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I'm a screenwriter and videographer by trade, and a metalhead at heart. Since having a "eureka" moment listening to Linkin Park for the first time on the radio as a teenager, I feel like I've traversed most of the different stages of metalhead-dom - from gateway band adoration to mild, name-three-albums gatekeeping, and tunnel-vision subgenre purist to diplomatic style-chameleon. In the end, my favorite kind of metal will probably always be Swedish melodeath, which hurts just a little bit being Norwegian, having to recognize that our eastern neighbor does almost every type of music better than us. I'm also a sucker for doomy heavy metal, whacky prog, aggressive thrash and groove, old school metalcore and genre-bending black metal. There's so many different exciting flavors to this metal life, after all. 

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Sep 11, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 36 / 2026
Embrace the adventurous oddity found in these releases by Februus, Green Carnation, Sigh, Sun Guts and Sworn. The major releases aren't free from weirdness either: 156/Silence – From A Distance (metalcore) Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun (noise rock/sludge metal) Judiciary – Stalagmite Angels (EP) (metallic hardcore) A Night In Texas – The Darkest Side of Humanity (deathcore) PRESIDENT – Blood Of Your Empire (metalcore/alternative rock) Showing Teeth – A Fate Worse Than Loneliness (EP)...

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Sep 5, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 35 / 2026
Watch out for the end-summer avalanche of releases, headed by Black Spikes, Ninth Realm, Static Abyss, Sunscorched and Triosphere. Try not to get too distracted, but there's great stuff up above as well: Beartooth – Pure Ecstasy (hard rock/metalcore) Code: Pandorum – Tales From The Blight (electronica/industrial metal) Exumer – Death Mask Messiah (thrash metal) Flotsam And Jetsam – Rats In The Temple (power/thrash metal) Gorod – The Ember Gone (technical/progressive death metal) In This...

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Aug 28, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 34 / 2026
A combination of hooded cloak, sneakers and brass knuckles will go perfectly with these releases from Cobrafuma, Fen, The Night Eternal, Oddland and Street Tombs. The overground also offers a mix of attitude and gloom: Axty – The Pain Made Me Who I Am (metalcore/deathcore) The Barbarians Of California – Megatons (hardcore) Rising Insane – Deathrace (metalcore) Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark (folk/doom) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Fen – Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth Genre: Atmospheric black/doom...

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Aug 19, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 33 / 2026
A collection of style-divergence to keep you on your toes, from The Absolution Sequence, Coyote Man, Ironflame, Living Weapon and Raunchy. Big releases? What do you mean? Well okay then, have one, at least: Marilyn Manson - One Assassination Under God - Chapter 2 (alternative metal/rock) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Coyote Man – Prosthetic Memories Genre: Progressive/sludge metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective rating: 4/5 Country of origin: USA This is one of those progressive albums that deserve...

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Aug 15, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 32 / 2026
Give up on your high spirits and give in to the anger and gloom of these releases by Aspen Sanctum, Gravecrawler, Hulder, Saprovore and Temple of Dread. The mood is much elevated among the week's major releases: Cancer Bats – Give Me Dirt (sludge metal/hardcore) John & Cody Carpenter + Daniel Davies – Cathedral (cinematic gothic metal/synthwave) Electric Callboy – Tanzeid (industrial/pop metal) Xandria – Eclipse (symphonic metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Aspen Sanctum – To Withhold The Need To...

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Aug 7, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 31 / 2026
Get back into the everyday rhythm with these releases by Complexant, Finsterforst, Fractal Sun, Lipoma and Nothingness. The overground offers both surprises and... well... the opposite: Allt – Ataraxia (progressive metalcore) Disfiguring the Goddess – Bloom (brutal death metal/deathcore) Five Finger Death Punch – Legacy (alternative metal/hard rock) Bear McCreary – The Singularity: Eklepsis (progressive metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Nothingness – Godslaughter Genre: Death metal Subjective...

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Jul 30, 20263 min
Weekly Digest, Week 30 / 2026
We're back after a short vacation break with releases from Faustian, Ripper and Sallow Moth. It's still fairly quiet in the big leagues, with a couple of notable exceptions: The Hu – Hun (folk rock/metal) Rezn – Cycles in the Infinite Dream (psychedelic stoner/doom metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Ripper – Towards Rebirth Genre: Thrash/death metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective rating: 3.5/5 Chilean band Ripper are one of those that have no problem convincing you that they do, if fact, want to...

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Jul 19, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 28 / 2026
Technicality and speed are the main (but not only) ingredients in these releases by Apogean, Dysgnostic, Iron Slaught and Volubilis. The big releases are more straightforward this week, but not weak: DevilDriver – Strike And Kill (groove/melodic death metal) No Cure – It Is Going To Get Dark (hardcore/death metal) The Plot In You – The Plot In You (metalcore/alternative metal) What Lies Below – I Let It Consume Me (metalcore) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Iron Slaught – Metallic Torments Genre:...

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Jul 8, 20263 min
Weekly Digest, Week 27 / 2026
We're into the lull of deep summer now, but the darkness is being kept alive by the likes of Mortem, TodoMal and Witchsorrow. The aggression is absent from the big releases, but not the gloom: Deep Purple – Splat! (progressive rock/heavy-ish metal) Dominum – Night Is Calling (power/pop metal) Moonspell – Far From God (gothic metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK TodoMal – Graveyard of Joy Genre: Atmospheric doom metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective rating: 4/5 Country of origin: Spain Now for...

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Jun 29, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 26 / 2026
I think you'll be able to find something to suit any mood among these releases by Druidess, Forsmán, Monument Of Misanthropy, Phantom and Verdun. Nothing super exciting up top, but also not to be completely ignored: Amberian Dawn – Temptation's Gate (symphonic power metal) Masterplan – Metalmorphosis (power metal) Nargaroth – Apocalyptic Steel (black metal) Siamese – Dissolution (alternative metal/hard rock/metalcore) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Phantom – Not Midnight Yet Genre: Speed/thrash metal...

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Jun 29, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 25 / 2026
Weekly Digest, Week 25 / 2026Prepare to be crushed by the obsidian weight of this week's releases from Belarus Beaver, Inherits The Void, Mork, Saidan and Scordatura. There's hardly any big stuff out, except for: Warning – Rituals Of Shame (doom metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Mork – Monolitt Genre: Black metal Subjective rating: 4.5/5 Objective rating: 4/5 Country of origin: Norway Mork are back to once again prove that you can keep straight riff-and-tremolo black metal interesting if you just...

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Jun 18, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 24 / 2026
Death metal dominates this week, but stays flexible enough to offer some variety, featuring Fires In The Distance, Fleshcrawl, Goetia, Goreworm and Thorium. If you want to escape the morbidity, head for higher ground: Khemmis – Khemmis (heavy/doom metal) Stitched Up Heart – Medusa (alternative metal) Tarja – Frisson Noir (symphonic metal/rock) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Fires In The Distance – Circadian Promise Genre: Melodic death/doom metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective rating: 4.5/5 Country...

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Jun 12, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 23 / 2026
Some big surprises flying under the radar this week, mainly from 100 Demons, Horn, Pharmacist, Shroud and Üga Büga. The overground has some heft to it as well, just more predictably so: August Burns Red – Season Of Surrender (metalcore) Converge – Hum Of Hurt (hardcore/mathcore) Evanescence – Sanctuary (alternative metal/rock) Evergrey – Architects Of A New Weave (progressive/power metal) Guilt Trip – Armour Of Angels (hardcore/groove metal) Voivod – Symphonique (Live album) (Progressive...

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Jun 3, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 22 / 2026
Evil is certainly the sentiment of the week, with nefarious intent all around from Eternal Evil, Funebrarum, Hecate Enthroned, Serpent Lord and Trelldom. The big prog names of the week try their best to steal the show: Balmora – These Graven Halls (metalcore/melodic death metal) Elder – Through Zero (progressive/psychedelic rock/metal) Monolord – Neverending (stoner/doom metal) Devin Townsend – The Moth (progressive/symphonic metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Trelldom – …by the word… Genre:...

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May 28, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 21 / 2026
Some great prog, grind and folk coming your way from As The Sun Falls, Blindead 23, Makkmat, Noituma and Psyclops. And here are a few bigger things coming out this week: Armored Saint – Emotion Factory Reset (heavy metal) Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising (symphonic black metal) Moonlight Haze – Interstellar Madness (EP) (symphonic/power metal) XCOMM – Time To Burn (hardcore) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Blindead 23 – Deuterium Genre: Progressive extreme metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective...

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May 28, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 20 / 2026
Some smaller names are really stepping up to the plate this week, among them Atavistia, Defect Designer, Desiccation, Gozu and Tyrannus. Big releases are almost non-existent this week, with a couple of notable exceptions: Periphery – A Pale White Dot (progressive extreme metal/metalcore) Pro-Pain – Stone Cold Anger (hardcore/groove metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Tyrannus – Mournhold Genre: Black/thrash metal Subjective rating: 4/5 Objective rating: 4/5 Country of origin: Scotland It's such a...

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May 15, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 19 / 2026
Get ready for a packed week of mixed flavors, with highlight releases from A Forest Of Stars, IATT, Lyrre, Restless Spirit and Voidthrone. In case you're still starved for more, there's plenty to choose from above the underground: Black Veil Brides – Vindicate (gothic hard rock/metalcore) Darko US – Oni 2 (deathcore/metalcore) Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin (doom/gothic metal) Darkthrone – Pre-Historic Metal (heavy/black metal) Frozen Soul – No Place Of Warmth (death metal) Ingested –...

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May 7, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 18 / 2026
There's very little mercy to be had from these albums by Cognizance, Devenial Verdict, In Malice's Wake, Lair Of The Minotaur and Spell. Here's a few bigger releases from this week, if you're interested. Haste The Day – Dissenter (metalcore) Sevendust – One (alternative metal/rock) VCTMS – pain processing II (hardcore/metalcore) Venom – Into Oblivion (blackened heavy/speed metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Devenial Verdict – Old Blood – Fresh Wounds Genre: Death metal Subjective rating: 4/5...

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Apr 30, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 17 / 2026
It's up to the underground to convince us that the world of metal will go on after the monumental goodbyes happening among the big names, and a laudable effort is made by Armed For Apocalypse, Aversio Humanitatis, Cnoc An Tursa, Scimitar and Volcandra. Here are the mentioned goodbyes, and some other stuff that's not quite as notable in comparison: The Amity Affliction – House Of Cards (metalcore) At The Gates – The Ghost Of A Future Dead (melodic death metal) Atreyu – The End Is Not The End...

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Apr 22, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 16 / 2026
The time has come for some exciting up-and-comers to show their quality, and their names are Doodswens, Draken, The Moon And The Nightspirit, Ordh and Reeking Aura. Above the underground it's really all just a big random heap: Crimson Glory – Chasing The Hydra (heavy/progressive metal) From Ashes To New – Reflections (nu metal/metalcore) Holywatr – Deo Gratias (alternative rock/metal) The Last Ten Seconds Of Life – The Dead Ones (deathcore) Nekrogoblikon – The Boiling Sea (EP) (melodic...

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Apr 15, 20265 min
Weekly Digest, Week 15 / 2026
It's a week for hellos and goodbyes, with the most extreme stuff elevated beyond the murky depths, leaving releases by Battlegrave, Nukem, Skaphos, Spirit Adrift and Witch Ripper. Have you ever seen this much death metal in the "overground"? Will we ever again? Archspire – Too Fast To Die (technical death metal) Bodysnatcher – Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home (deathcore/hardcore) Immolation – Descent (death metal) Inferi – Heaven Wept (technical death metal) Lord Of The Lost – Opvs Noir...

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Apr 8, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 14 / 2026
A decent mix of flavors this week, offering a respite from my incessant pushing of death metal, with releases from Apolaustic, Bloody Valkyria, Green Carnation, Toxic Shock and Void Of Light. There's no massive releases this week, but a handful of familiar faces: Corrosion Of Conformity – Good God/Baad Man (stoner/sludge metal) Nervosa – Slave Machine (melodic death/thrash metal) Sunn O))) – Sunn O))) (drone/doom metal) TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Void Of Light – Asymmetries Genre:...

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Mar 30, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 13 / 2026
A black and speed metal extravaganza, this week offers far more than just my top 5 picks from Aggressive Perfector, Bekor Qilish, Blasart, Power Paladin and Winterfylleth. There's good stuff coming from the bigger names as well, but not nearly as interesting. Black Label Society – Engines Of Demolition (heavy/doom metal/hard rock) Hellripper – Coronach (black/speed metal) Këkht Aräkh – Morning Star (atmospheric black metal) Myrath – Wilderness Of Mirrors (power/progressive metal)...

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Mar 23, 20264 min
Weekly Digest, Week 12 / 2026
You're likely to find conceptual depth and stylistic flexibility where you least expect it among these releases from Egregore, Gutvoid, Hanging Garden, Iron Firmament and Papa Necrose. Defying expectations is less of a theme and more of a localized phenomenon (looking at you Gaerea) in the mainstream this week: Exodus – Goliath (thrash metal) Gaerea – Loss (blackened metalcore) Lost In Hollywood – Lost In Hollywood (metalcore) Poison The Well – Peace In Place (melodic hardcore) TOP...

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