Nov 13-19 Weekly Metal Recommendations

If you need even more metal in your life, I get all my info from https://www.metal-archives.com/ from which you can find upcoming releases, and from http://metalstorm.net/home/, from which you can find both upcoming and past releases although it is not as complete of a list compared to metal-archives.)

(I’m still using the rating system from our “New Releases” list although I will likely no longer be listing anything below a +2 unless it comes from a very well known band)

-1 - not for me or just bad

+0 - not particularly interesting or not that good

+1 - worth checking out if you like the style, but maybe for everyone

+2 - worth checking out or interesting

+3 going on my buy list

+4 already bought or pre-ordered

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Nov 14, 2021

Band: Bestial Invasion

Release: Divine Comedy: Inferno

Style: Epic Technical Thrash

+2

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Nov 15, 2021

Band: Shiningstar

Release: Destiny

Style: Extreme Synthonic/Symphonic

+2

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Band: Goaten

Release: Crimson Moonlight (EP)

Style: Heavy, Speed

+2

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Band: Ibuki

Release: Storm of Emotion

Style: J-Power, Synthonic

+2

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Band: Fugatta

Release: The Darkest Planet

Style: Synthonic Power

+2

(maybe only +1, I didn’t care for the vocalist, but musically they were solid)

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Nov 18, 2021

Band: Synapse

Release: Singularities

Style: Progressive rock/metal

+2

(sounds good but nothing I haven’t already heard from Dream Theater)

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Band: The Temple

Release: The Temple

Style: Black/Death

+2

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Nov 19, 2021

Band: Tardigrada

Release: Vom Bruch bis zur Freiheit

Style: atmospheric Black

+3

(+3 if you don’t mind that it isn’t in English)

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Band: Khemmis

Release: Deceiver

Style: Doom

+2

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Band: Temperance

Release: Diamanti

Style: Synthonic/Symphonic Power

+2

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Band: Aephanemer

Release: A Dream of Wilderness

Style: Symphonic Blackened Neo-classical

+2

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Band: E Force

Release: Mindbinder

Style: Traditional Black, Black/Thrash

+1

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Band: Abscession

Release: Rot of Ages

Style: Death

+2

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Band: Exodus

Release: Persona Non Grata

Style: Thrash, Groove/Thrash

+4

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Band: Galaxy

Release: On The Shore of Life

Style: Traditional

+2

(music is awesome, vocals are sometimes good but mostly missing the mark)

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Band: Swallow the Sun

Release: Moonflowers

Style: sleepy time music

+ZZZZZZZZZ

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Band: Obscura

Release: A Valediction

Style: Technical Death

+3

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Band: Godless

Release: States of Chaos

Style: Death

+2

(almost +3)

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Band: W.E.B.

Release: Colosseum

Style: Symphonic/Gothic Black

+3

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Band: Dream Unending

Release: Tide Turns Eternal

Style: sleepy time music (melodic death/doom)

+ZZZZZ

(it’s actually relaxing except I don’t want my metal to be relaxing)

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Band: The Lurking Fear

Release: Death, Madness, Horror, Decay

Style: Death

+1

(It’s almost At the Gates… but it’s not nor is it as good, which is disappointing since I’m a sucker for Lovecraftian themes.)

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Band: Nightland

Release: The Great Nothing

Style: Blackened Symphonic Melodic Death

+2

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Band: Stormkeep

Release: Tales of Othertime

Style: Synthonic Black

+2

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Band: Stranguliatorius

Release: Doctor’s Orders: Do Not Touch!

Style: Death

+2

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Band: ADX

Release: Etranges Visions

Style: Speed, Heavy

+2

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Band: Hellspike

Release: Dynasties of Decay

Style: Speed, Thrash

+2

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Band: Home Style Surgery

Release: Brain Drill Poetry

Style: Progressive Thrash

+2

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Band: In Aevum Agere

Release: Emperor of Hell - Canto XXXIV

Style: Heavy, Doom

+3

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Band: Our Common Sense

Release: Harbinger of Calamity

Style: Heavy Rock, Sludge

+2

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