Weekly synopsis of recent releases that deserve your attention.
10th edition.
With the hard rock getting its own spotlight this week (Rock Ain't Dead - 2nd edition), the ten slots here are occupied by ten titles dealing with heavy metal and beyond ... in the event they went unnoticed:
TWILIGHT
Sign of the Times
April 9, 2022
Spain
Heavy/power metal
Studio album #3
Excellent comeback album (#3 to date, 19 years later!) by the Andalusian epic metal collective. Grandiose and power(full) metal from Spain.
BLACK MASK
Queen Of The Beasts
April 15, 2022
Mexico
Traditional heavy/speed metal
Debut album
Very promising studio debut album by the female-fronted Mexico City metallers! Traditional metal with clean, modern sound production.
DEMONICAL
Mass Destroyer
May 6, 2022
Sweden
Death metal
Studio album #7
The Deathkult metallers unleash their 7th demonical creation upon mankind! Massive HM-2 reigns supreme in pure Swedish death metal fashion!
DEPRESSED MODE
Decade of Silence
May 6, 2022
Finland
Symphonic doom/death metal
Studio album #3
Massive comeback record (3rd to date), 13 years after their highly praised sophomore album. Glorious songwriting and complex sound production. Cinematic.
I AM THE NIGHT
While The Gods Are Sleeping
May 6, 2022
Finland
Black metal
Debut album
The Finn's debut, rooted in the realm of Dissection and Emperor, is one of the top black metal records so far in 2022! Walls of guitars & synths welcoming the darkness!
METAL FACTORY
Defeat All
May 6, 2022 (digital), (2/22/22 physical)
Czechia
Heavy/power metal
Debut album
Excellent studio debut by the Czech band established in 2021 by 3 ex-Salamandra members, and fronted by a duo of female singers! FFO: Crystal Viper, Battle Beast.
MOLTEN CHAINS
Orisons of Vengeance
May 6, 2022
Austria
Avant-garde, technical extreme metal
Studio album #3
The Vienna-based trio's new offering is showcasing a high level of originality and technicality! An epic, progressive & thrashing slab of extreme metal.
MORNINGSTAR
Between Your World And Mine
May 6, 2022
US
Modern metal
Debut album
Powerful, genre-fluid modern metal by the female-fronted Wisconsin power trio! Well-crafted record with a modern sound production to match!
NORIUM
A Journey Through The Soul
May 6, 2022
Brazil
Power metal
Debut album
Great full-length studio debut effort by the Brazilian power metallers. Traditional mix of EU/US power metal with progressive elements.
TÓMARÚM
Ash in Realms of Stone Icons
May 6, 2022
US
Progressive death metal
Debut album
The Atlanta extreme metallers offer a spellbinding, heavily blackened, atmospheric, technical/progressive death metal debut record!
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