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March 2023
25.03   Kollapsed - An Altar In Mind
25.03   Tytus - Roaming In Despair [EP]
25.03   Dødsferd - Asphyxiating Late Night Sessions: Collaboration With Sarvok [Collaboration]
24.03   Acrania - Unbreakable Fury 2020 Re​-​Recording
24.03   Shakma - On Tenebrous Wings
24.03   Countess - Live By The Sword [EP]
24.03   Sophist - Avenger​.​.​. Liberator​.​.​. [EP]
24.03   Firmament (GER) - We Don't Rise We Just Fall
24.03   Asylum Pyre - Call Me Inhuman
24.03   August Burns Red - Death Below
24.03   Black Hawk - Soulkeeper
24.03   Tragedian - Master Of Illusions
24.03   Zørormr - The Monolith
24.03   Eden Weint Im Grab - Apokalypse Galore
24.03   Iron Walrus - Tales Never Told
24.03   Mustan Kuun Lapset - Suruaika [EP]
24.03   Discreation - Iron Times
24.03   Xysma - No Place Like Alone
24.03   Lankester Merrin - Dark Mother Rises
24.03   Marianas Rest - Auer
24.03   Ihsahn - Fascination Street Sessions [EP]
24.03   Ov Sulfur - The Burden Ov Faith
24.03   Babymetal - The Other One
24.03   Cruachan - The Living And The Dead
24.03   Acid King - Beyond Vision
24.03   Saxon - More Inspirations
24.03   Mork - Dypet
24.03   Excalion - Once Upon A Time
24.03   Woe Unto Me - Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony
24.03   Hatesphere - Hatred Reborn
24.03   Kuoleman Galleria - Pedon Synty
24.03   Xalpen - The Curse Of Kwányep
24.03   Hellcrash - Demonic Assassinatiön
24.03   Angerot - The Profound Recreant
24.03   Keep Of Kalessin - Katharsis
24.03   Xpus - Sepulchrum Christi
24.03   Gatekeeper - From Western Shores
24.03   Subway To Sally - Himmelfahrt
24.03   Fatal Embrace - Manifestum Infernalis
24.03   Dawn Ray'd - To Know The Light
24.03   Hanging Garden - The Garden
24.03   Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
24.03   Shores Of Null - The Loss Of Beauty
24.03   Autumn Tears - Guardian Of The Pale
24.03   Dawn Of Extinction - From Tears To Vengeance [EP]
24.03   Liturgy - 93696
23.03   Concede - No Purgatory [EP]
23.03   Abbinormal - Grind Hotel
23.03   Catacomb (FRA) - When The Stars Are Right
22.03   Rage Behind - Hourglass And Revenge [EP]




Kollapsed - An Altar In Mind
25 March 2023
6.8 | 5 votes |
01. Remnants
02. Ashes
03. Tracing Steps
04. A Prelude (Replacements)
05. With Eyes Wide Open
06. Red Sea: Karma

Tytus - Roaming In Despair [EP]
25 March 2023
01. The March Of The Unwilling
02. Fistful Of Sand
03. Gotta Keep Movin’ [MC5 cover]
04. Motori [Divlje Jagode cover]
05. Out In The Fields [Gary Moore cover]
06. Roaming In Despair

01. Το Βάρος Να Νιώθεις Ζωντανός (The Burden Of Feeling Alive)
02. ….Και Το Είδος Σας Θα Ακολουθήσει (…And Your Kind Will Follow)
03. Πολέμιος Της Κοινωνικής Σας Σήψης (Against Your Social Decay)
04. Εγκατάληψη (Deserted)
05. Μοναξιά (Solitude)


01. Let It Flow [feat. Iraida Noriega]
02. Despair
03. Shattered Souls
04. A Regret
05. Eusapia
06. Casualties Of War
07. The Final Shot
08. Sea Of Infinite Answers
09. Emotionally Unstabilized

Shakma - On Tenebrous Wings
24 March 2023
7.2 | 5 votes |
01. Evocation
02. On Tenebrous Wings
03. Nocturnal Obsession
04. Cryptic Apparition
05. Necromancer
06. Under His Spell
07. The Howling Beast
08. Ancient Power

Countess - Live By The Sword [EP]
24 March 2023
6.7 | 3 votes |
01. Raven Banners Fly
02. Spectre
03. Ballad Of Sigrid The Haughty
04. Deisidaimonia
05. On Wings Of Defiance

01. Rigid Ideology
02. Piercing The Nervecenter
03. Class Warfare, Conquest & Power
04. Black Thunder
05. Stochastic Masochism

6 | 2 votes |
01. Firmament
02. The Void
03. Dreams Of Misery
04. Live In The Night
05. Loosing You
06. Hide & Seek
07. On The Edge
08. No Future
09. Last Desire

5.8 | 5 votes |
01. Virtual Guns
02. Fighters
03. The True Crown (I seek Yor War)
04. Happy Deathday
05. There, I Could Die
06. Sand Paths
07. The Nowhere Dance
08. A Teacher, A Scientist & A Diplomat
09. Underneath Heartskin
10. The Mad Fiddler
11. Joy
12. Call Me Inhuman

7.3 | 22 votes |
01. Premonition
02. The Cleansing
03. Ancestry [feat. Jesse Leach]
04. Tightrope [feat. Jason Richardson]
05. Fools Gold In The Bear Trap
06. Backfire
07. Revival
08. Sevink
09. Dark Divide
10. Deadbolt
11. The Abyss [feat. JT Cavey]
12. Reckoning [feat. Spencer Chamberlain]

Black Hawk - Soulkeeper
24 March 2023
5.5 | 2 votes |
01. Soulkeeper
02. Angry Machines
03. War Zone
04. Better Times
05. Survivor
06. Bells Of Death
07. Bullet
08. Mystic
09. We Stay Strong
10. Rock 'n' Roll In My Head

3.7 | 3 votes |
01. Into The Light
02. lluminate
03. Eternal
04. Against The Storm
05. The Chance
06. Escaping Shadows
07. Exodo
08. Emotions
09. Freedom
10. Obscured Dreams

Zørormr - The Monolith
24 March 2023
7 | 7 votes |
01. The Monolith
02. Downward Spiral
03. Hollow
04. I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream
05. The Pentagram
06. Return To Nothingness
07. Per Aspera, Ad Astra
08. Enter The Void

4.7 | 3 votes |
01. Hure Babylon
02. Geystergaleere
03. Tentakel Der Angst
04. Wir Sind Der Drache
05. Schere Im Kopf
06. Trauerspiele Des Clowns
07. Die Körpersammler
08. Als Der Tod Von Himmel Fiel
09. Für Ein Hallelujah
10. Die Dunklen Zirkel Der Macht
11. Am Ende Aller Zeiten
12. Welt Am Abgrund [CD bonus]
13. Panorama Des Untergangs [CD bonus]

6.4 | 5 votes |
01. XDimensions
02. Dead Spot
03. Idols
04. A Tale Never Told
05. Problems
06. Pay Your Toll
07. Reborn
08. Exile
09. Under My Skin

Mustan Kuun Lapset - Suruaika [EP]
24 March 2023
8.3 | 3 votes |
01. Kirstunkantaja
02. Muistoa kunnioittaen
03. On suruaika täytetty
04. Morfiinisiivet (Alas De Morfina)

Discreation - Iron Times
24 March 2023
7 | 8 votes |
01. Iron Times
02. Steel Legions
03. Bringer Of Demise
04. Blood Ritual
05. Deus Lo Vult
06. The Battle Rages On
07. God Of War
08. Maschinenkrieg
09. Mercenary
10. I Am The Sword [Motörhead cover] [bonus]

Xysma - No Place Like Alone
24 March 2023
6.5 | 4 votes |
01. Well Seasoning
02. Model 670
03. Midnight Call
04. Mr. Fulltrade
05. Final Episode
06. Earthrise
07. Rowdy Barrel
08. Sigh For Sore Mind
09. Moose & Gutbucket
10. Encounter At Dawn

4.5 | 2 votes |
01. We Ride The Storm
02. Bone Tomahawk
03. Medusa
04. The Heathen
05. Perfect Illusion
06. Stranger
07. My Journey
08. Sweet Lizzie
09. Evil Lives Here

Marianas Rest - Auer
24 March 2023
8.4 | 12 votes |
01. Auer
02. Diseased
03. Light Reveals Our Wounds
04. White Cradle
05. The Ground Still Burns
06. Fear Travels Fast
07. The Hanging Blade
08. Sirens [feat. Aaron Stainthorpe]

Ihsahn - Fascination Street Sessions [EP]
24 March 2023
8.1 | 14 votes |
01. The Observer [feat. Øystein Aadland]
02. Contorted Monuments
03. Dom Andra [Kent cover] [feat. Jonas Renkse]

7.3 | 9 votes |
01. Stained In Rot
02. Befouler [feat. Alex Terrible]
03. Unraveling [feat. Taylor Barber of Left To Suffer]
04. Death Ov Circumstance
05. Earthen
06. A Path To Salvation?
07. I, Apostate
08. Wide Open [feat. Howard Jones of Light The Torch]
09. The Inglorious Archetype
10. The Burden Ov Faith [feat. Kyle Medina & Lindsay Schoolcraft]

Babymetal - The Other One
24 March 2023
6.3 | 16 votes |
01. Metal Kingdom
02. Divine Attack - Shingeki -
03. Mirror Mirror
04. Maya
05. Time Wave
06. Believing
07. Metalizm
08. Monochrome
09. Light And Darkness
10. The Legend

7.5 | 13 votes |
01. The Living
02. The Queen
03. The Hawthorn
04. The Harvest
05. The Festival
06. The Ghost
07. The Crow
08. The Reaper
09. The Children
10. The Changeling
11. The Witch
12. The Dead

Acid King - Beyond Vision
24 March 2023
6.6 | 8 votes |
01. One Light Second Away
02. Mind's Eye
03. 90 Seconds
04. Electro Magnetic
05. Destination Psych
06. Beyond Vision
07. Color Trails

Saxon - More Inspirations
24 March 2023
5.6 | 5 votes |
01. We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place [The Animals cover]
02. The Faith Healer [The Sensational Alex Harvey Band cover]
03. From The Inside [Alice Cooper cover]
04. Chevrolet [ZZ Top cover]
05. Substitute [The Who cover]
06. Gypsy [Uriah Heep cover]
07. Man On The Silver Mountain [Rainbow cover]
08. Detroit Rock City [KISS cover]
09. Razamanaz [Nazareh cover]
10. Tales Of Brave Ulysses [Cream cover]

Mork - Dypet
24 March 2023
7.8 | 6 votes |
01. Indre Demoner
02. Forført Av Kulden
03. Svik
04. Et Kall Fra Dypet
05. Høye Murer [feat. Erlend Hjelvik]
06. Bortgang
07. Avskum
08. Tilbake Til Opprinnelsen

Excalion - Once Upon A Time
24 March 2023
7.6 | 9 votes |
01. Keitele
02. Resolution
03. Soulbound
04. Words Cannot Heal
05. Amuse Me
06. Once Upon A Time
07. I Am I
08. When A Moment Turns Into A Lifetime
09. Radiant Halo
10. Eternals
11. Band Of Brothers

01. Mired Down In The Innermost Thicket
02. Spiral-Shaped Hopewreck
03. Deep Beneath The Burden
04. Blood-Black Nothingness Stops Spinning
05. The Great Waste Of Withered Pipedreams

Hatesphere - Hatred Reborn
24 March 2023
6.9 | 7 votes |
01. The Awakening
02. Hatred Reborn
03. Cutthroat
04. Gravedigger
05. 918
06. Darkspawn
07. The Truest Form Of Pain
08. Brand Of Sacrifice
09. A Violent Compulsion
10. Spitting Teeth
11. Another Piece Of Meat [Scorpions cover] [digipak bonus]
12. The Fallen Shall Rise In A River Of Blood [live] [digipak bonus]

7.3 | 7 votes |
01. Pedon Synty
02. Kolmas
03. Kipupiste
04. Sieluvaras
05. Häpeäpaalu
06. Kuoleman Morsian
07. Pelin Henki
08. Taudinkantaja
09. Päätös

6.5 | 4 votes |
01. K'yewé
02. Chenke
03. Kòlpèwsh
04. The Curse Of Kwányep
05. The Beast From The East
06. Kash Wayèwèn Qèr
07. Mah-Ká Xalpen
08. Daughters Of The Nightside
09. Moon-Woman
10. Hain Koijn Harsho
11. Diabolicca

5.5 | 2 votes |
01. Volcanic Outburst
02. Okkvlthammer
03. Satan's Crypt
04. Usurper Of Hell
05. Abyss Of Lucifer
06. Serpent Skullfuck
07. Finit Hic Deo
08. Graveripper
09. Demonic Assassinatiön

7.4 | 5 votes |
01. Das Salz
02. They Shall Take Up Serpents
03. Grand Feast Ov The Flesh
04. Bastard Creature
05. The Profound Recreant
06. Horns Ov Moses
07. Behold The Blessed Black
08. In The Company Ov Wolves
09. Slaughter Ov Innocence

Keep Of Kalessin - Katharsis
24 March 2023
8.3 | 30 votes |
01. Katharsis
02. Hellride
03. The Omni
04. War Of The Wyrm
05. From The Stars And Beyond
06. Journey's End
07. The Obsidian Expanse
08. Throne Of Execration
09. The Eternal Swarm (Outro)

Top 20 albums of 2023: 3

Xpus - Sepulchrum Christi
24 March 2023
01. Intro
02. Into The Scorching Passage
03. Idyllic Eternity Awaits
04. I Am
05. The Forsaken
06. Great Worm Of The Third Circle
07. Virgin's Cry
08. Trumpets Of The Apocalypse
09. Guardian Of The Golden Verb
10. Outro

7.7 | 7 votes |
01. From Western Shores
02. Death On Black Wings
03. Shadow And Stone
04. Exiled King
05. Nomads
06. Twisted Towers
07. Desert Winds
08. Keepers Of The Gate

6.3 | 4 votes |
01. Was Ihr Wollt
02. Leinen Los
03. Weit Ist Das Meer
04. So Tief
05. Gaudens In Domino
06. Gott Spricht
07. Auf Dem Hügel
08. Autumn
09. Eisbrecher
10. Halt
11. Ihr Kriegt Uns Nie
12. Lasst Die Himmel Fall'n

8.1 | 7 votes |
01. Empyreal Doom
02. The Black Oath
03. Wolves Of Golgotha
04. Prometheus Sermon
05. Call Of The Dark
06. Eyes Of Oak
07. Sign Of The Pentagram
08. The Rot
09. Deus Mali

8 | 8 votes |
01. The Battle Of Sudden Flame
02. Ancient Light
03. Inferno
04. Requital
05. Sepulcher (Don’t Vote)
06. Cruel Optimisms
07. In The Shadow Of The Past
08. Freedom In Retrograde
09. Wild Fire
10. Go As Free Companions

Hanging Garden - The Garden
24 March 2023
8.2 | 21 votes |
01. The Garden
02. The Four Winds
03. The Construct
04. The Song Of Spring
05. The Fire At First Dawn
06. The Nightfall
07. The Stolen Fire
08. The Journey
09. The Derelict Bay
10. The Fireside
11. The Resolute

Top 20 albums of 2023: 6

Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
24 March 2023
8.7 | 89 votes |
01. Equus
02. Misericorde I - As The Flesh Falls
03. Misericorde II - Anatomy Of Quiescence
04. Suspyre
05. Graal
06. Anhedonia

Top 20 albums of 2023: 1

8.9 | 14 votes |
01. Transitory
02. Destination Woe
03. The Last Flower
04. Darkness Won’t Take Me
05. Nothing Left To Burn
06. Old Scars
07. The First Son
08. A Nature In Disguise
09. My Darkest Years
10. Fading As One
11. A New Death Is Born
12. Underwater Oddity [CD and digital bonus]
13. Blazing Sunlight [CD and digital bonus]

6.5 | 2 votes |
01. Old Tree
02. Of Wind, Water And Sand
03. A Requiem For Each New Day
04. Daydreaming In Ash Fields
05. Lunatic Poetry
06. Still The Wonder Lingers
07. Lavender Mist
08. Sublimity
09. The Clairvoyant
10. The Sound Of Withering
11. Radiant Blood
12. The Stain Beneath The Skin
13. The Pulse In The Sky
14. As If We Were Never There
15. And There Rises From Somewhere (What Unnamed Breath Shall Bring)
16. Guardian Of The Pale

6.3 | 4 votes |
01. Beyond The Fear
02. Rise From Oblivion
03. The Monster Inside
04. Underrated
05. Haters
06. From Tears To Vengeance

Liturgy - 93696
24 March 2023
5.7 | 10 votes |
01. Daily Bread
02. Djennaration
03. Caela
04. Angel Of Sovereignty
05. Haelegen II
06. Before I Knew The Truth
07. Angel Of Hierarchy
08. Red Crown II
09. Daily Bread II
10. Angel Of Emancipation
11. Ananon
12. 93696
13. Haelegen II (Reprise)
14. Angel Of Individuation
15. Antigone II
16. Immortal Life II

Concede - No Purgatory [EP]
23 March 2023
5.7 | 3 votes |
01. Insignificant
02. Narcissist
03. No Purgatory

Abbinormal - Grind Hotel
23 March 2023
6.6 | 5 votes |
01. One Minute Silence
02. Discrimination
03. Ho Chi Minh Trail
04. Brutalized
05. Negative Vibes
06. Grind Hotel
07. Be Sick
08. Hexakosioihexekontahexafobia
09. The Summer Is Tragic
10. Gux
11. Big Crunch
12. Gli Esclusi
13. Hateism
14. Valzheimer
15. Cynicism At 52 Hz

6.3 | 4 votes |
01. The Kings Of Edom
02. Ruler Of This World
03. Servants Of The Old Ones
04. Waiting For The Stars
05. The Great Dreamer
06. Black Goat
07. In Your Blasphemous Name
08. Crawling Chaos
09. Blind Idiot God
10. Chapel Of Ghouls [Morbid Angel cover]

Rage Behind - Hourglass And Revenge [EP]
22 March 2023
01. Eminence Or Disgrace
02. Dictated Freedom
03. Genesis
04. Through Wrath
05. Season Of Blood
06. Hourglass And Revenge