A Certain Taste

Either the YouTube algorithm is getting better or Nuclear Blast paid to promote this, but I just heard the first single of a band I had never heard of before. They have exactly 0 monthly listens and the track went up today so I have to assume this was not only released today but their Spotify account was only just created as well. The band is Irist and the song is Burning Sage. I'm excited hearing this because it reminds me of the energy, if not the frenetic sound of The Dillinger Escape Plan, combined with the stabbing riffs Norma Jean are known for (especially in "O God, The Aftermath") and a little Mastodon thrown in for good measure. It's not often I'll get excited for something that sounds like a mix of stuff I've not really listened to for ten years, but honestly this is a great tune. To the point I wanted to share it as soon as possible. Spotify YouTube The debut album by Irist, Order of the Mind, will be released by Nuclear B

I took an extended break from new music for a few years, and only really dipped into new stuff towards the end of 2019 so I had a lot of catching up to do. With that in mind, there's probably stuff I missed. I'm still finding things that I enjoy but haven't listened to enough for it to appear here. This is a mix of straight up death metal, technical death metal, black metal and stuff that kind of surfs genres. Admittedly, I didn't drop into black metal as much as I should have so this is probably where the biggest hole is. I've even added the new Svattjern album to my playlist (see the link at the bottom) to bulk it out a little. The top five from the full list for me are: Warforged - I: Voice Xoth -Interdimensional Invocation Vale of Pnath - Accursed Dawn of Nil - Culminating Ruins Misbyrming - Algleymi The full list, in no order: Warforged - I: Voice A Novelist - Folie Singularity - Place of Chains Xoth - Interdimensional Invocation