Ben's Forum Replies
Yeah, though their profile and threads are still up.
They are. If I delete the account, they can just create a new one with the same email address straight away. If I ban them, they at least have to go through the trouble of creating a new one.
I'm happy for the thread to remain as it highlights our "respect for others" stance. We'll always give someone a chance to adjust to the expectation, but it's pretty obvious when a site member is never going to play ball.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 11th to the 17th of April, 2026.
1. Adora Vivos (FALLEN)
2. Aioria (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
3. Dark Covenant (FALLEN)
4. Departure (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
5. Iron Hearse (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
6. Iron Heel (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
7. Ominess (FALLEN)
8. Red Giant (FALLEN)
9. Tid (FALLEN, INFINITE, SPHERE)
10. Avial (GATEWAY)
11. GrimSkunk (GATEWAY)
12. Isolation (JPN) (GATEWAY)
13. Lower (GATEWAY)
14. Dæmonia (GUARDIANS)
15. Dealer (GBR) (GUARDIANS)
16. Existence (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
17. Killen (GUARDIANS)
18. Kristet Utseende (GUARDIANS)
19. L-Train, The (GUARDIANS)
20. Wolf (JPN) (GUARDIANS)
21. Abstracted (HORDE, INFINITE)
22. At Dawn They Sleep (HORDE)
23. Disciples of Berkowitz (HORDE)
24. Disgorged Foetus (HORDE)
25. Gangrenectomy (HORDE)
26. Harrowed (HORDE)
27. Infectious Maggots (HORDE, SPHERE)
28. Mors.Void.Discipline (HORDE, NORTH)
29. Oniku (HORDE)
30. Slowmotion Apocalypse (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
31. Tower of Rome / Gun Kata (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
32. Upiór (HORDE)
33. Utopie (HORDE)
34. Witch of the Waste (HORDE)
35. Aristeia (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
36. Todd Duane (INFINITE)
37. 3rd Attempt, The (NORTH)
38. Ambroxiak (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
39. Benighted Leams (NORTH)
40. Drohtnung (NORTH)
41. Gnome (JPN) (NORTH)
42. Gorbalrog (NORTH)
43. Mortuus Infradaemoni (NORTH)
44. Mortuus Umbra (NORTH)
45. Nebular Moon (NORTH)
46. Skullflower / Mastery (NORTH)
47. Bloodbath in Boston, A (REVOLUTION)
48. Milhouse (REVOLUTION)
49. Racetraitor / Burn It Down (REVOLUTION)
50. Triumph of Gnomes (REVOLUTION)
Just so everyone is aware. Void has been banned. They clearly had no intention of being respectful towards others, so I made the call before things got out of hand.
You've arrived with quite a bang Void. It appears you didn't enjoy it much when someone was condescending and / or patronising towards you, and yet you're very first comment here suggested that anyone that enjoys the more extreme side of metal is a lesser person than you.
As the admin for the site, I genuinely welcome you to Metal Academy and hope you find something useful and interesting. I ask only that you be respectful of others, including their taste in metal music. I know it's unusual in this day and age for somewhere on the internet to encourage / expect friendly and respectful behaviour, but here we are.
I note you've only chosen the Infinite clan rather than selecting three clans. Let me know if you want to add two more and I'll sort it.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 8th to the 10th of April, 2026.
1. Dwellnought (FALLEN)
2. Foetorem (FALLEN, HORDE)
3. Of Virtue (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION) - requested by LeGuru
4. Brotthogg (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
5. Burn Down Eden (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
6. Caedem (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
7. Casket Mush (HORDE)
8. Voidstar Nocturnal (HORDE)
9. Course of Fate (INFINITE)
10. Aftoktonia (NORTH)
11. Gladium Regis (NORTH)
12. Harrow (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
13. Helgafell (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
14. Black Magick SS (PIT)
15. concealer. (REVOLUTION)
16. Sue (REVOLUTION)
17. Sun Eater (GER) (REVOLUTION) - requested by LeGuru
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 26th of March to the 7th of April, 2026.
1. Crouch (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Meth Drinker / Moloch (FALLEN)
3. Palace of Worms (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH)
4. Summit (FALLEN, INFINITE)
5. Dead Air Divine (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
6. Ladybaby (GATEWAY)
7. Now She's Gone (GATEWAY)
8. Pile of Heads (GATEWAY)
9. Stitched Up Heart (GATEWAY)
10. TX2 (GATEWAY)
11. Yüth Forever (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
12. Ark Storm (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
13. Vivaldi Metal Project (GUARDIANS)
14. 16-Armed Winged Goddess / Oozing Pus (HORDE)
15. Asgardsrei (HORDE, NORTH)
16. AUM (HORDE)
17. Blood of the Wolf (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
18. Blood River (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
19. Book of the Dead (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
20. Coffin Lust (HORDE)
21. Gravebomb (HORDE)
22. GronD (HORDE)
23. Guttural Corpora Cavernosa (HORDE)
24. Madoka Mapper (HORDE)
25. Neighbor Shoots Neighbor (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
26. Obscure Fate (HORDE) - requested by yellow_azathoth
27. Operation Cunt Destroyer (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
28. Possessed Entity (HORDE)
29. Tremoctopodidaic Insemination (HORDE)
30. Vinterblot (HORDE, NORTH)
31. Cartoon Theory (INFINITE)
32. Deadtrees (INFINITE)
33. Leprous Vortex Sun (INFINITE, NORTH)
34. Alldrig (NORTH)
35. Anachitis (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
36. Blutvial (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
37. Botanist / Oskoreien (NORTH)
38. Folteraar (NORTH)
39. Glass Shrine (NORTH)
40. Insane Vesper (NORTH)
41. Ljáin (NORTH)
42. Lyrinx / Elysian Blaze / D.O.R (NORTH)
43. Sevensins (NORTH)
44. Sulphur (NORTH)
45. Verge (NORTH)
46. Vlad Spirit (NORTH)
47. Wóddréa Mylenstede (NORTH)
48. Meshiaak (PIT)
49. Alove for Enemies (REVOLUTION) - requested by BlackSunMortality
50. Burning Season, The (REVOLUTION) - requested by BlackSunMortality
51. Paradise Slaves (REVOLUTION) - requested by BlackSunMortality
52. Science of Sleep (REVOLUTION)
This one should be up your alley Ben. Seven episodes that build nicely to a pretty massive crescendo over the last few episodes.
Seen it. Wouldn't miss anything made by Mike Flanagan (Haunting of Hill House is one of the greatest tv series ever in my opinion). The Fall of the House of Usher was really good too.
I just finished watching the series "Archive 81" on Netflix & really enjoyed it. It's a spooky sci-fi/horror story that's all about cults, witchcraft, alternate dimensions, demons, etc. All the good shit essentially. Eight episodes of less than an hour each. Unfortunately there won't be a second season so it's not a large time investment.
Based on a pretty good podcast series from a few years back. Might check out the series at some point.
I did some testing in Firefox today and I can't replicate this issue. I can only suggest reinstalling Firefox to see if that fixes the issue.
I've tried viewing that page in three different browsers and all seems good. Perhaps update the browser version? I had a similar experience in Chrome a while back and an update fixed it.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from 21st to the 26th of March, 2026.
1. Au Revoir (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Bus the Unknown Secretary (FALLEN)
3. Lumberjack Feedback, The (FALLEN, INFINITE)
4. RLYR (FALLEN, INFINITE)
5. Satyrian (FALLEN)
6. Temple, The (FALLEN)
7. Thy Only Forgotten (FALLEN)
8. Tomb of Finland (FALLEN, HORDE)
9. Vaults of Zin (FALLEN, INFINITE)
10. Calico System (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
11. De La Tierra (GATEWAY ,PIT)
12. Melissa Bonny (GATEWAY)
13. Pia (GATEWAY)
14. Scratch, The (GATEWAY)
15. Blankfield (GUARDIANS, HORDE, INFINITE, REVOLUTION) - requested by LeGuru
16. Blasdead (GUARDIANS, PIT) - requested by LeGuru
17. Eternal Idol (GUARDIANS)
18. Sellsword (GUARDIANS)
19. Valiant Sentinel (GUARDIANS)
20. Abdicate (HORDE)
21. Black Despair (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
22. Blackstone (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
23. Blood Of Serpents (HORDE, NORTH, PIT) - requested by LeGuru
24. Catafalque (HORDE)
25. Defeatist (HORDE)
26. Desomorphine Gorebulldozer (HORDE)
27. Devast (HORDE)
28. Disinter (HORDE)
29. Dragging Entrails (HORDE)
30. Funeratus (HORDE)
31. Grindmother, The (HORDE)
32. Imperium (GBR) (HORDE)
33. Injury Deepen (HORDE)
34. Lureplasm (HORDE)
35. Mordbrand (HORDE)
36. Precognitive Holocaust Annotations (HORDE)
37. Septic Congestion (HORDE)
38. Spheron (HORDE)
39. Suffocate Bastard (HORDE)
40. Virulency (HORDE)
41. Cales (INFINITE, NORTH)
42. Forevermore (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
43. Glyptoglossio (INFINITE, NORTH)
44. Angor Animi (NORTH)
45. Azaxul (NORTH)
46. Black Moriah, The (NORTH, PIT) - requested by LeGuru
47. Blasphemium (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
48. Eufori (NORTH)
49. Fimbultyr (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
50. Mirkvid (NORTH)
51. Deluhi (REVOLUTION)
52. letterstoyou (REVOLUTION)
53. Ronnie, Donnie, and Johnny (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from 14th to the 20th of March, 2026.
1. Mammon's Throne (FALLEN) - requested by Vinny
2. Metsu (FALLEN, INFINITE)
3. Pik (FALLEN)
4. Kilkus (GATEWAY)
5. Asedio (GUARDIANS, PIT)
6. Berserkyd (GUARDIANS) - requested by LeGuru
7. Heretic (NED) (GUARDIANS, NORTH, PIT)
8. Au Pair, The (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
9. Cyst (HORDE, PIT)
10. Protrusion (HORDE)
11. Redivider (HORDE)
12. Sorrow of Tranquility (HORDE)
13. Starseed (HORDE)
14. Subjugated (HORDE)
15. Triac / Sick/Tired (HORDE)
16. Trucido (HORDE)
17. Beyond The Woods (INFINITE) - requested by LeGuru
18. Canvas (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
19. De l'Abîme Naît l'Aube (INFINITE)
20. Sun Guts (INFINITE)
21. Supervoid Choral Ensemble, The (INFINITE)
22. Unverkalt (INFINITE, NORTH)
23. Baal Gadrial (NORTH)
24. Bihargam (NORTH, PIT) - requested by LeGuru
25. Conifère / Vespéral (NORTH)
26. Dewfall (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
27. Diabolism (NORTH)
28. Echoes of the Moon (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
29. Eissturm (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
30. Lömsk (NORTH)
31. Petrichor (NORTH)
32. Rosa Faenskap (NORTH)
33. Stormheit (NORTH)
34. Uprising / Panopticon (NORTH)
35. Uuhai (NORTH)
36. Lead Injector (PIT)
37. Awaiting Eschiel (REVOLUTION)
38. Bloodjinn (REVOLUTION)
39. Gather (REVOLUTION)
40. Overcome (REVOLUTION)
41. Temptation of Saint Anthony, The (REVOLUTION)
42. Torn Apart (REVOLUTION) - requested by Andi
I can’t respond right now, but these writings def resonate with me. Thank you for sharing so honestly.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from 7th to the 13th of March, 2026.
1. Agenbite Misery (FALLEN)
2. Black Tar Prophet (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
3. Blood Red Water (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
4. Boghaunter (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
5. Cabeza de Caballo (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
6. Cuda (FALLEN)
7. Femme fatale (FALLEN, GATEWAY)
8. Ill Omen (FALLEN, NORTH)
9. Louded (FALLEN) - requested by Sonny
10. Mädätys (FALLEN, HORDE)
11. Primitive Man / Sea Bastard (FALLEN)
12. R.I.P. (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
13. Ritual Arcana (FALLEN)
14. Sad Whisperings (FALLEN)
15. Verdun (FALLEN)
16. Chikara (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
17. Disengage (GATEWAY)
18. Mothica (GATEWAY)
19. Oedipe (GATEWAY)
20. Fuki Commune (GUARDIANS)
21. Hellen (GUARDIANS)
22. Leatherhead (GUARDIANS, PIT)
23. Operatika (GUARDIANS)
24. Templar (GUARDIANS)
25. Black Therapy (HORDE)
26. Bodybag (HORDE)
27. Crator (HORDE)
28. Cryptid Spawn (HORDE, NORTH)
29. Fentanyl Surprise (HORDE)
30. Gastrorrexis (HORDE)
31. Meadows End (HORDE)
32. Necropolissebeht (HORDE, NORTH)
33. Patologicum (HORDE)
34. Shuriken Cadaveric Entwinement (HORDE)
35. Speglas (HORDE, INFINITE)
36. Tentacle Witches (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
37. Urinary Tract Infection From Severe Pus Clots (HORDE)
38. Writhe (HORDE)
39. Great Cold, The (INFINITE)
40. Nawather (INFINITE, NORTH)
41. Serpent Ascending / Ôros Kaù / Midnight Odyssey / Swords of Dis (INFINITE, NORTH)
42. Syberia (INFINITE)
43. Acherontas / Slidhr (NORTH)
44. Charlie Mauser (NORTH)
45. Concubia Nocte (NORTH)
46. Grimner (NORTH)
47. Krieg / Morte Incandescente (NORTH)
48. Lord Wind (NORTH)
49. Ohtar (NORTH)
50. Sheidim (NORTH)
51. Wørsen (NORTH)
52. Integrity / Power Trip (PIT, REVOLUTION)
53. Vitamin X (PIT)
54. anvilchandelier / A Year Ago Today (REVOLUTION)
55. Evergreen Terrace / xOne Fifthx (REVOLUTION)
56. Brainchild (SPHERE)
Please add Berserkyd.
This band has 6 ratings in total on RYM across 10 releases. There's only 1 single genre vote across all of them, which is Heavy Metal. Have you heard much of their material LeGuru? Should it all be classified as Heavy Metal?
I would only ever add a band like this on request, as applying accurate clans is just guesswork.
This is a really interesting conversation, so thanks for starting it!
I guess my two cents is that social media has changed humanity in such a massive way, that the way most people interact is completely different to how they used to. I personally feel the impact is way more negative than positive, with attention spans dwindling and argumentative / controversial opinions ruling. They aren't actually designed to form communities of likeminded individuals. They're designed to fuel outrage, as that gets the most clicks. They encourage bad behaviour, conspiracies and us vs them mentality. It's no surprise to me that forming positive, interest based communities in a world we're social media rules is actually quite difficult.
Even when sites are created seemingly with community in mind, they often end up replicating the same attention seeking behaviour. I started using Letterboxd instead of IMDB a couple of years ago. I'm a big horror movie fan (another outlier group), and while IMDB has loads of information, it doesn't really have a community as such. At first, Letterboxd seemed good, and I did find a bunch of hidden gems that I probably wouldn't have discovered elsewhere. But I quickly realised that all most people on the site really wanted was for their reviews to get lots of likes. How do you do that? Not by writing a thoughtful review of the movie, that's for sure. The only way you get noticed at all on Letterboxd is by leaving one line reviews that are as funny or stupid or controversial as possible. It's an attention seeking game that simply doesn't result in any actual community or friendship. I've realised that if I genuinely want to meet other horror move fans and form actual community, I would have to go to the horror fests around the world and spend a few days at a time meeting people who care enough to go to something like that. I can't do that, especially as I live in Australia, so I've gone back to my passion in isolation.
I started Metal Academy as a kind of old school site. I genuinely hoped that there would be a large group of metal fans that wanted to chat to other metal fans in a normal, community based way. No antagonistic, attention seeking, clickbaity, anger-fuelling controversy. No advertising or data collection or monetary gain. Just a bunch a people that enjoy metal, getting together and talking about it (or anything for that matter). I think I under-estimated the pull that social-media style sites have on people though. The kind of FOMO that a lot of humanity seems to have when they're not experiencing the things that everyone else seems to be experiencing. I think a lot of people genuinely love feeling outraged too, and want to have a cause. Metal Academy can't compete with that. But all this said, we actually do have a little community here. It's a friendly one too, which is fucking hard to find these days. Maybe, as people get off social media (which does appear to be happening), sites like this one will become more popular again in future, and community for community sake will come back into the zeitgeist. Then again, maybe not. Metal Academy isn't going anywhere though.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 27th of February to the 6th of March, 2026.
1. Blackwülf (FALLEN, GUARDIANS) - requested by Sonny
2. Consummatum Est (FALLEN)
3. Hoaxed (FALLEN)
4. Lord Elephant (FALLEN)
5. Primitive Man / Northless (FALLEN)
6. Refugium (FALLEN)
7. Dream Fatigue (GATEWAY)
8. Mirrorcell (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
9. Astaroth (GUARDIANS)
10. Hizaki (GUARDIANS)
11. Leather Heart (GUARDIANS)
12. Michael Sweet (GUARDIANS)
13. Octaviagrace (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
14. Zepter (GUARDIANS)
15. Are You God? (HORDE)
16. Bliss of Flesh (HORDE, NORTH) - requested by Sonny
17. Cemetery Filth / Ectovoid / Sabbatory / TrenchRot (HORDE)
18. Dunkelheit (HORDE, INFINITE, SPHERE)
19. Eructation (HORDE)
20. Eucharist (AUS) (HORDE, NORTH)
21. Gatecreeper / Homewrecker / Outer Heaven / Scorched (HORDE)
22. Glassbone (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
23. Intricated (HORDE)
24. Mass Grave (HORDE)
25. Phasma (HORDE, INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
26. Sewercide (HORDE, PIT)
27. Sidious (HORDE, NORTH)
28. Solar Dawn (HORDE)
29. Teramobil (HORDE, INFINITE)
30. Tombseeker (HORDE)
31. Balance Interruption (INFINITE, NORTH, SPHERE) - requested by Sonny
32. Domhain (INFINITE, NORTH)
33. Fractal Cypher (INFINITE)
34. Jack the Joker (INFINITE)
35. Noise Demon (INFINITE)
36. Tijuana Taxi (INFINITE)
37. Barkasth (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
38. Bastard of Majesty Sin (NORTH)
39. Black Candle (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
40. Blencathra (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
41. Diabolus, mecum semperterne! (NORTH)
42. Forgotten Spell (NORTH)
43. Hesychast (NORTH)
44. Infamous (NORTH)
45. Legacies Unchain (NORTH)
46. Mystik (SWE-D) (NORTH)
47. Recluse (NORTH)
48. Wotan Sølv (NORTH)
49. Yohualli (NORTH)
50. Azshara / Unmoved (REVOLUTION)
51. Dagger Threat (REVOLUTION)
52. Error37 (REVOLUTION)
53. eyesofsorrow / Khopesh / xMERCYx (REVOLUTION)
54. Goodbye to Gravity (REVOLUTION)
55. Ravage Ritual (REVOLUTION)
56. Until We Die (REVOLUTION)
57. Khost / Godflesh (SPHERE)
58. Rave the Reqviem (SPHERE)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 21st to the 26th of February, 2026.
1. Gavran (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Grime (FALLEN)
3. Heavydeath (FALLEN)
4. Mare Infinitum (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
5. Secrets of the Sky (FALLEN, INFINITE)
6. Vvltvre (FALLEN)
7. Dadaroma (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
8. Dorje (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
9. Radical Noise (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
10. Trauma Ray (GATEWAY)
11. Barrow Wight (GUARDIANS)
12. Chaos Magic (GUARDIANS)
13. Rave in Fire (GUARDIANS)
14. Teenage Time Killers (GUARDIANS)
15. Última Batalla (GUARDIANS)
16. 3XA (HORDE)
17. Abnormal Inhumane (HORDE)
18. Bone Weapon (HORDE)
19. C.B Murdoc (HORDE, INFINITE)
20. Dawn of Azazel (HORDE)
21. Dawnbreaker (HORDE)
22. Faerghail (HORDE, NORTH)
23. Formicidae (HORDE)
24. NekRock (HORDE, INFINITE, NORTH)
25. Omnipotent Hysteria (HORDE)
26. Peshmerga (HORDE)
27. Bare Wire Son (INFINITE)
28. Juodvarnis (INFINITE, NORTH)
29. Kæry Ann (INFINITE)
30. Phendrana (INFINITE, NORTH)
31. Shields (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
32. Stories (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
33. Antagoniste (NORTH)
34. Avdagata (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
35. Barrowlands (NORTH) - requested by Sonny
36. Dakhma (USA) (NORTH, REVOLUTION)
37. Darchon (NORTH)
38. Draugveil & Selvnatt (NORTH)
39. Gratzug (NORTH)
40. Grizelda (NORTH)
41. Hemlock (NORTH)
42. Keys to the Astral Gates and Mystic Doors / Bloody Keep / Sanguine Wounds (NORTH)
43. Nettlecarrier (NORTH)
44. Perfect Day, A / Sadness / City of Dawn (NORTH)
45. Psi.Chi. (NORTH)
46. Stellafera / Sadness (NORTH)
47. Udręka (NORTH)
48. Mizery (PIT)
49. Sindrome (PIT)
50. Arms (REVOLUTION)
51. Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza (REVOLUTION)
52. josh (REVOLUTION)
53. Sewer Goddess (SPHERE)
Well, we now have 66,666 releases on Metal Academy. Seems worth celebrating!
It turns out the release that hit the mark is Hemlock's Crush the Race of God. How very fitting. Shame it's a shit cover.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 17th to the 20th of February, 2026.
1. Cóndor (FALLEN)
2. Enemymine (FALLEN)
3. Heiress (FALLEN, INFINITE)
4. Love Lies Bleeding (FALLEN, HORDE, NORTH)
5. Norilsk (FALLEN)
6. Pet the Preacher (FALLEN)
7. Towards Darkness (FALLEN, INFINITE)
8. Watchtower (AUS) (FALLEN)
9. Weedruid (FALLEN)
10. Pregnant Whale Pain (GATEWAY)
11. Frosty Eve (GUARDIANS, HORDE)
12. Keen Hue (GUARDIANS)
13. Powers Court (GUARDIANS)
14. Ring, The (GUARDIANS)
15. Ares (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
16. Art of Mankind, The (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
17. Ascaris (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
18. Carnivorous Eyaculation (HORDE)
19. Criterion (HORDE)
20. Degenerate Synapse (HORDE)
21. Drewsif Stalin's Musical Endeavors (HORDE, INFINITE)
22. Embolism (HORDE)
23. Ensanguinate (HORDE, NORTH)
24. Exhortation (HORDE, PIT)
25. Gibbeting (HORDE)
26. Goatblood (HORDE, NORTH)
27. Hymen Holocaust (HORDE)
28. Mors Verum (HORDE)
29. Régiment (HORDE, NORTH)
30. Resurrected (HORDE)
31. Return From Exile (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
32. Skulld (HORDE)
33. Witheria (HORDE, PIT)
34. Archaeologist (INFINITE) - requested by LeGuru
35. Ascending Dawn (INFINITE) - requested by LeGuru
36. Bloodway (INFINITE, NORTH)
37. Lance King (INFINITE)
38. Polaris Experience (INFINITE, PIT)
39. Arcanorum Astrum (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
40. Black Hurst (NORTH)
41. Chalice of Blood (NORTH)
42. Disforterror (NORTH)
43. Draconis Infernum (NORTH)
44. Drowning the Light / Evil (NORTH)
45. Funeral Dancer (NORTH)
46. Karloff (NORTH)
47. Sanctvs (NORTH)
48. Staghelm (NORTH)
49. Thunderbolt / Kataxu (NORTH)
50. Ultima (NORTH)
51. Vials of Wrath (NORTH)
52. Voidcraeft (NORTH)
53. Darling, You Should Be Ashamed (REVOLUTION)
54. I Am the Ocean (REVOLUTION)
55. Sumatra (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 7th to the 16th of February, 2026.
1. Bagarre générale / Year of No Light (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Black Wizards, The (FALLEN)
3. Cave of Swimmers (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
4. Endlesshade (FALLEN)
5. Kult of the Wizard (FALLEN)
6. Malignant Aura (FALLEN)
7. Oceanwake (FALLEN, INFINITE)
8. Reverend Bizarre / Orodruin (FALLEN)
9. Juice (GATEWAY)
10. Legion, I (GATEWAY, HORDE)
11. Pickpocket (GATEWAY)
12. Anthology (GUARDIANS) - requested by LeGuru
13. Ethernity (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
14. Jeff Scott Soto (GUARDIANS)
15. 30XX (HORDE)
16. Abyss (HORDE)
17. Animation Sequence (HORDE, REVOLUTION) - requested by LeGuru
18. Atomicide (HORDE, NORTH)
19. Carnivorous Voracity (HORDE)
20. Corpse Garden (HORDE)
21. Defaced (HORDE)
22. Devilium (HORDE)
23. Die Choking (HORDE)
24. Engrave (HORDE, PIT)
25. Evilution (HORDE)
26. Pestilent (HORDE)
27. Sear (HORDE, NORTH)
28. Turbidity (HORDE)
29. Whorion (HORDE)
30. Winds of Genocide (HORDE, PIT)
31. Iridium (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
32. Qasu (INFINITE, NORTH)
33. Amystery (NORTH)
34. Angmaer (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
35. Angst (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
36. Antt (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
37. Dead in the Manger (NORTH)
38. Deadspace (NORTH)
39. Mûspellzheimr (NORTH)
40. Sons of Nihil (NORTH)
41. Spitehowling (NORTH)
42. Unendlich (NORTH)
43. Vargnatt (NORTH)
44. Annexation (PIT) - requested by LeGuru
45. Appalachian Terror Unit (PIT)
46. Siberian Meat Grinder (PIT)
47. Trials (PIT)
48. Wifebeater (PIT)
49. Ends in Tragedy / Dance (REVOLUTION)
50. Yellow Sign, The (REVOLUTION)
https://metal.academy/releases/55304
This is listed under :NODFYR: instead of !T.O.O.H.!
Fixed. Thanks!
I noticed that you like a fair bit of gothic metal so I would be interested in your take on the latest Ruins of Beverast album, "Tempelschlaf", particularly as you don't appear to have rated any of their stuff so far, so you may not be influenced overly by their earlier material. It is much more gothic-influenced than the project's previous black / doom fare and I haven't totally made up my mind about it yet.
I adore Ruins of Beverast's previous couple of albums and I have to admit that my first listens to the latest one have not connected so far. That said, I'm going to give it plenty of opportunity before judging it, as my preconceptions could very well be getting in the way.
It's great to see you in such a relaxed and happy state Zach. It's always good to feel like you've found your "home".
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 31st of January to the 6th of February, 2026.
1. Agony Lords (FALLEN, GUARDIANS, HORDE)
2. Cemetery Sex (FALLEN)
3. Sloth (USA) (FALLEN)
4. Starkweather / Overmars (FALLEN, REVOLUTION)
5. Test & Deafkids (FALLEN, INFINITE)
6. Undersmile (FALLEN)
7. Armani Death Machine (GATEWAY)
8. Jamie's Elsewhere (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION) - requested by Andi
9. Spylacopa (GATEWAY)
10. Ad Inferna (GUARDIANS, NORTH, SPHERE) - requested by LeGuru
11. Ancestral (ITA) (GUARDIANS) - requested by LeGuru
12. Ancestral Dawn (GUARDIANS) - requested by LeGuru
13. Blackwelder (GUARDIANS)
14. Cross Vein (GUARDIANS)
15. Encyrcle (GUARDIANS, PIT)
16. Ironhawk (USA) (GUARDIANS)
17. Tales of Evening (GUARDIANS)
18. Victor Smolski (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
19. Wicked Mystic (GUARDIANS, PIT)
20. Within Silence (GUARDIANS)
21. Abrasive (HORDE) - requested by LeGuru
22. Cerebric Turmoil (HORDE)
23. Corpulate (HORDE)
24. Divine Pustulence (HORDE)
25. Expurgate (HORDE)
26. Hic Iacet (HORDE)
27. Human Artifacts (HORDE)
28. Intracranial Parasite (HORDE)
29. Limbless (HORDE)
30. Nehemiah (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
31. Praise the Flame (HORDE, NORTH)
32. Retorsion (HORDE)
33. Sarinvomit (HORDE, NORTH, PIT)
34. Septic Grave (HORDE)
35. Silence Lies Fear (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
36. Sulfuric Cautery / Hacked Apart (HORDE)
37. Under the Church (HORDE)
38. Vassafor / Temple Nightside (HORDE, NORTH)
39. Void Monuments (HORDE)
40. Blackwater Holylight (INFINITE)
41. INI (INFINITE, NORTH)
42. Open Letter, An (INFINITE, NORTH)
43. Alastor (AUT) (NORTH) - requested by LeGuru
44. Dommedagssalme (NORTH)
45. Hierophany (NORTH)
46. Lord of Depression / Infernal Sacrament / Tetragrammacide (NORTH)
47. Luciferian Rites (NORTH)
48. Lunar Mantra (NORTH)
49. Miasme (NORTH)
50. Nihil Domination (NORTH)
51. Nourishment (NORTH)
52. Sorceröt (NORTH)
53. Knut / Botch / Ananda (REVOLUTION)
54. taja (REVOLUTION)
55. Take a Worm for a Walk Week (REVOLUTION)
56. Psychopomps (SPHERE)
Not my favourite Maiden album, but that probably has a lot to do with the order in which their albums were introduced to me. I started with Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and worked my way backwards.
Killers is often cited as having a big influence on Slayer, particularly the album's twin-guitar attack, but I can't help thinking that the lyrics of the title track played a role. It's not hard to imagine Tom Araya spitting out these lines!
A footstep behind you
He lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy
He laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you
My blood lust defies all my needs
Welcome to Metal Academy Archiver Eccentric! I can't say I've delved too far down the avant-garde rabbit hole (mostly limited to Mr. Bungle, Ved Buens Ende, maudlin of the Well, Oranssi Pazuzu and Arcturus). I definitely enjoy bands that are doing something unique though, so I'm certain there are many treasure awaiting my attention.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 22nd to the 30th of January, 2026.
1. Fessus (FALLEN, HORDE)
2. Northless / Light Bearer (FALLEN, INFINITE)
3. Sedna (FALLEN, INFINITE, NORTH)
4. Voodoo Church (FALLEN)
5. Without God (FALLEN)
6. Bayway (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
7. Elyose (GATEWAY, GUARDIANS, SPHERE) - requested by Andi
8. Etched in Red (GATEWAY)
9. Precious Death (GATEWAY, PIT)
10. Slavior (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
11. Claymorean (GUARDIANS)
12. Detroit Metal City (GUARDIANS, PIT)
13. Fullforce (GUARDIANS)
14. Witchking (GUARDIANS)
15. Александр Невский (GUARDIANS)
16. Anatomy of I (HORDE, PIT)
17. Architectural Genocide (HORDE)
18. Beheaded Zombie (HORDE)
19. Bomba w Torcie (HORDE)
20. Brutal Blues (HORDE)
21. Denominate (HORDE, INFINITE)
22. Die Pigeon Die (HORDE)
23. Gory Delivery (HORDE)
24. Guineapig (HORDE)
25. Human Shield (HORDE)
26. In Her Shallow Grave (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
27. Raised to the Ground (HORDE)
28. sinsoftheflesh. (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
29. Splattered Mermaids (HORDE)
30. Suffering Mind (HORDE)
31. Voidhämmer (HORDE)
32. Vulnus (HORDE)
33. John Macaluso & Union Radio (INFINITE)
34. Black Lotus (NORTH)
35. Bronze Eagle (NORTH)
36. Cult of Erinyes (NORTH)
37. Nidhogg (NORTH)
38. Nocturnal Witch (NORTH, PIT)
39. Rattenburcht (NORTH)
40. Deceptor (PIT)
41. Raw Power (PIT)
42. Sakrificer (PIT)
43. Axis (REVOLUTION)
44. Casino (REVOLUTION)
45. Eat a Helicopter (REVOLUTION)
46. Even If the Sky Is Falling Down (REVOLUTION)
47. Forced Order (REVOLUTION)
48. Holder (REVOLUTION)
49. Last House on the Left (REVOLUTION)
50. Sherane (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 17th to the 21st of January, 2026.
1. Devil's Trade, The (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Exxûl (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
3. Imago Mortis (FALLEN, GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
4. Lazarus Blackstar (FALLEN)
5. Nada (FALLEN, INFINITE)
6. Reflexion (FALLEN)
7. Slaves of Freedom (FALLEN)
8. Ter Ziele (FALLEN, INFINITE)
9. Bite Down (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
10. Chicosci (GATEWAY)
11. Jor (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
12. S.Box (GATEWAY)
13. Alkatraz (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
14. Black Virgin (GUARDIANS)
15. La Renga (GUARDIANS)
16. Agents of Satan (HORDE)
17. Ancestral Malediction (HORDE)
18. Asmodée (HORDE, NORTH)
19. Darkness Remains (HORDE)
20. Dead for Days (HORDE)
21. Decaying Form (HORDE)
22. Demonized (HORDE)
23. Eternal Oath (HORDE)
24. Fall of Serenity (HORDE, REVOLUTION)
25. Goretrade / Carnal (HORDE)
26. Hoath (HORDE, NORTH)
27. Inside Conflict (HORDE)
28. Kaliban (HORDE)
29. Lowbrow (HORDE)
30. Maniac Killer (HORDE)
31. Mortician / Fleshgrind (HORDE)
32. Septicopyemia (HORDE)
33. Stormcrow / Sanctum (HORDE)
34. Khallice (INFINITE)
35. Paralysis (INFINITE, PIT)
36. Arcane Frost (NORTH)
37. Black Hole Generator (NORTH)
38. Chaos Omen (NORTH)
39. Funeral (FRA) (NORTH)
40. Vadhakarmadhikarin (NORTH)
41. Ankla (PIT, REVOLUTION)
42. Crucial Unit (PIT)
43. Calm and Secure (REVOLUTION)
44. Dear Black Diary (REVOLUTION)
45. I Promised the World (REVOLUTION)
46. rosacade (REVOLUTION)
47. Sinister Feeling / Heavens Die (REVOLUTION)
48. This Present Darkness (REVOLUTION)
49. Underminded (REVOLUTION)
50. With Dead Hands Rising (REVOLUTION)
51. xCanaanx (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 13th to the 16th of January, 2026.
1. Excruciation (FALLEN, PIT)
2. Hypnotic Scenery (FALLEN, GUARDIANS, HORDE)
3. Sacriversum (FALLEN, HORDE, PIT)
4. Ethynol (GATEWAY)
5. Second Coming (GATEWAY)
6. Black Rose (GUARDIANS)
7. DYS (GUARDIANS)
8. Evo (GUARDIANS)
9. Megaton (GUARDIANS)
10. Siam (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
11. Squadron (GUARDIANS)
12. Wildhunt (GUARDIANS, PIT)
13. Corpse Vomit (HORDE)
14. Dawn of Dreams (GER) (HORDE, NORTH)
15. Eisenvater (HORDE, SPHERE)
16. From the Depths (HORDE)
17. Grief of Emerald (HORDE, NORTH)
18. Insatanity / Immortal Suffering (HORDE)
19. Mass Psychosis (HORDE)
20. Pestifere (HORDE, NORTH)
21. Pyphomgertum (HORDE)
22. Revelator (HORDE, NORTH)
23. Rotting Flesh (HORDE)
24. Strangulation (BRA) (HORDE)
25. Nomicon (INFINITE, NORTH)
26. Siam Shade (INFINITE)
27. Sunvher (INFINITE, NORTH)
28. Furthest Shore (NORTH)
29. Hemlokk & Hyrde (NORTH)
30. Riger (NORTH)
31. Taär (NORTH)
32. Thus Defiled (NORTH)
33. Antítese (PIT)
34. Deathrage (PIT)
35. Silence (PIT)
36. Ültra Raptör (PIT)
37. Cross My Heart (REVOLUTION)
38. Podré Tocar los Dientes de la Noche (REVOLUTION)
39. Rex Kwon Do (REVOLUTION)
40. Shield (REVOLUTION)
41. Spineless (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from 6th to the 13th of January, 2026.
1. Coltaine (FALLEN, INFINITE)
2. Gosudar / Tsygun (FALLEN, HORDE)
3. Loathfinder (FALLEN, NORTH)
4. Witherer (FALLEN)
5. Extortionist (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
6. Ladrones (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
7. 7th Guild, The (GUARDIANS)
8. Myth Carver (GUARDIANS)
9. Enragement (HORDE)
10. Feed Them Broken Teeth (HORDE)
11. Putred (HORDE)
12. Atrate (INFINITE, NORTH)
13. Ellereve (INFINITE)
14. Phosphorus (INFINITE)
15. Town Portal (INFINITE)
16. Weft (INFINITE, NORTH)
17. Baital (NORTH)
18. Beleth's Trumpet (NORTH)
19. Bloedmaan (NORTH)
20. Eminentia Tenebris (NORTH)
21. Fanatisme (NORTH)
22. Mortui Vultus (NORTH)
23. Electrocutioner (PIT)
24. Cross of Disbelief / Impunity (REVOLUTION)
25. Grael (REVOLUTION)
26. Humiliate (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 21st of December, 2025 to the 5th of January, 2026.
1. Forlorn (GBR) (GATEWAY)
2. Nevertel (GATEWAY)
3. Post Heaven (GATEWAY)
4. Vower (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
5. Brainblast (HORDE)
6. Buttholectomy (HORDE)
7. Fragmentation (HORDE)
8. Hebephrenique (HORDE)
9. Ithilien (HORDE, NORTH, REVOLUTION)
10. Osmiini (HORDE)
11. Rue (HORDE)
12. Joviac (INFINITE)
13. Vøvk (INFINITE)
14. Isen (NORTH)
15. Kiira (NORTH)
16. Cold Steel (PIT, REVOLUTION)
17. Downswing (REVOLUTION)
18. Ends in Tragedy (REVOLUTION)
There are too many great Swedish bands to choose from. The first ones that come to mind for me are Opeth, Meshuggah, Katatonia, Draconian, Candlemass, Bathory, Shining and Trees of Eternity.
Welcome to The North Rexorcist! I believe the transition has been successful (I can see that your ratings are now counting as Clan Ratings for The North), but let me know if anything looks weird.
Thanks a bunch!
Weird like what?
Like a North album or cover you've rated that isn't being included in the Clan Rating section. It should be all good, but I have had to run a recalculation a couple of times in the past when site users change or add a new clan.
Welcome to The North Rexorcist! I believe the transition has been successful (I can see that your ratings are now counting as Clan Ratings for The North), but let me know if anything looks weird.
I do but I feel that comparing the opinions of yourself & our other regular contributors to those of the wider RYM community is like a winemaker arguing over the quality of fine wine with a teenage Passion Pop devotee if I'm being completely honest.
Yeah, I know. But it's a fun exercise that I think will get more interesting the more releases I rate. It's not like there's any valid alternative that has such a large audience for comparison.
My own top ten black metal releases:
01. Burzum - "Filosofem" (1996)
02. Deathspell Omega - "Kenose" E.P. (2005)
03. Akhlys - "The Dreaming I" (2015)
04. Darkthrone - "Transilvanian Hunger" (1994)
05. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Mestarin kynsi" (2020)
06. Burzum - "Hvis lyset tar oss" (1994)
07. Oranssi Pazuzu - "Värähtelijä" (2016)
08. Wolves in the Throne Room - "Two Hunters" (2007)
09. Bathory - "Blood Fire Death" (1988)
10. Mayhem - "De Mysteriis dom Sathanas" (1994)
Just in case you don't realise, my list is only taking into account releases in the RYM top 40 black metal releases.
No Darkthrone in your top ten is also where we would deviate in our opinion as I would definitely have at least two in there and Transilvanian Hunger has now become my #1 black metal album.
I do have Darkthrone at 11 and 13 though, so still obviously a big fan. My ratings spreadsheet calculates my average percentage for all the subgenres, which has really emphasized my passion for atmospheric black metal and death doom / funeral doom. It has also very clearly highlighted my dislike (bordering on complete bewilderment) of stoner metal. My further attempts to get into Electric Wizard and Sleep have failed dismally. Maybe some other stoner bands will tickle my fancy, but I don't think I'm ever going to enjoy these much-loved entities. I tried!
I don't know why, possibly your championing of Summoning, but I always thought you were better disposed towards folk metal than you evidently are.
Summoning are grand and bombastic for sure, but there's no folk in there. Speaking of which, while I shamelessly love Summoning, I'm fairly certain none of their albums will challenge my top 10 black metal releases. They do have a lot of 4.5 star albums though.
It was very ahead of it's time! 
Thanks for raising this luajaz. I've fixed it now.
God, Ben is really on point. The next Sear Bliss album I'm checking out, Heavenly Down, I've NEVER heard this kind of music. It's... aquatic black metal, right out of Avalon and composed by the Lady of the Lake. Enya black metal, and that is NOT an insult. Halfway through The Winding Path right now. Perty freaking brilliant. The blackest song so far, The Upper World, was a bit of a typical song, but the rest is quite inventive.
Yeah, they definitely have their own sound, and it's one that I return to over and over again. I'm thrilled that I've assisted another metal fan in discovering them.
I've mentioned that I can't even get behind Filosofem the way I used to. I might as well post that review on the Atmo Black thread if I haven't done so already. It IS Filosofem.
"Filosofem" is my second favourite metal album of all time. Every second of it is perfect as far as I'm concerned.
It's top 5 for me too. People can say whatever they want about Varg, but they can't take away the genius of his best work.
Fuck batsmen, fast bowlers are where its at.
As an opening bowler that learnt his craft while bowling endlessly at his annoyingly talented batsman brother (don't tell him I said that) in the backyard, I wholeheartedly agree!
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 12th to the 20th of December, 2025.
1. Ghostsmoker (FALLEN)
2. Red Eye (FALLEN)
3. KILL KARL (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
4. MC Lan (GATEWAY)
5. Pretty Wild, The (GATEWAY)
6. Rioghan (GATEWAY)
7. Dirkschneider & The Old Gang (GUARDIANS)
8. Hagane (GUARDIANS)
9. Abysmal Descent (HORDE)
10. Effluence / Tantric Bile / Steve Matthews (HORDE)
11. Hacked Apart (HORDE)
12. Pedestal for Leviathan (HORDE, NORTH)
13. Acid Age (INFINITE, PIT)
14. Beannachd Leibh (INFINITE)
15. Myriad Drone (INFINITE)
16. Ophelion (INFINITE)
17. Vertex (INFINITE)
18. Barbelith / Trhä (NORTH)
19. Chamberlain, The (NORTH)
20. Dakini (NORTH)
21. Garota (NORTH)
22. Puritan Bone (NORTH)
23. Tatterdemalion (NORTH)
24. Kidnapped The Princess, I (REVOLUTION)
As for good melodic black metal bands to check out, Sear Bliss get a high recommend from me. Particularly their Glory and Perdition, The Arcane Odyssey and Letters From the Edge albums.
Actually, Storm of the LIght's Bane is currently the number 1 black metal album on RYM. It seems that Filosofem has been massively down voted recently due to Varg's beliefs, despite the fact that everyone knew about them prior to the internet ever reaching the masses. Apparently there is less tolerance for judging art on it's quality rather than it's creator these days.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 5th to the 11th of December, 2025.
1. Bleak (FALLEN, REVOLUTION)
2. Drofnosura (FALLEN)
3. Entheomorphosis (FALLEN, INFINITE)
4. Hadean (FALLEN, INFINITE)
5. Shepherd (FALLEN)
6. Shrüm (FALLEN, SPHERE)
7. Accvsed (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
8. Excide (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
9. Heartist (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
10. Il Cremonese (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
11. Like a Storm (GATEWAY)
12. Silly Goose (GATEWAY)
13. Damascus (GUARDIANS)
14. Geddes Axe (GUARDIANS)
15. Gli Atroci (GUARDIANS)
16. Haven (GUARDIANS)
17. Mox Nix (GUARDIANS)
18. Phantasma (GUARDIANS)
19. Reflection (GUARDIANS)
20. RichaadEB / Amie Waters (GUARDIANS)
21. Stereo Nasty (GUARDIANS)
22. Uli Jon Roth (GUARDIANS)
23. Bloody Tyrant (HORDE, NORTH)
24. Castrensis (HORDE)
25. Demiurgon (HORDE)
26. Destructive Explosion of Anal Garland (HORDE)
27. Devilpriest (HORDE, NORTH)
28. Ephemeral (HORDE)
29. Forced Starvation (HORDE)
30. Light Dweller / Aoecist / Sleep Paralysis (HORDE, INFINITE)
31. scasm (HORDE)
32. Totten Korps (HORDE)
33. Twitch (HORDE)
34. Ur Draugr (HORDE, INFINITE)
35. Bank Myna (INFINITE)
36. First Signs of Frost (INFINITE)
37. Hungry Lights (INFINITE)
38. I, Valiance (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
39. Instrumental (adj.) (INFINITE)
40. Kailash (INFINITE)
41. KZOHH (INFINITE, NORTH)
42. Achathras (NORTH)
43. Acherontas / Horna (NORTH)
44. Autumn, Leaves, Scars (NORTH)
45. Black Howling (NORTH)
46. Cape of Bats (NORTH)
47. Daarlig Stemning (NORTH)
48. Haimad (NORTH)
49. Harifa (NORTH)
50. Hromovlad (NORTH) - requested by silentsteps
51. Lifeless (NORTH)
52. Nebokray (NORTH)
53. No Hand Path (NORTH)
54. Nosferatu (NORTH) - requested by silentsteps
55. Predatory Light / Vorde (NORTH)
56. Psychonaut 4 / Ofdrykkja / Vanhelga / In Luna (NORTH)
57. Ride for Revenge / Torturium (NORTH)
58. Sacrimoon (NORTH)
59. Serpents Athirst (NORTH)
60. Triumphant (NORTH)
61. TRTRKMMR (NORTH)
62. Wolfsmond (NORTH)
63. Andrew Hulshult (PIT, SPHERE)
64. Aragon (PIT)
65. Armoros (PIT)
66. Dmize (PIT)
67. North Syndrom (PIT)
68. 「Story of Hope」 (REVOLUTION)
69. Arbitrary Method, The (REVOLUTION, PIT, SPHERE) - requested by Andi
70. Cash Only Tony's / Autumn Sonata (REVOLUTION)
71. Laid 2 Rest (REVOLUTION)
72. Set to Stun (REVOLUTION)
73. Swear to God (REVOLUTION)
Stephen King's The Long Walk. Figured I'd finally read it before watching the recently released movie.
Always watching several shows. I'm currently watching Stranger Things and Welcome to Derry with my daughter along with a rewatch Fallout in preparation for season 2. My wife can't handle horror, so I'm watching Slow Horses and Plur1bus with her. It really is a golden age of TV, with directors and actors choosing longform storytelling over the restriction of movie length. That obviously comes with a downside, but I can't complain about all the great TV shows we get to experience.
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 27th of November to the 4th of December, 2025.
1. 11Paranoias (FALLEN)
2. Amalthea (FALLEN, INFINITE)
3. Dying Sun (FALLEN, INFINITE)
4. Echoes (GBR) (FALLEN, INFINITE)
5. Hemelbestormer & Vanessa Van Basten (FALLEN, INFINITE)
6. Hooded Menace / Loss (FALLEN)
7. House of Capricorn, The (FALLEN)
8. Rainbows Are Free (FALLEN)
9. Sangharsha (FALLEN, REVOLUTION)
10. Wisdoom, The (FALLEN)
11. dEMOTIONAL (GATEWAY, HORDE, REVOLUTION)
12. District Unknown (GATEWAY, INFINITE)
13. Exotype (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
14. Moscow Death Brigade (GATEWAY)
15. Noturnall (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, PIT)
16. StarForce (GUARDIANS, PIT)
17. 55gore (HORDE)
18. Ancient Ascendant (HORDE)
19. Ass to Mouth (HORDE)
20. Bloodtied (HORDE)
21. Burning Cyborg (HORDE)
22. Clitgore (HORDE)
23. Death Vomit (CHL) (HORDE)
24. Defigurement (HORDE)
25. Dub Buk (HORDE, NORTH, PIT)
26. Engorgement (HORDE)
27. Exhumer (HORDE)
28. Frothing (HORDE)
29. Fuck You and Die (HORDE)
30. Gormathon (HORDE)
31. Grotesque Formation (HORDE)
32. Infliction (HORDE)
33. Intracranial Butchery (HORDE)
34. Mental Horror (HORDE)
35. Multinational Corporations (HORDE)
36. Poppy Seed Grinder / Defeated Sanity (HORDE)
37. Putrefied (HORDE)
38. Severance (HORDE)
39. Soulskinner (HORDE)
40. Vittra (HORDE)
41. Break My Fucking Sky (INFINITE)
42. Dimesland (INFINITE, PIT)
43. I, Omega (INFINITE)
44. Nexilva (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
45. Outrun the Sunlight (INFINITE)
46. Pervy Perkin (INFINITE)
47. rýr (INFINITE)
48. Acherontas / Arditi / Puissance / Shibalba (NORTH)
49. Anzv (NORTH)
50. apriltears / abriction (NORTH)
51. Clouds Collide / Sleeping Peonies (NORTH)
52. Dysangelium (NORTH)
53. Ered Wethrin (NORTH)
54. Heraldic Blaze (NORTH)
55. Kanashimi / Happy Days (NORTH)
56. Precaria (NORTH)
57. Psychonaut 4 / Cheerful Depression / Культура Курения / Hovert (NORTH)
58. Runeblade (NORTH)
59. Tårfödd (NORTH)
60. Tortorum (NORTH)
61. Alienator (PIT)
62. Poison the Preacher (PIT)
63. Pripjat (PIT)
64. Dead Rabbitts, The (REVOLUTION)
65. Martyr Defiled (REVOLUTION)
66. Netherwalker (REVOLUTION)
67. REX (REVOLUTION)
The following bands have been added to Metal Academy from the 21st to the 26th of November, 2025.
1. Bianca (FALLEN, NORTH)
2. Cain (FALLEN)
3. Emanation (FALLEN, NORTH)
4. Graves at Sea / Sourvein (FALLEN)
5. Hooded Priest (FALLEN, GUARDIANS)
6. Huey (FALLEN, INFINITE)
7. Process of Guilt / Rorcal (FALLEN, INFINITE)
8. Rostau (FALLEN)
9. Soom (FALLEN)
10. Taurus (USA) (FALLEN)
11. PhaseOne (GATEWAY, SPHERE)
12. Villains (GATEWAY, REVOLUTION)
13. Aenimus (SWE) (GUARDIANS)
14. Astralion (GUARDIANS)
15. Morningstar (GUARDIANS, NORTH)
16. Scythia (GUARDIANS, INFINITE, NORTH)
17. Stilverlight (GUARDIANS, INFINITE)
18. Trop Feross (GUARDIANS)
19. Vestal Claret (GUARDIANS)
20. Adversarial / Paroxsihzem (HORDE)
21. Coagulating (HORDE)
22. Divine Disorder (HORDE, INFINITE)
23. Euphegenia (HORDE)
24. Inhumano (HORDE)
25. Morfin (HORDE)
26. Narcotic Wasteland (HORDE)
27. Obscene Crisis (HORDE)
28. Pralay (HORDE, NORTH)
29. Primalfrost (HORDE, NORTH)
30. Sabbatory (HORDE)
31. Sick/Tired (HORDE)
32. Strigiform (HORDE, NORTH)
33. Suture (HORDE)
34. Syphilectomy (HORDE)
35. Thyrien (HORDE, NORTH)
36. Veiyadra (HORDE)
37. Anomaly (NED) (INFINITE)
38. Disforia (INFINITE)
39. Ipsilon (INFINITE)
40. K.F.R. (INFINITE, NORTH)
41. Lifeforms (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
42. Malpractice (INFINITE)
43. Room Colored Charlatan, The (INFINITE, REVOLUTION)
44. Astral Gauze (NORTH)
45. Deadwood (NORTH)
46. Leviathan / Krieg (NORTH)
47. Toluca (NORTH)
48. Varuna (NORTH)
49. Vorde (NORTH)
50. Alitor (PIT)
51. Project46 (PIT, REVOLUTION)
52. amorebeautifulversionofyou (REVOLUTION)
53. Anita Velveeta (REVOLUTION)
54. Chamber of Malice (REVOLUTION)
55. Few Left Standing (REVOLUTION)
56. Focused (REVOLUTION)
57. One More Victim (REVOLUTION)
58. Sterilizer (SPHERE)