January 2025 "The North" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio

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1. Djevel - Bespottelsen (from Natt til ende, 2024)

2. Kvist - Min lekam er meg blott en byrde (from For kunsten maa vi evig vike, 1996) [Submitted by Karl]

3. Doedsmaghird - Death of Time (from Omniverse Consciousness, 2024)

4. Havukruunu - Tavastland (from Tavastland, 2024)

5. Slaughter Lord - Taste of Blood (from Taste of Blood, 1987) [Submitted by Daniel]

6. Primeval Well - Ghost Fires Burn Light in Our Eyes (from Talkin' in Tongues with Mountain Spirits, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

7. Deus Mortem - W serce płomiennej gnozy (from Thanatos, 2024)

8. Ungfell - S Alpeglüeh (from De Ghörnt, 2024)

9. Nachtmystium - Survivor's Remorese (from Blight Privilege, 2024)

10. Thorns - Underneath the Universe 2 (from Thorns, 2001)

11. Polemicist - The Ambition and the Wrath (from Polemicist, 2024) [Submitted by Karl]

12. Drudkh - Wind of the Night Forests (from Autumn Aurora, 2004)

13. Bathory - Crosstitution (from Requiem, 1994) [Submitted by Daniel]

14. Horn - Dagetostaon (from Daudswiärk, 2024) [Submitted by Vinny]

15. An Axis of Perdition - I Am Odium (from Apertures, 2024)

16. Malignant Eternal - Tårnet (from Tårnet, 1995) [Submitted by Karl]

17. Immortal - In My Kingdom Cold (from Sons of Northern Darkness, 2002)

18. Bríi - Enlutados (from Camaradagem póstuma, 2024)

Strong month.  For a start, we have Kvist and Thorns on here with tracks from two of my favourite albums.  Then we have Drudkh and Immortal too boot, again with tracks pulled from two great albums.  Missed both the Ungfell and Nachtmystium albums from last year and so seeing those tracks put me on to two decent (if not all that remarkable) releases I had missed.  Could not get on with that Bathory track or whatever the hell the final track was, but still a great accompaniment to this icy cold weather we are having in England.

Then we have Drudkh and Immortal too boot, again with tracks pulled from two great albums. 

Yeah, those Drudkh & Immortal tracks are both very solid, aren't they?  The whole "Autumn Aurora" album is too actually but I have to admit that I've never considered "Sons of Northern Darkness" to be anything more than decent. I think it's just a little more melodic & accessible than I'd like from Immortal to be honest. I certainly get some enjoyment out of it but I rarely feel like returning to it when I have their more aggressive material to turn to.

Could not get on with that Bathory track

I don't mind that track actually. In fact, I don't mind a good two-thirds of the songs on "Requiem" but the other third is bad enough to see me generally steering well clear.

The Slaughter Lord inclusion is probably my favourite song from them. Anyone that thinks that war metal came about through Blasphemy in 1989 should take a listen to that track & some of the early Sarcofago demo tapes in my opinion.