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ALBUMS OF THE WEEK! Here’s the albums that got the most track plays out of me. The winner by a hair was Mgła - Exercises in Futility. A modern classic black metal record. Next was Vredehammer’s Violator, a recurring favorite here, and one of my favorite albums of all time. I also played a bunch of 2021 releases, including new drops from Stormkeep, Spectral Wound, Bewitcher, and Mānbryne - all of which I highly recommend and included on my “Top 30” list. I gave Devil Master a try for the first time (good!), and continued with the Polish flavor of the week with albums from Vader and Batushka. . 1. Mgła - Exercises in Futility 2. Vredehammer - Violator 3. Stormkeep - Tales of Othertime (2021) 4. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst (2021) 5. Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) 6. Mānbryne - Heilsweg: O udręce ciała i tułaczce duszy (2021) 7. Devil Master - Satan Spits on Children of Light 8. Vader - De Profundis 9. Batushka - Panihida . What was on your playlist this week?

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It’s December, and that means it’s list time! 2021 has been a sterling year for new metal albums. The bands we love powered through the pandemic and managed to release powerful and amazing new music to keep us going. So below is my list of of Top 30 Albums for 2021. No EPs, singles, splits, etc.; just albums - the way music was meant to be heard. ☠️ 1. Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound 2. Stormkeep - Tales of Othertime 3. Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom 4. Khemmis - Deceiver 5. Seth - La Morsure du Christ 6. Friisk - … in torügg bleev blot Sand 7. Frozen Soul - Crypt of Ice 8. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst 9. Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell 10. Necrofier - Prophesies of Eternal Darkness 11. Mānbryne – Heilsweg: O Udręce Ciała I Tułaczce Dusz 12. Ninkharsag - The Dread March of Solemn Gods 13. Archspire - Bleed The Future 14. Darkthrone - Eternal Hails…… 15. Kôr - The Horns of Ylmir 16. Inferi - Vile Genesis 17. Demiser - Through The Gate Eternal 18. Vitriolic - Renegade Ascension 19. Devoid of Thought - Outer World Graves 20. Steel Bearing Hand - Slay In Hell 21. Wormwitch - Wolf Hex 22. Wraith - Undo The Chains 23. Aenigmatum - Deconsecrate 24. Khandra - All Occupied By Slow Death 25. Thulcandra - A Dying Wish 26. Wode - Burn In Many Mirrors 27. 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet 28. Groza - The Redemptive End 29. Haunt - Beautiful Distraction 30. Unto Others - Strength ☠️ What are your top albums for 2021?

ALBUMS OF THE WEEK! Wraith takes the crown with their fantastic new release, Undo The Chains (a speed/thrash tour de force). Don’t sleep on this one, my friends. Next, I bathed in nostalgia as I digested Metallica’s new Black Album box set. Speaking of reissues, Decapitated comes in at third with The First Damned (a reissue of the band’s earliest demos). I explored new territory for myself by checking out Thulcandra’s Ascension Lost, which has some great melodic black metal to offer. The rest is a good balance of black, death, and doom from long time favorites here. Good week. ☠️ 1. Wraith - Undo The Chains (2021) 2. Metallica - Metallica Box Set (2021) 3. Decapitated - The First Damned (2021) 4. Thulcandra - Ascension Lost 5. Unto Others - Strength (2021) 6. Obituary - Cause of Death 7. Spectral Wound - Terra Nullius 8. Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich 9. Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell (2021) ☠️ What was on your playlist this week?

Spectral Wound - Infernal Decadence. This is fantastic black metal from Canada. 
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ALBUMS OF THE WEEK! 💀 1. Danzig - The Lost Tracks of Danzig 2. Spectral Wound - Infernal Decadence 3. Haunt - Beautiful Distraction (2021) 4. Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos 5. Spectral Wound - Terra Nullius 6. Disrupted - Pure Death 7. Over the Voids - Hadal 8. Sargeist - Satanic Black Devotion 9. Dumal - The Lesser God 💀 What was on your list this week?

ALBUMS OF THE WEEK! Here are the albums that got the most plays out of me. The clear winner (for the second time in a row) was Bewitcher’s Cursed Be Thy Kingdom. This album reminds me of why I got into heavy metal as a young pup so many years ago. It has such great riffs and solos, and the blackened edge gives it a perfect bite. This will rank highly on my end-of-year lists for sure. Next, Black Sabbath has three entries because I am currently going through some kind of Sabbath reawakening and can’t stop binging their stuff. Spectral Wound and Ninkharsag also made repeat appearances from last week, and Sulphur Aeon, Dissection, and Frozen Soul all return with some great releases. Good week. ☠️ 1. Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021) 2. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 3. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst (2021) 4. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 5. Ninkharsag - The Blood of Celestial Kings 6. Sulphur Aeon - Unaussprechliche Kulte 7. Black Sabbath - Days of Evil (Live ’76) 8. Dissection - The Somberlain 9. Frozen Soul - Crypt of Ice (2021) ☠️ What was on your playlist this week?