A bit late on this one since life has been a bit crazy lately, but here are my obsessions for the month of June! So let's see the honorable mentions first.

Disconnected Souls - Shatter Fairyland - Heralds of the Green Lands Aeternam - Lunar Ceremony Luminosa - Shape of a Dream Orville Peck - Hope to Die Forbidden Lore - Promised Land MoonSun - Between the Flags Viscaya - Under the Rain Ignea - Too Late to Be Born

Become Zero - Ocean Void Qveen Herby - Sugar Daddy Skarlett Riot - Human Behemoth - Bartzabel Fallon Bowman - In Your Room (version 2) Strain of Chaos - Lethargy Slave Mandragora Scream - Devil's Whisper The Browning - Skybreaker Qveen Herby - Dump Truck Omega Infinity - Venus Angel - Darkness Ignea - I Tokuni (Eivor cover) The Naked and Famous - Death

And here are my main obsessions.

Oceans of Slumber - A Return to the Earth Below

This new album is gonna be a fucking power house and I can't wait for it. This song is just so raw and powerful and really shows how talented of a singer Cammie is. The crushing guitars are absolutely epic. And there's something so nostalgic about the chorus to me, like something straight out of the 90′s.

Monica Naranjo - Europa

I was recommended this song to do a reaction to, but it didn't work out due to copyright laws. But it didn't stop me from being absolutely in love with the song. It's so powerful and lovely. I've been looking into more from her and she's an absolute queen.

Dream Ocean - Pendulum of Time

I love that they're experimenting with new things with this new single. It's still very true to their sound, but it's so dark. I can't wait to hear the new album. I know it's gonna be amazing. Lost Love Symphony was a hidden gem from 2017, and I know this new release is gonna a great predecessor. I hope they have some other dark songs like this and that their front woman continues to show more versatility with her range.

Dark Sarah - Melancholia

This song has me so hyped for their new story and album. It's so beautiful and dramatic. Heidi is really making a new name for herself with Dark Sarah after parting ways with Amberian Dawn. This song just packs such a beautiful and majestic punch and I absolutely love it.

Khemmis - A Conversation with Death

I just love this song. It has such a classic doom feel that I just love so much and the singer's voice is so deliciously deep. It's such a grim song, but is so pleasant to listen to. And those riffs. Yes.

Aeternam - Hanan Pacha

Al Qassam turned out to be such an epic album for me. I didn't expect to love it as much as I do. And this song right here is my favorite off it. It's so beautiful, but so intense at the same time. The riffs are outstanding, the orchestrations are so powerful, and their front man's cleans are so stunning. Such a wonderful punch this song packs.

tagged by @sinister--potato OMGGG i nearly forgot about this THANK YOUU 🖤 always love doing these!

(i did one recently enough with my previous longass URL before we became mutuals HAHAH SO i decided to set myself the fun challenge of doing this only with songs i've discovered just this year 😂)

Venus (The Priestess) - Mare Cognitum

Enemy of Truth - Septicflesh

Nord - Ihsahn

Of Mind - Nocturne - TesseracT

Mass - Scale the Summit (ft. Yvette Young)

Al Qassam - Aeternam

No Rest for the Weary - Oathbreaker

Downgrade Desert - Igorrr

Machi Bhasad - Bloodywood

Aeons - Karnivool

No Love/No One - Gideon

Inviolate - Thou / Ragana

Alien - DivahaR

@bloodofheroes tagged me to post my top 7 albums from 2017, which means I can annoy you all with this brilliant fresh music and thus enlighten your lives. I will admit pushing music onto my friends is one of my joys.

Carach Angren - Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten

Arguably not the strongest CA album so far released, but still deservedly on the list. Favourite songs: Song for the Dead, Blood Queen.

Aeternam - Ruins of Empires

Aeternam is the first band on this list that would really deserve more recognition. They’re a Canadian symphonic death metal band with a Moroccan singer, which means there’s a brilliant Arabic folky touch. The album, as the title suggests, focus on tales of old empires. Favourite songs: Damascus Gate, Nightfall on Numidia

Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain

Bringer of Pain is pretty much exactly what one would expect from Battle Beast and that’s more of amazing power metal with Noora’s signature vocals. Favourite songs: Straight to the Heart, King for a Day.

Myrkur - Mareridt

Mareridt deserves to be on here just because it upsets the elitists. But beyond that Myrkur definitely brings something new and the album often truly has a feel of a mareridt (nightmare). Favourite songs: The Serpent,  Måneblôt.

Leander Kills - Élet A Halál Előtt

The most criminally underrated band on the list is Hungarian, but don’t let the monstrosity that is this language dissuade you from listening to them because Leander against all odds makes it sounds beautiful. With a mix of cleans vocals and metalcore-like growls and the astounding riffs this album almost doesn’t have a weak point. Favourite songs:  Egy Hónapja Nem Láttalak, Vigyetek Kórházba.

Septicflesh - Codex Omega 

This was the most anticipated album for me as Septicflesh has long been one of my favourite bands. It continues in the style of the previous three albums, bringing together powerful symphonies with the might of Spiros’ voice. As a bonus, we’ve always been treated to three orchestral pieces. Favourite songs: Portrait of a Headless Man, Dark Art.

Ensiferum - Two Paths 

Folk metal legends’ newest album is perhaps a bit softer than their previous work, which is probably exactly why I absolutely adore it. This is the album I wanna hear before marching into war and thus Two Paths is my album of the year. Favourite songs: God is Dead, I Will Never Kneel, (and all the others).