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Dude the new Century album fuckin kicks ass! It's right up there close with the debut for me too but I need to spend a little more time with it before I put it on the same level. Have you heard of a band called Diabolic Night? Really awesome blackened speed metal band out of Germany. Excellent guitar work on both LPs. They also have really badass album cover art.

I truly value that you keep mentioning and appreciating Power Metal. Found a lot of hidden gems thanks to you! And I had a feeling I'd see Häxkapell here haha 🍻I absolutely adore this record. The other day while driving I found myself replaying "Metamorfos" over and over again cause I can't get enough of that infectious middle part! Same goes for that majestic closing track! Other new albums I've enjoyed a lot this month are Bloodbark - Sacred Sound of Solitude Geistlicht - Unburied Remnants Of The Ancients Wynter Myst - Cold Hatred (EP) Harvst - Mahlstrom

not a lot jumping out to add to my list this month tbh , i have heard great things about Häxkapell so thats one definitely .. Theres a new clouds release but im not in the mood , im trying to be happier in 2025 lol . I wil get it one day Great video happy new year

Onirophagus means Dream Eater. And now I need to listen to the album. Sounds promising. My album of the Month was Wardruna with Birna.

Good picks. I enjoyed Revenge and Onriophagus, but my favorite of January was Elphael - Nailed to the Haligtree.

Yooo A lot of bands you mention I need to catch up on. Blood Red Fog and Wardruna sounds interesting so I will definitely check out. Thanks for sharing the list my dude. I’ll share some Metal albums that were released for January 2025 that I enjoyed: The Ahamkara by The Ahamkara Sacred Sound of Solitude by Bloodbark Folklore by The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir Our Hearts In Your Heaven by Pale It Seems to Never End by 9 lagoons of Death Cheers 🍻

Nice! You gave me a bunch to check out! I have nothing to add haha, but the Faidra single and Helleruin ep are pretty dang good. Waiting on new Grima!

always loved serpents of the light 🔥🔥

Some great choices, I have been really digging the 5 new Drowning the Light albums. Also I think you’ll like some of the other Blood Red Fog albums, I was not aware they released a new album but now I’ll have to listen to it! Lastly, I have a couple of these on order from Season of Mist that I should get soon when another album drops that I’m sure you’ll be taking about lol!

Excellent choices Graham thanks for sharing. Some i have some i have to get lol. Century oh yes that seem to come out of nowhere,when i got the notification i thought yes Graham will put it high on his list. Btw totally agree on your new format we all well hopefully know the big bands albums etc but underground scene and lesser known artists is much more interesting. For black metal you are my go to . Take care all the best from Uk Jonathan. 🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯

The band Master Sword, a Legend of Zelda-themed power metal band from Washington, D.C, released their third album on January 17th, entitled Toying with Time. It is a concept album based on the game Majora's Mask!

The hardest working Band in Metal released a limited edition Greatest hits cassette and Releases Broke Sabbath and went on Tour .. they deserve my #1 spot for 2024 Dopethrone 🤘 and High on Fire 🔥#2,

Great channel Sir! I don’t think I listened to one 2025 album yet this year (still catching up) January was a lot of classic death metal here so it worked out fine. As always Graham, thank you for keeping up and keeping us updated on the heavy fucking metal 🤘🍻 (Edit: I did check out a song by Onirophagus and one by Kadath. Didn’t know Wardruna put out new material. Already on it 👍)

Haha, when I saw Feel the Steel album cover, I thought it was a synthwave album! 😀Stellar list as usual. Many interesting releases to explore. I've heard Sarcator and Hesperia, seem like very good albums but I'll need several more listens to digest them. By the way I was amazed how strong this January was, maybe strongest January in recent years. Some of my favorite albums: WORLDFALL - Psychotic Break / Good, fun thrash with some melodeath and power metal tendencies here and there. LUNARES TENEBRIS - Living for Honour and Eternal Glory / Great melodic black metal, it's got classic mid-paced black metal riffing and stellar keyboards. ROSARY - The Broken Sacrament / Fans of old Candlemass, Saint Vitus, Trouble etc... will love this release. STEEL MACHINE - Deliverer of Sin / These guys cherish old school hard rock, heavy metal and speed metal. Blasting fun album. CENTURY - Sign of the Storm / Of course it's on the list, I could barely wait for the release date. Prime heavy/speed album. PENTAGRAM - Lightning in the Bottle / Legendary band, I'm pleased to say I enjoy this a lot. Get better with each listen. CRIMSON STORM - Livin' on the Bad Side / Another classic heavy/speed album. Loved it instantly, it's damn great! IRON JAW - Cursed / This is basically the next incarnation of Judas Priest :D Absolutely loving it! THE HALO EFFECT - March of the Unheard / I am constantly amazed how easy this album is to get through. One can listen to it 3-4 times in a row without realizing it. Catchy, anthemic melodic death metal. Easily my favorite January release, for the sheer number of listens if nothing else 😀 Cheers!

The Haxkapell album is fantastic, I have been listening to it yesterday , it's from the Nordvis label, they bring out fantastic music.. I was not familiar with Hesperia and Blood red fog , I gonna check it out ! are you familiar with the band "Ringare' ? been listening to them a lot last time, very good atmospheric black metal.. thanks for your great video's

I've been having a break from new music in january, but I did check out one band/album, and that's Häxkapell. Fun to see them high up on your list, as I quite liked it myself as well! Listening to Häxkapell also lead me to check out another band on their label, namely Eneferens (album: In the hours beneath) which I liked just as much. It's not a 2025 release though. I was really close to ordering both a couple of weeks ago, but I still haven't pulled the trigger.

Hesperia is a cool journey! I too felt a lot of old Satyricon, and also Ulver - Bergtatt. Gotta check out Master Spy; I can never have too much power metal. Typically I only get 5-10 albums each month, so it will be a short list. Five January albums that I like: Dragonknight - Legions (Power Metal) Hesperia - Fra Li Monti Sibillini (Black Medieval Winter Over The Sibylline Mounts) (Black/Folk Metal) Häxkapell - Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp (Black Metal - Oh, "Häx" can be pronounced like "Hex" :) Kilmara - Journey To The Sun (Power Metal) Wildness - Avenger (Hard Rock/AOR) There's more, such as Halo Effect and Wardruna, but I need more time with those. And time isn't on my side!

Awesome list as always! thanks for the suggestions. One of the releases that impressed me most was "Bite the Blade" by On Fire - female fronted Canadian Speed Metal. So good, really wild and punky feel to it yet super melodic.

Thanks for the review! I listen to mostly black metal, so here are some that I have yet to see mentioned: Skaldr - Saṃsṛ Alder Glade - Holocene Extinction Nachash - Eschaton Magicks Brechfa - Hallucinations Of Saturnalia Harvst - Mahlstrom Geistlicht - Unburied Remnants of the Ancients Mourir - Insolence Urfeind - Dauðalaikaz Scitalis - Maledictum Isceald - Wolves of the Winterland

The Cimmerian “An Age Undreamed Of” is a decent stoner/doom/sludge album. Opening track “Shadow Kingdom” really reminds one of just how dramatic it is to live and die.

Ah The Great Old Ones... I have an album from them and I had difficulties to like it. Still not succeed lol I know it's good but the music is too loud, too dense... This is EOD and I think this is not the easiest album to get into The Great Old Ones music

Lots of killer releases to start the year. I want to retool how I do my monthly lists also but haven't figured it out yet so top 20 for now haha. There's a few on your list I need to check out as always. 20. Cyanide Grenade - Cannibal Era (Russian Thrash Metal) 19. Atramentum - The Wrath Within (Blackened Doom from Germany) 18. Ande - De Schemering van werelden (Atmospheric Black Metal from Belgium) 17. Synaptic - Enter the Void (Progressive Tech Death from Germany) 16. Consumption - Catharsis (Swedish Death Metal 15. Drowning The Light - Conqeur or Serve I: From Primordial Waters of Chaos (Australian Black Metal) 4 other albums In this series were released this month, I haven't heard the others yet. 14. Onirophagus - Revolutions from the Void (Spanish Death Doom) 13. Faithxtractor - Loathing and the Noose (American Death Metal) 12. Hazzerd - The 3rd Dimension (Canadian Thrash) 11. Axetasy - Withering Tides (German Heavy Metal) 10. Gored Embrace - In the Presence of a Malevolent Soul (American Death Metal) 9. Pale - Our Hearts in Your Heaven (Post Black Metal from Japan) 8. Hesperia - Fra li Monti Sibillini (Black Medieval Winter over the Sibylline Mounts) (Atmospheric Pagan Black Metal from Italy) 7. Geistlicht - Unburied Remnants of the Ancients (Atmospheric/Melodic Black Metal from Germany) 6. Veil of Conspiracy - Shape of Grief (Progressive Doom Metal from Italy) 5. Master Spy - Maze Runner (Super fun and catchy Power Metal from Canada) 4. Century - Sign of the Storm (Heavy Metal from Sweden 3. The Obsidian Resurrection - As Darkness Falls (Symphonic Black/Death/Thrash Metal from the USA) 2. Harvst - Mahlstrom (Atmospheric Black Metal from Germany) 1. The Great Old Ones - Kadath (Post Atmospheric Black Metal from France)

My list: 1) The Great Old Ones - Kadath (Atmospheric Black Metal with Sludge elements) 2) Drowning The Light - Conquer Or Serve I-V (Atmospheric Black Metal) 3) Lunar - Tempora Mutantur (Progressive Death Metal) 4) Labyrinth - In The Vanishing Echoes If Goodbye (Progressive Power Metal) 5) Century - Sign Of The Storm (Heavy Metal) 6) Hesperia - Fra Li Monti Sibillini (Black Medieval Winter Over The Sybilline Mounts) (Atmospheric Black Metal with Folk elements) 7) Descarnado - El Eterno Odio De Las Almas Desterradas (Technical Deathcore) 8) Pentagram - Lightning In The Bottle (Doom Metal) 9) Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable (Blackened Thrash Metal with Doom elements) 10) Tormentor Tyrant - Excessive Escalation Of Cruelty (Death-Thrash) 11) The Obsidian Resurrection - As Darkness Falls (Symphonic Death Metal) 12) Häxkapell - Om Jordens Blod Och Urgavens Grepp (Atmospheric Black Metal with Folk elements) 13) The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard (Melodic Death Metal) 14) Hazzerd - The Third Dimension (Thrash Metal) 15) Sarcator - Swarming Angels & Flies (Blackened Thrash Metal) 16) Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead (Psychedelic Rock) 17) Stick To Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers (Metalcore) 18) Shrieking Demons - The Festering Dwellers (Death Metal) 19) Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth (Blackgaze) 20) Fleshbore - Painted Paradise (Technical Death Metal)

New Naked Whipper is really cool as well

The albums that impressed me for the month of January where :- Gernotshagen - Mein Trusetal Acacia's Temple - Elegiac Pilgrimage Barshasketh - Antinomian Asceticism Geistlicht - Unburied Remnants of the Ancients Urfeind - Dau​þ​alaikaz Prognan - Sve Će To Narod Pozlatiti Bethorian - At the Dusk of Ages CIRCLES OV HELL - Thus Began The Descent Patriarkh - Prophet Ilja Deceiver Legion - Kuolleiden Portaalin Vartijat Dark Monument - Zerrissen Myncæfr - Ignorance Veil Catacombes - Les Âmes Oubliées Goatlord Corp. - Temple of Serpent Whores Häxkapell - Om Jordens Blod och Urgravens Grepp Avolia - Falls Upon The Earth Void of Hope - Proof of Existence Sabhankra - Nocturnal Elegies Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth Alder Glade - Holocene Extinction A good start to the year, my stand out album's were Alder Glade, Sabhankra , Goatlord Corp. Patriarkh and Prognan. Prognan's album was very impressive if you have a bit of patience to listen to 2 hours of music, but just the magnitude of a concept album like that is outstanding.

95-2000 es la mejor epoca de esta banda, eso lo sabe cualquiera que empezo con esta banda en los 90s.

It's nice to get back in time isn't it ? :) Stormlord was one of the blasts from 2020 according to a lot of people. I still could not get into the album even if I have it for more than a year... On paper everything is here to please me but still I can't remember anything of the several listenning I had with this record... I just know it was not unpleasant ! I will try again ! The Vehemence was a bit disapointed for me... The first song and first single was a masterpiece ! Really... But all the rest of the album looks a bit down quality speaking. Not a bad opus for sure but I think I was expecting more from the band. The Moonlight Sorcery EP was the exact contrary of Stormlord. Not the same kind of melodic black Metal for sure but I really loved this EP. I even made a video about it ! Regarding 2020 my best albums from this year was...... the one from Vanden Plas... Yeah not really original from me but I'm a huge fan of this band and I really love everything they release... Top 2 was for Ayreon, great disc from Lucassen once again. And top 3 the masterpiece Under A Goddess Veil from Draconian... Amazing record, deep, full of strengh, heavy... Now I'm thinking about it after all these years I'm thinking maybe it would deserve to be at the second position. Definitely. Maybe even Top 1... Well no... Vanden Plas :)

amazing video and great wall of metal mate! so various! you have a new warrior in your Armada.

Circling back to this one to check out your ranking before the new album comes out. I finally had a chance to dive into their whole discography over the last couple of months after only hearing a couple of the albums previously. Here's how I rank them, excluding the Bathory cover album. 8. Ulfven 7. Järtecken 6. The End 5. Nattramn 4. Fire Meets Ice 3. Gastrike 2. Vargtimman 1. By Honour

So, I'm not sure if I learned of CHALLENGER from you or not. Regardless, Force of Nature is a goddamn good album. Thoughts?

i think Carrion Skies and Winter are tied for my favorite. love how they weave that shoegaze sound into some tracks, it's awesome.

Great list! At the top of my head, these are some of my favorites from the last five years: 1. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 2. Unleash The Archers - Abyss 3. Crypta - Shades of Sorrow 4. Blood Star - First Sighting 5. Unto Others - Mana 6. Spirit Adrift - Ghost at the Gallows 7. Sepultura - Quadra 8. Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose 9. Burning Witches - The Dark Tower 10. Kreator - Hate Uber Alles

That's a beast of a list! Definitely going to have to check a ton out. I could only name 20 that stand out as favourites: 20. Panzerfaust. Suns of Perdition Chapter 4 (BM) 19. Vehemence. Ordalies (BM) 18. Vous Autres. Sel De Pierre (BM) 17. WRACK. Altäre Der Vergänglichkeit (BM) 16. Hanternoz. Au fleuve de loire (BM) 15. TRUCHŁO STRZYGI. Gwiezdny Demon (Punk BM) 14. Afsind. s/t (BM) 13. AFSKY. Ofte jeg drømmer mig død (BM) 12. Horn. Verzet (BM) 11. Opeth. The Last Will and Testament (Prog Death) 10. Blood Incantation. Absolute Elsewhere (Prog Death) 9. Orphique. Consécration Cadavérique (BM) 8. Thy Catafalque. Zapor (Avant Garde BM) 7. Miserere Luminis. Ordalie (BM) 6. Höstblod. Dikter om döden (BM) 5. KŁY. Cienie (BM) 4. KŁY. Chen (BM) 3. Empyrium. Uber den Sternen (Folk/Atmospheric) 2. No Longer Human. Carrion (BM) 1. KŁY. Wyrzyny (BM) Easily album of the decade. I don't think it's going to be topped by the end of it.

Great idea for a video and a very comprehensive list of amazing bands. Im not familiar with Evil Invaders, Hanternoz & Cân Bardd, so I'll have to check those out!

I think that for Heavy metal it`s a Stray Gods (Greece) - Olympus. Even though it is an Iron Maiden clone, the level that was reached in 1986 was so high that to make an album that matches that level means that they are above most modern metal bands.

What a decade it's been for metal so far and long may it continue! Good to see some familiar picks but also found some stuff I need to check out. Have you heard the debut EP from Templar? Since you like Century I think you might dig this one.

And I agree that ton of great albums are coming out on daily basis this decade but I feel there's hardly anything groundbreaking & spectacular that spurs new scenes and subgenres and inspires new wave of bands and followers

Noticed that big chunk of your picks are those battle hymns, fantasy epic black/power metal names while I'm more into the traditional bleak, cold, oppressive black/doom/death/sludge metal. My favorite album this decade is probably 2020 Grifteskymfning with "Svart Materia"

And people say no one makes good music anymore... I haven't heard Eternity's End, but I'll check it out. From 20-24, I think my favourite power metal album is one I discovered last year: Hopes Of Freedom - Light, Fire & Iron (2021). Epic, catchy, and beautiful music. Bonus points for using bagpipes! Sticking to France, I'd also pick Belore. Artefacts (2021) is one of those rare albums I'll hold on to forever. It's just stunningly wonderful. Finally, I'll go with an odd one: Valkeat - Fireborn (2023). It's Finnish folk metal that varies from traditional to big and cinematic. The album is definitely not for everyone, but it became one of my most played in '23. I love listening to it outdoors during bright summer nights. And a question, have you heard Torian - God Of Storms (2018)? I keep thinking of this album when I listen to Thornbridge

Really enjoyed this video Graham and proof that metal and strong bladders can coexist. Thinking of this current decade, I think 2022 was an exceptionally strong year in metal spearheaded by the likes of An Abstract Illusion, Tomarum, The Antichrist Imperium, Disillusion, Hath, Kvaen, Graceless, Wilderun amongst others.

Great list and some great bands to check out. Love Aephanemer. Think they have a new album due out this year

I'm impressed at how you stand there talking to a camera for 46 minutes without losing your mind. Not sure if I could do that haha. Great video and well crafted list of albums. I chose Ungfell as the one band I'll check out today. Cheers!

Gonna need a beer for this beast of a vid 🍺

I'm just going to post some favourites by year from 2020 onwards, rather than going by genre And on a side note, RIP to the legend that is John Sykes 2020 Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron Mare Cognitum & Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology of The Nine Possessed Steel - Aedris Blue Öyster Cult - The Symbol Remains 2021 Carcass - Torn Arteries Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell Forhist - Forhist Between The Buried And Me - Colors II 2022 Riot City - Electric Elite Grima - Frostbitten Sigh - Shiki Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses 2023 Haken - Fauna Enforced - War Remains Enslaved - Heimdal Century - The Conquest of Time Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags Cryptopsy - As Gomorrah Burns Tygers of Pang Tang - Bloodlines 2024 Necrot - Lifeless Birth Dwarrowdelf - The Fallen Leaves Paysage D’Hiver - Die Berge Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All Striker - Ultrapower Borknagar - Fall Ihsahn - Self Titled Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

Whoa. Exile amongst the ruins is a classic. Literally no weak songs. I loved the cd so much i bought the vinyl. Id put the first cd i bought from them The gathering wilderness and is nearly as good. I ageee with Redemption at the Puritan's hand. Nothing that memorable except No grave is deep enough. Its 2025.and got them all now. I found the last album This is how it ends mostly disappointing. Hope they release a new album maybe in 2026. This band is greatness.

just reminded me i havent re bought heavens gate on cd .. i thought the hysteria one was by far their best release at the time and what a great lp cover lol .. whats your opinions on the other releases its been sooo long since i owned them ..28 years possibly ouch

Looking forward so much to the upcoming Havukruunu 🤩 also the books of Moorcock are on my list too. Absolute musthave for a summoning Fan like me ^^ Greetings

It doesn't get worse than the Monstrosity eggs.

Hi Graham I was at a loose end so thought I'd have a go at this, hope you can find 5 minutes for a quick scan! •Hype : New AVATARIUM album (next week!) •25th Album: A fairly new one in my metal collection, AD INFINITUM "Abyss" •Overdue: Not that old, but finally got round to NWOTHM band ENFORCER •Feeding Monkey: Like you, cheapest I can find! •Enigma : UK band THE WILDHEARTS - is it metal, power-pop, punk, thrash... all of the above! New album Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts coming out in a couple of months •Eating Crow - nothing springs to mind • Impulse : actually, the new IOTUNN album • Collectors scum : again, like yourself, only usually hang on to one copy of anything • Grail : Really only get new releases these days. •Grail, Please Find! Hmm... actually, this would come from my AOR loving alter ego, possibly the 2 BREATHLESS albums from around 1980... •Boomerang: n/a I only get rid of things very rarely and they never come back •Reunion : Another headscratcher, but possibly RIOT... really like the new Riot V album, despite there being no original members left... •Upstart : SAVAGE OATH Divine Battle •Influencer : IRONFLAME Kingdom Torn Asunder (Sea of Tranquility review, but I vaguely remember you mentioning it too!) •Don't Judge A Book : PANTERA I Am The Night (my favourite Pantera album with album art by a 3rd grader) •Rembrandt : MAGNUM On A Storyteller's Night, art by Rodney Matthews, legend! •Please Reissue : probably those BREATHLESS albums from before... •Other genre : I've been banging on to anyone that will listen about the 2024 album by BOBBIE DAZZLE, "Fandabidozi", a female fronted British act that pays homage to and sounds like a mixture of The Runaways, Suzi Quatro, The Sweet, The New York Dolls, T Rex and 70s Slade and Status Quo. Fun with a capital F. •See live : Bobbie Dazzle actually! Plus Epica are rumored to be releasing a new album and I haven't yet had the pleasure of a live encounter... •2 other channels Don't watch many regularly, but Sea Of Tranquility is my main other go to, and you'd find a lot of common ground with a Scottish channel, The Heavy Metal Journal, which does mostly your kind of very heavy thing, Lindsay, the young lady who presents it, introduced me to some great Scottish stuff like SAOR and, more recently, Hand Of Kalliach and Sgaile, bearably growly for me and musically mind expanding stuff... Well, that passed the time! Take care, mate and happy listening!

Thank you for the shoutout man, super appreciate it!