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)

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 wor