KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: England
Year: 2021

1. Incarnation
2. Hellfire Thunderbolt
3. Sermons Of The Sinner
4. Sacerdote y Diablo
5. Raise Your Fists
6. Brothers Of The Road
7. Metal Through And Through
8. Wild And Free
9. Hail For The Priest
10. Return Of The Sentinel

Debut album by KK's Priest, the group of ex-Judas Priest founding member K.K. Downing. Next to him we find Tim Owens (ex-Judas Priest, The Three Tremors, etc.), A.J. Mills (Hostile), Tony Newton and Sean Elg (Cage, etc.). The album has an aggressive, infectious energy, in part due to spirited performances by everyone involved, making it a welcome return for Downing. As expected, his new album is fully interconnected with the early Judas Priest style, rescuing many 80s characteristics on this new material.

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Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

 

Genre: Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2021

1. The Seer
2. The Citadel
3. A Journey Through Storms
4. The Serpent's Stone
5. An Ode To Dragons
6. Eternal Majesty Manifest

Debut album by Stormkeep. They work with a base of '90s symphonic black metal like early Old Man’s Child or Dimmu Borgir with clear dungeon synth influences that’d bring Summoning to mind. A majestic and haunting opus of black metal magnificence that will take you to an ancient land where adventure and sorcery are always present. Heroic, bold, devastating and brutally intense.

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Funeral Mist - Deiform

 

Genre: Black
Country: Sweden
Year: 2021

1. Twilight Of The Flesh
2. Apokalyptikon
3. In Here
4. Children Of The Urn
5. Hooks Of Hunger
6. Deiform
7. Into Ashes

4th album by Funeral Mist. Most of the album carry the furious tremolo riffs the project has always been known for. The production is excellent, the tracks are hauntingly dark yet beautiful and glitter like a dark gem in moonlight. A pure and uncompromising album where every track excels both individually and as being part of the album.

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Top Albums of 2021

Thrash:

1. Enforced - Kill Grid

2. Demoniac - So It Goes

3. Cryptosis - Bionic Swarm

4. Nocturnal - Serpent Death

5. Artillery - X

6. Paranorm - Empyrean 

Death:

1. Unleashed - No Sign Of Life

2. Archspire - Bleed The Future

3. Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

4. Baest - Necro Sapiens

5. Carcass - Torn Arteries 

6. At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

Black:

1. Paysage d'Hiver - Geister

2. Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled

3. Funeral Mist - Deiform

4. Mork - Katedralen

5. Dødsferd - Suicide And The Rest Of Your Kind Will Follow part II

6. 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

Viking/Pagan/Folk:

1. Einherjer - North Star

2. Thyrfing - Vanagandr 

3. Helheim - WoduridaR

4. Korpiklaani - Jylhä

5. Bornholm - Apotheosis

Crust/Hardcore/Grindcore:

1. Psychopharmaka - Spastic Hardcore Noise 

2. Stheno - Wardance

3. Zvarna - Αδιάγνωστο Ψυχεδελικό

4. Lock Up - The Dregs Of Hades

5. Downwinder - Downwinder

6. Aborted - Maniacult

Heavy/Power/Speed:

1. Ice War - Sacred Land

2. Tower - Shock To The System

3. Eternity's End - Embers Of War

4. Black Soul Horde - Horrors From The Void

5. Helloween - Helloween

6. Warrior Path - The Mad King

Doom/Sludge/Stoner:

1. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bllodmoon:I 

2. Wheel - Preserved In Time

3. Lake Of Tears - Ominous

Paradox - Heresy II: End Of A Legend

 

Genre: Thrash/Speed
Country: Germany
Year: 2021

1. Escape From The Burning
2. Mountains And Caves
3. The Visitors
4. Children Of A Virgin
5. Journey Into Fear
6. Βurying A Treasure
7. A Meeting Of Minds
8. Priestly Vows
9. Unholy Conspiracy
10. A Man Of Sorrow (Prologue)
11. A Man Of Sorrow
12. The Great Denial
13. End Of A Legend

8th album by Paradox, 5 years after their last one. It is sheer speed loaded with rich harmonies and crushing riffs. In its very old-school-driven sounds and musicality, the album sounds really refreshing in the context of metal music today. 

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Fyrnask - VII: Kenoma

 

Genre: Black
Country: Germany
Year: 2021

1. Hrævaþefr
2. Sjóðandi blóð
3. Niðamyrkr
4. Helreginn
5. Dauðvána
6. Blótguð

4th album by Fyrnask. The group have recorded an album of pure listening pleasure. From aggression to sadness to feelings of loss, 'VII – Kenoma' is a sweltering mass of powerful songs that broaden the black metal horizons as being more than just blasphemy and hatred.

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Spirit Adrift - Forge Your Future 'Ep

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2021

1. Forge Your Future
2. Wake Up
3. Invisible Enemy

3-track 'Ep by Spirit Adrift. For all of the riffs, bass grooves, vocal lines and drum patterns that may sound heavily influenced by some of the classic favourites that shaped heavy metal forever, there’s still a huge element of the band having their own style. Catchy, entertaining and honest heavy metal.

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Morgul Blade - Fell Sorcery Abounds

 

Genre: Heavy
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2021

1. He Who Sits Upon The Black Throne Of Angmar / The Morgul Blade
2. A Last Waltz Of Gevaudan
3. In The Grip Of The Dark Lord
4. Sons Of The Night
5. Oak In The Mist
6. The Five Will Ride At Dawn
7. The Beacons Must Be Lit!
8. Blood Has Been Spilled This Night
9. Fell Sorcery Abounds

Debut album by Morgul Blade. Here we see a group innovate with tradition and do so successfully. It is a true metal release at its core, but with elements of black metal, power metal, epic metal and doom metal scattered throughout. This is a daring sound, to take such strong elements and fuse them into something potent.

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Lock Up - The Dregs Of Hades

 

Genre: Grindcore/Death
Country: England
Year: 2021

1. Death Itself, Brother Of Sleep
2. Hell Will Plague The Ruins
3. The Dregs Of Hades
4. Black Illumination
5. Dark Force Of Conviction
6. Misdirection Thief
7. Dead Legions
8. Triumph Of The Grotesque
9. Nameless Death
10. A Sinful Life Of Power
11. Ashes
12. The Blind Beast
13. Reign On In Hell
14. Crucifixion Of Distorted Existence

5th album by Lock Up. This time Tomas Lindberg handles the mic along with Kevin Sharp, and Nicolas Barker is replaced by Adam Jarvis (misery Index, Pig Destroyer). Performances-wise, this album rips. Most of the music was written by Reisenegger and it has this distinct South American brutality and filthiness that bands of the ‘80s were renowned for.

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Wraith - Undo The Chains

 

Genre: Speed/Punk/Black
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2021

1. Undo The Chains
2. Dominator
3. Gate Master
4. Mistress Of The Void
5. Cloaked In Black
6. Born To Die
7. Time Wins
8. Gift Of Death
9. Disgusting
10. Bite Back
11. Victims Of The Sword
12. Terminate

3rd album by Wraith. While the guitars are heavy and furious, the full-throated vocals by Matt Sokol give extra ferocity to their sound. A great suggestion for fans of blackened old school thrash metal.

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Volbeat - Servant Of The Mind

 

Genre: Groove/Heavy/Rock
Country: Denmark
Year: 2021

1. Temple Of Ekur
2. Wait A Minute My Girl
3. The Sacred Stones
4. Shotgun Blues
5. The Devil Rages On
6. Say No More
7. Heaven’s Descent
8. Dagen Før (feat. Stine Bramsen)
9. The Passenger
10. Step Into Light
11. Becoming
12. Mindlock
13. Lasse’s Birgitta

8th album by Volbeat. The group continues using the successful formula of the rockabilly, metal, groove, rock blend and produces a highly addictive album. Nice guitarwork, distinctive vocal delivery and crystal clear sound, that results to a fully entertaining album.

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Black Soul Horde - Horrors From The Void

 

Genre: Heavy/Power
Country: Greece
Year: 2021

1. Beneath The Mountains Of Madness
2. Beware The Deep
3. Blinding Void
4. Lair Of The Wolf
5. Malediction Of The Dead
6. God Of War
7. The Curse
8. The Betrayal Of The King

3rd album by Black Soul Horde. The classic heavy sound is combined well with epic moments and power metal melodies. The most impressive fact is that while they are more close to the traditional heavy metal sound, at the same time their sound has a dark and mysterious atmosphere.

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Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I

 

Genre: Exp.Hardcore/Sludge/Post
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 2021

1. Blood Moon
2. Viscera Of Men
3. Coil
4. Flower Moon
5. Tongues Playing Dead
6. Lord Of Liars
7. Failure Forever
8. Scorpion's Sting
9. Daimon
10. Crimson Stone
11. Blood Dawn

10th album by Converge. It is actually a collaboration album with Chelsea Wolfe, comprised of 11 dark, brooding post-metal songs. Despite the dark, horrifying settings and atmospheres it evokes, it is a very enjoyable album. Existing Chelsea Wolfe fans should love it. Converge fans may find it more problematic due to the comparative slowness of many of the songs and the abundance of clean vocals, but the band haven’t traded in their trademark aggression for crooning.

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Dura Mater - Dura Mater 'Ep

 

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

1. Dead Rats Award
2. Sympathia Malevolens
3. Pervertia
4. Alluring Souls In Motion
5. Chainsaw Delirium

5-track 'Ep by Dura Mater, a group consisting of Matt (vocals, Kemerov, ex-Sicks Daze), Nick (guitars, vocals, ex-Asphodel), Spyros (bass, ex-Violet Vortex) and Kostas (drums, Diavolos, ex-Nightfall, ex-Soulskinner). The group managed to infuse many influences, many ideas and different genres in only five songs. The variety of tempos, speed and vocal delivery, create an atmosphere that is not tiring and dares to successfully blend genres.

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