Heidevolk
Wederkeer
(Napalm)
Folk metal, catchy with that melodic death thing happening and of course that bouncy beer drinking anthemic sound
Netherlands
“Severance” (single)
(Self-Released)
Gritty yet a kind of melodic stoner thing
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Land of Sleeper
(Missing Piece)
I’ve seen them now called Pigs x7, but i still like saying Pigs seven times. haha Anyway, this is some groovin’ catchy stoner metal
Cattle Decapitation
We Eat Our Young – single
Metal Blade Records
16 February 2023
New single, so brutal, technical and no fucking around. Can’t wait til the full length!
Insomnium
Anno 1696
Century Media Records
Melodic death with a little doomy groove going on. Always been good stuff from them and it keeps on rollin’
Motorhead
Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic
Silver Lining Music
The Motorhead machine keeps rolling a reissue of their 2015 album
Maerzfeld
Alles_Anders
Metalville Records
This is a little industrial, a bit modern groove metal, all in German!
The Faith Hills Have Eyes
The Riffth Element
Self Released
Longtime Madison metal veterans… with a great new album with great song titles, but the music is great, it’s brutal, melodic, catchy, progressive and lots of riffs… great stuff!
Squidhammer
Drowning In Flames ft. Kyle Fawley of Digital Remains (released Jan 25th)
Self-Release
25 January 2023
Solid thrashy grooves with a strong Pantera vibe going on… great stuff!
OAK
Disintegrate
Season of Mist
10 February 2023
A single 44+ minute track of doomy post metal.
Barag-Ur
Release title: Thrice Sown Grain
Label: Self-Released
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 22-02-2023
This is definitely black metal, but has a bit of a disjointed kind of progressive sound, while still maintaining its black metalness.
Ulthar
Anthronomicon
20 Buck Spin
Release date: Friday, February 17th 2023
Take some catchy groovin’ stoner metal and throw it in a blender with black metal… Neat
Ulthar
Helionomicon
20 Buck Spin
Release date: Friday, February 17th 2023
Two separate releases from this band… this album is just two 20 minute long tracks pushing a bit more into death metal.
Tithe
Inverse Rapture
Profound Lore Records
Release date: Friday, February 17th 2023
Sludgey black metal
Crown of Madness
Elemental Binding
Self-Release
23 February 2023
Technical and brutal death metal… cool stuff!
THE DESIGN ABSTRACT
Album: Transhuman Ascendant
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: February 21st, 2023
Symphonic Melodic Death Metal! All that power metal epicness, but with gritty heavy growly vox switching with the power metal stuff… love the back and forth and brutality too
COFFINBORN
Release title: Cadaveric Retribution
Label: Xtreem Music
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 23-02-2023
Good ol meaty and groovin’ death metal pushing into some fast and almost black metal coldness… cool stuff
Dark Embrace
Dark Heavy Metal
Massacre Records
24 February 2023
Kind of a classic thrash with a little hardcore but also a classic Iron Maiden NWOBHM sound too. Cool stuff
Furnace
Release title: “The Casca Trilogy” (is a triple-CD release)
Label: Obelisk Polaris Productions
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 23-02-2023
Melodic Death Metal with a bit of a viking metal thing… can go from full on death metal to some doomy catchy stuff… cool stuff!
Asylence
Endanger Us All (Out Feb 24th)
Self-Release
24 February 2023
This is a bit of a melodic death kind of metalcore thing. catchy with some dark grooves
SATANIKA
Horde Of Disgust
Osmose Productions
24 February 2023
This has a black metal groove thing going on… not full on black metal, not just death metal, a good mix. Cool
HOST
IX
Nuclear Blast
24 February 2023
A kind of doomy electronic prog
FesterDecay
Reality Rotten To The Core
Everlasting Spew Records
24 February 2023
Grindy brutal gore metal
Megaton Sword
Might & Power
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 24/02/2023
Classic metal with a power metal groove thing. decent stuff
Iron Curtain
Metal Gladiator
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 24/02/2023
There’s just so much metal here, the name of the band album and the music is just straight up classic metal!
Buzzard
Gambler
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 24/02/2023
Dooomy stoner metal with a solid throwback vibe
KING ABYSS
SNAKE OIL
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 24th 2023
Heavy extreme thrash, harsh vox, but classic catchy thrash music. Great stuff!
Bodyfarm
Ultimate Abomination
Edged Circle
24 February 2023
Brutal death metal with heavy catchy grooves. Good stuff!
WRETCHED FATE
Carnal Heresy
Redefining Darkness Records
24 February 2023
Brutal death metal with a smidge of a black metal cold melody thing and a heavy gritty groove. Cool stuff!
Air Raid
Fatal Encounter
High Roller Records
24 February 2023
Classic metal! Nice modern heavy sound, with clean vox and good straight up metal
Mortalus
We Are Human
Self-Release
24 February 2023
Here’s some kind of modern just groove metal type stuff. Clean vox with heavy riffs and a fun cover of Danger Zone
FUNERAL WINDS (Netherlands)
Stigmata Mali
Osmose Productions
24 February 2023
Classic black metal with a cold yet in your face brutality
Necrovation
Storm the Void / Starving Grave 7″ EP/TAPE
Blood Harvest
24 February 2023
A raw doomy black metal with some techy/prog stuff
Old Spirit
Burning in Heaven
Bright as Night
24 February 2023
This one has a gritty doomy stoner groove with a bit of an atomospheric psychedelic vocal thing with meaty grooves
Wolves In Winter
Album: The Calling Quiet
Label: ARGONAUTA Records
Release date: February 24th, 2023
Good ol Doom happening here, some big clean vox, some wall of riffy groove, but then pulling back with some great melodic hooks. Cool stuff!
Ascension
Release title: Under the Veil of Madness
Label: Marquee/Avalon
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 24-02-2023
Epic power metal with a bit of a Dragonforce gallopy singalong sound.
Pil & Bue
Special Agents
Indie Recordings
24 February 2023
A kind of modern metal with clean vox, and just straight up groovin’ catchy backbone… not too shabby!
Hog Meets Frog
humANIMALization – Out Feb 24th
Echotunes
24 February 2023
If I had to draw a comparison for this band… it’d be Primus, heavy catchy, quirky and big bass guitar. Great stuff!
Atrocious Filth
OVV
Moans Music & Fabryka Hałasu
24 February 2023
A kind of atmospheric doomy black metal
Hammerhedd
Nonetheless
Independent
24 February 2023
this is a groovin’ metal with a little bit of a prog metal or a catchy Prong-like or Voivod-like style. Vox are a little harsh
TOTAL INVASION
INVASION ZONE
LABEL: BRUTAL MIND
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 23rd 2023
Brutal groovin’ death metal
Aberrated
Release title: Twisted Forms
Label: Lifeless Chasm Records
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 27-01-2023
Progressive Death Metal leaning a bit more on the death metal… there is some techy prog stuff going on which make it stand out.
Owl
Geomancy
Lummox
Release date: Friday, February 17th 2023
Good old stoner metal with melodic catchiness
Man Must Die
The Pain Behind It All
Distortion Music Group
17 February 2023
Catchy brutal and meaty death metal with a bit of a tech death (meshuggah-like) goodness. Cool stuff!
Messe Mortuaire
Nocturnal Demonic Visitation 12″ MLP
Iron Bonehead
10 February 2023
Wall of black metal noise type stuff.
ENBOR ARNASA
Album: Enbor Arnasa
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: February 14th, 2023
A bit classic metal and some doomy progressive type stuff.
Mordkaul
Feeding The Machine – Part 1
February 16, 2023
Independent Release.
Melodic Death Metal with some meaty grooves, catchy riffs and brutal harsh vox.
Martiria
Release title: Timeless
Label: Screamloud Records
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 17-02-2023
A kind of just melodic classic metal/hard rock
AGLO
Into The Maze
Gutter Prince Cabal
16 February 2023
Meaty and doomy death metal with a dark sound
REDSPHERE
Release title: Regnum Lupus
Label: M&O Music – Season of Mist
Release Date (dd/mm/yy): 27-01-2023
Death Metal with a thrashy gritty heaviness.