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Best New Heavy Metal Releases Weekend of May 20th, 2022

This week the list is pretty long and as such I have decided not to write about EVERY two star album. I am feeling like my posts are getting too long but if you all reading this prefer that I talk about each highlight album then just let me know.

I guess if this week had a theme, it would be about preconceived notions and how you can still be surprised by music even after 4 decades of being a fan of Heavy Metal. I mentioned that I thought these posts were getting too long so let me quit wasting time and get to the highlights.

Cave In-Heavy Pendulum (Heavy/Sludge/Post)**

The mark of good music is when it challenges your preconceived notions of what it should be. This album does exactly that. This isnt normally a genre I really get into but this and the Goblin album from last week may be changing that in the future. The songwriting here is incredible and the sheer good time the Goblin album conveyed last week has shown me a different side of this genre that I really enjoy. Even if you think you may not like something based on genre, give it a shot, you never know as it may surprise you.

Helsott-Will and the Witch (Melodic Death)**

Ever thought to yourself “I really love Viking/Folk/Death Metal but I wish there was an old western them running throughout.” Yeah, me neither but the guys in Helsott thought so and created an album you never knew you you wanted but damn if it doesnt actually work. Strike another blow for preconceived notions.

Sadistic Ritual-The Enigma, Boundless (Thrash)**

Nothing fancy or incredibly inventive here but what you do have is some damn fine Blackened style Thrash Metal. Not everything needs to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes its enough that what you do, you do extremely well and Sadistic Ritual do this genre extremely well.

Septicflesh-Modern Primitive (Symphonic Death)**

Man, this album just sounds HUGE! The production is absolutely flawless on this album. I have come back to this album multiple times this weekend, There is so much going on here and you simply can not take it all in at once. Add to this that it all works together so incredibly well and you have a master class on songwriting. As far as Symphonic Death Metal goes it simply does not get better than this.

Crossbones’ Creed-Artificial Soul (Hard Rock)**

Ahhhhh preconceived notions. If I told you there is a Hard Rock band from Sochi, Russia, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Whatever it is, it isn’t going to be followed with super high levels of anticipation. Well, fuck me running is this album ever good. It has so much crossover appeal if mainstream radio actually played anything new, this album would absolutely blow up. It really is that damn good.

I’ll stop there for this week and just remember what I said about preconceived notions. Until next week and, as always,

BANG THY HEAD!!!

Iris-Nelu-Dumitrescu-Zodiac (Heavy/Hard Rock)*

Metaltouch-Zero Radicalism (Thrash)

Caelus-The Voyager Pt.1 (Melodic Death/Power)*

Horn-Verzet (Black/Folk)*

7 Almas-Undone (Hard Rock)

Romulox-The Three Kings (Heavy)

Lonerider-Sundown (Hard Rock)*

Volturian-Red Dragon (Symphonic Heavy)

Ibridoma-Norimberga 2.0 (Heavy Power)

Symphonity-Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack (Symphonic Power)

Malevolence-Malicious Intent (Melodic Death/Metalcore)*

Run Chicken Run-Kill the Coffee (Hard Rock)

Anvil-Impact is Imminent (Heavy)

Coreleoni-III (Heavy/Hard Rock)

Cave In-Heavy Pendulum (Heavy/Sludge/Post)**

Sadist-Firescorched (Progressive Death)*

Psycroptic-Divine Council (Technical Death)**

Wallfahrer-Den Menschen So Fern (Black)*

Sands of Eternity-Beyond the Realms of Time (Power)

Spheric Universe Experience -Back Home (Progressive)*

Fosk-Apokatastasis (Black)**

Helsott-Will and the Witch (Melodic Death)**

Maniac Abductor-Damage is Done (Thrash)

Sadistic Ritual-The Enigma, Boundless (Thrash)**

Septicflesh-Modern Primitive (Symphonic Death)**

Cities of Mars-Cities of Mars (Doom)*

Dark Archive-Reunite the Darkness (Death/Black)

Gorthrim-Yggdrasil (Melodic Death)*

Hexing-Welcome to Salem (Theash)*

Dark Archive-Reunite the Darkness (Black/Death)

Provectus-Postero Mundi (Black)

The Heroine-Out For Blood (Hard Rock)

Indren-Of Time and Autumn Leaves (Black)**

Pater Tenebrarum-Of Gods and Madmen (Melodic Death)**

Tito Falaschi-Mirror of Souls (Power)*

The Great Divide-Higher (Hard Rock)

Sisyphean-Colours of Faith (Black/Death)

Crossbones’ Creed-Artificial Soul (Hard Rock)**

All worthy of a listen if you like the genre

*= standout in that genrettfffpn

**=best of the week regardless of genre

Thought most of the weekend Septicflesh would take it but pick of the week goes to Crossbones’ Creed at the wire with 5 lazy bulldog high fives out of 5.

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