Sight Of Emptiness - Instincts (SOtD MXLIV)

Sight Of Emptiness is a Gothenburg Metal band from Costa Rica.
Instincts is their third album.

Sight of Emptiness - Essence

Rise Of Avernus - L'Appel Du Vide (SOtD MXLIII)

Rise Of Avernus is a Progressive Gothic / Doom Metal band from Australia.
L'Appel Du Vide is their debut full-length release.

Rise of Avernus - A Triptych Journey

Lascaille's Shroud - Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe (SOtD MXLII)

Lascaille's Shroud is a Progressive Death Metal one-man band from the USA.
Interval 02: Parallel Infinities - The Abscinded Universe is his second full-length release.

Lascaille's Shroud - Disenthralled: Into The Bulk

Kampfar - Djevelmakt (SOtD MXLI)

Kampfar is a Folk Black Metal band from Norway.
Djevelmakt is their sixth full-length album.

Kampfar - Mylder

Skindred - Kill The Power (SOtD MXL)

I'm a sucker for bands that mix Metal with other musical styles.
This time I found a band that mixes Reggae into a bowl with Alternative and Nu Metal. The band is called Skindred and they come from the UK.
They have just released their fifth album, Kill The Power.

Skindred - Kill The Power

Elysion - Someplace Better (SOtD MXXXIX)

Elysion is a Symphonic Gothic Metal band from Greece.
Someplace Better is their second full-length album.

Elysion - Someplace Better

Primal Fear - Delivering The Black (SOtD MXXXVIII)

Primal Fear is a Power Metal band from Germany.
Delivering The Black is their tenth full-length release.

Primal Fear - When Death Comes Knocking

Stormwarrior - Thunder & Steele (SOtD MXXXVII)

For those of you that miss a good classic Power Metal, the German band Stormwarrior is your thing!
Thunder & Steele is their fourth full-length release.

Stormwarrior - Steelcrusader

Graveborne - Through The Window Of The Night (SOtD MXXXVI)

Graveborne is a Black Metal band from Finland.
Through The Window Of The Night is their second full-length release.

Graveborne - In The End I Find My Beginning

Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi (SOtD MXXXV)

Hail Spirit Noir is a Progressive Black Metal band from Greece.
Oi Magoi is their second album.

Hail Spirit Noir - Demon For A Day

Valtari - Hunter's Pride (SOtD MXXXIV)

Valtari is a Melodic Death Metal one-man band from Australia.
Hunter's Pride is his second album.

Valtari - Bitterness

Dauden I Mørke - Cold Miasmic Domain (SOtD MXXXIII)

Dauden I Mørke is a Symphonic Black Metal band from the USA.
Cold Miasmic Domain is their third album.

Dauden i Mørke - Diamondshards

Need - Orvam: A Song For Home (SOtD MXXXII)

Need is a Progressive Metal band from Greece.
Orvam: A Song For Home is their third album.

Need - Mother Madness

Alcest - Shelter (SOtD MXXXI)

Alcest is back with their fourth full-length release, Shelter.
Another great effort from the French Shoegaze band.

Alcest - Opale

Chrome Division - Infernal Rock Eternal (SOtD MXXX)

Chrome Division is an Heavy Metal band from Norway. It's the unexpected side project from the singer and keyboardist of Symphonic Black Metal gods, Dimmu Borgir, Shagrath.
Infernal Rock Eternal is their fourth album.

Chrome Division - Endless Nights

Magenta Harvest - Volatile Waters (SOtD MXXIX)

Magenta Harvest is a Melodic Death Metal band from Finland.
Volatile Waters is their debut album, but most of these musicians are not even close to beginners in writing Metal music.

Magenta Harvest - Spawn Of Neglect

Waldgeflüster - Meine Fesseln (SOtD MXXVIII)

Waldgeflüster is a Black Metal one-man band from Germany.
Meine Fesseln is his third album.

Waldgeflüster - Mit welchen Fesseln

Iskald - Nedom Og Nord (SOtD MXXVII)

Iskald is a Melodic Black Metal band from Norway.
Nedom Og Nord is their fourth full-length release.

Iskald - Nidingsdåd

For Ruin - Ater Angelus (SOtD MXXVI)

For Ruin is a Melodic Black Metal band from Ireland.
Ater Angelus is their third full-length release.

For Ruin - Unwinding

Wilt - Wilt (SOtD MXXV)

Wilt is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Canada.
They have released in 2013 they debut self-titled EP.

Wilt - Autumn Veil

Infinite Tales - Generation Of The Last (SOtD MXXIV)

Infinite Tales is a Gothenburg Metal band from Ukraine.
Generation Of The Last is their second full-length release.

Infinite Tales - Generation of the Last

Nightwish - Showtime, Storytime (SOtD MXXIII)

Yes, it's Nightwish with Floor Jansen again.
Sorry guys, but I never stopped enjoying Nightwish, and now I am completely in love with how they sound with the new singer.

This one is from their show at Wacken in 2013, that is fully included in the DVD Showtime, Storytime. Yours truly is the proud owner of one of the copies.

Nightwish - Dark chest of wonders (Showtime, Storytime)

Lalu - Atomic Ark (SOtD MXXII)

Lalu is a Progressive Metal band from France.
Atomic Ark is their second album.

Lalu - Momento

Al-Namrood - Heen Yadhar Al Ghasq (SOtD MXXI)

Al-Namrood is a band from Saudi Arabia that plays an Oriental influenced Black Metal.
They are not the next Chthonic, but it's a different sound, ready to be explored if they have the talent to do it.
Heen Yadhar Al Ghasq is their fourth album, but the first one to grab my attention.

Al-Namrood - Bat Al Tha Ar Nar Muheja

Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon (SOtD MXX)

Iced Earth today is not Iced Earth from last century's nineties, that's for sure. But with the Matt Barlow succession solved with the voice of Stu Block, any other changes in the line-up have little or no effect in the band's style. Schaffer still knows how to do it.
Plagues Of Babylon is the full-length album number 12 on the back of the North American Heavy / US Power Metal band.

Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon

Claim The Throne - Forged In Flame (SOtD MXIX)

Claim The Throne is an Extreme Folk Metal band from Australia.
Forged In Flame is their third full-length album.

Claim The Throne - Darkened Seas Collide

Altar Of Betelgeuze - Darkness Sustains The Silence (SOtD MXVIII)

Altar Of Betelgeuze is a Death Doom / Stoner Metal band from Finland.
Darkness Sustains The Silence is their second album.

Altar Of Betelgeuze - The Spiral Of Decay

Lustre - Wonder (SOtD MXVII)

Lustre is an Atmospheric Black Metal one-man band from Sweden.
Wonder is his fourth full-length release.

Lustre - Moonlit Meadow

Awacks - Resilience (SOtD MXVI)

Awacks is a Progressive Heavy Metal band from France.
Resilience is their fourth album.

Awacks - Madness

Windhand - Soma (SOtD MXV)

Windhand is a Stoner / Doom Metal band from the USA.
Soma is their second full-length release.

Windhand - Woodbine

Mechina - Xenon (SOtD MXIV)

First of all my wishes of a Metal 2014 for all of you!

We start the year with Mechina, an Industrial Death Metal band from the USA.
Xenon is their fourth full-length release.

Mechina - Phedra



PS: Just checked and my first post of 2013 as also about Mechina, and their last album Empyrean. Seems releasing albums in the first day of the year is kind of a tradition to these guys.