Best in Metal - October 2024

October’s metal roundup favourites feature Sår, Void Tripper, Rat Covenant, Iron CHair, Hitbox, Kyoden, Oni Minute Winter, ANHEDONIC, Obnoxious Youth, and Tribe Of Ghosts.

By Araz MirbavandiContributing Author

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Expect some heavy, dark vibes from Hitbox, Rat Covenant, Void Tripper, Iron Chair, Tribe of Ghosts, and Obnoxious Youth.

Also, experimental, gloomy, and nu-metal vibes from Sår, Kyoden, and One Minute Winter. ANHEDONIC also stuns with beautiful technical metal.


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Sår - Dreaming Forever And Ever

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Dreaming Forever And Ever is a great DSBM (Depressive Black Metal) project and one of my personal favorites in October 2024. If you also appreciate sorrowful and poetic black metal music with jarring tones of the guitar, Dreaming Forever And Ever is for you.

Check it out and give the artist a shoutout on one of the platforms below!

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Void Tripper - Sledgehammer

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"Void Tripper is like getting your eardrums hit by a big, noisy, dirty truck. And the driver is really fucking high." That’s how Void Tripper describes themselves on their Bandcamp profile, and once you hear angry screams after some of the famous president’s speech lines, it all makes sense!

Check Sledgehammer out if you like the sound of evil screams with a deeper massage.

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Rat Covenant - For the Slaughter of God

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For the Slaughter of God is one loud and dirty latest release of Rat Covenant, a deformative cassette label and distro from Germany. This one is, as they put it, “definitely not suited for the moral apostles of celibacy.”

If you’re craving some well-needed catharsis through the eardrums, give them a listen on one of the platforms listed below.

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Iron Chair - Forcing A Change

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Forcing A Change is the 7th track on Iron Chair’s latest album, a destructive force of power and violence woven into a single powerful track.

I enjoyed hearing this black and death metal band scream with rage and if you think you will too, then give their latest album a listen.  

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Hitbox - Christ is at the Cross

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Christ is at the Cross is an experimental cybergrind, hardcore metal song that emanates the screams of the sinful soul of man with every growl.

Give this extremely expressionist band a listen and a shoutout on one of the platforms listed below.

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Kyoden - Outer Stroll

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If you’re a fan of alt metal like I am, then you’ll definitely become a fan of Kyoden’s latest release, Outer Stroll.

This is the third track on the artist’s mini-album, Six and Seven, a melodic nu-metal collection you can find on Bandcamp.

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One Minute Winter - We Got Game

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We Got Game is a jarring electronic-core Metal song that will take you on a rather disturbing modern pop-rock, nu-metal journey through really high notes!

Say what you want about One Minute Winter, but their instruments are no joke!

Give We Got Game a listen on one of the platforms below.

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ANHEDONIC - The Singularity

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It has become something of a royalty to come across beautiful technical metal solos like The Singularity, the first song on this one-man band’s latest album, EMISSARY

If you can also appreciate the freshness of a powerful progressive death metal piece like this one, listen to the artist’s Bandcamp.

Connect with ANHEDONIC
Instagram / SoundCloud / Spotify / Bandcamp


Tribe Of Ghosts - CITY

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Get ready for some cruel, disturbing, and gloomy post-apocalyptic vibes from CITY, the first part of the 10-part conceptual story that’s retold in Tribe Of Ghosts’ latest album.

Ride the CITY's train as it goes up and down in a not-so-imaginary dystopian society that eventually easts itself and collapses. 

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Obnoxious Youth - Burning Savage

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I do tend to save the best for the last, but it’s up to you to decide if Burning Savage really is the best metal track on October’s list of metal favourites roundup.

Give this artistic punk and thrash metal band from Finland a listen and heed their vocalist’s message, Succumb to the Burning fucking Savage!

Stay tuned for their upcoming album with the same name, set to drop on October 18th.

Connect with Obnoxious Youth
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About Araz Mirbavandi

With over 15 years of experience, Araz passionately channels his deep love for music into blog posts that uncover the hidden stories behind every melody.

Contact Araz Mirbavandi at araz.m.c2@gmail.com

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