The Best New Heavy Albums of February 2022 feature an abundance of excellent debut works across the spectrum and the return of heavyweights.
This year things off in a furious manner with the Finnish black metal scene spotlighting two releases. Doom/death had an excellent representation. The outer edges feature post-metal, Boris, and rich jazz-metal.
The end of 2021 arrived with an insane combination of experimental and extreme works, including new albums by Corroded Spiral, New Age Doom, Kayo Dot, and more.
November really had something for every taste. Khemmis and Black Soul Horde relish their doom ethos through traditional metallic influences and so much more.
We are lucky to have received such an excellent bunch of records under what has been an incredibly stressful year. These are the 20 best metal albums of 2021.
October’s best new heavy albums feature everything from the black metal debut of Feral Season, melodic black/death of Be’lakor and Necrofier, and the dissonant debut of Eos.
Here we are with the September crop of the best heavy music, featuring everything across the board from extreme metal to noise and post-rock.
Normally, August is regarded as a slow month when it comes to new music. But this August dropped an abundance of metal, spreading across the spectrum.
We get everything from the extreme metal spectrum, old school black and death metal records, and more modern interpretations in a very busy July.
Summer is upon us, and we have some heavy tunes to go with it.
Lockdowns are slowly easing, the heatwave is getting closer, and May fully delivered with an abundance of heavy releases.
This month in metal: Spectral Lore push progressive black metal’s boundaries, post-rock pioneers Godspeed You! Black Emperor return, and modern thrashers Evile tweak their sound to arise after eight long years.
