The BEST METAL Albums of January 2024 🤘

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We round up our picks for best metal albums of January 2024. January is already behind us folks and we've got some VERY early contenders for album of the year already. If you're looking for some brutal death metal, you've come to the right spot. Oh, you want to hear some blackened doom metal that will drag you into the pit of despair? We've got you. Watch our whole episode to listen to the picks!
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Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence ‪@lorddyingofficial‬
Engulf - The Dying Planet Weeps
Mourning Dawn - The Foam Of Despair ‪@pokemonslaughter34‬
Sgàile - Traverse the Bealach ‪@sgailemusic‬
Vitriol - Suffer and Become ‪@vitriol3334‬
Master - Saints Dispelled
Hauntologist - Hollow
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@sgailemusic 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for including Traverse The Bealach in your review guys, I really appreciate the support! Tony

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely stellar music my dude! Love your work. Cheers and have a rad weekend!

@jeremybonds2274 6 месяцев назад

OMG I loved ❤that record and you guys did an outstanding job 😎👌🏻👊🏼🙌🏼

@julesmord7001 6 месяцев назад

Obsessed with Hauntologist. Enchanting bleakness, and Car Kruków is a chef's kiss 🤌🏻

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I haven’t stopped spinning it

@jcubed824 6 месяцев назад

You guys have introduced me to Blackbraid, Nechochwen, and now Sgaile over the past couple of months. Many, many thanks to you guys for providing such great recommendations! 🤘

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

It’s what we do bud! Have a RAD weekend!

@Xy0ud0ntkn0wmeX 6 месяцев назад

Good call on Hauntologist, guys. I would have totally missed this one had it not been for this video. Amazing record! Thanks once again!

@PawelAztec 6 месяцев назад

You guys introduced me to Sgaile and thank you for that. "Traverse the Bealach" did not leave my playlist for a second and I must be one the most atmospheric pieces of music I have listened to. Great album.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

What a great start to 2024!

@halmicroutsicos900 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feature, guys! Really appreciate you checking the Engulf record out and sharing it!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Keep it up!

@curtisspivey234 6 месяцев назад

You guys kill it! Found a couple new albums to check out from you but surprised Upon Stone was not on your list was my album of the month ;)

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

We can't get to them all! Thanks for showing up!

@pokemonslaughter34 6 месяцев назад

Hey thanks for the review and putting us as a highlight !

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Keep up the great work!

@macnorton 6 месяцев назад

I love these lists! I am always excited to read them and find new stuff. Thank you guys for bringing awesome content to us!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

It's what we enjoy doing! Thanks for tuning in.

@enferex 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for putting Hauntologist on my radar! My favs for January are the new Vemod and Narzissus albums. What I've heard from the Sgaile album is great, I need to continue my listen! With that said, the new Obsidian Tongue WP (well planned shirt Brandon) is out today. It's A+; 2024 atmo black metal is coming in strong this year.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Yesss! So excited for Obsidian Tongue's new release.

@billcowan5539 6 месяцев назад

Awesome start to 2024🤘🤘

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Right?! What were your favs?

@SirMatusalem 6 месяцев назад

This is my top 15 albums from January. The last friday so many good albums were released. 1º - Manticora - Mycelium 2º - Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart 3º - Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace 4º - Kalt Vindur - Magna Mater 5º - Hiraes - Dormant 6º - Hauntologist - Hollow 7º - Vitriol - Suffer & Become 8º - Lucifer - Lucifer V 9º - Master - Saints Dispelled 10º - Dark Oath - Ages of Man 11º - The Gems - Phoenix 12º - Scanner - The Cosmic Race 13º - Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation 14º - Jenner - Prove Them Wrong 15º - The Rods - Rattle The Cage

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

What a killer month my dude!

@kooluhl 6 месяцев назад

I didn't know anything about Hauntologist, ty for that. My favorites are Vitriol and Underneath From the Gut of Gaia

@privityband 6 месяцев назад

Added several of these albums to my queue! You guys always recommend the best stuff, keep it up!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

It's what we do!!

@muzz798 5 месяцев назад

Hi guys Sgaile was the clear stand out for me. My Jan favs were: 1. Sgaile 2. Drown in Sulphur - Dark Secrets of the Soul (blackened symphonic deathcore) 3. Domination Campaign - A Storm of Steel (death metal/melodic death metal) 4. Blood Ted Throne - Nonagon (death metal/melodic death metal) 5. Dark Oath - Ages of Man (symphonic death metal/melodic death metal)

@arfournier 6 месяцев назад

Sgàile was by far my favorite record for January. Such an engrossing album. Also really liked Lower Form of Resistance by Dissimulator, Abyssius ST, Mycelium by Manticora, and Embrace Reality by Nemesis.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Engrossing is such a brilliant word for it.

@thehighground_ 6 месяцев назад

January starting pretty strong. My favorites this month were Sgàile - Traverse the Bealach (saw your rec for this and I have not stopped listening to it) Departure Chandelier - Satan Soldier Of Fortune Vitriol - Suffer and Become Vemod - The Deepening Lucifer - Lucifer V Narzissus - Akt III: Erlösung Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace Hauntologist - Hallow

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Great list!!

@glennbarret-jy5ut 6 месяцев назад

So many sick releases the month (last month?). Never heard of Hauntologist, but definitely keen to check them out

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

So good dude

@bystolics 6 месяцев назад

Really digging the new Cognizance, Resin Tomb, and Svdestada!! Cheers!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I also enjoyed that Resin Tomb record! - Ben

@javierodmol 6 месяцев назад

Great selection guys... Totally agree.. keep on your covers shorts!!!!😅

@taomahNEGEV 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the Foam of Despair. Love it as it much reminds me of Dance Of December Souls. Let The Truth Speak by Earthside is another gem for me. Prepare for Echoes of Eternity by Hanness Grossman.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

That’s a great comparison!

@NeoSpaceJet 6 месяцев назад

Mourning dawn definitely got my attention this month (as I plan to eventually check the rest of their catalogue) because not only did this album have that blackened doom that we're familiar with, I loved those little hints of industrial which gave me godflesh vibes! An album that keeps your attention anyway and that's all I can ask! 🤘

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Great ear, Forgemate. That album is BLEAK.

@andrewreday3519 6 месяцев назад

There were quiet a few good releases I checked out in January and they did not disappoint. Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach , Ancestral Blood - Forgotten Myths And Legends , Wolves Of Perdition - Ultraviolence , Kalt Vindur - Magna Mater , Hauntologist - Hollow , Ad Unum Omnes - Shattered Bones , Dzahatinga - Forgotten And Lost , Melinoë - Saffron Cloaked Nymph. Ad Unum Omnes, Melinoë and Dzahatinga were the three standouts for me, very impressive, hope you can check them out.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely will! Thanks man! Have a killer weekend

@karkir-joharkarntkristkark9507 6 месяцев назад

My favorite releases this month: Funeral winds - 333 Inquisition - Veneration of medieval mysticism and cosmological violence (can hear they've drawn inspiration from Satyricon).

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I had a hard time with that Inquisition record, felt a bit long to me. Some cool moments though.

@Rafael-kr6zv 6 месяцев назад

Funeral Winds 🔥

@TheDretch 6 месяцев назад

Allow me to add a few! Spider God Cognizance Funeral Winds Hiraes Blood Red Throne Was just listening to Hauntologist yesterday. Loved it! And of course the Vitriol is amazing.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Killer additions my dude! Have a dope weekend!

@joshuacoe8235 5 месяцев назад

My January list : Stuporous : Asylum's Lament. Mourning Dawn : The foam of despair. Fragments of Lost Memories : Promise. Shamael : II Suono Di Mille Orchestre Parte II.

@cowmark67 6 месяцев назад

Sick list. I've been meaning to get around the listening the Lord Dying album and I should give the Mourning Dawn more spins. I listened to a lot of albums is January so there are a few albums I really enjoyed that barely missed my top ten. Here is my top ten favorite metal albums of January. 1. Svdestada - Candela (blackened crust punk) 2. Olde Throne / Paisaunt - Cearwylm & Misneachd Spilt (atmospheric black metal/melodic black metal/pagan black metal) 3. Vemod - The Deepening (atmospheric black metal) 4. The Funeral Procession - In Still Silence (progressive death metal/melodic death metal/melodic black metal aka Opeth & Katatonia worship) 5. Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach (progressive metal/post-rock) 6. Infant Island - Obsidian Wreath (blackened screamo/post-metal/post-rock/shoegaze) 7. Ὁπλίτης - Παραμαινομένη (avant-garde black metal: black metal/death metal/mathcore/free jazz) 8. Resin Tomb - Cerebral Purgatory (blackened deathgrind/sludge metal) 9. Departure Chandelier - Satan Soldier of Fortune (melodic black metal) 10. Chimeras - Silent Cries in the Stifling Haze (symphonic doom metal)

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Funeral Procession was really good!

@steveratcliffe2181 6 месяцев назад

Im still on my 2023 albums. Love that Crypta record. Only got 3 new ones on repeat. Saxon. Meat and potatoes NWOBHM . Does the job nicely. Biff sounds great for 72. Hiraes. Awesome Melodeath with a modernized Gossow era Arch Enemy feel. Love this album. Nemophila- Multi styled all female metal Japanese band. Makes you feel good as much as it kicks your ass .

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Nice! I didn't jive with Hiraes or Crypta. Cool to see that some folks did!

@TheCondorjc 2 месяца назад

My January picks include -Blood Red Throne -Upon Stone -Knoll -Dissimulator -Cognizance

@borzoifanclub 6 месяцев назад

I kept on getting drawn back in to Malist's Of Scorched Earth throughout the entirety of the month; DEFINITELY a favorite in terms of one-man projects at least. It's quite an utterly stunning & dynamic experience of atmo black metal 🖤 As for others.. Kalt Vindur, Vitriol, Upon Stone, Departure Chandelier, Vemod, Hiraes & Saevus Finis absolutely have my heart

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I admit Malist is still in my queue, I’ve heard it’s great though.

@borzoifanclub 6 месяцев назад

@@forgemastermetal In my opinion it's worth the praise, Ovfrost is a very capable vocalist & instrumentalist. Some releases of the past have fallen short, OSE is a considerable improvement to the previous album, but regardless the general sound is quite immersive, a more thorough mix of at times breathtaking melodies and viciousness. Certainly a must-have :)

@doubleXnickel 6 месяцев назад

A+ list. I would tack on: Svdestada - candela Exocrine - legend. Knoll - as Spoken.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Nice!

@Count_Deangeli 6 месяцев назад

Watched the review for the Lord Dying album of your friend Metal Meltdown and on the third listen I started to like it - here are my Top 3: Vemod - "The Deepening" Caligula's Horse - "Charcoal grace" The Funeral Procession - "In Still Silence"

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Yeah, Mysterium Tremendum took me a few listens until it stuck. Definitely go back and listen to that one when you can.

@AlienatedQc 6 месяцев назад

I did a little top 10 myself 🤘 1. Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence (Mind blowing progressive sludge, with influences from prog rock, heavy sludge and even death metal. On this album, we follow The Dreamer on his journey as he dies. His experiences and feelings are put into words and music in a brilliant way!) 2. Vitriol - Suffer & Become (A punishing blend of technical and blackened death metal. There is so much to digest but once you do, it’s an incredibly satisfying experience) 3. Cognizance - Phantazein (Just how I like modern death metal, progressive, melodic, highly technical and with just a touch of, to the point, deathcore brutality.) 4. Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon (Incredible, classic melodic death metal! One thing, it’s way to short!) 5. Sovereign - Altered Realities (Superb debut album by the Norwegian death/thrasers! Amazing riffs, leads, audible bass and the drums, omg the drums, they sound so freaking perfect! 6. Saevus Finis - Facilis Descensus Averno (Absolutely crushing, chaotic and dissonant death/doom with a strong blackened aggressivity and atmospheres) 7. Ancient VVisdom - Master of the Stone (ancient wisdom goes doom metal, while still keeping their occult rock roots. With the middle track and album closer being gloomy and atmospheric neofolk, it’s a nod to their first album. Overall really enjoyable. 8. Cariosus - Will, Until Beauty (Modern, melodic, heavy death metal with prog levels of musicianship.) 9. Sea Of Consciousness - Sea of Consciousness (new band from the Netherlands, impressive for a debut album! Progressive death metal that incorporates many elements of black and even heavy metal. It’s technical, atmospheric and melodic. 10. Manticora - Mycelium (progressive power metal from Denmark, that incorporate quite heavy components to their blend of music. It’s not rare to hear a blast beat and even some harsh vocals)

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Love the concise write-ups, Forgemate! Thanks for dropping this!

@mercyfulnate 6 месяцев назад

The January releases I checked out were: Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon Vitriol - Suffer & Become Knoll - As Spoken Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance Svdestada - Candela The Infernal Sea - Hellfenlic Svdestada was my favorite, it’s blackened crust from Spain. Departure Chandelier was also available for early stream, it’d be my favorite if we include it in January, but it’s technically a February release.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Solid additions right there, mate!

@BluejaySpectre 6 месяцев назад

A lot of new stuff to check out.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Def

@DeezulMetal 6 месяцев назад

@Forgemaster Metal: Cognizance-Phantazein is worthy of Best album of 2024 so far. Keep bringing the great suggestions!

@loonyman83 6 месяцев назад

The two I would add for this month would be Exocrine's Legend and Corbian's Farewell. Exocrine released the early front runner for Tech Death AOTY, and Corbian released a tight album where every song seems to be from a different genre. It goes from Synthwave, to Progressive, to Deathcore, and beyond lol. Definitely my surprise of the month.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

I spun exocrine today and it didn’t stick for some reason, but I’m determined to revisit it a few more times before dismissing it.

@FeroVlkolinsky 6 месяцев назад

@@forgemastermetal definitely a huge turn into different direction than The Hybrid Suns and I can see how this will off-put many, but it totally clicked with me and will surely go very high in AOTY. But that's music - one can't be everyone's love-child. Still there are plenty of other albums to choose from this month ;)

@Djare915 6 месяцев назад

Yeah mourning dawn sinked me into hole.Awesome album!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

There is no hope with that one haha

@Nathan-Rocha 5 месяцев назад

The new Lord Dying record isn't getting nearly as much attention as it deserves. Such a freaking banger!

@forgemastermetal 5 месяцев назад

So good!!

@joaoreis8782 6 месяцев назад

Blood Red Throne and Inquisition also released amazing records 🤘

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

They did! They’re really good! I didn’t really feel a need to respin them though.

@Dax11eleven 6 месяцев назад

The funeral procession Knoll Exocrine Vitriol Advocacy Are my 5 ❤

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Awesome! Have a rad weekend my dude

@MrChrisStingray 6 месяцев назад

This is such a general question but how many times do you guys listen to an album before coming up with a review?

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Kind of a loaded answer, but for me if I feel no need to revisit an album, I probably won’t even bother reviewing it. It takes me at least a couple spins to get my head around a record and find my favorite moments, then I get my thoughts around that.

@Nerdjester 6 месяцев назад

Check it out Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon. Amazing album!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the rec!

@TobikunOuO 6 месяцев назад

Mine are Carnal Savagery's Into the Abysmal void, Vitriols new album

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Solid! I gotta scope the Carnal Savagery one.

@barsknos 6 месяцев назад

Vitriol really smashed by brain in, in the best way! Other albums I enjoyed from January are Exocrine, Madder Mortem and Vemod.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Great additions!

@barsknos 6 месяцев назад

I'd say so, but my Norwegian bias is probably showing :> @@forgemastermetal

@alexperry4691 6 месяцев назад

The Lord Dying album was very good. My other favourites were - Blood Red Throne -Nonagon Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon The Funeral Procession -In Still Silence Dissimulator- Lower Form Resistance 🤘

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Great additions!

@Nocturnal_Spectre 4 месяца назад

Clandestine is pronounced cladenstine, have you not watched thralls of metal? on a serious note: Great video and thanks for the list!

@forgemastermetal 4 месяца назад

Haha we love to mispronounce things, too.

@FaustianSpirit1997 6 месяцев назад

My picks: 1) Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Heart (Progressive Metal) 2) Hoplites - Paramainomeni (Progressive Black Metal) 3) Departure Chandelier - Satan Soldier Of Fortune (Black Metal) 4) Ribspreader - Reap Humanity (Death Metal) 5) Slift - Illion (Heavy Psych) 6) Vitriol - Suffer And Become (Technical Death Metal) 7) Inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence (Black Metal) 8) Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation (Heavy Metal) 9) Sovereign - Altered Realities (Technical Death-Thrash) 10) Sgaile - Traverse The Bealach (Progressive Metal) 11) Exocrine - Legend (Technical Death Metal) 12) Hauntologist - Hollow (Post-Black Metal) 13) Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon (Melodic Death Metal) 14) Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart (Progressive Metal) 15) Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter (Death-Sludge) 16) Vemod - The Deepening (Atmospheric Black Metal) 17) Lucifer - Lucifer V (Heavy Metal) 18) Andracca - To Bare The Weight Of Death (Black Metal) 19) Blood Red Throne - Nonagon (Death Metal) 20) Yersin - The Scythe Is Remorseless (Crust Punk)

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic round up dude! Hope you have a rad weekend!

@iamaidens 6 месяцев назад

Yeeeeeeehaw 🤠

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

🤠

@FeroVlkolinsky 6 месяцев назад

Awesome, but If I may drop a tear of criticism on this episode of "album of the month" - you surely should start it with a fact that this month was IMMENSE and 7 albums is just way too low this time! Being a metalhead for almost 40 years now I can't remember any other single month spitting so many high-quality albums. If I made AOTY2024 right now, it would be more interesting than whole 2023. 4 of the 7 mentioned here are on my list as well along with Cognizance, Blood Red Throne, Madder Mortem, Knoll and above all Exocrine. Still you manged to recommend another album I didn't see mentioned elsewhere and sounds intiguing right away - Hauntologist. So there are still 11 more albums I need to check just in January 2024 - unbelievable. And BTW - I wanted to mention last time - "Czechia" is actually pronounced "check-ia"...

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Thanks

@Pooya1184 6 месяцев назад

Abigor new staff is so damn good

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

It’s really great!

@hermermetal 6 месяцев назад

Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation Mega Colossus - Showdown Boundless Chaos - Sinister Upheaval Ruthless - The Fallen Blood Red Throne - Nonagon

@rockmovieswithtyler1989 6 месяцев назад

Cancer Christ was sick af!!!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Good one!

@ghostly_cheese4929 5 месяцев назад

Scottish metal is always top tier

@lancelazer 6 месяцев назад

Debut album from young Swedish thrashers Xion is mighty as fuck, and the biggest heaviest album of the month for me was Blood Red Throne!!

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

BRT was good, but I didn’t really feel a need to respin it. I’ve been a fan of them for years and for some reason it just didn’t wow me.

@lancelazer 6 месяцев назад

@@forgemastermetal Ah yeah, I got taken from first listen! But I hadn't really listened to em before either. Highly recommend checking out Xion if you wanna hear SFSGSW style riffage with an old school Hetfield barking vocal on top!

@FeroVlkolinsky 6 месяцев назад

BRT is great, but Vitriol is WAY more brutal. Did you give it a spin?

@MrEvilb666 6 месяцев назад

I want to throw in the following to add: BLOOD RED THRONE - Nonagon MALIST - Of Scorched Earth OLHAVA - Sacrifice

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Nice additions!!

@CraigMader 5 месяцев назад

Hope you guys are hearing the new records from SPECTRAL VOICE, WANDERING OAK, & CHAPEL OF DISEASE. Metalwise, 2024 is starting off hard. Bless you and keep you.

@CraigMader 5 месяцев назад

BIG SCENIC NOWHERE, ECTOPLASMIC WORM & SEA OF CONCIOUSNESS also kick 31 flavors of ass.

@CraigMader 5 месяцев назад

New MELVINS comin out. That's fun. Christ, I gotta go to bed...

@CraigMader 5 месяцев назад

MELVINS 1992 Stoner witch is the record that initially brought me to doom. Btw, thanks for dropping YOB's name so much. They deserve to be famous.

@CraigMader 5 месяцев назад

Bellwitch only did it once. YOB keeps doing it. Sorry to be commenting so much, but its metal night. Many beers, many shots, many bongrips. Insomnia is a bitch.

@RobboElRobbo 6 месяцев назад

Inquisition released the best metal album so far this year imo.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

It’s good, they’ve never really done anything for me tbh

@wheelsofmercury 6 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed the new Saxon record. I also really liked the debut album from Rhûn (side-project of Falls of Rauros) and the drumming on that Vitriol album! And as much as I freaking hate to admit it, Inquisition made a good album again (obligatory ROT IN HELL to their lead singer)... which I won't mention on my channel because, well, people like the singer of that band DO NOT DESERVE TO BE PLATFORMED. END OF FREAKIN' STORY.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Eh I didn’t think that record was any better than “good but I won’t revisit it”

@cbn6635 6 месяцев назад

Don't know if that Vitriol album is the best release of January, but I'm pretty sure it's the most brutal and intense of the month! 🤗 After listening to approximately half the album, I need to take a shower before taking on the rest of it; that shit make you feel dirty and unclean in no time.. ☠️☠️

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

What would your best of the month be?

@cbn6635 6 месяцев назад

@@forgemastermetal Well, if sonically turning your brain into mush was the only parameter, then that Vitriol album would win hand's down, but artistically I'd probably go for the new Caligula's Horse release; can't say I have fully taken the full scope of the album in yet, but I sense a potential little masterpiece in the prog. metal genre ... 🤔

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Lots of praise for that record going around!

@Dismal-future 6 месяцев назад

Lord Dying Ghoul

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Hell yeah!

@Ardroth 6 месяцев назад

Hauntologist didn't hit me nearly as hard as i was expecting. A few great moments here and there but i found most of it kinda boring, even with multiple listens. I might revisit it later in the year and see how i feel Sgaile is solid but i mentioned before i really despise the ultra-slick production. It really kills the atmosphere and vibe they are going for, especially with all the melodyne effects on literally every vocal line. It feels very unnatural as a result. A more organic approach would have made this 10x better imo! Oh well. Still a very worthy release regardless Loved the Vitriol. Holy hell! Total face-melter. And the drumming is off-the-charts insane. Some other bangers for me were Infant Island, Inquisition, Vemod, and Abigor... great month for black metal

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

All fair points man. For some reason black metal Isn’t hitting me this month. I’ve got all those albums marked to revisit some other time. I’ve spun them at least once but wasn’t vibing. 100% me I think.

@ghost.bird.studios 6 месяцев назад

Hey Ardroth, just a quick correction on the Sgaile thing, I produced the album and just wanted to weigh in quickly. Totally fair enough that you didn't like the production! But in terms of the vocals there wasn't a single bit of Melodyne used...I both produced the vocals and was with Tony for most of the vocal tracking. I don't actually own or use Melodyne, because I only tend to work with metal and I'm a pretty strong believer in just retaking the vocals until they're good. The quality of Tony's voice is incredibly strong, he's one of my favorite vocalists to work with, but what I think you're mistaking for tuning is the fact he harmonises most lines throughout the entire album. It's not that common to have that many harmonies consistently (with a lot of vocal layering too), and I can understand why that may give you the impression of a tuned vocal. But yeah, not trying to call you out, just pointing out that Tony is genuinely just a phenomenal vocalist. If you listen to it carefully you can hear plenty of notes and little imperfections that would've been totally annihilated by trying to tune them.

@forgemastermetal 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for chiming in!! We love to hear what the producers have to say.

@javierodmol 5 месяцев назад

Hope a lot from the Vitriol album. Maybe that made me disappointed. I think that the composition and production do not have the coherence and congruence of To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice. Some song passages have excellent lyrical technique and narrative but overall it's a Btier for me.