Devin Townsend
PowerNerd
Century Media Records
Big wall of sound, catchy, kinda heavy on the title track, the second single isn’t quite as intense, but looking forward to the rest!

Ensiferum
Winter Storm
Metal Blade Records
18 October 2024
Epic proggy folky power metal with a smidge of melodic death. They’ve been around a while and keep doin’ good stuff.

Kings Never Die
The Life & Times
Metalville Records
Classic metal with a party metal vibe

Das Mööse
Moösehenge
(Self-Released)
A mix of some classic metal type stuff, with a little punk and stoner metal as well, kinda neat

League of Distortion
Galvanize
(Napalm)
Here is a kind of modern metal… groovin’, female fronted, and more active rock-ish to me

Aversed (single)
Cross To Bear
M-Theory Audio
They call it gothic extreme metal, i’d say probably more of a melodic death. Cool stuff!

OBEYER
”Witness”
Chemical Well
A smidge djent, but mostly a kind of deathcore/death metal

Pøltergeist
Nachtmusik
Bad Omen Records (North American Distribution: Metal Blade Records)
25 October 2024
They call it post punk… to me, it’s a bit of a doomy goth/alt rock

Wizzerd
Album(s): Saturnalia (October 25, 2024)
Kronia (June 21st, 2024)
Label: Fuzzorama Records
Two albums. Saturnalia is more down tempo and doomy, Kronia is more of a classic s

IOTUNN
Kinship
Metal Blade Records
25 October 2024
A sort of prog metal, with a scandanavian doomish vibe

Gigan
Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus
Willowtip Records
25 October 2024
Technical blackened deathy – wall of sound brutal and a little grindy too

Reckless Manslaughter
Sinking Into Filth
Memento Mori / Fucking Kill
21 October 2024
meaty groovin’ death metal

Blackevil
Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament
Dying Victims Productions
Release Date: 25/10/2024
Kind of a proggy blackened melodic thrashy thing… pretty cool

MERCYLESS
Those Who Reign Below
Osmose Productions
25 October 2024
Meaty and brutal death metal, nice catchy headbangin’ jams

Blasphemous
To Lay Siege and Conquer
Adirondack Black Mass
25 October 2024
Techish and a little epic on this blackened death thing with some groooves

BÜTCHER
On Fowl of Tyrant Wing
Osmose Productions
25 October 2024
Old school thrashy stuff and a vibe of black metal, but not quite that far

War Dogs
Release Title: Only the Stars Are Left
Label: Fighter Records
Release Date: October 15, 2024
Just a kind of “metal” … do they call that TradMetal now?

Anialator
Release Title: Death is Calling
Label: Xtreem Music
Release Date: October 22, 2024
Thrash Metal with more extreme type vox, cool stuff.

Frost*
Life In The Wires
InsideOut
Oct 18
Prog metal, diverse, chill in parts and faster heavier prog metal

KRYPTA
Album: Krypta
Self Released
Release date: October 25th, 2024
Sort of a melodic death maybe gothish thing harsh vox and clean female vox.

Melted Bodies
The Inevitable Fork
Self-Release
18 October 2024
A little industrial, right up in the Avant Garde territory… heavy and dark and prog and electronicish.

NEVER OBEY AGAIN
Trust
Scarlet Records
18 October 2024
Could be melodic death, or maybe some sort of core… clean and harsh female vox, a bit power/goth with tones of Lacuna Coil

Recently Vacated Graves
Release Title: Musk of Death
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: October 25, 2024
They call it Zombie Metal… more on its base, a heavier melodic death/deathcore with the occasional creepy keyboardy sounds

The Spirit
Songs Against Humanity
AOP Records
25 October 2024
Blackended death, some melodic atmosphere to give it some groove and body for a full evil sound. Cool stuff.

CHAINED TO THE DEAD
Only Hunger Remains
Horror Pain Gore Death
Oct 25
Meaty groovin’ death metal

Loudblast
Altering Fates And Destinies
Listenable Records
25 October 2024
More meaty groovin’ death metal, with a pinch of melodies and catchiness while staying heavy

Exodus Rising
The Book Of Life
WormholeDeath
18 October 2024
Proggy power metal seemingly of the chirstian metal vein

Immortal Sÿnn
Single Title: Burning Soul
Label: Sammi Snake Records
Release Date: October 25, 2024
Kind of a classic hard rock/metal, heavier side of AOR, cool grooves

Hate Angel
Extinction Ritual
WormholeDeath
Oct 25
Blackened Thrash Metal, catchy cool stuff

Scars Of Solitude
Under Disheartening Skies
Record label: Inverse Records
Release Date: October 10th 2024
melodic Metal a bit on the goth side

Capilla Ardiente
Where Gods Live and Men Die
High Roller Records
18 October 2024
four long tracks of a little bit stoner, classic metal type stuff

Human Harvest
Release Title: Void Of The Vile
Label: Iron, Blood & Death
Release Date: October 15
Sludgey wall of sound black/death metal.

Black Elephant
The Fall Of The Gods
Small Stone Recordings
Release date: Friday, October 18th 2024
Psychedelic stoner type metal

Mother Of Graves
The Periapt Of Absence
Profound Lore Records
Release date: Friday, October 18th 2024
Kind of a dark/doomish death metal with a smidge of black metal too

Immortal Bird
Sin Querencia
20 Buck Spin
Release date: Friday, October 18th 2024
blackened death with a kind of dark vibe

Deivos
Apophenia
Selfmadegod
Release date: Friday, October 18th 2024
Brutal death metal full on!

Contrition
Pariahs
Disorder Recordings
Release date: Friday, October 18th 2024
3 song ep with just meaty groovin’ death metal.