0:25-6:00
TRESSPASSER (11/2018)(Sweden)
Death To Fight Death
— Tresspasser released their album late last year, and I am sorry to have waited so long to listen. This is a groovy, catchy, rifftastic death and black and unleashed fist pumping enthusiasm from beginning to end.

6:56-9:33
ANTRE (UK)
Tyrant
— Black thrash and death filled with creeping, stalking dread. Sinister as all hell's beasts.

9:58-13:39
SPIRIT ADRIFT (AR)
Eyes Were Not Alive
— One of my fave smooth retro doom from the guitarist of Take Over and Destroy. They won my best doom band in 2016. Bro's vocals are hot.

14:19-18:13
PLAGUEBRINGER (CAN)
Frailty
— Don't mistake this band for Chicago's Plague Bringer (two words). This is the Canadian one-word band with the creepiest vocalist with a spectrum of styles, and a technical grind that fed my soul on an angry Monday morning.

18:33-21:48
TERRE (Belgium)
Ruins
— Dark species of sludge; down-tuned to reach the pit of your soul.

22:12-26:35
ASTROPHOBOS (Sweden)
Until the Red of Dawn
— You can feel the sound waves travel the ridges of his vocal chords; gasping wicked poetry with the support of guitars feeding off each other.

27:32-33:17
GATEKEEPER (Vancouver)
Richard III
— Next (2) bands share the same lead singer. Hooks, riffs, incredible melodic guitar work in a classic heavy metal structure. This song is a cover of Tredegar's.

33:44-39:21
TRAVELER (CAN)
Starbreaker
— Another classic heavy metal band with the same incredible lead singer, anthemic chorus-y fun.

39:47-43:22
WRETCHED FATE (Sweden)
Ominous Shadow
— Another Redefining Dark records classic of epic Swedish death metal with hella muscular vocals and technical, tight punchy guitars.

44:03-49:10
KAUNIS KUOLEMATON (Finland)
Yön tunteina
— Finnish vampires inject violins, synth and pale skin in their super melodic death metal.

49:30-54:43
PERNICION (UK)
The Darkness Comes
— Blasphemous 2-piece that hammers you into the ground.

55:02-END
REFUSAL (Finland)
Void
— Chomping crust and death.

0:25-5:12
FESTERDAY (Finland)
Into The Void
— Festerday had a splash of melodic and catchy - a bit like Deadbird - in their version of rampaging death. Super fun album. Crazy they started nearly 30 years ago, but haven't made music for 25.

6:15-10:39
A MILLION DEAD BIRDS LAUGHING (AU)
Hersun
— How cool is the band name? Vivid storytelling, like a tech grind version of Edward Ka-Spel, singing of dragons and lions. These guys are a supergroup.

11:07-15:14
AD PATRES (FR)
Spellbound
— The French version of Misery Index: badass, tight, angular, relentless death.

15:41-21:52
PENSÉES NOCTURNES (FR)
Les Valseuses
— New Orleans on meth, carnival jazz prog that is witty, angular, ridiculous.

22:16-25:17
GOD DISEASE (Finland)
Death... Is Just a Beginning
— Finnish zombie doom and death, guttural and meandering.

25:56-33:37
NAXEN (GER)
Dawn Of New Despair
— Black metal bleeds into expressions of depression and pain.

34:05-38:40
A THOUSAND SUFFERINGS (Belgium)(11/2018)
Ghostriders
— Another raw suffering style of death and death rock, melodic and sweet and dark.

39:40-50:32
VELDES (Slovenia)
Keeper of the Flameless
— Atmospheric black metal is restraint within powerful aggression, grandiose and epic.

51:09-END
INTER ARMA (VA)
Citadel
— Their last album was a contender for 2016 Best Sludge.

0:25-5:05
BLUE HUMMINGBIRD ON THE LEFT (SoCal)
Life Death Rebirth
– Project created by members of Black Twilight Circle, who devote themselves to supporting mesoamerican culture. This band name derives from aztec deity mythology. Tribal, dense, unique.

6:08-12:19
THRONUM VRONDOR (Belgium)
A Symbol Of Acrimony
– Belgian trio inspired by icy destructive theatrical horror black metal. Theme centers around Greek mythology.

12:44-17:12
CRITICAL DEFIANCE (Chile)
Misconception
– Bonding metal, for you and your bros to headbang the shit out of your headbanging.

17:35-21:29
GORGON (France)
Burned for Him
– Hardcore and thrash rear their ugly riff heads in French black metal.

21:50-29:16
OSSUARIUM (Portland)
Corrosive Hallucinations
– Doom and bowel death on every end of the spectrum of pace.

30:01-34:52
DOWNFALL OF GAIA (Germany)
As Our Bones Break to the Dance
– Ignore the terrible cheesy band name. Deeply emotional post-metal hides behind the melodic black metal in the forefront, heavy on the riffs.

35:17-41:39
CHARNEL ALTAR (AU)
Acephalic Worms
– Filthy-heavy funeral doom mixed with suffocating death.

41:58-46:37
PULCHRA MORTE (St. Louis)
Fire and Storm
– More of the doom and death scene, this doom based in blues.

47:38-52:23
YERÛŚELEM (FR)
Reverso
– Blut Aus Nord member in this 2-piece; bringing in his talent from horror black metal, now mixed with heavy industrial beat and rhythm, drone and noise.

52:42-END
MISERY INDEX (Baltimore)
The Choir Invisible
– Dude.

0:25-7:30
ALTARAGE (Spain)
Urn
– Newest album is even better than their last that made it to my Best of 2016 list. From drone to muscular chaos, made to challenge the cynical.

8:37-14:05
SOULMASS (FL)
Blacksmith's Wisdom
– Crisp production and strangling gurgling vocals, all within a wall of head churning explosion.

14:31-18:35
SVARTELDER (Norway)
Part V
– Norwegians speak of despair in a shitty world with melodic black and horror.

19:07-25:44
HERMÓDR (Sweden)
Northern Forest
– Stunning balance of soft gorgeous acoustic melodies against bleak frosty black metal. You understand why so many metal albums use the imagery of black limbed trees with light glowing between.

26:28-30:09
LIGHT DWELLER (AR)
Cradel
– Arizona births jagged angular sharp complex death.

30:30-36:47
FERNDAL (Germany)
Die Verlorenen
– Symphonic black metal with just the right touch of organic cello and organ and piano, without going overboard. Retains its sharp edge through out.

38:11-44:03
GUÐVEIKI (Iceland)
Vængför
– Another explosive alien black metal offering from Iceland, raw and progressive and scary.

45:04-51:25
DEATH FORTRESS (NJ)
Wrath of God
– Speaking of New Jersey, the black metal scene is seething here. This allows itself to breath between suffocating, and melody rises to the top.

51:55-55:15
AT THE GATES (Sweden)
The Chasm (Per Boder guest vocalist)
– At the Gates has guest vocalists for their 2018 B side songs, and they are pretty frigging spectacular.

55:52-END
NOCTAMBULIST (Denver)
Atmosphere of Desolation
– Rumbling rasping screeching vocalist god.