Greetings, Decibel readers!
Have an particularly lethal set of releases for you this week. However if you wish to know who my favourite fashionable old-school heavy steel band is, scroll to the underside.
Take pleasure in!
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Coffin Feeder – Massive Hassle
Do you want brutal loss of life steel, Nineteen Eighties action-movie references, and crystal clear political metaphors? Nicely, have I received a deal with for you!
Stream: Apple Music
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Disfuneral – In Horror, Reborn
Some strong loss of life steel. Easy as. Followers of Vader, Grasp, and Asphyx will discover a lot to take pleasure in on this album.
Stream: Apple Music
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Insineratehymn – Irreverence of the Divine
Brutal, satisfying evil set to music. Deicide clearly looms massive over this band’s music, however there’s echoes of Immolation, Incantation and Imprecation to be discovered right here as effectively. I imply, you’re offered already, aren’t you?
Stream: Apple Music
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Samiarus – Reign Destroyer
Talking of evil, let this sink its tooth into you, you received’t remorse it. The Oakland-based band has entered the world with a supremely violent new launch, a piece that mixes blackened loss of life steel with the angle of grind and powerviolence in a method that’s just like bands like Gravesend and Caustic Wound.
Stream: Apple Music
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Venator – Psychodrome
Among the many legions of “new old-school heavy steel” bands which have emerged during the last 10 years, none looms bigger for me that Venator. Every little thing concerning the band’s sound comes collectively so effectively, channeling Judas Priest, The Scorpions, WASP and Thundersteel-era Riot and updating all of it for the 2020s. Superb however by no means tacky, aggressive however effectively balanced, melodic however nonetheless completely badass — it simply completely guidelines. The riffs are there, the vocals are there (and most singers on this model actually flip me off, however Hans simply owns the fabric so expertly), and the songwriting is solely supreme (these choruses!). This might be one of many few non-black or loss of life steel albums on my finish of 12 months listing for 2025, assured.
Stream: Apple Music
