🌶 To The Teeth: Ayreon, Ihsahn, Finntroll, Metallica, Pig Destroyer
New albums
Mystras (🌶 epic black from Greece). Not many people love castle metal, and I get that: it's nerdy as hell. And although the melodies are gorgeous and lush, and quite epic, the music is still harsh and offensive to many listeners. My girlfriend hates it. And it's fine. But luckily Spectral Lore's Ayloss loves it and he created Mystras. It's raw, epic and very medievalish. Let's be massive nerds together.
There's more. There's always more. Ysengrin (🌶 doom/black/death from France), Herxheim (black/death from the USA), Havukruunu (🌶 pagan black from Finland - yeah it released a month early), Xythlia (experimental tech death/grind - solo project from Ashbringer/Wishfield's Nick Stanger) Der Weg Einer Freiheit (black from Germany - a home recorded ep), Zombi (prog electronic/space rock from the USA), Khthoniik Cerviiks (🌶 death/black from Germany), Dark Sarah (symphonic from Finland), Worship (post/sludge from the USA), Barghest (black/death from the USA), Entry (hardcore from the USA), Daggers (🌶 hardcore punk/noise from Belgium), Abatuar (black/death from Panama), Tooms (sludge from Ireland), Goatsnake (stoner/doom from the USA - a two song ep), a split from Conan & Deadsmoke (sludge/stoner/doom from the UK and Italy), Embr (doom/goth from the USA), Batallions (sludge/stoner from the UK), Dethlehem (epic melodeath from the USA), Razor Sharp Death Blizzard (sludge/doom/punk from the UK), Snøgg (experimental black from Slovenia) and Väki (black from Finland). I mean, and there's still more.
New singles (this is where the real shit is at this week)
There are two new songs from Ayreon (🌶 prog from the Netherlands), and there are new songs out from Unleash the Archers (🌶 power/melodeath from the USA), Ihsahn (🌶prog from Norway), Incantation (death from the USA), Finntroll (blackened folk from Finland), Necrophobic (death/black from Sweden), Pig Destroyer (grind from the USA), Draconian (gothic/doom/death from Sweden), Primitive Man (🌶 sludge/doom/noice from the USA), Pig Destroyer (grind from the USA), Imperial Triumphant (Neoclassical Black Metal (early); Avant-garde/Technical Black/Death Metal (later) from the USA - yes I got that description straight from Metal-Archives because I love it haha), Venomous Concept (🌶 hardcore punk from the USA - members of Napalm Death and Brutal Truth), Gone is Gone (alt rock from the USA - featuring members from Mastodon, At the Drive-In and QOTSA), Fawn Limbs (math grind from the USA), Terminal Nation (metalcore/death from the USA), Hiidenhauta (meloblack from Finland), Expander (crossover/thrash from the USA), Jupiterian (sludge/death/doom from Brazil), Ars Magna Umbrae (atmoblack from Poland), a teaser for new Throane (black from France), and live tracks from Septicflesh (atmospheric/symphonic death from Greece) and, of course, Metallica & the San Francisco Symphony (thrash from the USA and, well, an orchestra from the USA), announcing the second S&M record with two new songs.
Next week
Non-metal album of the week:Â Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
I’m looking forward to next week because of: Valkyrie, Bedsore, and supposedly Haken actually releases their new album for real this week.
Have a great weekend, please stay safe - Peter.