Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The North Edition

November

Spectral Wound - "The Horn Marauding" from Songs of Blood and Mire

Sacramentum - "Portal of Blood" from The Coming Of Chaos

Ethereal Shroud - "Desperation Hymn" from They Became Falling Ash 

Hi Ben, for November:

Abigor - Blood and Soil (from Supreme Immortal Art, 1998)

Forlorn - Spiritshade (from Opus III: Ad caelestis res, 2000)

Amestigon - The Gates to a Red Moon (from Höllentanz, 1998)

Theotoxin - World, Burn for Us (from Fragment: Totenruhe, 2022)

Summoning - The Legend of the Master-Ring (from Minas Morgul, 1995)

Watain – “The Limb Crucifix” (from “Rabid Death’s Curse”, 2000)

Enslaved – “Slaget I skogen bortenfor” (from “Hordanes Land” E.P., 1993)

Emperor – “Wrath of the Tyrant” (from “Emperor” E.P., 1993)

Gargul - "Gallows" (from "Gallows", 2024)

Stiriah - "Sterbend im Nebel" (from "Portal", 2024)

Dark Horizon - "Secrets of the Nightmare Prophecies" (from "Darkness Falls upon Mankind", 2024)

Sørgelig - "Those of the Depths" (from "Φθορά", 2024)

Isolert - "The End of Beauty" (from "Wounds of Desolation", 2024)

Horna - "Haudanusva Perimä" (from "vihassa ja verikostossa", 2000)

Labrynthus Stellarum - "The Light of Dying Worlds" (from "Vortex of the Worlds", 2024)

Nargaroth - "Black Metal ist Krieg" (from "Black Metal ist Krieg", 2001)

December

Aklys - "Sister Silence, Brother Sleep" from House of the Black Geminus

Furia - "Ptaki Ida" from Nocel

Necrowretch - "Dii Mauri" from Swords of Dajjal

Labyrinthus Stellarum – “Vortex of the Worlds” (from “Vortex of the Worlds”, 2024)

Slaughter Lord – “Taste of Blood” (from “Taste of Blood” E.P., 1987) [An early war metal tune that can be found on the “Thrash till Death compilation]

Bathory – “Crosstitution” (from “Requiem”, 1994) [Blackened thrash metal]

For January please Ben:

Primeval Well - "Ghost Fires Burn Light in Our Eyes" (from "Talkin' in Tongues with Mountain Spirits", 2021)

Horn - "Dagetostaon" (from "Daudswiärk", 2024)

Malignant Eternal - “Tårnet” (from “Tårnet”, 1995)

Kvist - “Min lekam er meg blott en byrde” (from “For kunsten maa vi evig vike”, 1996)

Polemicist - “The Ambition and the Wrath” (from “Polemicist”, 2024)

Novembre – “Let Me Hate” (from “Dreams d’azur”, 2002) [Progressive black metal]

Bestial Warlust – “At the Graveyard of God” (from “Vengeance War ‘Till Death”, 1994) [War metal]

The Black – “The Black Opal Eye” (from “The Priest of Satan”, 1994) [Black metal]

Impaled Nazarene – “Steelvagina” (from “Suomi Finland perkele”, 1994) [Black metal]

Aggressa – “VooDoo Doll” (from “Nuclear Death” E.P., 1988) [Blackened thrash]

Dark Funeral – “My Dark Desires” (from “Dark Funeral” E.P., 1994) [Black metal]

For Feb please Ben:

The Great Old Ones - "Me, the Dreamer" (from "Kadath", 2024)

Ellende - "Ballade Auf Den Tod" (from "Todbringer", 2016)

Kampfar - "Kledd i brynje og smykket blodorm" (from "Mellom skogkleedde aaser", 1997)

Ragnarok - "Minner om svunne tider" (from "Nattferd", 1995)

Смрт - "U raljama košave" (from "Na utrini", 2024)

Angantyr - "De dødes valg" (from "Indsigt", 2024)

With Daniel stepping back from aspects of the site and Ben no longer having time to compile the playlist for the North, rather than do away with them I have volunteered to take on responsibility for compiling and updating the playlists for the North and Horde, as well as continuing with the Fallen. 

I wouldn't be able to produce three playlists every month, so I am proposing to change the frequency to every other month. I should be able to get new ones out on 1st February due to work already done on them, but following that, new playlists would be released on the 1st of April, June, August, October and December.

I would still like any sugfestions to be submitted by the 15th of the month following a new playlist being released, so by the 15th of February for inclusion on April's playlist.

I know it is a significant change to the scheduling, but necessary I believe in order to keep the concept alive. Let me know either here or via PM if this is a problem, or if you have any other comments regarding the changes.

The reduced regularity should allow me to contribute to the list, despite my plan to pull my metal listening habits back a fair amount.

Any contributions you may make would be very welcome, Daniel.

OK, so after some further consideration I have decided to follow Vinny's lead with the Pit and move to issuing a new playlist every three months, thus allowing me to produce one a month, rather than trying to cram more in than I may be able to handle. I intend to stagger the three playlists for the clans I am responsible for, so here are the main points and schedules:

1. I will release new playlists for all three clans, The Fallen, The Horde and The North on 1st February

2. The next new playlist for the North will be released on 1st April and I would like any suggestions for this playlist in by 15th March please.

3. So the release schedule for the North for the rest of 2025 will be:

1st April 2025 with suggestions in by 15th March

1st July with suggestions in by 15th June

1st October with suggestions in by 15th September

Let us see how this pans out and then take it from there. Sorry for the change of mind, but I think this is for the best.

Vinny, Karl, Xephyr, as Daniel has stepped back from the playlists and features you may now submit up to 30 minutes of suggestions.

Please submit your suggestions by 15th March for inclusion in the April playlist.

Vinny, Karl, Xephyr, as Daniel has stepped back from the playlists and features you may now submit up to 30 minutes of suggestions.

Please submit your suggestions by 15th March for inclusion in the April playlist.

Got ya.

A reminder to anyone wanting to make suggestions for the April North playlist - can you please submit your suggestions by the 15th of March. 

Here you go Sonny:

Kvist - "Stupet" (from "For kunsten maa vi evig vike", 1996)

Ungfell - "Im Ruusch" (from "De Ghörnt", 2024)

Satanic Warmaster - "Harken the Bells of Damnation" (from "Exultation of Cruelty", 2024)

Ruïm - "Fall of Seraphs" (from "Black Royal Spiritism - I - O Sino da lgreja", 2023)

Dawn - "Sorrow Flew on Black Wings" (from "Sorgh på svarte vingar fløgh", 1996)

Inferi (ARG) - "Marked with Our Ancestors Blood" (from "The Awakening of the Black Hordes", 2005)

Demoncy - "Risen from the Ancient Ruins" (from "Empire of the Fallen Angel: Eternal Black Dominion", 2015)

Sorcier des Glaces - "The Winter Nightsky" (from "Snowland", 1998)

Emperor - "Night of the Graveless Souls" (from "Emperor", 1993)

Satyricon - "Du som hater gud" (from "Nemesis Divina", 1996)

Cheers!

Here are my nominations for the April playlist Sonny.

Gaerea – Unknown (2024)

Selbst – Chant of Self Confrontation (2024)

Oubliette – Desolate Path (2024)

Saor – Glen of Sorrow (2025)

Unreqvited – Void Essence/Frozen Tears (2025)

Here are my nominations for the April playlist Sonny.

Gaerea – Unknown (2024)

Selbst – Chant of Self Confrontation (2024)

Oubliette – Desolate Path (2024)

Saor – Glen of Sorrow (2025)

Unreqvited – Void Essence/Frozen Tears (2025)

It doesn't appear that you are a member of The North, Saxy. I will take one suggestion as a non-clan member, but it would limit what others who are members of The North can submit if I were to accept all your submissions. Let me know which one you want to put forward.

I don't know if submissions are accepted from non-North members, but I'll test it out with my own. Here are my submissions for the April North playlist, two symphonic black metal classics:

Arcturus - "Fall of Man" (from Aspera Hiems Symfonia, 1996)

Stormlord - "Under the Samnites' Spears" (from At the Gates of Utopia, 2001)

See my reply to Saxy, Andi. I thought it was a fairly well-established rule that only clan members submit suggestions to most clan playlists, with a couple of exceptions for under-represented clans and I don't really want to change this for the playlists I am responsible for. If Ben and Daniel decide otherwise then, obviously, I will have to go along with it, but for now, I don't think so.