Best New Heavy Metal Releases Week of October 28th, 2022
Yet another insane amount of new releases and, to be completely honest, it looks to be the same, if not even more, next week. Continuing trying to keep this short as possible, especially when the list of albums is this long. Let’s get to a few of the highlights.
Charon’s Claw-Streets of Calimport (Heavy/Thrash)**
Bay Area Thrash metal with a good dose of Heavy/Speed metal thrown in and all formed in the Greek Heavy Metal Scene? Yes, thank you!
Morbikon-Ov Mournful Twilight (Melodic Black/Thrash)**
Melodic Black Metal that hits all the right notes at all the right times. I listened to this way too many times considering the amount of releases this week. When you have members that have resumes that include Iron Reagan, Municipal Waste, Soilwork and ….And Oceans, was there any chance this WASN‘T going to be good?
Abyssic-Brought Forth in Iniquity (Doom/Symphonic)**
Not normally my thing, but the re-playability of this album is off the charts. You will find new things throughout subsequent listens for quite some time. Next level songwriting throughout.
Royal Hunt-Dystopia Pt.2 (Heavy Progressive)**
A band that REALLY should be better known. Fantastic album after fantastic album. One of those bands that has the Khemmis problem. Thoroughly enjoy while playing and somehow they slip your mind when they aren’t.
Clamoris-Opus Limbonica (Melodic Death/Symphonic)**
When it comes to mixing symphonic elements with Melodic Death Metal, it doesn’t get any better than this. Seems to be the week for symphonic elements being added (Dimmu Borgir also re-released a remastered version of PEM this week) and Clamoris and Abyssic are both a masterclass on how to do it perfectly. If you like the added depth of symphonic elements, this is a no brainer.
That will do it for yet another week. Music is the passion of the soul. Enjoy every moment. Until next week and, as always,
BANG THY HEAD!!!
All worthy of a listen if you like the genre
*= standout in that genre
**=best of the week regardless of genre
Best of the Week
Charon’s Claw-Streets of Calimport (Heavy/Thrash)**
Blind the Eye-The Lion of Lions (Melodic Death)**
Morbikon-Ov Mournful Twilight (Melodic Black/Thrash)**
Inner Urge-Consume and Waste (Heavy/Power)**
Abyssic-Brought Forth in Iniquity (Doom/Symphonic)**
Royal Hunt-Dystopia Pt.2 (Heavy Progressive)**
Theotoxin-Fragment: Totenruhe (Black)**
Clamoris-Opus Limbonica (Melodic Death/Symphonic)**
Jordfast-Av Stoft (Melodic Black)**
Standout in their Genre
Bavaustrian Metalbrothers United-Fall into Oblivion (Black/Death)*
Implore-The Burden of Existence (Death/Black)*
Them-Fear City (Heavy)*
Blakk Ledd-Heavy Metal Fans (Heavy)*
Ravage Red-Decay (Melodic Death)*
Obsidious-Iconic (Progressive Death)*
Solitude Within-When Kingdoms Fall (Symphonic Metal)*
Therion-Leviathan II (Symphonic)*
Aggressive-Collapse (Thrash)*
Intent-Exile (Thrash)*
Defleshed-Grind Over Matter (Thrash/Death)*
Officer X-Hell is Coming (Hard Rock/Heavy)*
Noctem-Credo Certa Ne Cars (Black/Death)*
Atrocia-Contamination (Death)*
Mindahead-6119, pt 1 (Progressive)*
Lastbreath-Vendetta (Thrash/Hardcore)*
Dusk of Delusion-Corollian Robotic System (Heavy/Groove/Progressive)*
Sickrecy-Salvation Through Tyranny (Grindcore)*
Slaughter the Giant-Depravity (Melodic Death)*
Spitfire-Nightmares (Thrash/Speed)*
Worth a listen if you enjoy the genre
Flesh Shrine-The Grand Apostasy (Death)
Flesh Prison-Surrender (Death/Doom)
Stormheat-Rewind of Time (Heavy/Speed)
Orvel 69-Pepeo I Prah (Heavy/Hard Rock)
Onward-Of Epoch and Inferno (Heavy Power)
Hiss From the Moat-The Way Out of Hell (Death/Black)
Spell-Tragic Magic (Heavy/Hard Rock)
Darkmage-Tales From Solitude (Black)
Michael Bormann’s Jaded Heart-Power to Win (Heavy/Hard Rock)
Antropofagus-Origin (Technical Death)
Teratoma-Chaosmakers (Death)
Darkthrone-Astral Fortress (Black)
Exessus-Asynapse (Thrash)
Ground-Habitual Self-Abuse (Thrash/Crossover/Grindcore)
Triskelyon-Downfall (Thrash)
Vanguard-The Power that You Hold (Thrash)
Morbikon had the album I just coming back to over and over again. Isabella agrees wholeheartedly so with 4.75/5 Morbikon takes this weeks top spot!
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