Best in Metal - November 2024 Edition
Brace yourself for November’s onslaught of my personal metal favorites in this month’s edit of Best in Metal.
Featuring Vrag, Ritual Fog, Veilburner, Sunrot, Sun Worship, Magnadur, No Treaty, The Resilient Dream Project, and Illegal Mind.
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III Visions of Hex-Shaped Hiss, Behead the Howling Spirit - Veilburner
Clocking in at exactly seven minutes, III Visions of Hex-Shaped Hiss, Behead the Howling Spirit is a chaotic yet deliberate slash avant-garde black and death metal. The dissonance and industrial grind work hand in hand, creating a sound that feels more like an overwhelming experience than a song.
Thematically dense and musically intricate, it reflects the album’s obsession with the duality of enlightenment and destruction. The layered production and snarling vocals demand patience, but for fans of experimental heaviness, it’s a rewarding journey into the abyss.
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Gutter - Sunrot (Liminal Dread Productions)
Sunrot’s Gutter is a scathing indictment of humanity’s destructive tendencies.
From the opening lines, the track builds a sense of despair and rage, driven by a blend of doom, black metal, and punk-infused energy.
Give this piece a listen if you are a fan of crushing riffs and guttural vocals that hit like a storm surge on one of the platforms below.
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Trumpet - No Treaty
Trumpet by No Treaty feels less like a song and more like a rallying cry. Balancing melodic metalcore with unflinching hardcore energy, the track showcases the band’s mission to inspire resilience through raw and spirited intensity.
The vocals are searing, the instrumentation relentless, and the message clear: this isn’t just music, it’s a call to arms for those seeking hope in chaos!
I recommend this one to fans of high-octane metal, who can connect with the band through one of the links below.
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Within the Machine - Sun Worship
Within The Machine is all calculated chaos and rawness that defines Sun Worship’s second album.
The duo’s stripped-down approach to blackened death metal creates an oppressive and exhilarating atmosphere. While the track is mostly a battering assault, brief moments of calm offer a stark contrast, making the heaviness hit even harder!
Give Sun Worship a listen if you’re craving an intense and unflinching listen with moments of reflection.
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Te Recordare - The Resilient Dream Project
Introducing an epic runtime of Latin American progressive metal with The Resilient Dream Project’s latest LP called Te Recordaré.
Expect a sprawling progressive power metal piece packed with 20 guest musicians, emotional weight, and technical mastery.
Here, soaring melodies meet intricate instrumentation to truly capture the rawness of grief and the bittersweet beauty of past memories.
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Foo! - Illegal Mind
Get ready to headbang to Illegal Mind’s rebellious, post-apocalyptic spirit with their latest release, Foo!.
This track takes aim at the increasingly popular sour beer trend, poking fun at the polarizing nature of lambics and goses. Expect this one to channel the band’s heavy, alternative metal style but with a punk rock energy to match its sarcasm.
Give Foo! a listen if you enjoy beer culture or just want to hear some good stouts and IPAs.
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Hunt for Desire - Magnadur
Magnadur's Hunt for Desire is a searing blend of crushing riffs, razor-sharp precision, and haunting melodies.
With Tomis’s fiery vocals and guitar work that feels like a storm unleashed, this track cements their place as melodic death metal titans.
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Desolate Chasm - Ritual Fog
Craving a touch of some old-school death slash thrash metal?
Ritual Fog gives us a peek at their upcoming album, But Merely Flesh, with Desolate Chasm. And beware, you’re about to hear serrated, guttural vocals cut through layers of gritty riffs to really give that edge to the track.
Give them a shoutout if you enjoy what they’re doing on one of the platforms below.
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Rendületlenül - Vrag
Rendületlenül is a haunting piece of Hungarian black metal that unfolds as a melancholic journey of existential yearning and resilience.
Play it loud and feel the anger through your veins as you find solace in Rendületlenül’s poetic and stark battles!
Give this one a special spot on your death metal playlist after you find it on one of the platforms mentioned below!
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