[9.3/10] (Progressive Death / Black, Sweden) A progressive, varied blend of black & death metal that is both compelling & intoxicating for the entire 75 minute duration.

[8.7/10] (Black Metal, Iceland) --> http://carpenoctem.bandcamp.com/

[8.6/10] (Black/Death Metal, Switzerland)

[8.6/10] (Death/Doom, UK) --> http://listen.kaotoxin.com/album/canto-iii

[8.6/10] (Prog, Poland) Another band that just seem to get better & better!

[8.6/10] (Progressive Metal, Canada) Anciients employ an extremely varied and eclectic mix of styles, from blues rock to black metal, that combine together so effortlessly to form what is surely one of the best debut albums of 2013 so far. Heart Of Oak is as unique & ambitious as it is memorable, and will undoubtedly be a hit with any fan's of progressive, expansive music. --> http://seasonofmistcatalogue.bandcamp.com/album/heart-of-oak

[8.6/10] (Atmospheric Black Metal, Indonesia) The Indonesian metal scene is more known for its brutal death metal but Vallendusk try and break that mould by showing that the scene has a lot more to offer by serving up some seriously high quality atmospheric black metal. Unlike the majority of atmospheric black metal bands that operate with that more depressive mid-tempo sound, Vallendusk differentiate themselves by employing a faster & more upbeat tempo with undoubted post & folk influences. The standout element of this record is without a doubt the excellent guitar work. Whether it's the melodic hooks or acoustic folk passages, it will grip you throughout. Black Clouds Gathering consists of 7 tracks with the shortest track being 8 minutes long and is admittedly not the most varied record out there, so it will not suit those with a short attention span. But if epic melody-driven atmospheric black metal is your thing, I seriously suggest you give this a spin. --> http://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/black-clouds-gathering

[8.5/10] (Progressive Blackened Post-Hardcore, USA) --> http://noisey.vice.com/blog/stream-castevet-obsian-profound-lore

[8.4/10] (Funeral Doom Metal, USA) --> listen.20buckspin.com/album/tempest

[8.4/10] (Funeral Death Doom, France) --> https://funeralium.bandcamp.com/track/21st-century-ineptia

[8.4/10] (Melodic Death/Doom with Gothic undertones, Sweden/France) Simple yet effective songwriting wrapped up in an engrossing atmosphere. --> http://enshine.bandcamp.com/

[8.3/10] (Doom, Netherlands) Like a fine wine, Officium Triste just get better & better with age.

[8.3/10] (Black/Thrash, UK) --> http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/towards-eschaton

[8.2/10] (Death Metal, Italy) Seriously good death metal that brutal yet full of groove. Let down slightly by the production but don't let that put you off giving this a spin. Features George Kollias (Nile) on drums. --> blastheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spartacus

[8/10] (Black/Death Metal, Greece)

[8/10] (Progressive Melodic Black Metal, USA) --> http://amiensus.bandcamp.com/album/restoration

[8/10] (Post Black Metal / Blackgaze, Spain) --> http://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/sidereus-nuncius

[8/10] (Progressive/Atmospheric Sludge, Germany) Took a while to grow on me but got better & better with each listen.

[7.9/10] (Doom/Death Metal, USA) --> http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/07/16/exclusive-full-album-stream-get-your-face-fucked-off-by-stomach-earth/

[7.8/10] (Blackened Death Metal, Finland) --> http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/below

[7.8/10] (Black Metal, Spain) --> http://wrongblackmetal.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-sorrow

[7.8/10] (Melodeath, France)

[7.8/10] (Doom, UK)

[7.7/10] (Doom/Sludge, France) --> http://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/psychurgy

[7.7/10] (Post Black / Blackgaze, New Zealand) --> http://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/s-l-ad-astral

[7.7/10] (Thrashy Hardcore/Death Metal, USA) --> http://listen.20buckspin.com/album/underworlds

[7.7/10] (Progressive Death Metal, Norway)

[7.7/10] (Progressive/Avantgarde, Israel) --> http://ombmusick.bandcamp.com/album/swinesong

[7.6/10] (Sludge / Stoner, New Zealand) --> http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/album/blood-becomes-fire

[7.5/10] (Funeral Doom, Russia) --> http://stationdysthymia.bandcamp.com/album/overhead-without-any-fuss-the-stars-were-going-out

[7.5/10] (Death Doom Metal, Sweden)

[7.5/10] (Progressive Metal, Italy)

[7.5/10] (Melodic Death Metal, Finland)

[7.5/10] (Doom / Thrash, USA)

[7.5/10] (Progressive Black Metal, UK) Members of Esoteric playing black metal? Yes please! This was probably my most anticipated release of 2013 ever since I came across 'Sceptre to Control the World' on bandcamp back in March. The album not only lived up to my expectations, but actually exceed them. Atleast initially, as i did find it lost it's replay value a little of time. Still a great debut though.

[7.4/10] (Death Doom Metal, Ireland)

[7.4/10] (Modern black metal with elements of thrash, death, prog and post metal, Poland) Only an EP, but what a fantastic EP it is! Their are so many different influences & styles going on here that you'll never get bored. Check out the last track 'Hear the Voice' to see what I mean, the ending is magnificednt and the perfect way to close out this great little EP. Here's hoping for full length in the near future. --> http://outremetal.bandcamp.com/album/tranquility

[7.4/10] (Stoner/Doom Metal, Sweden) --> https://soundcloud.com/promo-35/sets/new-keepers-of-the-water

[7.4/10] (Symphonic Black Metal, Finland)

[7.4/10] (Progressive Metal, Spain) --> https://theox1.bandcamp.com/album/obsidian-2

[7.4/10] (70's Blues Hard Rock, Sweden) Yes that's right, a current day rock band hailing from Sweden yet stuck in the 70's with their bluesy hard rock...and they aren't called Graveyard.

[7.4/10] (Sludge / Stoner, UK)

[7.4/10] (Progressive Melodeath, Andorra)

[7.4/10] (Death Doom, Ukraine)

[7.4/10] (Sludge, France) --> shelsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/erlen-meyer

[7.4/10] (Old-school Death Metal, Russia) --> https://grond.bandcamp.com/album/howling-from-the-deep

[7.3/10] (Symphonic Blackened Death Metal, UK) Obvious influence from the polish death metal scene, especially bands like Behemoth. Not the most original release out there but extremely well written.

[7.3/10] (Sludge / Doom Metal, Sweden)

[7.3/10] (Sludge/Hardcore, USA) --> https://maranathaisheavy.bandcamp.com/album/spiritless-ep

[7.2/10] (Sludge, USA)

[7.2/10] (Death Metal, Netherlands) --> store.amorgen.org/album/demo-2013

[7.2/10] (Doom/Death Metal, Netherlands) --> http://facadedoom.bandcamp.com/album/fa-ade

[7.2/10] (Doom/Death, Australia) --> http://thenihilisticfront.bandcamp.com/album/procession-to-annihilation-2

[7.1/10] (Black Metal, UK) --> skaldiccurse.bandcamp.com/album/devourer

[7.1/10] (70's Blues Hard Rock, Sweden) Another band hailing from Sweden yet stuck in the 70's with their bluesy hard rock, that aren't called Graveyard. Must be something in the water over there?

[7.1/10] (Progressive Tech-Death, Czech Republic) --> http://duobetichomunkulus.bandcamp.com/

[7.1/10] (Atmospheric sludge / Post Metal, Sweden)

[7/10] (Progressive Metal, UK)

[7/10] (Symphonic Black Metal, Belgium)

[6.9/10] (Doom, USA)

[6.8/10] (Progressive Death Metal, USA) --> mothmusicproject.bandcamp.com/album/endlessly-in-motion

[6.8/10] (Doom/Death Metal, Sweden) --> http://soliloquium.bandcamp.com/album/the-concept-of-escape

[6.8/10] (Depressive Black Metal, Brazil) --> http://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/no-morrow-shall-dawn

[6.8/10] (Progressive Metalcore, UK) --> http://brutai.bandcamp.com/album/brutai

[6.7/10] (Atmospheric Black Metal, Russia)

[6.6/10] (Death / Doom Metal, USA) --> http://templeofvoid.bandcamp.com/album/demo-mmxiii

[6.6/10] (Black/Sludge/Post-Metal, Poland). --> http://entropia.bandcamp.com/album/vesper

[6.6/10] (Black/Doom, Russia) --> http://vk.com/nidra

[6.5/10] (Punk / Black Metal, Norway)

[6.5/10] (Metalcore, USA) --> music.basickrecords.com/album/absent-light

[6.5/10] (Alternative, Denmark). --> http://boil1.bandcamp.com/album/axiom

[6.5/10] (Sludge, Canada) --> http://theweir.bandcamp.com/album/yesterdays-graves

[6.5/10] (Sludge / post-hardcore, USA) --> http://capsule.bandcamp.com/album/a

[6.5/10] (Gothic Death Doom, Russia)

[6.4/10] (Death/Black Metal, Russia)

[6.4/10] (Black Metal / Crust, USA)

[6.3/10] (Post-Metal / Atmospheric Sludge, UK)

[6.2/10] (Progressive Folk Post-metal, Russia)

[6.2/10] (Progressive Death Metal, Sweden)

[6.2/10] (Ambient Black Metal, Ukraine). --> http://badmoodmanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pessimum

[6.2/10] (Heavy Metal, UK) Expected this to be terrible & overall I found it average so it surpassed my expectations. There is no doubting Tony Iommi is still the riff master! Ozzy's vocals were terribly overproduced though & despite a few stand-out tracks it was largely an enjoyable but forgettable listening experience.

[6.2/10] (Melodic/blackened Doom, USA) Woods of Ypres worship. Unoriginal but well executed. --> http://adoravivos.bandcamp.com/album/toward-the-empyrean

[6.1/10] (Black Metal, USA) --> http://sadhaka108.bandcamp.com/album/terma-2

[6/10] (Stoner, USA) Heavy & groovy in equal measure. --> http://twingiant.bandcamp.com/album/sin-nombre

[6/10] (Death Doom, Sweden)

[6/10] (Progressive Black Metal, Latvia)

[6/10] (Doom, Sweden)

[5.9/10] (Doom, UK) Epic psychedelic stoner doom full of intricate layers that is let down by having the vocals recorded so deep in the mix.

[5.8/10] (Prog, Norway) I was excited about this release but was left ultimately disappointed by the less avantgarde & more atmospheric direction they have taken.

[5.7/10] (Progressive Metal, France)

[5.7/10] (Symphonic Doom Metal, USA) Not bad, but not even close to the quality of their 2012 release 'The Womb Beyond The World'. That is mainly due to the experimentation on the EP, taking the sound in a more Symphonic direction away from the funeral doom stylings of the previous release.

[5.7/10] (Stoner, Canada). Great music, terrible vocals. --> http://blackwizard.bandcamp.com/album/young-wisdom

[5.6/10] (Alternative, Australia) Real hit-and-miss for me, some fantastic tracks interspersed with songs so boring it brings you to tears.

[5.5/10] (Death Metal, USA)

[5.5/10] (Symphonic Death Metal, Italy) Far too symphonic & too little death for my liking. Not helped by the production which has left the guitars barely audible.

[5.5/10] (Psychedelic Rock / Doom Metal, USA) I found this to be a semi-decent release that doesn't live long in the memory. It wasn't bad, infact there is some obvious talent in the band but the album as a whole just comes across as a bit pretentious & uninspired.

[5.4/10] (Stoner/Psychedelic rock, USA) I absolutly love their previous release 'The Fall Of Altrusia', but this just didn't do it for me. Gone are the long epic sludgy tracks that took you on a spiritual journey, replaced by short bluesy numbers. It's just an EP though so i'm happy for the band to experiment with their sound, it just didn't do it for me in this particular case. --> sleestak.bandcamp.com/album/book-of-hours

[5.2/10] (Progressive Metal, USA) Although technically a 2013 release, this was recorded back in 2009 so is actually a precurser to the bands fantastic self-titled debut. This album isn't even in the same ballpark as that release, which isn't really a bad thing as it shows how much Dissona have evolved and progressed.

[5/10] (Avantgarde Death Metal, France)