Forté - Stranger Than Fiction

 

Genre: Techn.Thrash/Speed
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1992

1. Coming Of The Storm
2. The Inner Circle
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. G-13 (Devoid Of Thought)
5. Mein Madness
6. Time And Time Again
7. Digitator
8. Between The Lies
9. The Last Word
10. The Promise

Debut album by Forté. This is pure, mayhemic technical thrash with a talented singer leading the way. Beyond the sheer speed and technicality on display, it has a decidedly melodic aspect, making it more than just a shred-fest. Vocalist James Randel (previously with Oliver Magnum) has a voice that could go from the typical sharp thrash style to a powerful high-pitched wail when necessary.

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Passengers In Panic - Passengers In Panic

 

Genre: Folk/Progr.Heavy
Country: Greece
Year: 2020

1. Intro
2. Undertaking
3. No Ghosts At The Feast
4. Life At It's Best
5. Gang Of Stares
6. Tsampasin
7. Leap Of Faith
8. Shipwreck
9. To Stain
10. Nakba

Debut album by Passengers In Panic. The group delivers a very interesting mix of folk, prog and heavy metal, and they do it well. They bring powerful spoken-word and lyric narratives to the table with some ballsy attitude and good musical firepower in their songwriting. 

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Top Albums of 2020

 Thrash:
1. Sodom - Genesis XIX
2. Warfect - Spectre Of Devastation
3. Onslaught - Generation Antichrist
4. Terravore - Vortex Of Perishment
5. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot 
6. Gama Bomb - Sea Savage

Death :
1. Cadaver - Eder & Bille
2. Benediction - Scriptures 
3. Lik - Misanthropic Breed
4. Heads For The Dead - Into The Red
5. Sickening Horror - Chaos Revamped
6. Miasmal Sabbath - Ominous Radiance

Black:
1. Akhlys - Melinoe 
2. Mystras - Castles Conquered And Reclaimed
3. Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
4. Uada - Djinn
5. Sad - Misty Breath Of Ancient Forests
6. Katavasia - Magnus Venator

Viking/Pagan/Folk:
1. Passengers In Panic - Passengers In Panic
2. Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut
3. Finntroll - Vredesvävd 

Crust/Hardcore/Grindcore/Punk:
1. Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
2. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
3. Internal Rot - Grieving Birth
4. Dropdead - Dropdead
5. 偏執症者 (Paranoid) - Out Raising Hell 
6. Venomous Concept - Politics Versus The Erection

Heavy/Power/Speed:
1. Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel-Steel Hails Fire
2. Heathen - Empire Of The Blind
3. Dark Forest - Oak, Ash & Thorn
4. Throne Of Iron - Adventure One 
5. Sacred Outcry - Damned For All Time
6. Glacier - The Passing Of Time

Doom/Stoner/Sludge:
1. Cirith Ungol - Forever Black
2. Crust - ... And A Dirge Becomes An Anthem
3. Spirit Adrift - Enlightened In Eternity

Wytch Hazel - III:Pentecost

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: England
Year: 2020

1. He Is The Fight
2. Spirit And Fire
3. I Am Redeemed
4. Archangel
5. Dry Bones
6. Sonata
7. I Will Not
8. Reap The Harvest
9. The Crown
10. Ancient Of Days

3rd album by Wytch Hazel. All band members do a great job from the vocals to the melodic guitar playing to the rock solid rhythm section it is pretty much flawless. The songs are there, the production is there, the front cover is fantastic.

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Evildead - United States Of Anarchy

 

Genre: Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2020

1. The Descending
2. Word Of God
3. Napoleon Complex
4. Greenhouse
5. Without A Cause
6. No Difference
7. Blasphemy Divine
8. A.O.P. / War Dance
9. Seed Of Doubt

3rd album by Evildead. A pleasant comeback after 29 years!!! It is a comprehensive summary of their short career, but given with a fresh view upon it, with the energy and passion of a new band and not some middle-aged people who just decided to play together again.

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Fates Warning - Long Day Good Night

 

Genre: Progr.Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2020

1. The Destination Onward
2. Shuttered World
3. Alone We Walk
4. Now Comes The Rain
5. The Way Home
6. Under The Sun
7. Scars 8. Begin Again
9. When Snow Falls
10. Liar 11. Glass Houses
12. The Longest Shadow Of The Day
13. The Last Song

13th album by Fates Warning. The album clocks in at just over 72 minutes making it their longest album of their career. With an impressive resume which extends over the last 35 years, Fates Warning presents their 13th album with 13 tracks containing some of their most stylistically expansive compositions which will bring something for everyone to enjoy.

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Satan's Fall - Final Day

 

Genre: Power/Heavy
Country: Finland
Year: 2020

1. Forever Blind
2. Madness (Finds A Way)
3. They Come Alive
4. Retribution
5. Juggernaut
6. There Will Be Blood
7. The Flamekeeper
8. Final Day

Debut album by Satan's Fall. This is classic heavy metal with heart that is made for the ages. Compared to their highly acclaimed demo, it contains more power and less speed metal elements, while oldschool heavy metal vibes and riffs only exists in individual pieces and marks its’ spot.

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Children Of Technology - Written Destiny

 

Genre: Speed/Punk
Country: Italy
Year: 2020

1. Soundtrack Of No Future
2. Creation Through Destruction
3. Written Destiny
4. The New Barbarians
5. Desert City
6. Warpainted Nightcreatures
7. The Days Of Future Past
8. Wasteland Cratediggers

3rd album by Children Of Technology. This is an album that is exciting, powerful and over the top, full of thrilling guitars, ripping solos and snarled vocals. They chose a bulk aesthetic, but with decent and solid production, stories from Mad Max’s most sick dreams and metallic primitivism.

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Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel-Steel Hails Fire

 

Genre: Epic/Heavy
Country: Switzerland
Year: 2020

1. Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire
2. Verene
3. In The Black Of Night
4. General Bloodlust
5. Wastrels
6. Crimson River
7. Songs Of Victory
8. The Giver's Embrace

Debut album by Megaton Sword. Compared to their earlier released 'Ep, they focus more on the European power metal roots, influenced by the teutonic side of the genre. Those influences are combined with those classic mid tempo -and faster- epic metal parts which are the perfect link for the obscure epic metal universe from USA that the band worships anyway.

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Cult Of Fire - Nirvana

 

Genre: Black
Country: Czech Rep.
Year: 2020

1. Buddha 1
2. Buddha 2
3. Buddha 3
4. Buddha 4
5. Buddha 5

3rd album by Cult Of Fire, that consists of two mini-albums, 'Moksha' and 'Nirvana'. 'Nirvana', the second mini-album, comes across as the superior of the two albums, containing a more inviting and fulfilling black metal that speaks to the heart a little more.

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Cult Of Fire - Moksha

 

Genre: Black
Country: Czech Rep.
Year: 2020

1. Zrození Výjimečného
2. Město Mrtvých
3. (ne)Čistý
4. Har Har Mahadev
5. Mokša 

3rd album by Cult Of Fire, that consists of two mini-albums, 'Moksha' and 'Nirvana'. 'Moksha', the first mini-album showcases the elegance of the melodic lead guitar and the juxtaposition of the Indian drums and female chants creates a lavish atmosphere.

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Crust - ... And A Dirge Becomes An Anthem

 

Genre: Sludge/Black/Death
Country: Russia
Year: 2020

1. Approaching Grave
2. When Winds Howl The Song Of Death
3. Beneath The Cold Clay
4. Clad In Flesh
5. When Eternal Sleep Falls Upon Men
6. Graveland
7. Space Sabbath

3rd album by Crust. This trio delivers a fusion of black metal, doom metal, some elements of post metal on a strong, decent basis of sludge. This album is pretty much old school and jam-packed with memorable musical patterns.

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Stormhunter - Ready For Boarding 'Ep

 

Genre: Power/Heavy
Country: Germany
Year:2020

1. Crown Of Creation
2. Two Beers (Or Not Two Beers)
3. Sharp Invaders
4. Antisocial (Trust cover)

4-track 'Ep by Stormhunter, 6 years after their last album. The group delivers 3 new songs of teutonic power/heavy metal and the classic Trust cover. Nothing more nothing less, 17 minutes of highly entertaining metal.

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Miasmal Sabbath - Ominous Radiance

 

Genre: Death/Crust/Punk
Country: Greece
Year: 2020

1. Invocation Of Death Essence
2. Celestial Prodigy
3. The Oracular Voice
4. Chaos Magnvm
5. Ghostly Aura Bathed In Stellar Luminence
6. Wisdom Of The Occult
7. Umbra Mortis
8. The Terminable Nature Of Existence

Debut album by Miasmal Sabbath. On a death metal album where the shortest song clocks in at 6 minutes and 27 seconds, there are several effective tempo changes and mid-song left turns that both surprise and delight. This is a rumbling, rotten, and thoroughly old-school record loaded with lethal riffs, morbid atmospheres, and some punkish energy to get the zombies dancing. 

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