FREYA
“FIGHT AS ONE (FT. FREDDY CRICIEN OF MADBALL)”
UPSTATE RECORDS
Nice catchy hardcore/metalcore type stuff.

Dååth
The Silent Foray
Metal Blade Records
12 September 2023
Melodic, brutal, and epic catchy stuff… another single… excited for more

TesseracT
War of Being
(Kscope)
A bit djenty, light progressive metal stuff, flourishes of heaviness

PAIN
”Revolution”
(Nuclear Blast/Believe)
Industrial meets some modern metal, solid grooves and catchy

Baroness
Stone
(Abraxan Hymns)
Catchy and melodic stoner metal, they know what they’re doing

DEREK SMALLS
“MUST CRUSH BARBIE”
BOTTOMLAND PRODUCTIONS/IMMORTAL RECORDS
Groovin’ fun stuff, with a lot of bass of course, and a quick fun track, mostly jokey

DragonForce
“Doomsday Party”
(Napalm)
New track from them! Has an 80’s sound with some synth drum parts, a little bit of a Styx vibe too… not really the typical Dragonforce here… a bit synthy.

Deadly Vices
”Good Life”
(Self-Released)
Kind of a modern metal, a little bluesy groove, but just straight up modern hard rocky stuff

Rahway
Sounds Of Spanktown
Arc Angel Entertainment
Classic metal, straightforward ass kick hard rock

High Spirits
In The Moonlight [New Single]
High Roller Records
15 September 2023
Fresh off their Mad with Power Fest appearance… a new single, high energy positive vibe hard rock, classic metal sound

Psygnosis
Mercury
Season of Mist
15 September 2023
Progressive post-metal type stuff. long songs

Dio
The Studio Albums 1996 – 2004
BMG
More Dio reissues.. I always say it’s a good excuse to play ’em again! Remastered more recent studio albums

Dayshell
Pegasus
Dayshell
This has a kind of modern metalcore sound

3 TEETH
Endex
Century Media Records
here’s some stuff with an industrial sound with a bit of a modern metalcore sound

Death Dealer Union
Initiation
Napalm Records
Melodic death with more of a power metal sound, clean female vox and a kind of classic metal but with some heavier death growly parts too. Cool stuff.

HOLYCIDE
Release Title: Bazookiller
Label: Xtreem Music
Release Date: 12.09.2023
oooh… we have some fairly straightforward Thrash Metal! good stuff

Shade Empire
Sunholy
Candlelight
15 September 2023
Melodic death metal with a kind of epic blackened death flavor. Great stuff!

Mercenary
Album Title: Soundtrack To The End of Times
Label: NoiseArt Records
Release Date: September 22nd, 2023
they say it’s “Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal” One track has Matt Heafy guesting on it, so that kind of gives you a feel… it’s a bit like Trivium… melodic and good ol metal but with some death growls and prog elements. Great stuff!

Fabricant
Drudge To The Thicket
Profound Lore
Release date: Friday, September 15th 2023
Blackened death metal… heavy and fast oh and some melodic stuff too

Hammerfilosofi
The Desolate One
ATMF
22 September 2023
This is some kind of raw blackened death… not full on old school black metal, but it does short of have that feel.

GRYMHEART
Hellish Hunt
Scarlet Records
22 September 2023
Melodic death, fast and catchy, as a bit of a children of bodom style… good stuff!!

Anima Hereticae
Descended From The Mountains
Release Date: September 22nd 2023
Record label: Self Pubished
Blackened Death Metal…. there’s an epic type sound (keyboard) and some dynamics in heaviness and stuff. Good stuff

DESTABILIZER
Violence Is The Answer!
Horror Pain Gore Death
September 22nd 2023
Raw kind of thrashy with a punky attitude old school stuff

Farscape
Purged and Forgotten
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 22/09/2023
Thrashy classic black metal – decent stuff

CRUEL FORCE
Dawn of the Axe
Shadow Kingdom
22 September 2023
Old school sounding german thrash metal. A pinch of blackened

Dungeon
Into The Ruins
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 22/09/2023
Kind of a raw blackened death sound

IMPERIUM
WHEN KINGS MEET EP
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 23rd 2023
Thrashy classic metal and easy handbanging stuff

OF VIRTUE
Album “Omen”
Arising Empire (Edel / Kontor Media)
29 September 2023
Modern metal/deathcore with electronic hits and some emo-ish vox mixed in with the harsh stuff. catchy

Sinnery
Below the Summit – Out Sept 29th
Exitus Stratagem Records
29 August 2023
Heavy and catchy more extreme thrashy stuff… found myself listening to this one longer than most reviews.. good stuff

Vengeance
Sewer Surge
Dying Victims Productions
Global Release Date: 22/09/2023
Old school metal, a bit of a blackened motorhead style, but a little lo-fi on the production

NEVER OBEY AGAIN
The End Of An Era
Scarlet Records
22 September 2023
female fronted metal, a bit melodic and standard metal stuff, but then a heavier gritty thing kicks in too

Kerrigan
Bloodmoon
High Roller Records
22 September 2023
A heavier classic metal, female vox, groovin’ and catchy

ÔROS KAÙ
Thanatos
I, Voidhanger Records
22 September 2023
Full on black metal, evil wall of sound in your face… more of a deathy growl vocally, but cold and dark sounding musically

ACAUSAL INTRUSION
Panpsychism
I, Voidhanger Records
22 September 2023
A kind of crazy and all over the place experimental-ish blackened metal. Progressive? sure!

BEKOR QILISH
The Flesh Of A New God
I, Voidhanger Records
22 September 2023
Black /death metal with a big of a progressive crazy thing going on.

Solus Grief
What If This Was Everything
Purity Through Fire
22 September 2023
Doomy black metal

CRAZY MAD RIDE
Album (EP): Life, Liberty, Death
Label: Sliptrick Records
Release date: September 19th, 2023
Cool thrashy metal, nice grooves, a heavier edge… catchy good stuff

Bad As
Fight The Demons
Wormholedeath
September 22nd, 2023.
A bit classic metal with some good chugga chugga riffs.

Exorcizphobia
Album Title: Spiritual Exodus
Label: Doomentia Records, Carnal Beast
Release Date: September 22, 2023
Thrash metal from Czech republic, a bit of a sacred reich vocal sound on the surface, good overall just good thrash!

APOSTOLICA
Animae Haeretica
Scarlet Records
22 September 2023
Epic power metal with a proggy thing going on and a little groovin’ metal edge.

ORBITER
Album: Hollow World
Label: Argonauta Records
Release date: September 22, 2023
Psychedelic doom, groovin’ laid back stoner grooves

Bonfire
Don’t Touch The Light (MMXXIII Version)
AFM Records
22 September 2023
Classic metal, big soaring vocals, a kind of 80’s/90’s metal sound… a bit on the power metal spectrum with some sing-a-longs

Mythologik
Mythologik
Self-Release
20 September 2023
A little thrash, death, black, prog metal, epic (keyboard stuff)… cool mix of stuff happening here, probably planting it in melodic death metal. great stuff!

Conspiracy of Blackness
Pain Therapy
Wormholedeath
September 22nd, 2023
Modern metal, clean female vox, electronic sounds, an epic sort of groove S

Paula Teles
Release Title: Jogo do Silêncio
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: September 13, 2023
Bjorn Strid guest vox in portuguese and they say it’s “Symphonic Metal, Prog Metal, World Music” has a big major epic sound

Deth Kaktus
Prick
Self Released
September 9th, 2023
Nice thrashy death metal sound. a cool groove

Will The Thrill
Album Title: Take It Sleazy
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: 28-07-2023
Classic 80’s hair metal sound. all sexy and sleazy good stuff

Uhritulet
Uhritulet
Purity Through Fire
22 September 2023
Old school raw black n roll with a fuzzy evil groove

Vrajitor’s Tenebrarium
E.N.L.D.
Label: Avantgarde Music
Release date: September 15th, 2023
Old 70’s doomy prog sound, heavy on some distorty keyboard/guitars and saxophone noodling.

Sam Mooradian
Bad Brain
Self-Release
28 July 2023
Definite experimental prog metal type stuff. Guitar noodling, a little djent, some melodic stuff..

Godthrymm
Distortions
Profound Lore
Friday, August 18th 2023
A doomy epic groovin’ thing with longer songs