Supersexy Swingin' Sounds? Hell yeah!

Trepalium have been searching since XIII for the perfect mix between the aggression in death metal and the swing and catchiness in jazz. Well, they nailed it perfectly with that awesome EP!

Check Moonshine Limbo's video if you haven't already!

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Endorsed by: Nefarious, Dream Taster, BloodTears, Introspekrieg

Four songs, one hour of pure heavy and pounding doomy stuff. Dynamic, entrancing, atmospheric, all at the same time.

Beware, this beast is HUGE!

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Endorsed by: Auntie Sahar, R'Vannith, X-Ray Rod, BloodTears

The album that features acknowledged members of doom metal scene, coming from bands such as Eye Of Solitude, Shape Of Despair, Officium Triste, Pantheist etc.

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Endorsed by: Marcel Hubregtse, ScreamingSteelUS, X-Ray Rod

If you're a serious follower of this style, you know the usual. The project of Jacob Buczarski, Mare Cognitum is raw and hard hitting black metal, but also interspersed with all those beautiful, melodic, and dreamy undercurrents that we all know and love and that've come to make this style so goddamn good when it's executed right. Highly recommended for fans of Chaos Moon, Spectral Lore, Sombres Forêts, etc. And shoutout to my buddy Fearmeister for turning me onto all the great stuff on I, Voidhanger's current roster, definitely a label worth investigating.

BANDCAMP.

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Endorsed by: BloodTears

In the grand scheme of things this album has got one strength and one weakness. At the core of it the reason is one and the same. This album is so packed with different and great ideas, it's really becoming ridiculous. However, this also accounts for the length of the album and the lack of consistent direction in development of said ideas and thus it appears to be all over the place. High marks for the début effort and future promise, though.

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Endorsed by: Introspekrieg

Another poach from Fenriz's Band of the Week thing here. Totally raw, totally good album.

Click for tunes.

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Endorsed by: X-Ray Rod

Old school style Sabbath/Pentagram worshippin' doom. Do I hear Jimi somewhere in the mix?

Derivative but awesome.

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Endorsed by: R'Vannith

METAL up your arse !!!

And here I thought Striker couldn't top their 2012 release Armed To The Teeth. And then they record this one. Any fan of the genre, or those who like headbanging to the max should will enjoy City Of Gold.

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Endorsed by: Daniell, X-Ray Rod

Albums like Mortals' Cursed To See The Future make an instant impact and grip you. Its sludge is dense with black metal leanings. The songs are long and perfectly structured because the transitions are smart. While there are moments of trance, it's the piercing vocals which guide you through the hostility and gloom of the music. Melodious yet aggressive, Cursed To See The Future has filth in good measure. The slimy and cavernous riffs easily lull you into the abyss.

Take the plunge!

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Endorsed by: wormdrink414, Abattoir, Auntie Sahar

YA'LL LIKE Bolt Thrower AND Trap Them?!

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Endorsed by: Abattoir, BitterCOld, X-Ray Rod

The rhythm remains the same, as members change. IQ has always been one of those bands that fell into the medium of obscurity for me, strictly because they always played on the fringe of prog worship and never feigned actual progression. That was, until The Road of Bones.

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Endorsed by: R'Vannith, BloodTears, Ivor, Ag Fox, Troy Killjoy, X-Ray Rod, ScreamingSteelUS

A forward-thinking approach to the stoner doom genre that emphasizes complex song structures and hypnotic textural riffing. Lose yourself in the vivid landscapes of Aeonian right here.

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Endorsed by: R'Vannith, Abattoir, wormdrink414, Ivor

Here's an oldie that's just been reissued and that's guaranteed to wreck some shit and stuff.

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An unpretentious mix of DragonForce, Amon Amarth and mid-career Ensiferum.

Extreme power metal done right.

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Endorsed by: Daniell

It took me a few listens to let this album fully sink in, but Arkona wisely drops their light-hearted, catchy hooks to bring us an album with a much better flow and sense of focus. That doesn't mean they aren't as dynamic, progressive-minded and aggressive as ever though. These Russian folk metal giants are still on top of their game.

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Endorsed by: R'Vannith, D.T. Metal