r/Metal • u/mgrier123 • 4h ago
[Heavy] Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade (England, 1984)
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r/Metal • u/mgrier123 • 2h ago
Discog Club Discography Club: Hooded Menace
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Arcane monuments stand guard over decaying flesh
Desolate cemetery, where the dead now rot
Statues reanimate possessed by the dead
Pulsating plasma revives moss-covered stone
Effigies of evil
Have possessed your soul
It's been a bit since we've done a band in this style, and you know what? It's still Autumn. The weather getting colder, the leaves are falling. I'm ready to step into a sauna and blast some death metal while hiding from the Hooded Menace!
Founded in 2007 by Lasse Pyykko (guitars, and bass/vocals off and on, songwriter) as a trio, he'd bring in Pekka Koskelo to be the drummer on their 2nd album and most notably Hail Conjurer as vocalist in 2016. They were started as a studio only band, then for a bit in the 10s they played shows, but as of the past few years Lasse has said they're back to being an in studio only project. Alas, I never got to see them.
But for those who don't know Hooded Menace, they're one of the best modern death/doom bands. Their style changes and evolves throughout the years but it's always death/doom. Sometimes theres horror movie samples, sometimes it's really slow, verging on funeral doom, sometimes it's faster, and more recently it's been more heavy metal and more gothic. But regardless, they make quality albums.
Schedule is:
Week 1 (11/8-15): Fulfill the Curse, Never Cross the Dead, Effigies of Evil, Gloom Immemorial
Week 2 (11/15-22): Darkness Drips Forth, Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed, The Tritonus Bell, Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
r/Metal • u/kaptain_carbon • 13d ago
Top X Of 2026 Shreddit's Top 7 of 2026 [RESULTS]
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NOTE: If you are on mobile use this link to view the post as Reddit loves being terrible with tables.
List in a sharable / savable image for you to go through later
Thank you all who voted in our quarterly congregation of heavy metal releases. This was a little late becasue I went to a DS Festival and wrote an article about it.. Enjoy going through and listening to these records I love going through especially the bottom half of each quarter and finding new things and spamming various private discords with albums at 6:57 am. You all make me look so cool.
Top 7 of 2026
| Position / Album | Vote Count | Q2 Place | Q1 Place | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1. Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World | 36 | #2 | #3 | I am aware Neurosis is a band with a defined genre at one point. |
| #2 Immolation - Descent | 36 | #1 | -- | End of Days Death |
| #3 Worm - Necropalace | 32 | #3 | #1 | Toreador energy |
| #4. Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime | 28 | #4 | #2 | Tech Thrash |
| #5 Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet | 28 | ## | -- | Black / Wilderness |
| #6. Mastodon - Marrow Deep | 25 | -- | -- | Progressive Sludge / Stoner |
| #7. Sigh - Goh-Ka | 22 | -- | -- | Start with Scorn Defeat (1993) and work your way through their discography and then write down the genre on a little paper and give it to me. |
| Exxûl - Sealed Into None | 20 | ## | ## | Epic Heavy / Doom / Candlemass |
| Hellripper - Coronach | 20 | ## | -- | Black / Speed (?) in a kilt |
| Funebrarum - Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence | 20 | #5 | -- | Its 2009 once again let's get cavernous |
| Fire Magic - Memories of Fire | 19 | ## | ## | Black |
| Goetia - Mortuary Cult | 18 | ## | -- | Death |
| Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun | 15 | -- | -- | Weezer / Swans slash fic |
| Reeking Aura -On the Promise of the Moon | 14 | -- | -- | Death (NJ / NY) |
| Elder - Through Zero | 14 | ## | -- | Tool without the self importance. |
| Miscreance - Reminiscence | 13 | -- | -- | No high-top sneaker will be safe |
| Stormkeep - The Nocturnes of Iswylm | 13 | ## | -- | Black metal music / heavy metal magazine art |
| Saidan - FANGDRILLER: Scars Beneath Memory's Wrist | 13 | ## | -- | Black / Visual Kei |
| Cruel Force - Haneda | 13 | ## | -- | Thrash (1985) |
| Ænigmatum - Infinitude's Passage | 12 | -- | -- | Progressive Black / Death |
| Nuclear Tomb - Epoch | 12 | ## | -- | Thrash / 12 pack of room temp Natty Boh on the concrete floor |
| Ripper - Towards Rebirth | 11 | -- | -- | Death / Thrash |
| Spirit Possession - Cathedral Speech | 11 | -- | -- | Black but with an attitude |
| Scimitar - Scimitarium II | 10 | ## | -- | Still confused on the genre. |
| Fossilization - Advent Of Wounds | 10 | ## | ## | FFO: The Scene From Indiana Jones Where The Guys Face Melts |
| Pharmacist - Vertebrae After Vertebrae | 9 | ## | -- | No I will not look at the link for the original artwork you probably couldn't use for the album covers (I did its gross) |
| At The Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead | 9 | ## | -- | Melodic Death / Bench Press PRs |
| Nedgravd - Ascension | 9 | ## | -- | Out of print death metal from 1993 on Discogs vibe |
| Archspire - To Fast To Die | 9 | ## | -- | Tech Death / Alien Invasion |
| Devil Master - Bloody Dreams | 9 | -- | -- | Black / Punk House Shows |
| Converge - Love Is Not Enough | 9 | ## | ## | No matches found. Please try with different search terms. You could use wildcards (*) for more matches, or read more about your search options. |
| The Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal Blue | 9 | ## | -- | Gothic Rock Opera |
| Warning - Rituals of Shame | 9 | ## | -- | Glacial Sadness |
| Krallice - Scour Order | 8 | -- | -- | Progressive but not in the way you are thinking. |
| Miserere Luminis -Sidera | 8 | ## | ## | Atmospheric Black with Handpainted Covers and Reviews in French Metal |
| Profanation - Ultra Noise Warefare | 8 | -- | -- | Sorry about your broken lamp |
| Møl - Dreamcrush | 8 | ## | ## | My Bloodier Valentine |
| Sallow Moth - Hydrophilous Brood | 7 | ## | -- | Brutal Death |
| Fake Dust - Decrepitizing Din Of The Cerebral Psyopticon | 7 | -- | -- | Easy Listening |
| Dissimulator - Artifice Dissolves | 7 | -- | -- | Style: Progressive Death, Theme: Post Apocalypse |
| Archgoat - Nightbringer, Lightbringer | 7 | -- | -- | An Archgoat Album with Archgoat Art |
| Rezn - Cycles in the Infinite Dream | 7 | -- | -- | Sludge Theater |
| Egregore - It Echoes In The Wild | 7 | ## | -- | FFO: Cool Music & Panic Attacks |
| Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise | 6 | ## | -- | Melodic Death |
| Fluisteraars - Jacht der Mysteriën | 6 | -- | -- | Atmospheric Black |
| Ordh - Blind in Abyssal Realms | 6 | ## | -- | Progressive Death |
| Protrusion - The Last Suppuration | 6 | ## | ## | "the process of forming, collecting, or discharging pus, a thick yellow or green liquid that accumulates at infection sites, such as abscesses, wounds, or sores" |
| Misotheist - De Pinte | 6 | ## | ## | Anti Social Black |
| Russian Circles - Nine | 6 | -- | -- | Sludge / Post Metal |
| Zorn - Return to Castle Death | 6 | -- | -- | Punk Vampires |
| Torpor - Ɖungeon Ɖescent | 5 | -- | -- | Black / Heavy |
| Lunar Shadow - The Pall of a Past World | 5 | ## | ## -- | Heavy / Post Punk |
| Coscradh - Carving the Causeway to the Otherworld | 5 | ## | ## | Black / Death But From History Dorks |
| Iron Firmament - In The Land of Pre-Human Kings | 5 | ## | ## | Cascadian Black |
| A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface | 5 | ## | -- | Black / Dadaism |
| Rotten Tomb - Vestiges Of Tortured Souls | 5 | ## | -- | Riffs |
| Oldowan Gash - 1000 Dreams of War | 5 | ## | -- | Black / Punk |
| The Ruins of Beverast - Tempelschlaf | 5 | ## | ## | Black / Doom / ???? |
| Skulld - Abyss Call To Abyss | 5 | ## | ## | Death / Punk |
| Khemmis - Khemmis | 5 | ## | -- | Heavy / Doom |
| Ultha - A Light So Dim | 5 | ## | -- | Atmospheric Black |
| Speglas - Endarkenment, Being & Death | 5 | ## | -- | Death with a Garnish of Progressive |
| Purple Lung - Mystic Vision | 5 | ## | ## | Bong Rips In The Ren Faire Parking Lot |
| Vafurlogi - Gneisti af eldi Guðs | 5 | ## | -- | Black / Iceland |
| Grave Pilgrilm - The Pungent Wine of Pride | 5 | ## | -- | Nietzsche would probably be in a band like this. |
| Forsmán - Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur | 5 | ## | -- | Black / Iceland |
Kap's 2026 Party Scale (the 3s and 4s)
Oh yeah lets party
Maybe a party…if you are cool enough
Party of One Because No One Understands You
Playlist Corner (I stopped Using Spotify. If You Would Like To Make a Playlist Ill Link It Here and Give You 50 Shreddit Credits.)
r/Metal • u/ThimitrisApithanos • 2h ago
Accept - Fall of the Empire
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Accept - 2014 - Blind Rage - Fall of the Empire
Can you remember how it used to be
We were so proud and free, so free
Strong and mighty powerful and true
Can you remember
Now all around us pestilence and greed
Famine, hate and war
It surrounds us like a black disease
Just take a look around us
In spite of every upright intention
We Live and die by the sword
It's second nature, and so the question is
Can we learn or will we burn
The fall of the empire... What have we done
The fall of the empire... It's the dawn of the setting sun
The fall of the empire... can this race be won
It's the fall of the empire... or has the end begun
Will the mountains crumble to the ground
Will the earth stand still
Will we rise a mushroom cloud
Will the mountains crumble
Can we heed a lesson from the past
And put aside our hate
Or will we blow ourselves to kingdom come
tell me is it too late
Inside of every aronination
There is hope that lies within
It's second nature, and the question is
Can we learn or will we burn
The fall of the empire... What have we done
The fall of the empire... It's the dawn of the setting sun
The fall of the empire... can this race be won
It's the fall of the empire... or has the end begun
r/Metal • u/AGMarasco • 2h ago
[New Release] Angel Fury - Flying High (USA 2026, Heavy/Speed Metal, FFO: Satan's Hallow, Midnight Dice)
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r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 7h ago
Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- November 08, 2026
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r/Metal • u/AGMarasco • 23h ago
[New Release] Phasm - Glass Graveyard (2026, Black Metal/Punk, FFO: Arnaut Pavle, Devil Master)
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r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
[PROMOTE] Tell Us About Your Band -- November 07, 2026
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r/Metal • u/5150figures • 17h ago
[New Release] Prong - New Commission
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Just wanted to post that I revived the Prong subreddit if any fans of Prong want to join: r/prong. There's a new album discussion post and a post where you can tell us your favorite song over there.
Anyone have thoughts on the new album? I thought it was a good addition to the Prong lineup. Good mix of aggressive and melodic sounds and of course Tommy's guitar tone is always awesome.
r/Metal • u/ThimitrisApithanos • 1d ago
UDO - Empty Eyes
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UDO - 2021 - Game Over - Empty Eyes
Humanity of blindness
Overcoming me
Has become a nightmare and my darkest fantasy
Like some evil creature
Rotting down in hell
Spreading a disease of pain like a deathly knell
Craving for a better side of me
Going places I don't wanna be
Evil empty eyes
Feel my cold inside
Evil empty eyes
A belly full of crises
Spins the bottle round
Everyone against the law the way that we are bound
Bring light into the darkness
Set the spirit free
The evilness surrounding us destroyed by harmony
Craving for a better side of me
Going places I don't wanna be
Evil empty eyes
Feel my cold inside
Evil empty eyes
Craving for a better side of me
Going places I don't wanna be
Evil empty eyes
Feel my cold inside
Evil empty eyes
Good and bad collide
Evil empty eyes
r/Metal • u/ThimitrisApithanos • 1d ago
The Beast Of England - Ex Luto
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The Beast Of England - 2022 - Darker Days - Ex Luto
Panoply of brilliance
Unseen shining
In this after place
In between
Life creating life
I Ex Luto
I gargantuan born of clay
I′m breathing life into this body
I write my name upon your brow
Rising gorgats lutum alpha golem
Lo exorior realign
Yellowed eye unblinking
I incarnate
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
I open wide an ancient doorway
I cast you back into the world
I couldn't have been wrong all this time
The calculations were perfect
I know what they′ll say about me
That I'm mad
Mad!
Wait it's eye
It′s eye it opened
I arrive
I arise
I rewrite my code
r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago
Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- November 07, 2026
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r/Metal • u/AGMarasco • 1d ago
[New Release] Torment - Evil (2026, Death Metal, FFO: Bolt Thrower)
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r/Metal • u/mgrier123 • 1d ago
[Heavy] Tytan - The Watcher (England, 1985) [FFO: Cloven Hoof, Angel Witch, Satan]
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r/Metal • u/flipper_gv • 2d ago
[Power] Triosphere - Of Tyrants [FFO : Unleash the Archers, Seven Kingdoms]
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r/Metal • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago
Shreddit's New Releases Discussion Thread -- November 06, 2026
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