Ben's Forum Replies

Unfortunately there's not currently any option to allow multiple people to work on the same list (I didn't consider that when designing it).

That said, it makes total sense to have an ongoing updated list for features. I think I'll add a new category in the Lists section called Feature Releases (Month by Month) or something like that. I can easily keep it up to date while I'm adding the features each month.

Hath - All That Was Promised off All That Was Promised (2022)

Allagaeon - Into Embers off Damnum (2022)

Ritual Necromancy - Enter the Depths off Ritual Necromancy / Fossilization (2022)

Before the Dawn - Fear Me off Deadlight (2007)

Atmospheric Sludge falls under both clans. It is a mixture of Sludge (Fallen) and Post (Infinite), so it just made sense to do it that way. As for the clan challenge, well I had to choose one. Daniel and I agreed at the time that a lot of Atmospheric Sludge borders more on the Post-Metal side, so we went with The Infinite.

I think this makes it fair game for Atmospheric Sludge tracks to be included in either playlists. I imagine some judgement calls will be made about individual tracks, for example you're probably not likely to choose a track if it's basically Post-Metal, but it's fine if you do too.

To be clear, new forum posts should be appearing instantaneously on the front page, but new reviews and new releases don't appear for up to 24 hours (depending on what time of day they're posted). I think we'd all agree that this trade off is worth it for the super fast homepage loading.

I think Fade to Grey is my favourite track on the album. Like Daniel though, I've never heard the original.

I do agree that the vocals are off-putting. I still struggle with them a bit, despite loving the album overall.

Mournful Congregation - As I Drown in Loveless Rain off The Monad of Creation (2005)

Counting Hours - To Exit All False off The Will (2020)

Messa - Serving Him off Close (2022)

Konvent - Pipe Dreams off Call Down the Sun (2022)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 24th of February to the 8th of March, 2022.

1. Skrape (GATEWAY)

2. Factory 81 (GATEWAY)

3. Kenji Ohtsuki & Zetsubou Shoujotachi (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

4. Evanescence (GATEWAY) - requested by shadowdoom9

5. Marge Litch (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

6. Nuclear Blast Allstars (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

7. Alkonost (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

8. Throne of Chaos (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, HORDE, NORTH)

9. Serpent Throne (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)

10. Samurai (GUARDIANS)

11. Cydonia (GUARDIANS)

12. Aesma Daeva (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)

13. Lonewolf (GUARDIANS)

14. Cauchemar (GUARDIANS, FALLEN)

15. Linked Horizon (GUARDIANS)

16. White Magician (GUARDIANS)

17. Woods of Belial (SPHERE, NORTH, FALLEN)

18. Fear of Domination (SPHERE, REVOLUTION, HORDE)

19. Jun Senoue, Yutaka Minobe, Mariko Nanba, Tomoya Ohtani& Kenichi Tokoi (SPHERE)

20. Dom Zły (FALLEN, INFINITE)

21. Zebulon Pike (FALLEN, INFINITE)

22. Goatsnake / Burning Witch (FALLEN)

23. Lucyfire (FALLEN)

24. Fight Amp (FALLEN)

25. North (FALLEN, INFINITE)

26. Thorns of the Carrion (FALLEN)

27. Acrimony / Church of Misery (FALLEN)

28. How Like a Winter (FALLEN)

29. Indesinence (FALLEN)

30. Irreversible (FALLEN, INFINITE)

31. Decrepisy (FALLEN, HORDE)

32. Sky Pig (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

33. Tar Pit (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

34. Night Hag (FALLEN, HORDE) - requested by Sonny

35. Fragments of Lost Memories (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

36. Burial (FALLEN)

37. The Mass (REVOLUTION, INFINITE)

38. Foreground Eclipse (REVOLUTION)

39. Atlantis Chronicles (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

40. The Sorrow (REVOLUTION)

41. Beneath the Sky (REVOLUTION)

42. fallfiftyfeet (REVOLUTION)

43. Wolf King (REVOLUTION)

44. Slowbleed (REVOLUTION)

45. Troldhaugen (NORTH, INFINITE)

46. Horna / Sacrificia Mortuorum (NORTH)

47. Sacrificia Mortuorum (NORTH)

48. Ancestral (NORTH)

49. Kathaaria (NORTH)

50. Self-Inflicted Violence (NORTH)

51. Bann (NORTH)

52. Tsalal (NORTH)

53. Blue Noise (NORTH)

54. Saidan / Klane n (NORTH)

55. Klanen (NORTH)

56. Festung (NORTH)

57. Weltmacht (NORTH)

58. Fear of Eternity (NORTH)

59. Kaosritual (NORTH)

60. Misery's Omen (NORTH)

61. Ch'aska (NORTH)

62. Nhor (NORTH)

63. Licho (NORTH, INFINITE)

64. Cairiss (NORTH)

65. Entropy Created Consciousness (NORTH)

66. Dakhma (NORTH, HORDE)

67. Noltem (NORTH)

68. Häxkapell (NORTH)

69. Ayreon vs. Avantasia (INFINITE)

70. Constants (INFINITE)

71. Ode and Elegy (INFINITE)

72. Burial in the Sky (INFINITE, HORDE)

73. Last Tribe (INFINITE)

74. Barús (INFINITE, HORDE)

75. Dessiderium (INFINITE, HORDE)

76. Abhorrence (HORDE)

77. Immortal Fate (HORDE)

78. Cinerary (HORDE)

79. Libido Airbag (HORDE)

80. Degrade (HORDE)

81. East West Blast Test (HORDE)

82. Synestesia (HORDE)

83. Vengeful (HORDE)

84. Cabal (HORDE, PIT)

85. Soulreaper (HORDE)

86. Necronomicon (HORDE)

87. Gride (HORDE)

88. Naildown (HORDE)

89. The Arcane Order (HORDE)

90. Malodorous (HORDE)

91. Devian (HORDE)

92. Gored (HORDE)

93. Aposepsy (HORDE)

94. Cerekloth (HORDE)

95. Unmerciful (HORDE)

96. National Suicide (PIT)

97. Ravager (PIT) - requested by Vinny

98. Dekapited (PIT) - requested by Sonny

I've also been very impressed by Det eviga leendet, and the Shining-like approach of Negativa has grabbed me in the last couple of weeks too. The Festung album seems inconsistent and overlong after a couple of listens, but it's hard not to find some enjoyment in a blatant Paysage d'Hiver clone.

Can never get too much Mare Cognitum or Leviathan. Oh, and that Spectral Wound track reminds me why I need to check that album out.

Sorry, Ben. Another one for you. Could you please add US death / death doom band Night Hag.

RYM page

No need to apologise. I like getting requests!

March 2022

1. Negativa - XXIII (from 04, 2022)

2. Spectral Wound - Diabolic Immanence (from A Diabolic Thirst, 2021) [Submitted by Daniel]

3. Violet Cold - Immersive Collapse (from Səni Uzaq Kainatlarda Axtarıram, 2022)

4. Archgoat - In Extremis Nazarene (from Worship the Eternal Darkness, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

5. Dark Forest - Vesperia (from Land of the Evening Star, 2012)

6. Vorga - Fool's Paradise (from Striving Toward Oblivion, 2022) [Submitted by Xephyr]

7. Mare Cognitum - Ataraxia Tunnels (from Solar Paroxysm, 2021) [Submitted by Daniel]

8. Sargeist - Black Fucking Murder (from Satanic Black Devotion, 2003) [Submitted by Vinny]

9. Odium - The Brightness of the Weeping Kingdom (from The Sad Realm of the Stars, 1998)

10. Leviathan - Made as the Stale Wine of Wrath (from Massive Conspiracy Against All Life, 2008) [Submitted by Sonny]

11. Onirik - Melodies of Reflection and Praise (from The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity, 2020) [Submitted by Vinny]

12. Panopticon - Chase The Grain (from Roads To The North, 2014) [Submitted by Xephyr]

13. Anaal Nathrakh - Satanarchrist (from In the Constellation of the Black Widow, 2009)

14. Burzum - My Journey to the Stars (from Burzum, 1992) [Submitted by Sonny]

15. Ninkharsag - The Necromanteion (from The Dread March of Solemn Gods, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

16. Det eviga leendet - Estrange (from Reverence, 2022)

17. Festung - Fallt! (from Der Turm, 2022)

Am I the only one who thinks that there should be more acknowledgement of the two distinct types of death doom metal. There seems to me to be a world of difference between the gothic style of death doom practiced by MDB et al and the more heavily (heavenly) death metal vibes of Cianide, Rippikoulu, Asphyx, Atavisma and Coffins. Is a fan of My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Draconian and Paradise Lost necessarily going to get off on Autopsy and Winter? I'm not saying they wouldn't, but surely there is enough of a separation in overall sound and atmosphere to justify a gothic or maybe even melodic death doom tag. They sound as different to me as black metal and melodic black metal do, so if the purpose of tagging is to direct fans of a certain style to further releases or bands they might like why should these two quite differing styles be lumped together.

Anyway it's just a thought, I'm trying to take my mind off the imminent destruction of the European way of life by focussing on the important issues!

I guess it comes down to the same old question. What is Death Doom Metal? Is it simply bands that mix death metal and doom metal together? Or is it an actual style / sound of metal music? If it's the former, then you could argue that bands like Asphyx might belong. If it's the latter, then they have no place at all under the current death doom subgenre.

Either option has major flaws to be honest. I mean disEMBOWELMENT don't sound anything like My Dying Bride, nor do they sound anything like Coffins. But they definitely mix death metal techniques and doom metal.

I know I've said it before, but if I had A LOT more time, I'd attempt to rebuild the metal branching tree, and I'd start by trying to identify "sounds" within each genre. Giving them names would be the last thing that I'd do, and I'd want them to capture the essence of the sound without encouraging the inexperienced to use them incorrectly. Would it work? Probably not. There'd be way too many bands / releases that don't belong anywhere, potentially creating an endless list of subgenres. It would be fun to try though.

If / when that failed, I'd explore the idea of having only top level genres, with a bunch of descriptive tags to help separate them. What would happen if we only had Doom Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal etc., and then a bunch of descriptive tags that could be attached to them (Melodic, Brutal, Technical, Progressive, Gothic, Industrial, Symphonic etc.)? I can really see that working for a lot of the genres. Is this a death metal album? Yes. Is there a dominant descriptor that could be applied to it?  Yeah, it's got a high Symphonic aspect. Cool... it's a Symphonic Death Metal album! Again, probably wouldn't work, but it would be fun to think about.

I haven't answered your question at all. Sorry about that.

I have only just realised that it is limited to 20 mins so please drop Mütiilation of my list.  Apologies.

I like that album, so I'll include it anyway. 

Well it turns out that the album isn't on Spotify, so I can't include it anyway. Sad, cause I know Daniel doesn't like it. 

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 11th to the 23rd of February, 2022.

1. Darvulia (FALLEN, NORTH)

2. Eternal Darkness (FALLEN, HORDE)

3. Celestiial (FALLEN)

4. The Mezmerist (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

5. Mutter (FALLEN)

6. Salem (FALLEN, HORDE, NORTH, GUARDIANS)

7. Arcane Sun (FALLEN)

8. Facedowninshit (FALLEN)

9. Kehlvin (FALLEN, INFINITE)

10. Silentium (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

11. Bilocate (FALLEN, HORDE)

12. Ikd-sj (GATEWAY)

13. Noizegarden (GATEWAY)

14. Hoobastank (GATEWAY)

15. Stavesacre (GATEWAY)

16. Mama's Boys (GUARDIANS)

17. Satanic Rites (GUARDIANS)

18. Iron Cross (GUARDIANS)

19. Attila (GUARDIANS)

20. Salem's Wych (GUARDIANS)

21. Saint (GUARDIANS)

22. Profugus Mortis (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

23. Kenziner (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

24. Satan Jokers (GUARDIANS)

25. Brainfever (GUARDIANS)

26. White Wolf (GUARDIANS)

27. Damien (GUARDIANS)

28. Concerto Moon (GUARDIANS)

29. Steeler (GUARDIANS, PIT)

30. Neglected Fields (INFINITE, HORDE)

31. Bergthron (INFINITE, NORTH)

32. In Lingua Mortua (INFINITE, NORTH)

33. Stream of Passion featuring Ayreon (INFINITE)

34. Grandmother Is Dead (INFINITE)

35. Astra (INFINITE)

36. Giant Robot (INFINITE)

37. Odyssey (INFINITE)

38. Blodfest (NORTH)

39. Negativa (NORTH)

40. Vrolok (NORTH)

41. IXXI (NORTH)

42. Alatyr (NORTH)

43. L' Acephale (NORTH)

44. Twin Obscenity (NORTH, HORDE)

45. Destruktor (NORTH, HORDE, PIT)

46. Крода [Kroda] / Велимор [Velimor] (NORTH)

47. Velimor (NORTH)

48. Desolation Triumphalis (NORTH)

49. Sworn (NORTH)

50. Nekrokrist SS (NORTH)

51. Vhernen (NORTH)

52. Kanashimi (NORTH)

53. Decayed (NORTH)

54. Avenger / Black Rain (NORTH, HORDE)

55. Det eviga leendet (NORTH)

56. Vorga (NORTH)

57. Mystic Circle (NORTH)

58. Baphomet (PIT, HORDE)

59. Aggression (PIT)

60. Erosion (PIT)

61. Astharoth (PIT)

62. Deathstorm (PIT)

63. wecamewithbrokenteeth (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

64. Noidz (REVOLUTION, SPHERE)

65. Confide (REVOLUTION)

66. Buried Alive (REVOLUTION)

67. Hiroshima Will Burn (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

68. .crrust (REVOLUTION)

69. Shipwreck (REVOLUTION)

70. My Bitter End (REVOLUTION)

71. With Blood Comes Cleansing (REVOLUTION)

72. Silent Descent (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

73. Effluence / Blowtorch (HORDE)

74. Awaiting the Autopsy (HORDE)

75. Eternal Suffering (HORDE)

76. Carnal Diafragma (HORDE)

77. This Ending (HORDE)

78. At the Throne of Judgment (HORDE)

79. Guttural Engorgement (HORDE)

80. Graveyard (HORDE)

81. Betrayer (HORDE)

82. Phantasm (HORDE)

83. Agony Conscience (HORDE)

84. Insatanity (HORDE)

85. Nefas (HORDE)

86. Flesh Consumed (HORDE)

87. Revolting Cocks (SPHERE)

I listen to The Fallen and The Horde (obviously The North as well) every month without fail, and always enjoy them. I definitely feel like The Fallen is in very good hands Sonny, and don't have anything negative to say. I'll try to comment more each month so you have something more constructive.

Yes, I'm well aware that the homepage takes too long to load. My developer has a number of ideas of how to improve the performance, but simply hasn't had any availability to work on Metal Academy for the past 6 months or so.

I've just written to him again, asking whether he has any time. I've also asked if he knows someone else that could assist with this specific issue, if he still doesn't have time.

Fingers crossed. I'm sure it annoys me even more than you guys, as I have to wait every time I add a new release. I also agree that the lag could be the main reason why newcomers don't stick around.

We'll get there, I promise!

Thanks Ben. Khazad-dûm eh? I thought I was the only one who liked that album (although not many people have even listened to it!)

It's funeral doom...and Tolkien...how can that be bad?

Don't answer that Daniel.

Apologies for the delay Sonny.

Worm - Empire of the Necromancers off Foreverglade (2021)

Khazad-dûm - Transmuted off Hymns from the Deep (2020)

Lethian Dreams - Shades off Red Silence Lodge (2014)

My Dying Bride - A Doomed Lover off Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004)

Shadows of Intent - Blood in the Sands of Time off Elegy (2022)

Immolation - Apostle off The Age of No Light (2022)

Unleashed - Blood of Lies off Midvinterblot (2006)

Gorguts - Disincarnated off Considered Dead (1991)

Nekrovault - Eremitorium off Totenzug: Festering Peregrination (2020)

Virvum - Tentacles of the Sun off Illuminance (2016)

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The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 3rd to the 10th of February, 2022.

1. Schaliach (HORDE, FALLEN)

2. Expulser (HORDE)

3. Furbowl (HORDE)

4. The Everdawn (HORDE)

5. Flesh Parade (HORDE)

6. Intestinal Disgorge (HORDE, INFINITE)

7. Autophagia (HORDE)

8. Cranial Incisored (HORDE)

9. Infernal Torment (HORDE)

10. Fermenting Innards (HORDE, NORTH)

11. Inverted (HORDE)

12. Nominon (HORDE, NORTH)

13. Nomenmortis (HORDE)

14. Saprogenic (HORDE)

15. The Forsaken (HORDE)

16. Serpens Aeon (HORDE)

17. Pentacle (HORDE)

18. Paths of Possession (HORDE)

19. Martyr (PIT)

20. The Organization (PIT, GATEWAY, GUARDIANS)

21. Ballistic (PIT, GUARDIANS)

22. Taurus (PIT)

23. I.N.C. (PIT)

24. Amulance (PIT, GUARDIANS)

25. Alastor (PIT)

26. Faith or Fear (PIT)

27. Midas Touch (PIT)

28. Sacrosanct (PIT, FALLEN, INFINITE)

29. Wrath (PIT, GUARDIANS)

30. Damnation A.D. (REVOLUTION)

31. Trial (REVOLUTION)

32. Deadwater Drowning (REVOLUTION)

33. Taken (REVOLUTION)

34. Congress (REVOLUTION)

35. Limelight (GUARDIANS)

36. Proud (GUARDIANS)

37. Crucifixion (GUARDIANS)

38. Lefay (GUARDIANS)

39. Chevy (GUARDIANS)

40. Heavy Metal Army (GUARDIANS)

41. Ruthless (GUARDIANS)

42. Madison (GUARDIANS)

43. Tyran' Pace (GUARDIANS)

44. Drive (GUARDIANS)

45. Recon (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

46. Skullview (GUARDIANS)

47. Quicksand Dream (GUARDIANS)

48. Ring of Fire (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

49. Zonata (GUARDIANS)

50. Spartan Warrior (GUARDIANS)

51. The Beyond (GATEWAY)

52. Lifer (GATEWAY)

53. Human Waste Project (GATEWAY)

54. Unloco (GATEWAY)

55. Tommy Lee (GATEWAY)

56. Neurosis / Tribes of Neurot (FALLEN, INFINITE)

57. Eisregen (FALLEN, NORTH)

58. Nightstick (FALLEN)

59. Godsend (FALLEN)

60. Veni Domine (FALLEN, INFINITE)

61. Fistula (FALLEN)

62. Gloios (INFINITE)

63. Poverty's No Crime (INFINITE)

64. Gaahlskagg (NORTH)

65. Pest (NORTH)

66. Blut aus Nord / Reverence (NORTH, SPHERE)

67. Trollfest (NORTH)

68. Nocturnal Triumph (NORTH)

69. Vargavinter (NORTH)

70. Thyrane (NORTH, SPHERE)

71. Kataxu (NORTH)

72. Hellveto (NORTH)

73. Rivendell (NORTH)

74 .Elffor (NORTH)

75. Morrigan (NORTH)

I have only just realised that it is limited to 20 mins so please drop Mütiilation of my list.  Apologies.

I like that album, so I'll include it anyway. 

Note: Seriously, how wonderful is the cover artwork. I used to have a "Still Life" t-shirt which I miss now that I look at that stunning piece of work for the first time in a while.

You gave it to me. Want it back?

For all the talk about there being a top 4 of American thrash metal, these lists show that there was very distinctively a top 3. Don't get me wrong, Anthrax were a great band at their peak, but they've never reached the popularity or acclaim of the other 3.

I must admit that I'm stunned to see that Filosofem has more ratings than Powerslave on RYM.

Glad you enjoyed it Sonny! I certainly can't take all that much credit, as you guys selected the vast majority of tracks. I can recommend the Wiegedood and Nameless Mist albums, as I've been given them quite a few spins (that term probably doesn't apply these days but whatever).

I'd be interested to hear what people think of the Funeral Mist track I kicked off with. I'd not heard this album before and it's actually pretty interesting.

What?! Where's Exterminator's "Total Extermination"?? 

Quoted Daniel

To answer your question (which I realise was not really a question), it's currently in position 108, which is dead last. It was only really challenged by Countess' horrible debut.

Just our of interest, did you apply a number of ratings filter when determining the clan release winners and if you did, did it vary from clan to clan?

Minimum of 4 ratings.

When there were ties, the release with the most ratings won.

If still a tie, then the clan rating was the decider.

"Omega" was actually our highest rating release of the year overall however I can't see it being something that'd appeal to me so I've given it a wide birth. Perhaps I'll re-evaluate that position after this result though.

P.S. I'm surprised to see that Accept cover artwork winning. Must have been slim pickings this year.

I'm personally also surprised that Accept's album managed to clinch it. It's good, but I'd never have predicted it to win. Below are some of my favourite Guardians covers for the year.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 25th of January to the 2nd of February, 2022.

1. Negu Gorriak (GATEWAY)

2. 7race (GATEWAY)

3. The Butterfly Effect (GATEWAY)

4. E-Town Concrete (GATEWAY)

5. Treyarch Sound (GATEWAY)

6. Ded (GATEWAY)

7. Draw the Emotional / ゆよゆっぺ [Yuyoyuppe] / Meola (GATEWAY)

8. Apartment 26 (GATEWAY, SPHERE)

9. Infected Rain (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION) - requested by SilentScream213

10. Portal / Rites of Thy Degringolade (NORTH, HORDE)

11. Nuclear Desecration (NORTH, HORDE)

12. Konflict (NORTH, HORDE)

13. Vehementer Nos (NORTH, INFINITE)

14. Lanayah (NORTH, INFINITE)

15. Lunaris (NORTH, INFINITE)

16. Orgy of Carrion (NORTH)

17. Paysage d'Hiver / Nordlicht (NORTH)

18. Dismal (NORTH)

19. Kapala (NORTH)

20. Majestic M ass (NORTH)

21. Misertus (NORTH)

22. Mothersuperior (NORTH)

23. Vauruvã (NORTH)

24. Mnima (NORTH)

25. Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes (NORTH, HORDE)

26. Gloomy Grim (NORTH)

27. Stutthof (NORTH)

28. Förgjord (NORTH)

29. Svart (NORTH, FALLEN)

30. Gyibaaw (NORTH)

31. Galdr (NORTH)

32. Cohol (NORTH, HORDE)

33. Black Kirin (NORTH, HORDE)

34. Entheogen (NORTH)

35. Arkhtinn (NORTH)

36. Bloodbark (NORTH)

37. One Tail, One Head (NORTH)

38. Lycopolis (NORTH)

39. Gehenna (REVOLUTION)

40. Avenger (NORTH, HORDE)

41. Raventale (NORTH, FALLEN)

42. Khost (SPHERE, FALLEN)

43. Emigrate (SPHERE)

44. Dead Blue Sky (REVOLUTION, HORDE)

45. Death Before Dishonor (REVOLUTION)

46. December (REVOLUTION)

47. The Killing Tree (REVOLUTION)

48. It Prevails (REVOLUTION)

49. Blind Witness (REVOLUTION)

50. Spite (REVOLUTION)

51. God Mother (REVOLUTION)

52. Left Behind (REVOLUTION, FALLEN)

53. Irk (REVOLUTION)

54. State Craft (REVOLUTION)

55. Sufferer (REVOLUTION)

56. Los Natas (FALLEN)

57. Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean (FALLEN)

58. The Loveless (FALLEN)

59. C R O W N (FALLEN, INFINITE)

60. KRZTA (FALLEN)

61. Carcinoid (FALLEN, HORDE)

62. Servants to the Tide (FALLEN, GUARDIANS) - requested by Sonny

63. Toxodeth (HORDE, PIT)

64. She Said Destroy (HORDE, INFINITE)

65. Heinous Killings (HORDE)

66. Urine Festival (HORDE)

67. 29/09 (HORDE)

68. Parlamentarisk Sodomi (HORDE)

69. Konflict / Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes (HORDE)

70. Shapeshifter (HORDE)

71. Poison (HORDE, PIT)

72. Psychopath (HORDE, PIT)

73. Scattered Remnants (HORDE)

74. Tyrant Trooper (HORDE)

75. Anasarca (HORDE)

76. Broken Torso (HORDE)

77. Benümb (HORDE)

78. Commit Suicide (HORDE)

79. Liturgy (IL-USA) (HORDE)

80. Man Must Die (HORDE)

81. Humanity Falls (HORDE)

82. Nothnegal (HORDE, GUARDIANS)

83. Agonal Breathing (HORDE)

84. Flesh (HORDE)

85. Dark Matter Secret (HORDE, INFINITE)

86. Tredegar (GUARDIANS)

87. Joey Tafolla (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

88. Koyaanisqatsy (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

89. Atlain (GUARDIANS, PIT)

90. Insania (GUARDIANS)

91. Hansen & Friends (GUARDIANS)

92. Power Paladin (GUARDIANS)

93. Tower (GUARDIANS) - requested by Vinny

94. Dire Peril (GUARDIANS, PIT)

95. Rocka Rollas (GUARDIANS)

96. Korovakill (INFINITE)

97. Scariot (INFINITE, PIT)

98. Totorro (INFINITE)

99. Jakub Żytecki (INFINITE)

100. The Last Sighs of the Wind (INFINITE)

101. Dyoxen (PIT)

102. MX (PIT)

103. Arachnid (PIT)

104. Coldseed (PIT)

105. Sacrifizer (PIT) - requested by Vinny

106. Sonic Assault (PIT) - requested by Vinny

107. Inhuman Nature (PIT) - requested by Vinny

108. Extinction A.D. (PIT) - requested by Vinny

February 2022

1. Funeral Mist - Twilight of the Flesh (from Deiform, 2021)

2. Dauþuz - Der Bergschmied IV: Zauberwerk (from Vom Schwarzen Schmied, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

3. Whoredom Rife - Curse of the Moon (from Winds of Wrath, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

4. Nameless Mist - The Queen of Shadows (from Nameless Mist II, 2022)

5. Ulver - Hymne II - Wolf and the Devil (from Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden, 1997) [Submitted by Daniel]

6. Ereb Altor - Alvablot (from Vargtimman, 2022)

7. Wiegedood - Now Will Always Be (from There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road, 2022) [Submitted by Xephyr]

8. Nordicwinter - La mort des amants (from Le Dernier Adieu, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

9. Archgoat - Luciferian Darkness (from Whore of Bethlehem, 2006) [Submitted by Daniel]

10. Wodensthrone - Those That Crush the Roots of Blood (from Loss, 2009) [Submitted by Daniel]

11. Kanonenfieber - Unterstandangst (from Menschenmuhle, 2021) [Submitted by Xephyr]

12. Gaerea - Absent (from Unsettling Whispers, 2018) [Submitted by Vinny]

13. Obtained Enslavement - Voice From a Starless Domain (from Soulblight, 1998)

14. Havukruunu - Yon Torni (from Kuu erkylän yllä, 2021) [Submitted by Xephyr]

15. Mystras - The Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (from Empires Vanquished and Dismantled, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

16. Archurahl - Pig Slaughter (from Goedendag Injury, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

Yep, the band name is legitimately ██████.

Although, on Metal Archives...

The band has no name; a solid bar is often used instead. On websites limited to ASCII input, they have also used the name "nic" (Czech for "nothing/null/none"). For convenience, the band may be referenced on the Metal Archives by searching for "nic" or "Black Strip".

...and also the 2020 release from Sölicitör "Spectral Devastation"

Thanks.

This one is already on the site under the name Solicitor. I've made it so that it returns for a search for Sölicitör as well.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 14th to the 24th of January, 2022.

1. Destiny Potato (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

2. Crimson Shadows (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

3. Noble Beast (GUARDIANS)

4. Ancient Empire (GUARDIANS) - requested by Vinny

5. The Mire (INFINITE, FALLEN)

6. Save Us From the Archon (INFINITE)

7. USA Out of Vietnam (INFINITE, FALLEN)

8. Random (INFINITE)

9. A Pregnant Light (INFINITE, NORTH)

10. Deep Mountains (INFINITE, NORTH)

11. Kenn Nardi (INFINITE)

12. We All Die (Laughing) (INFINITE)

13. Audrey Fall (INFINITE)

14. Vestiges / Panopticon (INFINITE, FALLEN, NORTH)

15. Art Far Away (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

16. Nux Vomica (INFINITE, FALLEN)

17. Serdce (INFINITE, HORDE)

18. Fórn (FALLEN)

19. The Body / Sandworm (FALLEN, NORTH)

20. Aberration (HORDE, NORTH)

21. Gnaw Their Tongues & Alkerdeel (FALLEN, NORTH)

22. Swallowed (FALLEN, HORDE)

23. Salems Pot (FALLEN)

24. 1000mods (FALLEN)

25. Zaum (FALLEN)

26. Black Moth (FALLEN)

27. Crust (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

28. Uncertainty Principle (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

29. Hark (FALLEN)

30. Atriarch (FALLEN)

31. Anomalistic (HORDE)

32. Drowned (HORDE)

33. Piss Vortex (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

34. Alien Fucker (HORDE, NORTH)

35. Blind Equation (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

36. Excoriation (HORDE)

37. TrenchRot (HORDE)

38. Domains (HORDE)

39. Innsmouth (HORDE)

40. Ageless Oblivion (HORDE)

41. Zom (HORDE)

42. Lie in Ruins (HORDE)

43. Nausea (HORDE)

44. Rotting Sky (NORTH)

45. Azelisassath (NORTH)

46. Old Soul / ██████ (NORTH)

47. Black Monolith (NORTH)

48. Svolder (NORTH)

49. Sammath (NORTH)

50. The Deathtrip (NORTH)

51. Blut aus Nord / P.H.O.B.O.S. (NORTH, SPHERE)

52. Hellfekted (NORTH, PIT) - requested by Sonny

53. Paramnesia (NORTH)

54. My Useless Life (NORTH)

55. Falls of Rauros / Panopticon (NORTH)

56. The Temple (NORTH)

57. Stangarigel (NORTH)

58. Worm Shepherd (REVOLUTION)

59. Reek (PIT)

I don't personally know the answer, but I will say I'm not keen to set the precedent of having a metal genre that isn't attached to a clan. That kind of seems against the Metal Academy way of being all inclusive.

There are so few releases tagged as Trance Metal, that it doesn't seem an overly important question to answer, but for the sake of discussion, here's a bit of analysis. I looked at the top 50 Trance Metal releases on RYM (that have a decent amount of ratings), and recorded what other genres were associated with each of them (either as primaries or secondaries). The following genres appeared more than 5 times...

• Alternative Metal - 9 times
• Industrial Metal - 10 times
  
• Melodic Death Metal - 13 times
• Melodic Metalcore - 16 times
• Power Metal - 14 times
• Symphonic Metal - 6 times

Looking at this data, it's really no surprise that we're having difficulty slotting Trance Metal into one of the clans.

What's particularly interesting to me is that rarely is Trance Metal the only primary genre for a release. This leads me to wonder whether Trance Metal is really being used like a descriptor, and perhaps shouldn't be a genre of its own. If we look at 4 of the major bands in the genre, they're actually heavily associated with completely different styles of metal (Amaranthe - Melodic Metalcore, Blood Stain Child (Melodic Death Metal), Metalite (Power Metal) and BABYMETAL (Alternative Metal). Do any of these bands sound at all similar? It's a genuine question, as I've only had experience with BABYMETAL while at birthday gatherings for Daniel's kids.

Sirenia - On the Wane off At Sixes and Sevens (2002)

Paramæcium - The Unnatural Conception in Two Parts: The Birth and the Massacre of the Innocents off Exhumed of the Earth (1994)

SubRosa - Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes off No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011)

Running Time: 29:31

Revocation - The Outer Ones off The Outer Ones (2018)

Anachronism - Orogeny off Orogeny (2018)

Cadaveric Fumes - The Stirring Unknown off Echoing Chambers of Soul (2021)

Shadow of Intent - Gravesinger off Melancholy (2019)

Edge of Sanity - Enigma off Unorthodox (1992)

Putridity - Conceived Through Vermination off Ignominious Atonement (2015)

Running Time = 29:48

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 6th to the 13th of January, 2022.

1. Yousei Teikoku (GATEWAY, GUARDIANS, FALLEN)

2. Scar the Martyr (GATEWAY)

3. Device (GATEWAY)

4. Virtue (GUARDIANS)

5. Black Trip (GUARDIANS)

6. Newsted (GUARDIANS)

7. Hope for the Dying (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

8. Nautiluz (GUARDIANS)

9. Astronomikon (GUARDIANS)

10. Vandroya (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

11. Twilight of the Gods (GUARDIANS)

12. Majesty (GUARDIANS)

13. Christopher Lee (GUARDIANS)

14. Project: Roenwolfe (GUARDIANS, PIT)

15. Ashes of Ares (GUARDIANS)

16. Plini / Sithu Aye (INFINITE)

17. Duobetic Homunkulus (INFINITE, HORDE)

18. Altaar (INFINITE, FALLEN, NORTH)

19. New Keepers of the Water Towers (INFINITE, FALLEN)

20. Hessian (A.D.) (INFINITE, REVOLUTION, FALLEN)

21. S (INFINITE, NORTH)

22. CHON (INFINITE)

23. Circle of Illusion (INFINITE)

24. Modern Day Babylon (INFINITE)

25. Hierophant (HORDE, FALLEN, NORTH, REVOLUTION)

26. Dead in the Dirt (HORDE)

27. Sacriphyx (HORDE)

28. Nekrofilth (HORDE, PIT)

29. Sons of Aeon (HORDE)

30. Call of the Void (HORDE, FALLEN, REVOLUTION)

31. Beyond (HORDE)

32. Altars (HORDE)

33. Tyrants Blood (HORDE, NORTH, PIT)

34. Ade (HORDE)

35. Goemagot (HORDE)

36. Last Sacrament (HORDE)

37. Tyrant Goatgaldrakona (HORDE, NORTH)

38. Guttural Slug (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

39. Extermination Dismemberment (HORDE)

40. Coprocephalic (HORDE)

41. Hatred Surge (HORDE, FALLEN)

42. Atræ Bilis (HORDE)

43. Calvaiire (REVOLUTION)

44. Escape the Fate (REVOLUTION)

45. Grausamkeit (NORTH)

46. Torture Chain (NORTH)

47. Cirrhus (NORTH)

48. Kultura Kurenija (NORTH)

49. Ash Pool / Akitsa (NORTH)

50. Ambersmoke (NORTH)

51. Shitfucker (NORTH)

52. Sect Pig (NORTH)

53. Kryukokrest (NORTH)

54. Ildjarn / Hate Forest (NORTH)

55. And End... (NORTH)

56. Joel Grind (NORTH, PIT)

57. Apocynthion (NORTH)

58. Annorkoth (NORTH)

59. Dreariness (NORTH)

60. Old Sorcery (NORTH)

61. Cnoc An Tursa (NORTH)

62. Necronautical (NORTH)

63. Stomach Earth (FALLEN)

64. Survival (FALLEN)

65. Stone Titan (FALLEN)

66. Batillus (FALLEN)

67. Cough / Windhand (FALLEN)

68. Mount Salem (FALLEN)

69. Egypt (FALLEN)

70. Lumbar (FALLEN)

71. Charnel Altar (FALLEN)

If you're wondering why I selected this release as the January feature, I did so after a single listen. I've recently been trying to figure out why I don't listen to modern death metal anywhere near as much as the 90s, early 00s era. I've come to realise that while there are a lot of extremely brutal / technical death bands out there that create immensely impressive music, they often fail to give me the emotional feels that I got from those earlier classics. So many modern bands seem to be trying to up the ante when it comes to production, precision, brutality and technical sorcery, but I just don't get that horror-movie like, dark as fuck feel from them. As soon as I pressed play on this bad boy, I had that feeling, and had to share my appreciation of it.

I think most of us here are old enough to remember when magazines started advertising their contents as covering Extreme Metal (early to mid 90s). As Daniel mentioned, I think it was pretty easy to identify which genres were covered by the term, being Death, Thrash, Black, Grindcore and Funeral/Death Doom. It kinda made sense back then, as it differentiated the material from all the mags that claimed to be metal while focussing mainly on the likes of Skid Row, Motley Crue and Guns n Roses. I don't think the term really means much any more. There's so much crossover between genres these days, and there are releases in most metal genres that would be pretty fucking extreme to the inexperienced.

Interesting conversation though for sure. If you see me saying "extreme metal", I'm almost certainly using it the old school way. You'll have to excuse the fact that I'm simply getting old!

RYM seems to be completely down again right now. It's definitely been down a lot lately.

Makes it difficult for me to add new bands / releases to the site.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 24th of December, 2021 to the 4th of January, 2022. I've also added a whole stack of new releases for pre-existing bands.

1. Dr. Colossus (FALLEN)

2. Sentinels (REVOLUTION)

3. Carcinoma (NORTH, HORDE)

4. Reveal (NORTH, PIT, INFINITE)

5. Gabestok (NORTH)

6. Kommodus / Pan-Amerikan Native Front (NORTH)

7. Proscriptor McGovern's Apsû (NORTH, PIT)

8. Witchseeker (PIT, GUARDIANS)

9. Mvltifission (HORDE)

10. Ola Englund (INFINITE)

Great idea! I'll add it to the list.

January 2022

1. Otargos - Fleshborer Soulflayer (from Fleshborer Soulflayer, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

2. Gloosh - Hexenring (from Sylvan Coven, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

3. Uada - Djinn (from Djinn, 2020) [Submitted by Vinny]

4. Archgoat - Black Womb Gnosis (from Worship the Eternal Darkness, 2021) [Submitted by Xephyr]

5. Arkona - Shtorm (from Khram, 2018)

6. Sun of the Blind - Fire & Thirst (from Skullreader, 2009) [Submitted by Daniel]

7. Panzerfaust - The Day After 'Trinity (from The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid War, 2019) [Submitted by Vinny]

8. Stormkeep - The Serpent's Stone (from Tales of Othertime, 2021) [Submitted by Xephyr]

9. Blasphemy - Hoarding Of Evil Vengeance (from Fallen Angel Of Doom..., 1990) [Submitted by Daniel]

10. Cân Bardd - Autumn Shore (from Devoured by the Oak, 2021) [Submitted by Xephyr]

11. Khandra - Irrigating Lethal Acres With Blood (from All Occupied by Sole Death, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

12. Wormwitch - Canadian Denim Mountain Attack (from Wolf Hex, 2021) [Submitted by Sonny]

13. Darkthrone - Quintessence (from Panzerfaust, 1995) [Submitted by Daniel]

14. Finsterforst - Zerfall (from Zerfall, 2019)

15. Serpent's Oath - Malediction (from Nihil, 2020) [Submitted by Vinny]

16. Aquilus - Into Wooded Hollows (from Bellum I, 2021)

17. Ethereal Shroud - Discarnate (from Trisagion, 2021)

Great comments guys, and so much of it rings very true for me. Like the rest of you, I couldn't care less what other people think about me and what I enjoy. This sense has become stronger as I get older, and watching the world's inhabitants jump from one trend to another while my interests remain the same can be fairly amusing at times. If I'm honest, I think I enjoy it more when people are disbelieving and shocked at my interests these days than when they try to connect with me because they once heard a Disturbed or Dragonforce album. If COVID has taught me anything, it's that I really don't need very many people in my life to be genuinely happy. If I never had to go into the office another day for the rest of my life, I'd be genuinely happy. As long as I have my direct family, a few mates to share a beer with, and appropriate access to follow my passions (including Metal Academy of course), I'm all set!

To answer the original question though, I know it seems at odds to outsiders, but I often find dark things to hold immense beauty. It can be hard to explain why something that is undeniably violent and at times outright terrifying can provide a sense of euphoria to those of us that have this inclination, but that's my reality. That said, I do think that a lot of my favourite metal music has aspects that even non-metal fans would admit are quite beautiful. It just so happens that I'm also attractive to the dissonant, the technically challenging, the melancholic, the violent, the fucking strange, the outright scary, and all the other aspects that come into play in this incredible genre of music.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 15th to the 23rd of December, 2021.

1. Semantik Punk (REVOLUTION)

2. Semargl (REVOLUTION, NORTH, SPHERE)

3. Glass Cloud (REVOLUTION, INFINITE)

4. AxeWound (REVOLUTION)

5. Eskimo Callboy (REVOLUTION)

6. Kill Devil Hill (GATEWAY, GUARDIANS, FALLEN)

7. Tantara (PIT)

8. Municipal Waste / Toxic Holocaust (PIT)

9. Cssaba (SPHERE, NORTH)

10. JK Flesh / Prurient (SPHERE)

11. Dawn of Ashes (SPHERE, HORDE, NORTH)

12. Vampillia + Nadja (FALLEN)

13. Vampillia (FALLEN, INFINITE)

14. Hua†a (FALLEN)

15. Rectal Hygienics (FALLEN)

16. Planks (FALLEN, INFINITE)

17. Rattenfänger (FALLEN, HORDE)

18. Nachtvorst (FALLEN, NORTH)

19. We Lost the Sea (FALLEN, INIFNITE)

20. Sunpocrisy (FALLEN, INFINITE, HORDE)

21. Serpentine Path (FALLEN)

22. Tragedy (FALLEN)

23. Year of No Light / Altar of Plagues (FALLEN, INFINITE)

24. Hellvetron (FALLEN)

25. Viaje a 800 (FALLEN)

26. Venomous Maximus (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

27. Derkéta (FALLEN, HORDE)

28. Blóð (FALLEN, INFINITE) - requested by Sonny

29. Bloody Hammers (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

30. Hellwell (GUARDIANS)

31. Huntress (GUARDIANS)

32. Oceans of Time (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

33. Fogalord (GUARDIANS)

34. Pythia (GUARDIANS)

35. Morgul Blade (GUARDIANS) - requested by Sonny

36. Alchemyst (NORTH, HORDE)

37. Trist / Lonesummer (NORTH)

38. Rahu (NORTH)

39. Затухание (NORTH)

40. Vaura (NORTH)

41. Deafheaven / Bosse-de-Nage (NORTH, INFINITE)

42. Nightbringer / Acherontas (NORTH)

43. God Seed (NORTH)

44. Ancestors (NORTH)

45. Cornigr (NORTH)

46. Wrathprayer (NORTH, HORDE)

47. Melankoli (NORTH)

48. Ulvegr (NORTH)

49. Totale Vernichtung (NORTH)

50. Vemod (NORTH)

51. Saturnian (NORTH)

52. Taranis (NORTH, INFINITE)

53. Agruss (NORTH, HORDE)

54. Angrrsth (NORTH)

55. Ancient Mast ery (NORTH)

56. Underdark (NORTH)

57. Liberteer (HORDE)

58. Murder Construct (HORDE)

59. Go-Zen (HORDE)

60. GOREZUNYAN (HORDE)

61. Maveth (HORDE)

62. Grand Supreme Blood Court (HORDE)

63. Blunt Force Trauma (HORDE)

64. Words of Farewell (HORDE)

65. Sophicide (HORDE)

66. The Kill (HORDE)

67. Malignant Altar (HORDE)

68. Intonate (HORDE, INFINITE)

69. Art by Numbers (INFINITE)

70. Glassing (INFINITE)

71. The Safety Fire (INFINITE)

72. Distorted Harmony (INFINITE)

73. Oddland (INFINITE)

74. In the Silence (INFINITE)

Unsurprisingly, given the last couple of years that we've had, there appears to be some turmoil in most people's lives at the moment. Very sorry to hear about your dad Sonny.

I think this thread is a great idea Daniel. It gives us some insight into the experiences people have when they're not listening to and discussing the metal music we love.

As for me, I've had a fairly massive project dumped on me out of nowhere, so I've had to cancel the majority of my planned Xmas leave. I'm pretty annoyed about it, but at least the project is a great opportunity for both the business and my own career. If I can nail this one, surely good things will come (at least that's what I keep telling myself while I wallow in self-pity).

Welcome to Metal Academy Scarecrow! You seem to have a fairly wide ranging interest in metal, so I imagine choosing your three clans might have been a bit challenging. Speaking of challenges, if you want to add a fourth clan, you can do so by working your way through some of our clan challenges (you can find them in the Lists section).

Anyway, we hope you find the site valuable and enjoy our unique features and very friendly community. Plus it's great to have another Summoning fan here. We need as many as we can get to counter Daniel's vitriol towards what is one of my favourite bands. 

Just listened to the Shape of Despair single and it's sounding good for the new album!

To say I'm excited would be an understatement. Trying to keep my expectations in check.

Shape of Despair's new single! - Reflection in Slow Time (2021)

Swallow the Sun - This House Has No Home off Moonflower (2021)

Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure (2005)

Triptykon - Aurorae off Melana Chasmata (2014)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 4th to the 14th of December, 2021.

1. Dominus (PIT, HORDE)

2. Sijjin (PIT, HORDE)

3. Beowülf (PIT, GATEWAY)

4. Mysto Dysto (PIT)

5. Antidote (PIT, GUARDIANS)

6. Iceburn (GATEWAY, FALLEN)

7. Tetrarch (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

8. One Second Thought (REVOLUTION)

9. Loathe / Holding Absence (REVOLUTION)

10. Strongarm (REVOLUTION)

11. Suicide Nation (REVOLUTION, NORTH)

12. Crown Magnetar (REVOLUTION)

13. Unorthodox (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

14. Spina Bifida (FALLEN)

15. Smar SW (FALLEN, INFINITE)

16. Cemetery of Scream (FALLEN)

17. Rothadás (FALLEN)

18. Cool Feet (GUARDIANS)

19. Persian Risk (GUARDIANS)

20. Timo Tolkki (GUARDIANS)

21. Burning Starr (GUARDIANS)

22. Embrace of Souls (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

23. Hunted (GUARDIANS, INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

24. Mentalist (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

25. Númenor (GUARDIANS, NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

26. Ravenous (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

27. Silent Winter (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

28. Sonic Haven (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

29. Sunrise (GUARDIANS) - requested by Xephyr

30. Thormenthor (INFINITE, HORDE)

31. N.EX.T (INFINITE)

32. Power of Omens (INFINITE)

33. ВТТА® (INFINITE, NORTH)

34. Syncatto (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

35. Turbulence (INFINITE) - requested by Xephyr

36. Wreche (INFINITE, NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

37. Sunless Dawn (INFINITE, HORDE)

38. Beastlor (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

39. Fester (NORTH, HORDE)

40. Algaion (NORTH, HORDE)

41. Kyprian's Circle (NORTH)

42. Obscurity (NORTH, HORDE) - requested by Xephyr

43. Frummyrkrið (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

44. Intig (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

45. Sanctuaire (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

46. Sphere (NORTH) - requested by Xephyr

47. Los Males del Mundo (NORTH)

48. Paralysis (HORDE)

49. Lubricant (HORDE)

50. Coffin Nail (HORDE)

51. Sintury (HORDE)

52. Defaced Creation (HORDE)

53. Meshum (HORDE)

54. NecroticGoreBeast (HORDE) - requested by Xephyr

Gorement - My Ending Quest off The Ending Quest (1994)

Discordance Axis - Castration Rite off The Inalienable Dreamless (2000)

Bloodbath - Eaten off Nightmares Made Flesh (2004)

Quo Vadis - Silence Calls the Storm off Defiant Imagination (2004)

Sunless - Solaris off Ylem (2021)

Fallensun - The Wake of the Fall off The Wake of the Fall (2021)

Cenotaph - Pathogenic Morbid Incubation off Precognition to Eradicate (2021)

Total Running Time: 29:15