Ben's Forum Replies

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 13th to the 19th of April, 2024.

1. Lathe (FALLEN)

2. Castle Rat (FALLEN)

3. Isenordal (FALLEN, NORTH)

4. Evilgloom (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

5. Black Pantera (GUARDIANS, PIT)

6. Armagh (GUARDIANS)

7. LiveWire (GUARDIANS, PIT)

8. Lords of the Trident (GUARDIANS)

9. No Souls Saved (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

10. Omegavortex / Pious Levus (HORDE, NORTH)

11. Restrictor Plate (HORDE)

12. Vomitrot (HORDE, NORTH)

13. Carrion Vael (HORDE)

14. Cartilage (HORDE)

15. Cryptivore (HORDE)

16. Devoid of Life (HORDE, NORTH)

17. Moonshade (HORDE)

18. Mutilation Barbecue (HORDE)

19. Hemorrhoid (HORDE)

20. Defacing God (HORDE)

21. Epectase (INFINITE, NORTH)

22. Yawn (INFINITE)

23. Eidola (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

24. Celestial Sword (NORTH)

25. Fortress of the Pearl (NORTH)

26. Gloamus (NORTH)

27. Niteris / Kryukokrest (NORTH)

28. Trijumf (NORTH)

29. Givre (NORTH)

30. Grieve (NORTH)

31. Kamra (NORTH)

32. Lune (NORTH)

33. Merihem (NORTH)

34. Nidernes (NORTH)

35. The Gloomy Radiance of the Moon (NORTH)

36. Ironhawk (PIT)

37. Species (PIT)

38. orphantwin (REVOLUTION)

39. Torena (REVOLUTION)

40. Despize (REVOLUTION)

41. Moral Law (REVOLUTION)

42. Despite Exile (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 6th to the 12th of April, 2024.

1. Head in Hand (FALLEN)

2. Shum (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH, SPHERE)

3. Abolition Ritual (FALLEN)

4. Altar of Betelgeuze (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

5. Black Lung (FALLEN)

6. Colonial Wound (FALLEN, REVOLUTION)

7. Strange Horizon (FALLEN)

8. Viande (FALLEN, HORDE)

9. Raptore (GUARDIANS, PIT)

10. Temple Balls (GUARDIANS)

11. Achelous (GUARDIANS)

12. Mothman (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

13. Neural Indent (HORDE)

14. SISSY XO (HORDE)

15. Teratoma (GER) (HORDE)

16. Unsouling (HORDE, NORTH)

17. Encryptment (HORDE)

18. Exordium Mors (HORDE, NORTH, PIT)

19. Hypermass (HORDE)

20. In Nothingness (HORDE)

21. Injurious / Vituperate (HORDE)

22. Kanine (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

23. Lamentations (HORDE, INFINITE)

24. Spire of Lazarus (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

25. Einvigi (INFINITE, NORTH)

26. Soul Dissolution (INFINITE, NORTH)

27. Astrosaur (INFINITE)

28. Durbatuluk (NORTH)

29. Grot (NORTH)

30. Ärid (NORTH)

31. Wandelaars (NORTH)

32. Reaper (AUS) (PIT)

33. Terrörhammer (PIT)

34. Gaijin (REVOLUTION)

35. Sold Soul (REVOLUTION)

36. The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 29th of March to the 5th of April, 2024.

1. YRRE (FALLEN)

2. Parish (GBR) (FALLEN)

3. Doom Beach / CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP (FALLEN)

4. Thy Listless Heart (FALLEN)

5. Coffin Storm (FALLEN)

6. Hitbox (GATEWAY)

7. Grayscale Season (GATEWAY)

8. Future Palace (GATEWAY)

9. Roadwolf (GUARDIANS)

10. Fallen Sanctuary (GUARDIANS)

11. Bones (BEL) (HORDE)

12. Teratoma (HORDE)

13. Anatomical Amusements (HORDE)

14. Organ Failure (HORDE)

15. Human Cull (HORDE)

16. Zous (HORDE)

17. Kidnapped (HORDE)

18. Boltcutter (HORDE)

19. Terminal Nation / Kruelty (HORDE)

20. Perpetual Night (HORDE)

21. Darkall Slaves (HORDE)

22. Cryptum (HORDE)

23. Anna Pest & Colin MacAndrew (HORDE)

24. Rotheads (HORDE)

25. Altars Ablaze (HORDE)

26. Critical Extravasation (HORDE)

27. Gutricyde (HORDE)

28. Cruz (HORDE)

29. Defect Designer (HORDE)

30. Mildred (INFINITE)

31. Isleptonthemoon (INFINITE)

32. Vihameditaatio (INFINITE)

33. Spintria (INFINITE)

34. Frail Body (INFINITE)

35. Uønsket (NORTH)

36. Oppressive Descent (NORTH)

37. Verikalpa (NORTH)

38. Prehistoric War Cult (NORTH)

39. Genital Shame (NORTH)

40. Путь [Put] / Ignis (NORTH)

41. Black Beast (NORTH)

42. Heinous (BEL) (NORTH)

43. Pillaging Villagers (NORTH)

44. Vanaheim (NORTH)

45. Lamashtu (NORTH)

46. Witcher (NORTH)

47. Hollow Woods (NORTH)

48. Kalt Vindur (NORTH)

49. Domain (REVOLUTION)

50. Mire Lore (REVOLUTION)

51. Clava (REVOLUTION)

52. Temple Guard (REVOLUTION)

53. Moment of Truth (REVOLUTION)

54. Wounded Touch (REVOLUTION)

55. Balmora / Since My Beloved (REVOLUTION)

56. Ameonna (REVOLUTION)

I'm very pleased to see Exuvia so high on your list.

I guess I'll have to check out this Cavurn demo one day.

April 2024

1. Mütiilation - Hominicide (from Black Metal Cult, 2024)

2. Vorga - Magical Thinking (from Beyond the Palest Star, 2024)

3. Panopticon - An Autumn Storm (from The Rime of Memory, 2023) [Submitted by Daniel]

4. Ondfødt - Tå do dör (from Det Österbottniska Mörkret, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

5. Suldusk - Verdalet (from Anthesis, 2024)

6. Xasthur - Soul Abduction Ceremony (from Nocturnal Poisoning, 2002) [Submitted by Sonny]

7. Merrimack - Sublunar Despondency (from Of Grace and Gravity, 2024)

8. Moonlight Sorcery - The Secret of Streaming Blood (from Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle, 2023) [Submitted by Daniel]

9. Acathexis - Dreams of Scorched Mirrors (from Immerse, 2024)

10. Misotheist - Vessels by Which the Devil Is Made Flesh (from Vessels by Which the Devil Is Made Flesh, 2024)

11. Rotting Christ - Ad Noctis (from Genesis, 2002) [Submitted by Sonny]

12. Blut aus Nord - Odinist (from Odinist - The Destruction of Reason by Illumination, 2007)

13. Dodheimsgard - Sonar Bliss (from 666 International, 1999) [Submitted by Daniel]

14. Necrophobic - Stormcrow (from In the Twilight Grey, 2024)

15. Vampirska - Feasting on the Dried Blood of Majesties (from Torturous Omens of Blood and Candlewax, 2020) [Submitted by Vinny]

16. Narbeleth - On the Sight of Dusk (from A Pale Crown, 2024) [Submitted by Sonny]

17. Dödsrit - Irjala (from Nocturnal Will, 2024)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 23rd to the 28th of March, 2024.

1. Hylda (FALLEN)

2. Distances (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Hundred Year Old Man (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Vale of Amonition (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

5. Petit Brabancon (GATEWAY)

6. Bergfried (GUARDIANS)

7. Induction (GUARDIANS)

8. Blackwater Sniper (HORDE)

9. BRAT (HORDE)

10. uiv (HORDE, NORTH)

11. .357 Homicide (HORDE)

12. Apparition (ESP) (HORDE)

13. Hecatoncheir (HORDE, NORTH)

14. Sépulcre (HORDE)

15. Wulven (INFINITE)

16. Wyrmwoods (INFINITE, NORTH)

17. Grivo (INFINITE)

18. Khan (INFINITE)

19. Sikasa (INFINITE)

20. Weston Super Maim (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

21. Whom Gods Destroy (INFINITE)

22. Ahulabrum / Mnima (NORTH)

23. Kaarne (NORTH)

24. Sacrificial Vein (NORTH)

25. Solar Cross (NORTH)

26. True Iron Will (NORTH)

27. Kold (NORTH)

28. Yfel (NORTH)

29. Mindwar (PIT, REVOLUTION)

30. Cross of Disbelief (REVOLUTION)

31. hopscotchbattlescars (REVOLUTION)

32. A Dozen Black Roses (REVOLUTION)

33. Field of Flames (REVOLUTION)

34. xDELIVERANCEx (REVOLUTION)

35. Abbie Falls (REVOLUTION)

No need to be sorry. Every music listener will find certain albums / styles more compelling than others. It would be boring if everyone had the exact same tastes.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 15th to the 22nd of March, 2024.

1. Doodseskader (FALLEN, GATEWAY, INFINITE)

2. Sun of Nothing (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Monovoth (FALLEN)

4. OHHMS (FALLEN, INFINITE)

5. VAK (FALLEN, INFINITE)

6. Mesmur (FALLEN)

7. alt. (GATEWAY)

8. Polar (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

9. Black Orchid Empire (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

10. I Am The Initimidator (GUARDIANS, PIT)

11. Iron Curtain (GUARDIANS, PIT)

12. Mick Mars (GUARDIANS)

13. Persekutor (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

14. Isiliel (GUARDIANS)

15. Skyblazer (GUARDIANS)

16. Kommandant (HORDE, NORTH)

17. Menstrual Vampires (HORDE)

18. Valgrind (HORDE)

19. Æolian (HORDE, NORTH)

20. Apogean (HORDE)

21. Demonstealer (HORDE)

22. Dieth (HORDE, PIT)

23. Dyssebeia (HORDE, INFINITE)

24. Flesher (HORDE)

25. Temple of Dread (HORDE)

26. Thecodontion / Ceremented (HORDE, INFINITE)

27. Till the Dirt (HORDE, INFINITE)

28. Xenoch (INFINITE, NORTH)

29. Deadyellow (NORTH)

30. Devastator (NORTH, PIT)

31. Winds of Tragedy (NORTH)

Yes please. I'll go with...

Mesmur - Refraction off Chthonic (2023)

Häxenzijrkell - Part 2: Von Zeit und Form off Urgrund (2022)

Thanks Sonny!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 9th to the 14th of March, 2024.

1. Gozu (FALLEN)

2. Whalesong (FALLEN, INFINITE, SPHERE)

3. Adversvm (FALLEN)

4. Counting Hours (FALLEN)

5. Obseqvies (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

6. Oceanlord (FALLEN)

7. Rise to the Sky (FALLEN)

8. Witching (FALLEN, HORDE)

9. Profiler (GATEWAY)

10. Stellar Circuits (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

11. Big Chef (HORDE, INFINITE)

12. Domination Campaign (HORDE)

13. Fathomless Ritual (HORDE)

14. Garoted (HORDE)

15. Omnicidal (HORDE)

16. Revulsed (HORDE)

17. Siege of Power (HORDE, PIT)

18. Street Tombs (HORDE)

19. Volcandra (HORDE, NORTH)

20. Natt (INFINITE)

21. Venus (INFINITE, PIT)

22. Ad Omega (NORTH)

23. Aridus (NORTH)

24. Lunar Tombfields (NORTH)

25. Slegest (NORTH)

26. Suldusk (NORTH)

27. Hanoi Traffic (REVOLUTION)

28. Pool Kids / Pool (REVOLUTION)

29. Acres (REVOLUTION)

30. End Reign (REVOLUTION)

31. Headbussa (REVOLUTION)

32. tdstr (SPHERE)

Hi Ben, can you add Khlyst and their solitary "Chaos Is My Name" album

The RYM genre voting suggests that this release is purely Drone (using Metal Academy criteria). It has a 28 to 18 vote for Drone Metal. Do you disagree with that assessment?

Hmmmm...the only release I can find that I've given 4.5 or above that no-one else has rated on the site is In Mourning's Shrouded Divine.

That probably has something to do with the way I normally select feature releases, hunting for any releases I've given 4 stars or above that no-one else has rated.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 1st to the 8th of March, 2024.

1. Allochiria (FALLEN, INFINITE)

2. Rifflord (FALLEN)

3. Saint Karloff (FALLEN)

4. They Grieve (FALLEN, INFINITE)

5. Allfather (FALLEN)

6. Earthbound Machine (FALLEN)

7. Ikarie (FALLEN, INFINITE)

8. Il Vuoto (FALLEN)

9. Lucian the Wolfbearer (FALLEN)

10. Ponte del Diavolo (FALLEN)

11. Santacreu (FALLEN, INFINITE)

12. IER (GATEWAY, INFINITE, NORTH)

13. All for Metal (GUARDIANS)

14. Jelusick (GUARDIANS)

15. The Privateer (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

16. Tungsten (GUARDIANS)

17. Bonginator (HORDE)

18. Final Resting Place (HORDE)

19. Guts (HORDE)

20. Atemporal (HORDE)

21. Atoll (HORDE)

22. Hiraes (HORDE)

23. Infernal Curse (HORDE, NORTH)

24. Keres (HORDE, NORTH)

25. Lucifericon (HORDE, NORTH)

26. Meridion (HORDE)

27. Nexorum (HORDE, NORTH)

28. Paraphilia (HORDE)

29. Seven Doors (HORDE)

30. Becoming-Animal (INFINITE)

31. Daedric Chamber (NORTH)

32. LYRRE (NORTH)

33. They Came From Visions (NORTH)

34. Aeon Winds (NORTH)

35. Bacchus (NORTH)

36. Dione (NORTH)

37. Morokh (NORTH)

38. Nälzer (NORTH)

39. Ondfødt (NORTH)

40. Vægtløs (NORTH)

41. Vassus (NORTH)

42. Void Ritual (NORTH)

43. Bloodletter (PIT)

44. AP2 (SPHERE)

March 2024

1. Necrowretch - Total Obliteration (from Swords of Dajjal, 2024)

2. Praise the Plague - Astray From Light (from Suffocating in the Current of Time, 2024)

3. Sworn - Calamity Sea (from A Journey Told Through Fire, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

4. Theophonos - Willing Power (from Ashes in the Huron River, 2024) [Submitted by Xephyr]

5. Finntroll - Fiskarens Fiende (from Nattfodd, 2004) [Submitted by Xephyr]

6. Sardonic Witchery - Barbaric Bastards of Mass Destruction (from Barbaric Evil Power, 2024) [Submitted by Sonny]

7. Bròn - Dverima noci (from Pred dverima noći, 2020)

8. Revenge - Heathen Hammer (from Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist, 2003) [Submitted by Sonny]

9. Malist - Ode to the Night (from Of Scorched Earth, 2024)

10. Departure Chandelier - Accipitridae (from Satan Soldier of Fortune, 2024) [Submitted by Xephyr]

11. Litosth - The Clay Messiah (from Cesariana, 2024)

12. Paysage d'Hiver - Eintritt in die Sphaeren... (from Winterkaelte, 2001) [Submitted by Sonny]

13. Helleruin - Naar de aarde terug (from War Upon Man, 2021) [Submitted by Vinny]

14. Farsot - Buoyant Flames (from Life Promised Death, 2024)

15. Sadistik Exekution - Spirits Are Komming (from The Magus, 1991) [Submitted by Daniel]

16. Naglfar - Plutonium Reveries (from Harvest, 2007) [Submitted by Vinny]

17. Abysmal Lord - Golgotha Crucifixion (from Disciples of the Inferno, 2015) [Submitted by Sonny]

18. Equilibrium - Mana (from Sagas, 2008) [Submitted by Daniel]

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 23rd to the 29th of February, 2024.

1. Wells Valley (FALLEN, INFINITE)

2. Clouds Taste Satanic (FALLEN)

3. Håndgemeng (FALLEN)

4. High Priest (FALLEN)

5. Resolve (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

6. Grailknights (GUARDIANS, HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Andi

7. Grymheart (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

8. Noveria (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

9. Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons (GUARDIANS)

10. Satan's Fall (GUARDIANS)

11. Torture (IL-USA) (HORDE, INFINITE)

12. Corpse Pile (HORDE)

13. Dead Chasm (HORDE)

14. Iron Front (HORDE)

15. Putrid Yell (HORDE, PIT)

16. Henget (INFINITE, NORTH)

17. LLNN / Sugar Horse (INFINITE)

18. Wandering Oak (INFINITE, NORTH)

19. Witte Wieven (INFINITE, NORTH)

20. Actum Inferni (NORTH)

21. Blodtår (NORTH)

22. Tetrasigil (NORTH)

23. Griffon (NORTH)

24. Hasturian Vigil (NORTH)

25. Lotus of Darkness (NORTH)

26. Lvme (NORTH)

27. Moonreich (NORTH)

28. Wild Beyond (NORTH, PIT)

29. Bloom (REVOLUTION)

30. XclocktowerX (REVOLUTION)

Daniel's comment initially made me wonder whether he'd finally gone insane, but I just listened to the track and there really is very little in the way of metal. If this is metal, then yes, AC/DC is too.

And don't worry Sonny, Slayer at the very least will always be fucking metal!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 17th to the 22nd of February, 2024.

1. Seraphic Entombment (FALLEN)

2. WuW (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. MMMΔ (FALLEN)

4. Nephilim's Noose (FALLEN, HORDE)

5. Moiscus (HORDE)

6. Anarkhon (HORDE)

7. Deathgrave (HORDE)

8. Imperishable (HORDE)

9. Dripped (HORDE)

10. Frostbitt (INFINITE)

11. GUHTS (INFINITE)

12. Mantiel (NORTH)

13. Ungeheuer (NORTH)

14. Wilczyca (NORTH)

15. A/Oratos (NORTH)

16. Argenthorns (NORTH)

17. Cursed Excruciation (NORTH)

18. Nahasheol (NORTH)

19. Nattehimmel (NORTH)

20. Nimetön Hauta (NORTH)

21. New World Man (PIT)

22. Cloutchaser (REVOLUTION)

23. Lifesick (REVOLUTION)

24. Monasteries (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 14th to the 16th of February, 2024.

1. Cave Sermon (FALLEN, HORDE, INFINITE)

2. Dymna Lotva (FALLEN, NORTH)

3. Harboured (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Imperceptum (FALLEN, NORTH)

5. No Spill Blood (FALLEN, INFINITE)

6. Restless Spirit (FALLEN)

7. Conquer Divide (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

8. Eleine (GUARDIANS)

9. Sanguine Glacialis (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

10. Elitist (DEN) (HORDE)

11. Hallucinate (HORDE)

12. Vargskelethor (HORDE, PIT)

13. Ashen Tomb (HORDE)

14. Begravement (HORDE)

15. Boundless Chaos (HORDE)

16. Colpocleisis (HORDE)

17. Deliquesce (HORDE)

18. Vomitheist (HORDE)

19. Iress (INFINITE)

20. Bipolar Architecture (INFINITE, NORTH)

21. Baazlvaat (NORTH)

22. Blood Magic (NORTH)

23. Crystal Coffin (NORTH)

24. Eave (NORTH)

25. Fagus (NORTH)

26. Gates of Dawn (NORTH)

27. Ninth Circle (NORTH, PIT)

28. Returning (NORTH)

29. Boarhammer (NORTH)

30. Heimland (NORTH)

31. Ofnus (NORTH)

32. Pleń (NORTH)

33. Rhûn (NORTH)

34. Ekrom (NORTH)

35. Heaven's Gate (PIT)

36. bulletsbetweentongues (REVOLUTION)

37. Vamachara (REVOLUTION)

38. .seeing.stars. (REVOLUTION)

39. Mélancolia (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 8th to the 13th of February, 2024.

1. Black Bile (FALLEN, INFINITE)

2. Apodemus (FALLEN)

3. Slower (FALLEN)

4. Owlbear (GUARDIANS)

5. DEATHTRIPPA (HORDE)

6. Galvanizer / Morbific (HORDE)

7. Rabbit (HORDE)

8. Smallpox Aroma (HORDE)

9. Warfuck (HORDE)

10. Pronostic (HORDE)

11. Sentenced 2 Die (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

12. Chora (INFINITE)

13. Karmanjakah (INFINITE)

14. Monosphere (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

15. Iron Firmament (NORTH)

16. Narzissus (NORTH)

17. Norrhem / Sielunvihollinen (NORTH)

18. Trhä / Sunset (NORTH)

19. Ynkleudherhenavogyon (NORTH)

20. Dominance (NORTH)

21. Final Eclipse (NORTH)

22. Triumph of Death (NORTH, PIT)

23. Mantikore (PIT, REVOLUTION)

24. Swordwielder (PIT)

25. Existence (PIT, REVOLUTION)

26. Killing Me Softly (REVOLUTION)

27. Centralya (REVOLUTION)

28. If I Were You (REVOLUTION)

29. Lockslip (REVOLUTION)

30. Mouth for War (REVOLUTION)

31. Oxx (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 3rd to the 7th of February, 2024.

1. Atlases (FALLEN, INFINITE)

2. Bottomless (FALLEN)

3. Eye Flys (FALLEN)

4. Torpor (FALLEN, INFINITE)

5. Cadaver Shrine (FALLEN)

6. Mars Red Sky (FALLEN)

7. Slog (FALLEN)

8. Desparity (FALLEN)

9. Battle Born (GUARDIANS)

10. Feuerschwanz (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

11. Rexoria (GUARDIANS)

12. The Dark Side of the Moon (GUARDIANS)

13. Evermore (GUARDIANS)

14. Degraved (HORDE)

15. Penny Coffin (HORDE)

16. Putrid Stu (HORDE)

17. Desekryptor (HORDE)

18. Nebulae Come Sweet (INFINITE)

19. Der Tod und die Landsknechte (NORTH)

20. Sadness / Forgotten (NORTH)

21. Vespéral (NORTH)

22. Amalekim (NORTH)

23. Kaal Nagini (NORTH)

24. Krvna (NORTH)

25. Sadistic Force (NORTH, PIT)

26. Voidescent (NORTH)

27. Elwood Stray (REVOLUTION)

28. Faced Out (REVOLUTION)

29. Horsewhip (REVOLUTION)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 26th of January to the 2nd of February, 2024.

1. Thra (FALLEN, HORDE)

2. Unfurl (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Coaltar of the Deepers / Boris (GATEWAY)

4. Emexis (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

5. Firmament (GUARDIANS)

6. Freeroad (GUARDIANS)

7. Kontact (GUARDIANS)

8. Sintage (GUARDIANS)

9. Vampiria (GUARDIANS, NORTH)

10. Abyssal Rift (HORDE)

11. Dissimulator (HORDE, PIT)

12. Insade (HORDE)

13. Meticulous Butchery (HORDE)

14. Februus (HORDE)

15. Resin Tomb (HORDE, NORTH)

16. Sovereign (HORDE, PIT)

17. Upon Stone (HORDE)

18. Hellix (INFINITE, PIT)

19. Poh Hock (INFINITE)

20. The Gorge (INFINITE)

21. Sgàile (INFINITE)

22. Elegý (NORTH)

23. Andracca (NORTH)

24. Nemesis Sopor (NORTH)

25. Ophanim (NORTH)

26. Óreiða (NORTH) - requested by Vinny

27. Panzerwar (NORTH)

28. Vestígio (NORTH)

29. Welkin (NORTH)

30. Mithrandir (NORTH)

31. fallingwithscissors (REVOLUTION)

32. Orphan (REVOLUTION)

33. Splitknuckle (REVOLUTION)

34. kokeshi (REVOLUTION)

Yeah, I have to admit it was a quiet month for new North tracks. I agree that modern Inquisition seems to have lost some of what made it so enjoyable in the past. 

I corrected The Amenta track to be off Plague of Locus rather than Lord Kaos' Thorns of Impurity album, which of course the track was originally found on. The Lord Kaos album is now on Spotify too, which is a good thing. Daniel was mates with the guys in the band and I listened to that album a lot in the back end of the 90s.

February 2024

1. Hoplites - Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεὰ παραμαινομένη ἐμοῦ... (from Παραμαινομένη, 2024)

2. Inquisition - Memories Within an Empty Castle in Ruins (from Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence, 2024)

3. Woe - Far Beyond the Fracture of the Sky (from Legacies of Frailty, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

4. Samael - Worship Him (from Worship Him, 1991) [Submitted by Daniel]

5. Taake - Et uhyre av en kniv (from Et hav av avstand, 2023) [Submitted by Sonny]

6. The Amenta - Crystal Lakes (from Thorns of Impurity, 2023)

7. Syn - Groregn (from Villfarelse, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

8. Grotesque - Blood Runs From The Altar (from Incantation, 1990) [Submitted by Daniel]

9. Code - The Cotton Optic (from Nouveau Gloaming, 2005)

10. Mare Cognitum - Pyre of Ascendance (from An Extraconscious Lucidity, 2012) [Submitted by Sonny]

11. Malokarpatan - I hle, tak zachádza imperiálna hviezda (from Vertumnus Caesar, 2023) [Submitted by Daniel]

12. Blut Aus Nord - Queen of the Dead Dimension (from Disharmonium: Nahab, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

13. Diabolical Masquerade - The Puzzling Constellation of a Deathrune (from The Phantom Lodge, 1997)

14. Sarcofago - Christ’s Death (from Christ’s Death, 1987) [Submitted by Daniel]

15. Winterfylleth - Ensigns of Victory (from The Dark Hereafter, 2016)

16. Antaeus - Cyklic Torture (from Blood Libels, 2006)

17. Vemod - Der guder dør (from The Deepening, 2024)

They are all good covers, but those top two are absolute beauties.

Agreed! I think I'd include the Tilintetgjort cover at the top of the pile too. I don't know what I'm looking at, but it's so damn striking!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 20th to the 25th of January, 2024.

1. 71TONMAN (FALLEN)

2. Love History (FALLEN, HORDE, INFINITE)

3. Thalarion (FALLEN, HORDE)

4. Yersin (FALLEN)

5. 40 Grit (GATEWAY)

6. Boiler Room (GATEWAY)

7. Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro & Caudle (GUARDIANS)

8. Drakkar (ITA) (GUARDIANS, PIT)

9. Ryujin (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

10. Shadowkeep (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

11. Vórtize (GUARDIANS, PIT)

12. Alien Crucifixion (HORDE)

13. Luddite Clone (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

14. Pandrador (HORDE)

15. Phantasmagory (HORDE, INFINITE)

16. Pig Destroyer / Gnob (HORDE)

17. Abominant (HORDE)

18. At the Plates (HORDE)

19. Engulf (HORDE)

20. Incestuous (HORDE)

21. Natron (HORDE)

22. Profanity (HORDE)

23. Saevus Finis (HORDE)

24. Torture Krypt (HORDE)

25. Violation (HORDE)

26. Psycho Symphony (INFINITE, PIT)

27. Forest (NORTH)

28. Krieg / Eternal Majesty / Judas Iscariot / Macabre Omen (NORTH)

29. Anthropolatri (NORTH)

30. Iuvenes (NORTH)

31. Narbeleth (NORTH)

32. Ulcus (NORTH)

33. Gangrena Gasosa (PIT)

34. Solitude (PIT)

35. Burnt by the Sun / Luddite Clone (REVOLUTION)

36. Razel Got Her Wings (REVOLUTION)

37. Dragbody (REVOLUTION)

38. Gray State (REVOLUTION)

39. Drown in Sulphur (REVOLUTION) - requested by Andi

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 15th to the 19th of January, 2024.

1. Bruxa Maria (FALLEN)

2. Nekus (FALLEN, HORDE, NORTH)

3. Howling Giant (FALLEN)

4. Hardware (GATEWAY)

5. Electric Love Hogs (GATEWAY)

6. Inkling (GATEWAY)

7. Zion (GUARDIANS)

8. Dead On (GUARDIANS, PIT)

9. Alex Masi (GUARDIANS)

10. Legend Maker (GUARDIANS)

11. Kerrigan (GUARDIANS, PIT)

12. Leukemia (HORDE, PIT, REVOLUTION)

13. Protest (HORDE)

14. Asgard (FRA) (HORDE)

15. Ingrowing (HORDE)

16. Moonstruck (HORDE)

17. Owdwyr (HORDE, INFINITE)

18. Drain of Impurity (HORDE)

19. End Zone (INFINITE, PIT)

20. Notochord (INFINITE)

21. Coffret de Bijoux (NORTH)

22. Typhon (NORTH, PIT)

23. Blot Mine (NORTH)

24. Cryogenic (NORTH)

25. Midoran / Trhä (NORTH)

26. Funeral Winds / Abigail (NORTH)

27. Vergelmer (NORTH)

28. Perished (NORTH)

29. Lucifixion (NORTH)

30. Eitrin (NORTH)

31. Graveland / Commander Agares (NORTH)

32. Idol of Fear (NORTH)

33. Adem (PIT)

34. Sacrificial (PIT)

35. Witches (PIT)

36. Crimeny (PIT)

37. Polywhy (REVOLUTION)

38. Focal Point (REVOLUTION)

39. Adamantium (REVOLUTION)

Sorry Sonny. I'll exclude myself from this month.

Hi Sonny. Mourning Dawn are already on the site. I'll add their new album shortly.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 6th to the 14th of January, 2024.

1. Tar Pond (FALLEN)

2. Wij (FALLEN)

3. Kraken Duumvirate (FALLEN)

4. Lair (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

5. Sanctuarium (FALLEN)

6. Warcrab (FALLEN, HORDE)

7. Paledusk (GATEWAY, INFINITE, REVOLUTION)

8. Voice of Baceprot (GATEWAY)

9. By Fire & Sword (GUARDIANS)

10. Icon of Sin (GUARDIANS)

11. Tailgunner (GUARDIANS)

12. Arseny / Infectious Jelqing (HORDE)

13. Yautja / Chepang (HORDE)

14. Deconsekrated (HORDE) - requested by Sonny

15. Hands of Despair (HORDE, INFINITE)

16. Thulsa Doom (HORDE)

17. Neurectomy (HORDE)

18. Hauntologist (INFINITE, NORTH)

19. Vvon Dogma I (INFINITE)

20. Abkehr (NORTH)

21. Circle of Dawn (NORTH)

22. Sardonic Witchery (NORTH) - requested by Sonny

23. Ershetu (NORTH)

24. Cold Earth (NORTH)

25. Cancer Christ (PIT, REVOLUTION)

26. Rejoice (REVOLUTION)

27. Anna Sage (REVOLUTION)

28. Uranium (SPHERE)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 21st of December, 2023 and the 5th of January, 2024.

1. Black Wound (FALLEN, HORDE)

2. Vanishing Kids (FALLEN)

3. Mourning Sun (FALLEN) - requested by SilentScream213

4. UnityTX (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

5. Wings of Steel (GUARDIANS)

6. Don't Drop the Sword (GUARDIANS) - requested by Morpheus

7. Solitary Sabred (GUARDIANS) - requested by Morpheus

8. Diamonds Hadder (GUARDIANS) - requested by Morpheus

9. Tower Hill (GUARDIANS) - requested by Morpheus

10. Sulfuric Hatred (HORDE, NORTH)

11. 10 to the Chest (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

12. PeelingFlesh / Putrid Stu (HORDE)

13. Cystic (HORDE)

14. Psygnosis (HORDE, INFINITE)

15. For I Am King (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

16. Helga (INFINITE)

17. Onkos (INFINITE)

18. Solipnosis (NORTH, PIT)

19. Kaikkivaltias (NORTH)

20. Hellcrash (NORTH, PIT)

21. Thanatomass (NORTH)

22. Flaming Ouroboros (NORTH)

23. Sarvekas (NORTH)

24. Scarab (USA) (REVOLUTION)

25. View From the Soyuz (REVOLUTION)

26. HEALTH (SPHERE)

I've correct the tracklisting. Thanks Vinny.

January 2024

1. Asagraum - De waanzin roept mijn naam (from Veil of Death, Ruptured, 2023)

2. Vargrav - Encircle the Spectral Dimension (from The Nighthold, 2023)

3. Progenie Terrestre Pura - Sovrarobotizzazione (from U.M.A., 2013) [Submitted by Daniel]

4. Flaming Ouroboros - As Their Banners Sway... (from Anthems for Brotherhood, 2023)

5. Skogen - Under Fullmånens Sken (from Vittra, 2015) [Submitted by Sonny]

6. Nordjevel - Blood Horns (from Blood Horns, 2016) [Submitted by Vinny]

7. Coldworld - This Empty Life (from The Stars are Dead Now, 2006)

8. Immortal - Immortal (from War Against All, 2023) [Submitted by Vinny]

9. Stilla - Skuggflock (from Skuggflock, 2016) [Submitted by Sonny]

10. Anti-God Hand - Out of the Tunnels, Into the Heavens (from Blight Year, 2023)

11. Valdrin - Sojourner Wolf (from Throne of the Lunar Soul, 2023)

12. Enslaved - Heimdallr (from Vikingligr veldi, 1994) [Submitted by Sonny]

13. Olde Throne - A Dying Land (from An Gorta Mór, 2022) [Submitted by Vinny]

14. Totenmesse - Bastards (from Fiktionlust, 2023)

15. Shylmagoghnar - Threshold (from Convergence, 2023)

16. Spektr - Whatever the Case May Be (from Near Death Experience, 2006)

17. Deathspell Omega - Abscission (from Paracletus, 2010)

18. Panopticon - The Blue Against the White (from The Rime of Memory, 2023)

Rest assured Sonny that I did what I could to draw Daniel back from the precipice of techno oblivion. I made him consistent metal compilations (probably one a month) just to give him a taste of all the exciting new bands he was missing out on. I knew that if I just remained a metal presence in his life, and wasn't antagonistic about his strange audio decisions, he would eventually wake up and return to the fold. For anyone out there with a family member caught in the web of drugs, crime or bad audio choices, don't panic. Metal always wins in the end!

I thought it was an honest and inciteful interview. From what I recall, Mark was always reserved, but if memory serves me correctly, he was the only band member that noticed Daniel's awkward little brother hanging around the scene and was always nice to me.

As for Daniel's appearance, he tried his hardest to look evil back in the day, but people are always shocked when they find out we live and breath metal music. "But you seemed like such normal, nice people!"

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 19th to the 20th of December, 2023.

1. Helldiver (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

2. Dirge (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Faerie Ring (FALLEN)

4. Hands of Orlac / The Wandering Midget (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

5. Jeff Killed John (GATEWAY) - requested by Andi

6. Rage of Light (GATEWAY, HORDE)

7. Sum 41 (GATEWAY) - requested by Andi

8. Doublegeddon (GUARDIANS)

9. Jani Liimatainen (GUARDIANS)

10. Vitrified Entity (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

11. Plague Rider (HORDE, INFINITE)

12. Morbital (HORDE, NORTH)

13. Pustilence (HORDE)

14. Sadness / Along Memories (INFINITE, NORTH)

15. abriction (NORTH)

16. Hail Conjurer (NORTH)

17. Mystifier / Lucifer's Child (NORTH)

18. One of Nine (NORTH)

19. Serpent noir / Sargeist (NORTH)

20. Tracheotomy (REVOLUTION)

Ben, please add Marduk's "Fuck Me Jesus" E.P. from 1995. It was obviously a re-release of their 1991 demo tape but should qualify for the Academy nonetheless as it was released on CD as an E.P.

Stacks of demos (many hundreds) have been released on CD, but I haven't added them to the site. I can add this one on request, but I'm not ready to add CD-released demos to the site criteria at this point.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 8th to the 18th of December, 2023.

1. Deathchant (FALLEN)

2. High Reeper (FALLEN)

3. Lugubrum / Urfaust (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Briqueville (FALLEN, INFINITE)

5. Excarnated Entity (FALLEN, HORDE)

6. Horseburner (FALLEN)

7. Robots of the Ancient World (FALLEN)

8. Throes (FALLEN, REVOLUTION)

9. Varaha (FALLEN, INFINITE)

10. Our Survival Depends on Us (FALLEN)

11. Sullen Guest (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

12. Arka'n (GATEWAY)

13. Reliqa (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

14. Wardance (GUARDIANS, PIT)

15. Holocaust (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

16. Mortanius (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

17. Pounder (GUARDIANS)

18. Release Hallucination (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

19. Gorgon (IDF-FRA) (GUARDIANS, HORDE)

20. Arkhaaik (HORDE, NORTH)

21. Diabolical (HORDE, PIT)

22. Hate Force (HORDE)

23. Toughguy (HORDE)

24. 30 Immolated ; 16 Returned (HORDE, INFINITE)

25. Continuum (HORDE)

26. Disgruntled Anthropophagi (HORDE)

27. Infibulated (HORDE)

28. Meathook (HORDE)

29. Kala (INFINITE, NORTH)

30. TEMIC (INFINITE)

31. Celestial Grave (NORTH)

32. Ehlder (NORTH)

33. Goatsmegma (NORTH)

34. Scumripper (NORTH)

35. Storm of Sedition (NORTH)

36. The Ember, The Ash (NORTH, REVOLUTION)

37. Vale (NORTH)

38. Veiled (NORTH)

39. Whiskey Ritual (NORTH)

40. Aegrus (NORTH)

41. Gestapo 666 (NORTH)

42. Mist of Misery (NORTH)

43. Operation Volkstod (NORTH)

44. Stellar Master Elite (NORTH)

45. Taubra (NORTH)

46. Dwarrowdelf (NORTH)

47. Seax (PIT)

48. Holehearted (REVOLUTION)

49. No Cure (REVOLUTION)

50. Bound in Fear (REVOLUTION)

51. Une Misère (REVOLUTION)

Yes please!

Remina - The Endless City off Strata (2022)

Convocation - Procession off No Dawn for the Caliginous Night (2023)

Thanks as always Sonny.

I'll definitely be starting Album Cover of the Year conversations in the coming weeks.

Sorry! I've sorted that now.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 1st to the 7th of December, 2023.

1. Betrayal (FALLEN, PIT)

2. Constant Knowledge of Death, A (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Fawn Limbs & Nadja (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Krigsgrav (FALLEN, HORDE, NORTH)

5. Shuvel (GATEWAY)

6. Alien (GUARDIANS)

7. Egypt (GBR) (GUARDIANS)

8. Excalibur (GUARDIANS)

9. Gary Hoey (GUARDIANS)

10. Gordi (GUARDIANS)

11. Maineeaxe (GUARDIANS)

12. Malteze (GUARDIANS)

13. Shelder (GUARDIANS)

14. Solar Eagle (GUARDIANS)

15. Strattson (GUARDIANS, PIT)

16. Holland (GUARDIANS)

17. Powersurge (GUARDIANS, PIT)

18. Salem's Law (GUARDIANS)

19. Accursed (HORDE)

20. Blast Muzungu (HORDE)

21. Ch'ahom (HORDE, NORTH)

22. Dissonance (HORDE)

23. Satanic Slaughter (HORDE, NORTH)

24. Calvary Death (HORDE)

25. Decipher (HORDE, NORTH)

26. Feretrum (HORDE)

27. Ophiolatry (HORDE)

28. Black Jester (INFINITE)

29. Misotheismus / Trhä (NORTH)

30. Sadness / Light Is Fading Away, The (NORTH)

31. Vetche (NORTH)

32. Arbor (NORTH)

33. Asmodeus (AUT) (NORTH)

34. Bestial Holocaust (NORTH, PIT)

35. Black Void (NORTH)

36. Frozen Graves (NORTH)

37. Gravenchalice (NORTH)

38. Wintercult (NORTH)

39. Bloodcum (PIT)

40. Jim Jones and the Kool-Ade Kids (PIT)

41. X-mas Project (PIT)

42. Undertow (REVOLUTION)

43. Drown (CA-USA) (SPHERE)

December 2023

1. Slaughtbbath - The Sands of Despair (from Contempt, War and Damnation, 2017) [Submitted by Sonny]

2. Windir - On The Mountain Of Goats (from Likferd, 2003) [Submitted by Daniel]

3. Faidra - Punishment Nailed Deep (from Militant : Penitent : Triumphant, 2023)

4. Deiphage - Nuclear Cavalry (from Nuclear Cavalry, 2023)

5. Ebony Pendant - Raven Swarm (from Ebony Pendant, 2023) [Submitted by Sonny]

6. Finsterforst - Kapitel II – Dualität (from Jenseits, 2023)

7. Sarcofago - Satanas (2nd Version) (from Die... Hard!!!, 2015) [Submitted by Daniel]

8. Glemsel - Ansigterne (from Forfader, 2022) [Submitted by Vinny]

9. Emperor - Beyond the Great Vast Forest (from In the Nightside Eclipse, 1994) [Submitted by Sonny]

10. Vertebra Atlantis - Drown in Aether, Sovereign of Withered Ardor (from A Dialogue With the Eeriest Sublime, 2023) [Submitted by Xephyr]

11. Sielunvihollinen - Kun kaikki vihdoin kuihtuu pois (from Helvetinkone, 2023)

12. Fork of Horripilation - Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos (from Folguedo Noturno, 2023) [Submitted by Sonny]

13. Malokarpatan - Mnohoraké Útrapy Milostpána Kelleyho (from Vertumnus Caesar, 2023) [Submitted by Xephyr]

14. Mayhem - Pagan Fears (from De mysteriis dom Sathanas, 1994)

15. Hexis - Exhaurire (from Aeternum, 2022) [Submitted by Vinny]

16. Moonlight Sorcery - In Coldest Embrace (from Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle, 2023) [Submitted by Xephyr]

17. Auriferous Flame - Wielders of Secrets (from Ardor for Black Mastery, 2023)

18. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky (from Frostland Tapes, 2008) [Submitted by Daniel]

19. Autrest - Time is a River (from Follow the Cold Path, 2023)

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 24th to the 30th of November, 2023.

1. Eldopa (FALLEN)

2. Leechfeast / Nightfucker (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny

3. Marthe (FALLEN, NORTH)

4. Choir (FALLEN, HORDE)

5. Ethereal Darkness (FALLEN, HORDE)

6. Hinayana (FALLEN, HORDE)

7. Lurk (FALLEN)

8. Nomicon / Sarnath (FALLEN, HORDE)

9. Okera (FALLEN)

10. Grade 8 (GATEWAY)

11. papercut (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

12. Viza (GATEWAY, NORTH)

13. Parish (GUARDIANS)

14. Sun Red Sun (GUARDIANS)

15. Catharsis (CA-USA) (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

16. Domination Black (GUARDIANS) - requested by Morpheus

17. Moahni Moahna (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

18. Легион (Legion) (GUARDIANS, INFINITE) - requested by HisKingdomInOurMidst

19. Dark Avenger (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

20. Lobotomy (HORDE)

21. Mictlan (HORDE)

22. Thotcrime / THECHEESEBURGERPICNIC (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

23. Asinhell (HORDE)

24. Cruentus (HORDE, INFINITE, PIT)

25. Nostradamus (HORDE)

26. Sodomisery (HORDE)

27. Under Threat (HORDE)

28. Infecting the Swarm (HORDE)

29. Mayadome (INFINITE)

30. Hydrotoxin (INFINITE)

31. Absent Silence (NORTH)

32. Bašmu (NORTH)

33. Debauchery (USA) (NORTH)

34. Dëgénéréscence (NORTH)

35. Dismalimerence / Sadness (NORTH)

36. Fugitive Wizard (NORTH)

37. Paragon Belial (NORTH)

38. Rană (NORTH)

39. Thurm (NORTH)

40. Zpoan Vtenz (NORTH)

41. Deiphage (NORTH)

42. Frozenwoods (NORTH) - requested by Sonny

43. Mord (NOR) (NORTH)

44. Somniate (NORTH)

45. The Mosaic Window (NORTH)

46. Vulpecula (NORTH)

47. Auriferous Flame (NORTH)

48. Leather Brigade (PIT)

49. Move (REVOLUTION)

50. As We Fight (REVOLUTION)

51. Left to Suffer (REVOLUTION)

Hi Ben, could you please add Romanian speed metallers, Knife Brigade?

I assume you mean Leather Brigade? Can't find a Knife Brigade, although that is a better band name.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 15th to the 23rd of November, 2023.

1. Barn Burner (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

2. Carcinoid / Charnel Altar (FALLEN)

3. Milanku (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Sargatanas (FALLEN, HORDE, NORTH)

5. Seidr (FALLEN)

6. Queen Elephantine / Elder (FALLEN)

7. Druids (FALLEN)

8. Nervepitch (GATEWAY)

9. Shovel (GATEWAY)

10. 2X (GATEWAY)

11. 4lyn (GATEWAY)

12. Crossfade (GATEWAY)

13. Dirty Shirt (GATEWAY, NORTH)

14. Raphael (GUARDIANS)

15. Helms Deep (GUARDIANS)

16. Asterisk* / Jenny Piccolo (HORDE)

17. Crest of Darkness (HORDE, NORTH, SPHERE)

18. Crippler Cross Face (HORDE)

19. Darklord (HORDE, NORTH)

20. Machinist (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

21. Mercy Blow (HORDE, REVOLUTION)

22. Pencil Lead Syringe (HORDE)

23. Pigsty (HORDE)

24. Sulfuric Cautery / Human Effluence (HORDE)

25. The Cancer Kids (HORDE)

26. Worse (HORDE)

27. Black Altar (HORDE, NORTH)

28. Dissenter (HORDE)

29. Myocardial Infarction (HORDE)

30. Sect of Execration (HORDE)

31. Vidres a la Sang (HORDE, NORTH)

32. Stielas Storhett (INFINITE, NORTH)

33. Albionic Hermeticism (NORTH)

34. Dawnfall (NORTH)

35. Holyarrow (NORTH)

36. Hypothermia / Durthang (NORTH)

37. Raven Dark (NORTH)

38. Volkurah / Bone Awl / Hammer / Vordr (NORTH)

39. Blood Stained Dusk (NORTH)

40. Celestial Bodies (NORTH)

41. Ritual Day (NORTH)

42. Dying Breed (PIT, REVOLUTION)

43. Insanity Alert (PIT)

44. Abandoned (PIT)

45. Prowl (PIT)

46. Farscape (PIT)

47. Dying Wish / Serration (REVOLUTION)

48. Newborn (REVOLUTION)

49. PenKnifeLoveLife (REVOLUTION)

50. Usurp Synapse (REVOLUTION)

51. xSPONGEXCOREx (REVOLUTION)

Of course you have every right to feel that way Sonny. I absolutely hate it when bands have a cover track in a different style to the rest of the album, or a track that was clearly recorded in different studio conditions. You'd think that having a 20 + minute ambient track in a black metal album would also rile me up. Perhaps it would on an Immortal or Marduk release. But I feel like Burzum's ambient pieces maintain a similar despondent tone to the black metal they accompany and don't, to me, conflict with the atmosphere. It's another case of each to their own.

I love it too. Genuinely look forward to it.

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 10th to the 14th of November, 2023.

1. Chrome Ghost (FALLEN, INFINITE)

2. Dead Neanderthals (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH)

3. Exulansis (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH)

4. Hippie Death Cult (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

5. Moonstone (FALLEN)

6. Nerver (FALLEN)

7. Wargasm (GATEWAY)

8. Nita Strauss (GATEWAY, GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

9. Pendulum (GATEWAY)

10. Magnabolt (GUARDIANS)

11. The Night Watch (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

12. Barbaric Horde (HORDE, NORTH)

13. Organ Dealer (HORDE)

14. Perverted Ceremony / Witchcraft (HORDE, NORTH)

15. Imprecation / Black Blood Invocation (HORDE)

16. Kakothanasy (HORDE)

17. Sadness / Vulning (INFINITE, NORTH)

18. Amun (INFINITE, NORTH)

19. Stephen Taranto (INFINITE)

20. Decalius (NORTH)

21. Dispossessed (NORTH)

22. Fellwinter (NORTH)

23. Knurzum (NORTH)

24. Vanhelga (NORTH)

25. Calyx (NORTH)

26. Carved Cross (NORTH)

27. Lothric (NORTH)

28. Motanka (NORTH)

29. Ossuaire (NORTH)

30. Wandar (NORTH)

31. xNOMADx (REVOLUTION)

32. Withdrawn (REVOLUTION) - requested by Andi

33. Allt (REVOLUTION)

34. Broken Vow (REVOLUTION)

35. Flames of Betrayal (REVOLUTION)

36. Revolve (REVOLUTION)

37. Till Lindemann (SPHERE)

Yes please.

Dream Unending - If Not Now When off Starpath split with Worm (2023)

Mother of Graves - Of Solitude and Stone off Where the Shadows Adorn (2022)

Thanks Sonny!

The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 1st  to the 9th of November, 2023.

1. Ysengrin - (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH)

2. Zatokrev / Minsk - (FALLEN, INFINITE)

3. Gloson - (FALLEN, INFINITE)

4. Wishdoom - (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)

5. Saudade - (GATEWAY, INFINITE)

6. Sylar - (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)

7. ADAM - (GATEWAY)

8. Ghøstkid - (GATEWAY, SPHERE)

9. From Ashes to New - (GATEWAY)

10. Old Season - (GUARDIANS)

11. Ice Vinland - (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)

12. Icewind - (GUARDIANS)

13. Bas Rotten - (HORDE)

14. Gorepot - (HORDE)

15. Nuclear Vomit - (HORDE)

16. Blasted Pancreas - (HORDE)

17. Carnal Decay - (HORDE)

18. Nyn - (HORDE, INFINITE)

19. Oraculum - (HORDE)

20. Hedvig Mollestad Trio - (INFINITE)

21. Kathaarsys - (INFINITE, NORTH)

22. Mawiza - (INFINITE, PIT, REVOLUTION)

23. Soul Cycle - (INFINITE)

24. The Resonance Project - (INFINITE)

25. Jarost Marksa - (NORTH)

26. Neige et noirceur - (NORTH)

27. O Megas - (NORTH)

28. Satan (FRA) - (NORTH)

29. Subduer - (NORTH)

30. Tsalal / Tetragrammacide - (NORTH)

31. Ancestral Shadows - (NORTH)

32. Bezwering - (NORTH)

33. Hagetisse - (NORTH)

34. Krater - (NORTH)

35. Lumnos - (NORTH)

36. Pa Vesh En - (NORTH)

37. Vanagandr - (NORTH)

38. Lemuria - (NORTH)

39. Possuído Pelo Cão - (PIT)

40. Incinerator - (PIT)

41. Monomate - (REVOLUTION)

42. Century - (REVOLUTION)

43. Drawing Last Breath - (REVOLUTION)