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Friday, November 30, 2012

Mägo De Oz - Hechizos, Pócimas Y Brujería (SOtD DCXIX)

Mägo De Oz is a Folk Heavy Metal band from Spain.
Hechizos, Pócimas Y Brujería is the eleventh full length of a long career filled with ups and downs. Fortunately, this album is a major up, maybe the best one they ever released.

Mägo De Oz - Xanandra

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Trick Or Treat - Rabbits' Hill, Pt. 1 (SOtD DCXVIII)

Trick Or Treat is a Power Metal band from Italy (another one, I know!).
Rabbits' Hill, Pt. 1 is their third full length.

Trick Or Treat - False Paradise

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Secret Sphere - Portrait Of A Dying Heart (SOtD DCXVII)

Secret Sphere is a Power Metal band from Italy.
Portrait Of A Dying Heart is their seventh release.

Secret Sphere - The Fall

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Enshine (SOtD DCXVI)

Enshine is an Atmospheric Doom Death Metal band from Sweden.

Enshine - Brighter

Monday, November 26, 2012

Standing Ovation (SOtD DCXV)

Standing Ovation is a Progressive Metal band from Finland.

Standing Ovation - Break the News

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Aeresis (SOtD DCXIV)

Aeresis is an Instrumental Melodic Metal band from Belgium.

Aeresis - When We Were Kings

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Adorned Brood - Kuningaz (SOtD DCXIII)

Adorned Brood is a Black Folk Metal band from Germany.
Kuningaz is their eighth album, in an almost twenty year long career with some highs and lows. This album is definitely a high.

Adorned Brood - Men

Friday, November 23, 2012

Finsterforst - Rastlos (SOtD DCXII)

Finsterforst is a Pagan Folk Metal band from Germany.
Rastlos is their third full length.

Finsterforst - Nichts als Asche

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Nontinuum - The Stars You Gathered, The Stars I Destroyed (SOtD DCXI)

Nontinuum is a one man Atmospheric Black Metal band from Australia.
The Stars You Gathered, The Stars I Destroyed is it's first full length.

Nontinuum - Loss

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Blackthorn (SOtD DCX)

Blackthorn is an all female Symphonic Gothic Metal band from Russia.

Blackthorn - Gossamer Witchcraft

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Sakramentum (SOtD DCIX)

Sakramentum is a Melodic Black Metal band from Serbia.

Sakramentum - Dark Trail of the Ancestors

Monday, November 19, 2012

Griefrain (SOtD DCVIII)

Griefrain is a Post Black Metal band from Russia.

Griefrain - In Her Wonderland Kingdom

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Satanakozel (SOtD DCVII)

Satanakozel is a Folk Metal band from Russia.

Satanakozel - Wolf's trail

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Destinity - Resolve In Crimson (SOtD DCVI)

Destinity is a Symphonic Avantgarde Death Metal band from France.
Resolve In Crimson is their eight album, and without a doubt their best so far.

Destinity - The Hatred

Friday, November 16, 2012

Elysion (SOtD DCV)

Elysion is a Symphonic Gothic Metal band from Greece.

Elysion - Killing My Dreams

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Solisia (SOtD DCIV)

Solisia is a Symphonic/Progressive Power Metal band from Italy.

Solisia - Lightning Of Reality

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Fever Sea (SOtD DCIII)

Fever Sea is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from the UK.
These guys have just released their first EP with a powerful mixture of Black Metal and Post Metal ambients.

Fever Sea - The King Immersed

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Kalodin (SOtD DCII)

Kalodin is a Symphonic Black Metal band from Nepal.
Another great example of high quality Black Metal coming from Asia.

Kalodin - Trishula

Monday, November 12, 2012

The Ralph (SOtD DCI)

The Ralph is a Croatian band playing Progressive Metal with Djent influences.

The Ralph - Tremors

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Evergreen Terrace (SOtD DC)

Evergreen Terrace is a Melodic Metalcore band from the USA.

Evergreen Terrace - Chaney Can't Quite Riff Like Helmet's...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Shattered Skies (SOtD DXCIX)

Shattered Skies is a Progressive Metal band from Ireland.
They released their debut EP Reanimation in 2011.

Shattered Skies - Attrition

Friday, November 9, 2012

All That Remains - A War You Cannot Win (SOtD DXCVIII)

All That Remains is a Metalcore band from the USA.
A War You Cannot Win is their sixth release.

All That Remains - Stand Up

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Psilocybe Larvae - The Labyrinth Of Penumbra (SOtD DXCVII)

Psilocybe Larvae is a Death Doom Metal band from Russia.
The Labyrinth Of Penumbra is their fourth release.

Psilocybe Larvae - Soul Trekking

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Nocturnia (SOtD DXCVI)

Nocturnia is a Power Metal band from Spain.

Nocturnia - Hermanos

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Forgotten Tomb - ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil (SOtD DXCV)

Forgotten Tomb is a Melodic Black Metal band from Italy.
...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil is their sixth album, and in my opinion their best one to date.

Forgotten Tomb - Deprived

Monday, November 5, 2012

Galadriel - The 7th Queen Enthroned (SOtD DXCIV)

Galadriel is a Symphonic Doom Metal band from the Slovak Republic.
The 7th Queen Enthroned is the seventh release of the most important band from the Slovakian Metal scene.

Galadriel - Evilution

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Cradle Of Filth - The Manticore And Other Horrors (SOtD DXCIII)

Cradle Of Filth doesn't require any presentation.
The British band have had some ups and some downs since the golden days of their Symphonic Black Metal in the mid-nineties. But The Manticore And Other Horrors is definetely an up in their Extreme Symphonic Gothic Metal career.

Cradle Of Filth - Frost on Her Pillow

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Infinita Symphonia (SOtD DXCII)

Infinita Symphonia is a Symphonic Progressive Power Metal band from Italy.
With adding of the Progressive touch to the traditional Italian Symphonic Power Metal, and with guest participation of well known singers Fabio Lione and Tim Owens, they have managed to make their 2011 album A Mind's Chronicle stand out, and earn their day in the Song of the Day.

Infinita Symphonia - Here There's No Why

Friday, November 2, 2012

Wilderun - Olden Tales & Deathly Trails (SOtD DXCI)

Wilderun is a Symphonic Folk Metal band from the USA.
They have just released their first album Olden Tales & Deathly Trails.

Wilderun - How Stands the Glass Around?

Thursday, November 1, 2012

I Am I - Event Horizon (SOtD DXC)

I Am I is the new Heavy Power Metal band from Dragonforce ex-singer ZP Theart.
The British band has released this year they first album Event Horizon.

I Am I - Silent Genocide