There has however been some serious album of the year contenders in their respective genres. Signs of Omnicide – Interplanetary Harvestįetor – Downwards to Distress Posted in Music, Review | Tagged AFM Records, Auðn, Black Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal, Draconian, Everlasting Spew Records, Goratory, Mörk Gryning, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Mors Principium Est, Napalm Records, Season of Mist, Seven, Sour Grapes, Technical Death Metal, Under a Godless Veil, Vökudraumsins Fangi | Leave a reply Albums of the month: JulyĢ020 has been a very good metal year but July has been one of those slower months overall. Morphogenetic Malformation – Into The OdiousnessĪntzaat – For You Men Who Gaze Into the Sun Johansson & Speckmann – The Germs of Circumstance Weight of Emptiness – Conquering the Deep CycleĬynabare Urne – Obsidian Daggers and Cinnabar Skulls Invincible Force – Decomposed Sacramentum Mörk Gryning – Hinsides Vrede was released October 23rd via Season of Mist. Safe to say that Hinsides Vrede is an album any black metal fan should listen to! I would honestly say this is their best album after Tusen år har gott…, hard to say though when the band have released four superb albums in the past (I won’t name one of them). Mörk Gryning – Hinsides VredeĪnother return on the list, this time 15 years after their last album! To me Tusen år har gott… is one of the best black metal albums ever released and to see Mörk Gryning coming back with such hunger again is great. Under a Godless Veil is another example of great craftsmanship where the band once again shows they are the best in the business.ĭraconian – Under a Godless Veil was released October 30th via Napalm Records. Draconian – Under a Godless VeilĪs far as doom metal goes for me Draconian is one of the greats. Goratory – Sour Grapes was released October 16th via Everlasting Spew Records. When a band consists of members from acts such as Job For a Cowboy and Deeds of Flesh you could kind of have guessed it would be top notch stuff! Goratory – Sour Grapesġ6 years after their last album Goratory returns and better than ever! I honestly wasn’t that keen on them before but with Sour Grapes they blew me away. Vökudraumsins Fangi is their best work yet and now three albums in of very high atmospheric black metal quality it’s safe to say they are a band to stay on the upper tiers of the genre.Īuðn – Vökudraumsins Fangi was released October 30th via Season of Mist. Mors Principium Est – Seven was released October 23rd via AFM Records.Īuðn keeps on growing even after a superb debut album back in 2014. Melodic death metal doesn’t get much better than this. Album after album they bring some of the best riffs you’ll ever hear and Seven is no different.
When it comes to melodic death metal I see Mors Principium Est as the uncrowned kings. Stay safe out there!Īlbum of the month Mors Principium Est – Seven Grafvitnir, Wayfarer, Inferi and Necrophobic were all going in and out of the top 5 but eventually fell a bit short from the picks I made so if anything be sure to check those albums out too as a couple of those will be featured on my top 50 of the year! I haven’t made a playlist for this month, due to the fact I’m working on the album of the year list and will have a massive playlist for that. This month saw some very good releases where the top 5 once again was a hard one to set into stone.
Before that though be sure to check out my upcoming Horna review, an album that will be a favorite among black metal fans for sure. With that being said I will simply skip the November edition and jump straight to the albums of the year article with my next article. The year is almost coming to an end and here I am writing the October highlights! I know this is very late, I should be posting the November highlights but time hasn’t been my friend lately.