Dewi's Dungeon // January 1st - 12th
Since I'm not busy enough with work, band, family, reviews and releases posts, here I go with another idea I will probably scrap before April. Anyway, I've been having an itch to check more black, death, doom metal with all its variants, with maybe some dark ambient and jazz sprinkled on it, so each week I will select 10 albums of those genres and add them there in order of release date. You can rec stuff but but I'm a control bitch so I may include them or not. This week includes releases from January 1st up to January 12th cause it's usually dry ground. Hope you find something you like! |
| 1 |  | Hoplites
Ψευδομένη
Release date: January 1st
Genre: Grindcore / Death Metal / Black Metal
Label: Self released
Chinese chaotic grindcore and blackened death metal band for fans of Serpent Column. Funny cause their name is in Greek.
https://hoplites.bandcamp.com/album/--2 |
| 2 |  | Mourning Forest
L'Immonde Fanaison
Release date: January 2nd
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Self released
Fourth album of this project from France, don't know if it's a one man thing or a full band. Sounds raw and sounds good.
https://mourningforest666.bandcamp.com/album/limmonde-fanaison |
| 3 |  | Esoctrilihum
Funeral
Release date: January 2nd
Genre: Black Metal / Doom / Esoctrilihum ate my dog
Label: Self released
You all know this one. It was a bit overwhelming for me but I haven't given up on it just yet.
https://esoctrilihum.bandcamp.com/album/funeral |
| 4 |  | Sons of Cult
Back to the Beginning
Release date: January 5th
Genre: Black Metal / Doom / Esoctrilihum ate my dog
Label: Fighter
Traditional heavy metal ala NWOBHM from Spain. if you like 80s metal revival like Haunt, Nite, Screamer, give this a check.
https://fighter-records.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-the-beginning |
| 5 |  | The Howling Void
Into Darkness Ever More Profound
Release date: January 6th
Genre: Funeral Doom
Label: Funere
Very sweet gothic funeral doom from the US. Obviously don't expect frenzy riffs, but AMSR growls and drowning doom.
https://thehowlingvoid.bandcamp.com/album/into-darkness-ever-more-profound |
| 6 |  | Spectral Whisper
Enchantress of Black Curses
Release date: January 6th
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Astral Nightmare Productions
New lo-fi bm release by german label ANP. I have no idea about the band/project though. It's... shrouded in mystery.
https://astralnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/enchantress-of-black-curses |
| 7 |  | Iravu
A Fate Worse than Home
Release date: January 6th
Genre: Atmoblack
Label: Fiadh / Vita Detestabilis
One man project by Malaysian-Indian guitarist Hareesh Kumar Shanggar. it's pretty neat.
https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/a-fate-worse-than-home |
| 8 |  | Concrete Age
Bardo Thodol
Release date: January 6th
Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal / Balkan Music
Label: Self released
Never heard stuff like this tbh. Folk and thrash/death with an eastern flavour, not sure if a comparison with Orphaned Land would be accurate, but smth like that.
https://concreteage.bandcamp.com/album/bardo-thodol |
| 9 |  | Thy Darkened Shade
Liber Lvcifer II: Mahapralaya
Release date: January 10th
Genre: Greek Black Metal
Label: World Terror Committee
Long awaited new album of the Greek BM stalwarts. On first listen was pretty impressive but also a bit homogeneous.
https://thydarkenedshade.bandcamp.com/album/liber-lvcifer-ii-mahapralaya |
| 10 |  | Walg
III
Release date: January 10th
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Self released
Melodic BM from the Netherlands. probably my favorite of the bunch. Listen to "Verlies & Verval" off this one!
https://walg.bandcamp.com/album/iii |
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