STATION
Stained Glass
Station Music
Classic hard rock, cool catchy songs, but maybe just a bit too classic rock-ish for the Mosh Pit… fun stuff though.
POSEHN
Grandpa Metal
Megaforce Records
A pretty good lineup for his first metal album, Scott Ian, Brendan Small and Joe Trohman… with many guests… it’s got funny stuff, and good music, so yeah, great stuff from everyone’s favorite metal nerd.
Neaera
Neaera
Metal Blade Records
28 February 2020
Technical, metal/brutalcore stuff… after a 5 year break… they’re back, and pissed off. Good stuff!
Hallucinator
Another Cruel Dimension
Carbonized
A kind of heavier thrash, but with a black metal lo-fi-ish sound and production
Killitorous
‘Married With Children’
Self-Release
31 January 2020
Fast heavy brutal technical death metal (only a single… boo)
Don Jamieson
Denim and Laughter
Metal Blade Records
21 February 2020
More comedy from one of our resident crude rude metal head comic.
Hallas
Conundrum
Napalm Records
Classic doomy prog
Ronnie James Dio
Remasters
BMG
Another batch of remasters… Dio’s estate is almost like Iron Maiden with the reissues/remasters, but a good excuse to play some of the early solo stuff.
Ozzy Osbourne
Ordinary Man
Epic Records
At this point, Ozzy is kind of a classic rock thing now, isn’t he? He’s still the Ozz… maybe worth playing something
Demons And Wizards
III
Century Media Records
Now this is what we’ve been waiting for! A great partnership with the voice of Blind Guardian and the classic riffage of Iced Earth… great new stuff.
The Amity Affliction
Everyone Loves You..Once You Leave Them
Pure Noise Records
(just a single so far) Modern melodic metal, kind of a “power ballad” from what I remember of this band, they would be really heavy then get all emo. meh.
Runescarred
The Distant Infinite
Independent
Melodic thrashy stuff, a little bit of a Lamb of God musical style pace… vox are more clean and music is a bit more melodic, then maybe a bit of a Blind Guardian thing. cool stuff
Space of Variations
XXXXX
Napalm Records
atmospheric metalcore? a bit of a melodic post rock?
Band: AGE OF FIRE
Album: Shades Of Shadow
Label: Sliptrick records
Release date: February 18th, 2020
Classic just “metal” some good grooves and female vox… maybe a pinch doomy?
Nawaharjan
Lokabrenna
Amor Fati
20 February 2020
Mostly black metal, but with a deathy groove too
Primeval Mass
Nine Altars
Katoptron IX Records
21 February 2020
a bit of a classic heavy thrash with a bit of a black metal thing going on… extreme thrash? cool stuff.
Mimorium
Blood of Qayin
Spread Evil
21 February 2020
classic black metal with melodies and good production
Invocation (Chile)
Attunement to Death 12″MLP/MCD
Iron Bonhead
21 February 2020
Gloomy death metal with some sludgey production
Band: HEX A.D.
Album: Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden
Label: Fresh Tea
Release date: February 21st, 2020
They call it “Doom prog metal” and yeah, pretty much spot on, some of that crazy prog stuff going on but with a dark doom thing going on.
Terrifiant
Terrifiant
Gates of Hell Records
21 February 2020
a little bit of an old school thrash, but a more raw maybe NWOBHM thing too.
Orphan Devil
Victims of the Night/Drifting Away [Vinyl 7″]
Gates of Hell Records
21 February 2020
A bit of an old school classic metal, mostly just a heavier just “metal” maaaybe a bit of a thrashy heaviness with a raw feel.
Isle of The Cross
Excelsis (Rockshots Records) – Out Feb 21st, 2020
Rockshots Records
21 February 2020
melodic technical proggy death… great stuff.
TORPËDO
Mechanic Tyrants
Gates of Hell Records
21 February 2020
Just some raw old school metal
Road Warrior / Gravebreaker
Death Promise/Death in Heels On Wheels [Split 7″]
Gates of Hell Records
21 February 2020
The Road Warrior track has a bit of a NWOBHM vibe and Gravebreaker a similar, more Judas Priest vibe
ON THORNS I LAY
Threnos
Lifeforce
Feb 21
Melodic Doom/ Death Metal
VERIKALPA
Tuoppitanssi
Scarlet Records
21 February 2020
This is a bit of a melodic death with a folk metal vibe, also a little bit of a Children of Bodom thing going on… cool stuff.
Band: SIMPLEFAST
Album: Eternal
Label: Sliptrick records
Release date: February 21st, 2020
A bit classic metal, a little thrash, some power metal… decent stuff all around.
Release: Blister Brigade
Slugfest Supreme
Record label: Inverse Records
Release Date: February 21st 2020
Another just good old “metal” thing… a bit of balls and chunk with a melodic groove too.
Necrobode
Sob o Feitiço do Necrobode LP/CD
Iron Bonehead
21 February 2020
Grindy Black metal.
Band: Funeral Cult
EP: Possession Done
Label: Lusitanian Music
Release date: February 21, 2020
Dark kind of doomy death metal with a tiny bit of a black metal thing going on… cool stuff.
Polaris
The Death Of Me
SharpTone Records
21 February 2020
Modern metalcore… a bit screamo, good grooves, then a bit of that melodic emo-ish stuff
Slave Steel
Ogre Cage
Self-Released
18 September 2019
This is a bit older, but has a cool melodic death/thrashy groove
Radian
Chapters
Earplit PR
Release date: Thursday, February 6th 2020
Stoner-ish metal with a doom thing
In Sanity
Welcome To The Show
Black?Sunset/MDD
18 October 2019
This has a Children of Bodom meets power metal thing… cool stuff.
Pornohelmut
Bang Lord
Atypeek
Release date: Friday, February 14th 2020
A little post metal, some grungy hardcore, metalcore, experimental, techno… the kitchen sink of stuff.
Godthrymm
Reflections
Profound Lore
Release date: Friday, February 14th 2020
Doomy down tempo shoegazey stuff
SKUMSTRIKE
Execution Void
Caligari Records
14 February 2020
A little bit thrash, some regular ol classic metal with like, black metal harsh vox, which are a little low in the mix, so it doesn’t really have a black metal feel.
Witchcrawl
World Without End
Katoptron IX Records
21 February 2020
A little doom, some classic metal and a dark touch.
Blowtorch
Hangoverdose
Self released
A hard rock thing from Finland… kind of has a bit of that “local band” sound…
Maudiir
Le Temps Peste (EP)
Self-Release
7 February 2020
Classic black metal, but wait let’s go more into a classic metal / melodic death-ish direction… cool stuff.
KAYO DOT
BLASPHEMY
Terrorbird
Doomy atmospheric kind of keyboardy experimental meh