Necrophile – Awakening Those Oppressed
Japan’s Necrophile are what I would call Mosh Pit Enablers (yes there is a support group out there if you suffer from Mosh Pit Syndrome).
Cripper – Follow Me: Kill!
The conclusion that we must come to is that there is a new genre, just simply called Cripper.
Eruption – Cloaks of Oblivion (Review and Interview)
Clearly, the old school Bay area thrash sound is not played out though, as the band uses waves of well placed riffs to makes an older sound seem both current and traditional.
Chaos – All Against All
These guys can hang with the best of the Thrash giants in my opinion, rivaling sounds of Exodus and Testament with ease.
Rajalla – Diktaattori
This is just some pure Finnish metal right to the core, amazingly heavy and energetic. I can’t seem to stop listening to it.
Tumourboy – Damaged System
Listening to Damaged System, released in early 2016, was like taking a trip to the 1980’s only without the stone-washed denim and Aquanet hair.
Temptation’s Wings – Skulthor Ebonblade
This epic, doomy, thrashy, stonery, and very Viking sounding band picks up the pace at points on this one. Right off the bat, this album sends you back in time to the battlegrounds, almost inducing marching and preparing you for this epic tale.
Oozing Wound – Whatever Forever
Oozing Wound remain my favorite black mold metal band, their style jokingly dubbed with this genre label during an interview I did with them two years ago. I am, however, determined to make the label stick.
Morbo/Bunker 66 – Into the Morbid Bunker Split 7″
Sometimes 12 minutes of savagery is all you need.