Greetings, Decibel readers!
It’s raining as I write this text. In reality, it’s principally been raining right here all week, making the music on this week’s version notably becoming. Lots of the albums right here shall be very pleasing to listeners in search of heavy, darkish, atmospheric metallic of 1 variety or one other. And there’s a brand new Candlemass launch as nicely. It’s all one large vibe because the cool youngsters wish to say.
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Candlemass – Black Star
I’m unsure there’s any band that higher embodies the best of getting older gracefully than Candlemass. Sweden’s doom-metal elder statesmen have returned as soon as once more to grace us with their presence, this time with two new tracks and two very becoming covers. It takes a sure degree of legitimacy to cowl Black Sabbath, however Candlemass has the strongest declare of anybody round.
Stream: Apple Music
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Escarnium – Inexorable Entropy
Darkish, cavernous loss of life metallic from Brazil. Being that that is the band’s fourth album and I’d by no means heard of them earlier than, Escarnium have to be one in all loss of life metallic’s best-kept secrets and techniques in the mean time. Should you like your loss of life metallic with an ominous, virtually orchestral power (like I do), then it’s good to get up-to-speed on this band.
Stream: Apple Music
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Jade – Mysteries of a Flowery Dream
Oh, and also you’d most likely actually like this too, then. Jade has an attention-grabbing tackle atmospheric blackened loss of life metallic in how they incorporate clear vocals. It’s a deeply thought-provoking and expansive sound that appears like a nightmare, however one which makes the dreamer replicate: “Properly, that is actually scary, but in addition fascinating!” And you then scream.
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Mütterlein – Amidst the Flames, Might Our Organs Resound
And now for one thing utterly totally different. Properly, not in temper or feeling, however positively in method. Black metallic thrown into the digital abyss.
Stream: Apple Music
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Skaphos – Cult of Uzura
That is the one kind of metallic I wish to hear that includes sea monsters. Skaphos has a agency grasp of tune composition that offers the music a robust impression whereas offering the listener with wealthy layers of drama and disaster. Did I point out sea monsters?
Stream: Apple Music
