition is really good. I only own 'Towards the blaze of perdition' and haven't listened to it for a long time - but I remember liking it - so I can't compare 'Upharsin' with the rest of their discography, but it is definitely a great listen:

https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/upharsin

Lagartija wrote:

Fellas, don't sleep on this one.
I suggest anyone with even a passing interest in black metal to give it some attention.

therealvivs wrote:

Lagartija wrote:

Fellas, don't sleep on this one.
I suggest anyone with even a passing interest in black metal to give it some attention.

Is it better than the previous one? How does it compare to Mānbryne?

MikeyC wrote:

AlexMercer wrote:

New album of Hideous Divinity and Hour of Penance is fantastic and worthwhile.

Both of these are good but Hideous Divinity is clearly superior, in my opinion.

Not just your opinion. That Hideous Divinity is a monster of a record.

Another great album. Melancholic Norwegian black metal.

https://lifvsleda.bandcamp.com/album/evangelii-h-rold

Fluids-Reduced Capabilities

No trap beats, no cartel torture/murder samples, no programmed gravity blasting, no melodic development, just straight for the throat, ultra-dumb, Mortician-styled death metal.*

*Aside from the utterly bizarre Moby cover, which may be the most bizarre thing out of the many bizarre things this band has done.

The new Horn is every bit as phenomenal as I could have hoped for. They just keep churning out awesome fucking music. I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get more attention.

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The new Horn is every bit as phenomenal as I could have hoped for. They just keep churning out awesome fucking music. I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get more attention.

MikeyC wrote:

AlexMercer wrote:

New album of Hideous Divinity and Hour of Penance is fantastic and worthwhile.

Both of these are good but Hideous Divinity is clearly superior, in my opinion.

Not just your opinion. That Hideous Divinity is a monster of a record.

Author:	Lagartija [ Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:10 am ]
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The new Blaze of Perdition is really good. I only own 'Towards the blaze of perdition' and haven't listened to it for a long time - but I remember liking it - so I can't compare 'Upharsin' with the rest of their discography, but it is definitely a great listen: https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/upharsin

Author:	cultofkraken [ Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:01 pm ]
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Antichrist Siege Machine’s Vengeance of Eternal Fire deserves to be heard, that and Heresiarch’s latest may be top ten this year. Two extremely brutal yet memorable offerings.

Author:	IxI_KILLING [ Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:13 am ]
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MikeyC wrote: AlexMercer wrote: New album of Hideous Divinity and Hour of Penance is fantastic and worthwhile. Both of these are good but Hideous Divinity is clearly superior, in my opinion. Not just your opinion. That Hideous Divinity is a monster of a record.

Author:	praey [ Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:31 am ]
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cultofkraken wrote: Antichrist Siege Machine’s Vengeance of Eternal Fire deserves to be heard, that and Heresiarch’s latest may be top ten this year. Two extremely brutal yet memorable offerings. Yep, totally agree. Both are killer war metal records that are among my favorite albums from this year.

Author:	HeavenDuff [ Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:24 pm ]
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Progressive sludge/post-metal outfit Dvne has just released (Aprilt 19th) their third LP, Voidkind. As the band's name suggests, it's lyrical themes are heavily inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. From a sonic standpoint, the band's main influence seems to be Mastodon, with the multiple vocalists juggling with harsh and clean vocals, longer progressive tracks with softer and heavier sections, high focus on contrasts, etc. The band also shares elements with Baroness, Kylesa and other prog sludge/post-metal acts. It's pretty damn solid, and a good contender for my top 10 AOTY so far.

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Author:	SanPeron [ Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:38 pm ]
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HeavenDuff wrote: Progressive sludge/post-metal outfit Dvne has just released (Aprilt 19th) their third LP, Voidkind. As the band's name suggests, it's lyrical themes are heavily inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. From a sonic standpoint, the band's main influence seems to be Mastodon, with the multiple vocalists juggling with harsh and clean vocals, longer progressive tracks with softer and heavier sections, high focus on contrasts, etc. The band also shares elements with Baroness, Kylesa and other prog sludge/post-metal acts. It's pretty damn solid, and a good contender for my top 10 AOTY so far. I like it, it's very 2010's. It reminds me a lot of bands like Baroness, Mastodon and Kylesa too. It goes to the top ten list.

Author:	Spediji [ Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:49 pm ]
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Kalaratri wrote: Death metal from Chile in the vein of other bands that have been coming out of that country in recent years. Definitely a big Altars of Madness era MA vibe on this album IMO. What was this? The videos privated now but from the description it sounds nice and i wanna check it out

Author:	Spediji [ Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:27 am ]
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These are a few of my favorites Opium deaths new album was definitely one of my favorites The new chainsword album was fucking amazing Im not usually a fan of slow instrumentals but the new bongripper fucking crushed Cant talk about 2024 albums without talking about coffins they also crushed with this album

Author:	alkostach [ Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:33 am ]
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mirons wrote: Mallephyr deliver a great black/death album. Has some similarities to Blasphemer-era Mayhem, in fact, the riffs here and there sound very much like him. Given the added death metal elements, I thought this sounds like how Vltimas might sound if they got more adventurous and progressive with their songwriting. Yes, I pretty much agree on the Blasphemer-era Mayhem similarities, I got the same feeling. First listen left me quite indifferent, but with each listen the album grows on me. It's not that long, but it's so intense and full of detail that it's impossible to consume in a few listens. It's a great example of an album that gets better the more time you give it. Probably one of the gems of this year.

Author:	motorsport [ Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:19 pm ]
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HeavenDuff wrote: Progressive sludge/post-metal outfit Dvne has just released (Aprilt 19th) their third LP, Voidkind. As the band's name suggests, it's lyrical themes are heavily inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. From a sonic standpoint, the band's main influence seems to be Mastodon, with the multiple vocalists juggling with harsh and clean vocals, longer progressive tracks with softer and heavier sections, high focus on contrasts, etc. The band also shares elements with Baroness, Kylesa and other prog sludge/post-metal acts. It's pretty damn solid, and a good contender for my top 10 AOTY so far. Their previous album, Etemen Ænka made my top-10 list for the year it came out in. I have high hopes for this one. I'm still getting myself caught up on the March/early-April releases I missed, this is what I've enjoyed so far. 03-01: -Volcandra (USA) - The Way of Ancients (Prosthetic, melodeath, 8-9) -Convulsing (AUS) - perdurance (indie, progressive/dissodeath, 8-9) 03-08: -Skeletal Remains (USA) - Fragments of the Ageless (Century Media, death, 9-10) -Judas Priest (GBR) - Invincible Shield (Sony Music, heavy, 8-9) 03-15: -Necrophobic (SWE) - In the Twilight Grey (Century Media, melodic death, 8-9) 03-22: -Brodequin (USA) - Harbringer of Woe (SoMUA, brutal death, 8-9) -Apparition (USA) - Disgraced Emanations from a Tranquil State (Profound Lore, death, 8-9) 03-29: -Vorga (GER) - Beyond the Palest Star (Transcending Obscurity, black, 9) 04-04: -Kvadrat (GRE) - The Horrible Dissonance of Oblivion (Nuclear Winter, blackened/dissodeath, 8) 04-05: -Horndal (SWE) - Head Hammer Man (Prosthetic, sludge, 8-9) 04-12: -Týr (FRO) - Battle Ballads (Metal Blade, prog/folk, 8-9) -Vulture (GER) - Sentinels (Metal Blade, thrash/speed, 8) Still need to listen to Bongripper, Replicant, Critical Defiance and Nuclear Tomb And the racing fan in me can't make this post without giving a special shoutout to I Am the Intimidator! Great stuff.

Author:	Rodman [ Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:54 am ]
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I Am the Law wrote: For the black/speed metal crowd, Demonslaught 666 - Endless Witchcraft is one I'm really liking. https://demonslaught666.bandcamp.com/al ... witchcraft This is really good.

Author:	hallowed78 [ Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:45 am ]
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Inter Arma and Dvne, what a combo of great albums.

Author:	therealvivs [ Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:14 am ]
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Lagartija wrote: The new Blaze of Perdition is really good. I only own 'Towards the blaze of perdition' and haven't listened to it for a long time - but I remember liking it - so I can't compare 'Upharsin' with the rest of their discography, but it is definitely a great listen: https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/upharsin Fellas, don't sleep on this one. I suggest anyone with even a passing interest in black metal to give it some attention.

Author:	SanPeron [ Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:57 pm ]
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This Morgul Blade album is pretty amazing, mix between traditional heavy metal and black metal. It sounds a little bit like Carcass in their more death n roll phase too, this a very creative and solid band.

Author:	SanPeron [ Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:46 pm ]
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I got this list out of Metal Trenches YouTube channel. These are the most relevant metal releases from April. I haven't listened to all of them but it's a good list to share. Benighted - Ekbom Coffin Curse - The Continuous Nothing Nuclear Tomb - Labyrinthian Terror ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE - Vengeance of Eternal Fire Veriteras - The Dark Horizon Exist - Hijacking the Zeitgeist Necrot - Lifeless Birth Hour Of Penance - Devotion Dead Flesh - Dehumanise Amiensus - Reclamation High On Fire - Cometh The Storm Blaze Of Perdition - Upharsin In Vain - Solemn Inter Arma - New Heaven Korpiklanni - Rankarumpu Glassing - From the Other Side Of The Mirror Vulture - Sentinels Seeyouspacecowboy - Coup De Grâce Neck Of The Woods - Luxury Trap Full Of Hell - Coagulated Bliss

Author:	e_ddi_e [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:48 am ]
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Skraeckoedlan - Vermillion Sky The Swedish stoner metal scene is disproportionately large and vibrant (although that could be said for our country’s complete musical output). Skraeckoedlan has always been a favorite of mine, and this is their first output in five years. I’d say that my initial reaction was “wtf, disappointed?” – but it has grown on me. This is without doubt one of the best stoner metal albums of 2024.

Author:	lord_ghengis [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:46 pm ]
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I didn't get as much listening done as hoped in April, so as such I don't have my usual big mass of good albums, with only two of my targets crossing that 7/10 horizon for me. Coffins - Sinister Oath While I only have two things to list, I do have a new current AOTY. This is just meaty filthy riffs end on end and it rules. So nasty, so groovy, oooouggghhh. Critical Defiance - The Search Won't Fall Chiilean thrash band doing Chilean thrash things. Shocking. This one has a techy lean to it which elevated it over a lot of the nations consistently high quality content for me.

Author:	Frank Booth [ Sat May 04, 2024 11:18 pm ]
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The Desolus debut is a heater. Solidly in the Kreator/Morbid Saint/Incubus/Sadus realm of hummingbird energy thrash, with just a hint of Norwegian black/thrash with all the wild falsettos. Thrash is in one of the best places it's ever been, quality-wise, and this is no exception.

Author:	Lagartija [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:19 am ]
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That Morgul Blade is fantastic.

Author:	Gravetemplar [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:13 pm ]
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therealvivs wrote: Lagartija wrote: The new Blaze of Perdition is really good. I only own 'Towards the blaze of perdition' and haven't listened to it for a long time - but I remember liking it - so I can't compare 'Upharsin' with the rest of their discography, but it is definitely a great listen: https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/upharsin Fellas, don't sleep on this one. I suggest anyone with even a passing interest in black metal to give it some attention. Is it better than the previous one? How does it compare to Mānbryne?

Author:	therealvivs [ Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:56 pm ]
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Gravetemplar wrote: therealvivs wrote: Lagartija wrote: The new Blaze of Perdition is really good. I only own 'Towards the blaze of perdition' and haven't listened to it for a long time - but I remember liking it - so I can't compare 'Upharsin' with the rest of their discography, but it is definitely a great listen: https://blazeofperdition.bandcamp.com/album/upharsin Fellas, don't sleep on this one. I suggest anyone with even a passing interest in black metal to give it some attention. Is it better than the previous one? How does it compare to Mānbryne? Yeah, well, not gonna lie, it's fairly similar to Mānbryne, given it's almost the same band. If you liked Mānbryne's previous efforts, you'll enjoy this. Oh, and it's way better then The Harrowing of Hearts; not only much more vicious and agressive, the songs are just overall better crafted in my opinion.

Author:	AlexMercer [ Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:39 pm ]
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IxI_KILLING wrote: MikeyC wrote: AlexMercer wrote: New album of Hideous Divinity and Hour of Penance is fantastic and worthwhile. Both of these are good but Hideous Divinity is clearly superior, in my opinion. Not just your opinion. That Hideous Divinity is a monster of a record. Agreed on that. Brodequin is great too.

Author:	e_ddi_e [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:30 am ]
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The Lumberjack Feedback - The Stronghold French band playing instrumental post metal, doom with some sludge thrown in for good measure. I mean, it’s my cup of tea, so I quite like it. And then there’s the fact that they have two drummers.

Author:	Gravetemplar [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:18 pm ]
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Another great album. Melancholic Norwegian black metal. https://lifvsleda.bandcamp.com/album/evangelii-h-rold

Author:	FirebathDan [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:27 pm ]
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Fluids-Reduced Capabilities No trap beats, no cartel torture/murder samples, no programmed gravity blasting, no melodic development, just straight for the throat, ultra-dumb, Mortician-styled death metal.* *Aside from the utterly bizarre Moby cover, which may be the most bizarre thing out of the many bizarre things this band has done.

Author:	therealvivs [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:08 pm ]
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Gravetemplar wrote: Another great album. Melancholic Norwegian black metal. https://lifvsleda.bandcamp.com/album/evangelii-h-rold Humm, aren't they Swedish? Their last record was really good, keen to hear this.

Author:	The Crimson King [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:37 pm ]
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Griefgod - Deterioration Death Metal from Lithuania https://griefgod.bandcamp.com/album/deterioration

Author:	MikeyC [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:49 pm ]
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It's been a while since I've listened to anything Coffins, but I'll have to check that one out as it's getting some positive feedback.

Author:	lord_ghengis [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:12 pm ]
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The new one is about as good as their 00's stuff imo.

Author:	Durag [ Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:46 pm ]
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FirebathDan wrote: Fluids-Reduced Capabilities No trap beats, no cartel torture/murder samples, no programmed gravity blasting, no melodic development, just straight for the throat, ultra-dumb, Mortician-styled death metal.* *Aside from the utterly bizarre Moby cover, which may be the most bizarre thing out of the many bizarre things this band has done. Listening through now, this is fucking great. This is how I like my death metal - dirty and nasty. Havent even gotten to the Moby cover yet but that Moby album is close to being a top 10 album of all time for me so looking forward to it. Edit: that cover track is insane. Love it.

Author:	TheRights [ Wed May 01, 2024 12:05 am ]
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A Grindcore Band From UK https://agoraphobic-cvnt-autopsy.bandca ... al-mindset

Author:	Kalaratri [ Thu May 02, 2024 8:28 pm ]
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The new Naxen is one of the best melodic black metal albums I've heard so far this year. These guys have been great from the first full length. If you're looking for a band to scratch that Mgla itch this year check this one out:

Author:	MeltedFace [ Sun May 05, 2024 11:41 am ]
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The new Horn is every bit as phenomenal as I could have hoped for. They just keep churning out awesome fucking music. I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get more attention.

Author:	Lagartija [ Sun May 05, 2024 12:16 pm ]
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I was just going to mention the new Horn. I've only listened to it once all the way through so I can't yet say if I prefer it to 'Verzet', one of my AOTYs for 2022, but my initial impression is that it is yet another fantastic release by this project with a flawless discography. Another of my favourite German bands, Dauthuz, put out another great album of melodic, mining-obsessed BM. 'Uranium' follows the winning streak of another band which can apparently do no wrong: https://dauthuzbm.bandcamp.com/album/uranium

Author:	Sick6Six [ Sun May 05, 2024 5:51 pm ]
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MeltedFace wrote: The new Horn is every bit as phenomenal as I could have hoped for. They just keep churning out awesome fucking music. I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get more attention. Spoiler: show Holy fucking shit. What a killer track. Couldn't even wait to listen to the rest of the album before replying.

Author:	darthlazy [ Sun May 05, 2024 8:22 pm ]
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MeltedFace wrote: The new Horn is every bit as phenomenal as I could have hoped for. They just keep churning out awesome fucking music. I'll be surprised if this one doesn't get more attention. Yeah, this album is something special, glad to see its catching on.

Author:	hallowed78 [ Tue May 07, 2024 3:42 pm ]
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Pleasantly surprised by the new album by SRD, Slovenian black metal band. Pretty cool stuff. https://srdbozji.bandcamp.com/album/vragvmesiton https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Srd/3540422255

Author:	NoTruce [ Wed May 08, 2024 1:58 pm ]
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It's been a solid year for brutal death. Aborted, Hideous Divinity, Hour of Penance and Benighted all released fine records. Aborted, in particular, age like fine wine.