Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The North Edition

The Ruins of Beverast - Ropes into Eden from The Thule Grimoires (2021)

Coldworld - Scars from Autumn (2016)

Primordial - The Golden Spiral from The Gathering Wilderness (2005)

Tsjuder - Ancient Hate from Demonic Possession (2016)

Forgjord - Surman Sakeet from Ajasta Ikuisuuteen (2009)

Devouring Star - Sin Assimilation from The Aeteries of Heresy (2018)

Drastus - Cygnus XI from Serpent's Chalice-Materia Prima (2009)

Enslaved - Kvasirs Blod from Eld (1997)

Malokarpaten - Ked' svetionosi započnú v močariskách nazeleno svícit from Nordkarpatenland (2017)

Wolves in the Throne Room - The Old Ones Are With Us from Thrice Woven (2017)

Craft - Assassin 333 from Fuck The Universe (2005)

We still have a three track limit for The North playlist Vinny. That's mainly because of the longer track durations that people have been selecting which tend to fill up the run time without the need for anything additional but also because most of those selections tend to be in the same couple of subgenres so I leave a little room to add some material from the large number of other subgenres.

My suggestions for April's The North playlist are:

Forhist - II from Forhist (2021)

Darkthrone - Skald av Satans sol from Transilvanian Hunger (1994)

Sainte Marie des Loups - Interdit et oublié from Funerailles de feu (2020)

We still have a three track limit for The North playlist Vinny. That's mainly because of the longer track durations that people have been selecting which tend to fill up the run time without the need for anything additional but also because most of those selections tend to be in the same couple of subgenres so I leave a little room to add some material from the large number of other subgenres.

Cool, knock the last two off my list WITTR and Craft can wait for another month.

April

Stormlord - "Far" - Far (2019)

Sur Austru - "Taina" - Obârşie (2021)

Yoth Iria - "Unbound, Undead, Eternal" - As the Flame Withers (2021)

Iconoclasm Omega by Dark Fortress off Stab Wounds (2004) - Yes, Dark Fortress are a Dark Funeral clone, who themselves are a Dissection clone, but I've always got time for Swedish style black metal when it's this good.

Vastness and Sorrow by Wolves in the Throne Room off Two Hunters (2007) - sorry MacabreEternal, but I'm stealing your WITTR slot this month. This is their finest moment in my opinion and their best album overall.

V pogonie za beloj ten'yu by Arkona off Khram (2018) - Folk metal doesn't get much love on these playlists, so I challenged myself to include something this month. I'm kind of cheating though, as Arkona's latest album is by far the least folk and the most black they've ever been, which is why I enjoy it more I guess.

For May -

Wolves in the Throne Room - The Old Ones Are With Us from Thrice Woven (2017) (08:36)

Craft - Assassin 333 from Fuck The Universe (2005) (04:31)

Könnigreichssaal - Force Majeure from Witnessing the Dearth (2020) (04:41)

Les Chants De Nihil - Ma Doctrine, Ta Vanité from Le Tyran Et L'esthète (2021) (05:18)

This month's criteria for The North playlist submissions is as follows: 24 min each clan member, no track limits

My suggestions for May's playlist:

Selvans - Clangores Plenilunio (9:26) from Clangores Plenilunio EP (2015)
Archgoat - Black Crusade (3:31) from Whore of Bethlehem (2006)
Morbid - My Dark Subconsious (4:40) from December Moon (1986)
Wode - Lunar Madness (6:12) from Burn in Many Mirrors (2021)
Total Runtime 23:49

May

Satyricon - "Dark Medieval Times" - Dark Medieval Times (1994)

Mare Cognitum - "Luminous Accretion" - Solar Paroxysm (2021)

Manegarm - "Skymningsresa" - Vredens Tid (2005)

Sear Bliss - A Mirror in the Forest off Letters from the Edge (4:50)

Darkspace - Dark 4.20 off Darkspace III I (18:24)

Total Running TIme: 23:14

Darkspace - Dark 4.20 off Darkspace III I (18:24)

Lol! Right on the day 4/20!!

June:

Fuath - Prophecies from II (2021) 09:28

Ragnarok - God Is Wasted from Arising Realm (1997) 04:18

Gaerea - Null from Limbo (2020) 06:01

Wardruna - Grá from Kvitravn (2021) 03:32

Total runtime = 23:19

My suggestions for June's playlist:

Wolves in the Throne Room - I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots (18:16) from Two Hunters (2007)
Yith - Risen (5:30) from Passage (2021)

Total runtime: 23:46

In the Hate of Battle by Xasthur off Nocturnal Poisoning (2002)

Blackheim's Forest Kept the Seasons Forever by Diabolical Masquerade off Ravendusk in My Heart (1996)

Aether Wind by Mare Cognitum off Luminiferous Aether (2016)

Total Running Time: 23 minutes and 39 seconds

June

Obsequiae - "Asleep in the Bracken" - The Palms of Sorrowed Kings

Spectral Wound - "Mausoleal Drift" - A Diabolic Thirst

Paysage D'Hiver - "Wuetig" - Geister

~22 MInutes

July:

Vreid - Shadowland  from Wild North West (2021) 09:53

Nattverd - Det bloer paa alt som spirer from Vandring (2021) 06:34

Imperium Dekadenz - Nebelbrandung from Dämmerung Der Szenarien (2007) 06:46

Total = 23:13

Suggestions for July's playlist:

Panopticon - The Embers at Dawn (12:40) from ...And Again Into the Light (2021)
Kanonenfieber - Grabenlieder (5:25) from Menschenmühle (2021)
Emperor - Ye Entrancemperium (5:14) from Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997)
Total runtime: 23:19

Suggestions for July's playlist:

Kanonenfieber - Grabenlieder (5:25) from Menschenmühle (2021)

I have played that album to death since the CD/Tee bundle arrived and that track is one of the standouts.  Good choice sir.

Just got my CD copy a couple of days ago. Love this album, Vinny and thanks for putting me onto it. But have you seen the large number of snarky comments on it's RYM page? I fucking swear, I don't know what some people expect from an album sometimes. Can't they just accept it as a good/great black metal album that doesn't threaten to change the face of black metal but is just a damn entertaining listen? Or does one person state a dislike for it and then others feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon? That's one of my main beefs with RYM I guess, the pile-on bully mode that sometimes takes the place of considered thought. Luckily that's not an issue here at the Academy and another reason I prefer to engage in civilised discussions here - I virtually never post on RYM forums, but as you can tell it's hard to shut me up on the MA ones!

Just got my CD copy a couple of days ago. Love this album, Vinny and thanks for putting me onto it. But have you seen the large number of snarky comments on it's RYM page? I fucking swear, I don't know what some people expect from an album sometimes. Can't they just accept it as a good/great black metal album that doesn't threaten to change the face of black metal but is just a damn entertaining listen? Or does one person state a dislike for it and then others feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon? That's one of my main beefs with RYM I guess, the pile-on bully mode that sometimes takes the place of considered thought. Luckily that's not an issue here at the Academy and another reason I prefer to engage in civilised discussions here - I virtually never post on RYM forums, but as you can tell it's hard to shut me up on the MA ones!

I don't do RYM in all honesty but I have heard the elitism is rife there.  Yeah, that's one of the main draws here for me too, an open atmosphere without being fluffy.  On my other site were I moderate we have pretty much the same ethos.

July

Sojourner - "Perennial" - Perennial (2021)

Djevel - "maanen skal være mine øine, den skinnende stierne mine ben, og her skal jeg vandre til evig tid" - Tanker Som Rir Natten (2021)

Esoctrilihum - "Xuiotg" - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath (2021)