Ghost Machinery - Evil Undertow (SOtD MDCCXX)

Ghost Machinery is a Power Metal band from Finland.
Evil Undertow is their fourth album.

Ghost Machinery - Arms Of The Strangers

Hegemon - The Hierarch (SOtD MDCCXIX)

Hegemon is a Black Metal band from France.
The Hierarch is their fourth album.

Hegemon - Interpreting Signs For War: Aruspicine

Heonia - Portraits (SOtD MDCCXVIII)

Heonia is a Symphonic Progressive Metal band from France.
Portraits is their second full-length album.

Heonia - The Die Is Cast

Kampfar - Profan (SOtD MDCCXVII)

Kampfar is a Folk Black Metal band from Norway.
Profan is their seventh full-length album.

Kampfar - Daimon

Odious - Skin Age (SOtD MDCCXVI)

Odious is an Oriental Folk Black Metal band from Egypt.
Skin Age is their second album.

Odious - Dungeon Keys

Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III (SOtD MDCCXV)

Triple Song Of the Day, as Songs From The North, the sixth full-length album from Swallow The Sun, is a triple album.
The Finnish Melodic Doom Metal band has reached new horizons with this release, adding to an excelent album, in their usual genre, a second and lighter album with Acoustic Folk songs, and a surprising third album, that explores new territories in the Melodic Funeral Doom Metal scope.

Swallow The Sun - Heartstrings Shattering



Swallow The Sun - Pray For The Winds To Come



Swallow The Sun - Abandoned By The Light

Khaotika - The Flame Unleashed (SOtD MDCCXIV)

Khaotika is a Melodic Black / Gothic Metal band from the USA.
The Flame Unleashed is their debut full-length album.

Khaotika - Her Vengeance

Dark Moor - Project X (SOtD MDCCXIII)

Dark Moor is a Symphonic Power Metal band from Spain.
Project X is their tenth full-length album.

Dark Moor - The Existence

Eldritch - Underlying Issues (SOtD MDCCXII)

Eldritch is a Power Trash Metal band from Italy.
Underlying Issues is their tenth album.

Eldritch - Danger Zone

Horn - Feldpost (SOtD MDCCXI)

Horn is a one-man Black Metal band from Germany.
Feldpost is his fifth album.

Horn - Wache Schreibt...

Lacrimosa - Hoffnung (SOtD MDCCX)

After a two day interruption, forced by a near death experience from my laptop, the Song Of the Day is back!

I return with the new Lacrimosa album.
Hoffnung is the twelfth full-length album from the German Symphonic Gothic Metal band.

Lacrimosa - Kaleidoskop

Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld II (SOtD MDCCIX)

Vanden Plas is a Progressive Power Metal band from Germany.
Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld II is their eighth full-length album.

Vanden Plas - Stone Roses Edge

Sunpocrisy - Eyegasm, Hallelujah! (SOtD MDCCVIII)

Sunpocrisy is a Progressive Death / Post-Metal band from Italy.
Eyegasm, Hallelujah! is their second full-length album.

Sunpocrisy - Eyegasm

Kroda - Навій Схрон (Navij Skhron) (SOtD MDCCVII)

Kroda is a Black / Pagan Folk Metal band from Ukraine.
Навій Схрон (Navij Skhron) is their sixth album.

Kroda - Навій Схрон (Navij Skhron)

Draconian - Sovran (SOtD MDCCVI)

The Swedish Gothic Doom Metal band, Draconian, has released a new album.
Sovran is their sixth full-length album.

Draconian - Rivers Between Us

Hooded Menace - Darkness Drips Forth (SOtD MDCCV)

Hooded Menace is a Death Doom Metal band from Finland.
Darkness Drips Forth is their fourth full-length album.

Hooded Menace - Elysium of Dripping Death

Lost Soul - Atlantis: The New Beginning (SOtD MDCCIV)

Lost Soul is a Technical Death Metal band from Poland.
Atlantis: The New Beginning is their fifth full-length album.

Lost Soul - Atlantis

Subsignal - The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime (SOtD MDCCIII)

Subsignal is a Progressive Metal band from Germany.
The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime is their fourth album.

Subsignal - A Myth Written On Water

Svartby - Swamp, My Neighbour (SOtD MDCCII)

Svartby is a Folk Metal band from Russia.
Swamp, My Neighbour is their fourth full-length album.

Svartby - Bog Bar

Teramaze - Her Halo (SOtD MDCCI)

Teramaze is a Progressive Metal band from Australia.
Her Halo is their fifth full-length album.

Teramaze - Her Halo

Amberian Dawn - Innuendo (SOtD MDCC)

Amberian Dawn is a Symphonic Power Metal band from Finland.
Innuendo is their seventh album.

Amberian Dawn - Fame & Gloria

Asylum Pyre - Spirited Away (SOtD MDCXCIX)

Asylum Pyre is a Progressive Power Metal band from France.
Spirited Away is their third album.

Asylum Pyre - Only Your Soul

Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask (SOtD MDCXCVIII)

Avatarium is a Doom Metal band from Sweden.
The Girl With The Raven Mask is their second full-length album.

Avatarium - Girl With The Raven Mask

Weeping Silence - Opus IV Oblivion (SOtD MDCXCVII)

Weeping Silence is a Gothic Doom Metal band from the island of Malta.
Opus IV Oblivion is their fourth full-length album.

Weeping Silence - Ivy Thorns Upon The Barrow

Kauan - Sorni Nai (SOtD MDCXCVI)

Kauan is a Folk Doom Metal band from Russia.
Sorni Nai is their seventh album.

Kauan - Sorni Nai

Selvans - Lupercalia (SOtD MDCXCV)

Selvans is an Atmospheric Folk Black Metal duo from Italy.
Lupercalia is their debut full-length album.

Selvans - O Clitumne!

Enshine - Singularity (SOtD MDCXCIV)

The Gothic Doom Metal duo Enshine, has released the sucessor of Origin.
Singularity is the title of their second album.

Enshine - Resurgence

Caligula's Horse - Bloom (SOtD MDCXCIII)

Caligula's Horse is a Progressive Alternative Metal band from Australia.
Bloom is their third full-length album.

Caligula's Horse - Marigold

Panopticon - Autumn Eternal (SOtD MDCXCII)

Panopticon is a one-man Atmospheric Black Metal band, from the USA.
Autumn Eternal is his sixth full-length album.

Panopticon - Autumn Eternal

Saxon - Battering Ram (SOtD MDCXCI)

The British Heavy Metal band Saxon, with a carreer that spans nearly four decades, have released a new album.
Battering Ram is their twenty first full-length release.

Saxon - Battering Ram

So Hideous - Laurestine (SOtD MDCXC)

So Hideous is a Black / Post-Metal band from the USA.
Laurestine is their second full-length album.

So Hideous - Yesteryear

Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr (SOtD MDCLXXXIX)

Thy Catafalque is an Avangarde Black Metal band from Hungary.
Sgùrr is their sixth album.

Thy Catafalque - Keringo

Zierler - ESC (SOtD MDCLXXXVIII)

Zierler is a Progressive Metal band from Denmark.
ESC is their debut album.

Zierler - No Chorus

Raventale - Dark Substance Of Dharma (SOtD MDCLXXXVII)

Raventale is a one-man Atmospheric Black Metal band from Ukraine.
Dark Substance Of Dharma is his seventh album.

Raventale - Destroying the Seeds of Karma

Totem Skin - Weltschmerz (SOtD MDCLXXXVI)

Totem Skin is a Blackened Hardcore band from Sweden.
Weltschmerz is their second album.

Totem Skin - The Mouth of Man

Children Of Bodom - I Worship Chaos (SOtD MDCLXXXV)

Finnish Extreme Power Metal bad boys, Children Of Bodom, have released a new album.
I Worship Chaos is their ninth full-length album.

Children Of Bodom - Morrigan

Eïs - Bannstein (SOtD MDCLXXXIV)

Eïs is a Black Metal band from Germany.
Bannstein is their seventh full-length album.

Eïs - Über den Bannstein

Entwine - Chaotic Nation (SOtD MDCLXXXIII)

Entwine is a Suomi Metal band from Finland.
Chaotic Nation is their seventh full-length album.

Entwine - Plastic World

Saurom - Sueños (SOtD MDCLXXXII)

Saurom is a Folk Metal band from Spain.
Sueños is their eighth full-length album.

Saurom - Sueños Perdidos

Sevendust - Kill The Flaw (SOtD MDCLXXXI)

Sevendust is an Alternative Metal band from the USA.
Kill The Flaw is their eleventh full-length album.

Sevendust - Thank You

Trivium - Silence In The Snow (SOtD MDCLXXX)

The American Alternative Trash Metal band, Trivium, has released a new album.
Silence In The Snow is their seventh album, and shows some interesting harmonic vocals, new to the band.

Trivium - Silence In The Snow

Borgne - Règne Des Morts (SOtD MDCLXXIX)

Borgne is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Switzerland.
Règne Des Morts is their sixth full-length album.

Borgne - Fear

A Sound Of Thunder - Tales From The Deadside (SOtD MDCLXXVIII)

A Sound Of Thunder is a Progressive Power Heavy Metal band from the USA.
Tales From The Deadside is their fifth full-length album.

A Sound Of Thunder - Tower of Souls

Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards (SOtD MDCLXXVII)

Gloryhammer is a Power Metal band from the United Kingdom.
Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards is their second album.

Gloryhammer - Rise Of The Chaos Wizards

Hanging Garden - Blackout Whiteout (SOtD MDCLXXVI)

Hanging Garden is a Death Doom Metal band from Finland.
Blackout Whiteout is their fourth full-length album.

Hanging Garden - Embers

Parkway Drive - IRE (SOtD MDCLXXV)

Parkway Drive is a Metalcore band from Australia.
IRE is their fifth full-length album.

Parkway Drive - Vice Grip

Rebellion - Wyrd Bið Ful Aræd - The History Of The Saxons (SOtD MDCLXXIV)

Rebellion is a Heavy Power Metal band from Germany.
Wyrd Bið Ful Aræd - The History Of The Saxons is their seventh full-length album.

Rebellion - Hengist

Sebastien - Dark Chambers Of Déjà Vu (SOtD MDCLXXIII)

Sebastien is a Melodic Power Metal band from the Czech Republic.
Dark Chambers Of Déjà Vu is their second album.

Sebastien - Sphinx In Acheron

Turmion Kätilöt - Diskovibrator (SOtD MDCLXXII)

Turmion Kätilöt is an Industrial Metal band from Finland.
Diskovibrator is their sixth full-length album.

Turmion Kätilöt - Hyvissä Höyryissä

Profusion - Phersu (SOtD MDCLXXI)

Profusion is a Progressive Metal band from Italy.
Phersu is their third album.

Profusion - Forgetful Hero

Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Exile (SOtD MDCLXX)

Regarde Les Hommes Tomber is a Black Sludge Post-Metal band from France.
Exile is their second album.

Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Embrace The Flames

Atreyu - Long Live (SOtD MDCLXIX)

Atreyu is a Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal band from the USA.
Long Live is their sixth full-length album.

Atreyu - Long Live

Diablo - Silvër Horizon (SOtD MDCLXVIII)

Diablo is an Avantgarde Trash Metal from Finland.
Silvër Horizon is their sixth album.

Diablo - Isolation

Dragony - Shadowplay (SOtD MDCLXVII)

Dragony is a Power Metal band from Austria.
Shadowplay is their second album.

Dragony - Wolves Of The North

Grift - Syner (SOtD MDCLXVI)

Grift is a one-man Black Metal band from Sweden.
Syner is his debut full-length album.

Grift - Svältorna

Metal Allegiance - Metal Allegiance (SOtD MDCLXV)

Metal Allegiance is an all-star Heavy / Trash Metal band from the USA.
They have released a self-titled debut album.

Metal Allegiance - Dying Song

My Dying Bride - Feel The Misery (SOtD MDCLXIV)

My Dying Bride is a Death Doom Metal band from the UK.
Feel The Misery is their twelfth full-length album.

My Dying Bride - Feel the Misery

Scale The Summit - V (SOtD MDCLXIII)

Scale The Summit is an Instrumental Progressive Metal band from the USA.
V is their fifth album.

Scale The Summit - Kestrel

TesseracT - Polaris (SOtD MDCLXII)

TesseracT is a Progressive Math Metal band from the UK.
Polaris is their third full-length album.

Tesseract - Messenger

The Black Dahlia Murder - Abysmal (SOtD MDCLXI)

The Black Dahlia Murder is a Metalcore / Melodic Death Metal band from the USA.
Abysmal is their seventh full-length album.

The Black Dahlia Murder - Receipt

Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit (SOtD MDCLX)

Bring Me The Horizon is a Metalcore / Post-Hardcore band from the UK.
That's The Spirit is their fifth full-length album.

Bring Me The Horizon - Throne

Leaves' Eyes - King Of Kings (SOtD MDCLIX)

The German Atmospheric Symphonic Metal band Leaves' Eyes has a new release.
King Of Kings is their sixth full-length album.

Leaves' Eyes - The Waking Eye

Stratovarius - Eternal (SOtD MDCLVIII)

Once the Power Metal kings, the Finnish band Stratovarius, is enjoying a second life of success, after the crisis that nearly ended the band.
Eternal is their fifteenth full-length album.

Stratovarius - My Eternal Dream

Dalriada - Áldás (SOtD MDCLVII)

Dalriada is a Folk Metal band from Hungary.
Áldás is their eighth album.

Dalriada - Amit ad az ég

Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud (SOtD MDCLVI)

The Finnish band Amorphis plays an unique blend of Melodic Death Metal with Progressive and Folk arrangements. They have been one of my favorite bands for the last 20 years.
Under The Red Cloud is their twelfth full-length album.

Amorphis - Death Of A King

Black Majesty - Cross Of Thorns (SOtD MDCLV)

Black Majesty is a Power Metal band from Australia.
Cross Of Thorns is their sixth full-length album.

Black Majesty - Out in the Fields

Nechochwen - Heart Of Akamon (SOtD MDCLIV)

Nechochwen is a NeoFolk / Black Metal band from th USA.
Heart Of Akamon is their third full-lenth album.

Nechochwen - Skyhook

Morphinist - Geopfert (SOtD MDCLIII)

Morphinist is a one-man Atmospheric Black Metal band from Germany.
Geopfert is his sixth full-length album.

Morphinist - Reinigung

Hell:On - Once Upon A Chaos... (SOtD MDCLII)

Hell:On is a Trash Metal band from Ukraine.
Once Upon A Chaos... is their fifth full-length album.

Hell:On - Filth

Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig (SOtD MDCLI)

Ahab is a Funeral Doom Metal band from Germany.
The Boats Of The Glen Carrig is their fourth full-length album.

Ahab - Like Red Foam (The Great Storm)

Soilwork - The Ride Majestic (SOtD MDCL)

The Swedish Gothenburg Metal band Soilwork has just released their latest album.
The Ride Majestic is their tenth full-length album.

Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

Plaguewielder - Chambers Of Death (SOtD MDCXLIX)

Plaguewielder is an Atmospheric Doom Metal band from the Luxembourg.
Chambers Of Death is their debut full-length album.

Plaguewielder - Father Suicide

Disturbed - Immortalized (SOtD MDCXLVIII)

Disturbed is an Alternative Metal band from the USA.
Immortalized is their sixth full-length album.

Disturbed - Immortalized

Royal Hunt - XIII - Devil's Dozen (SOtD MDCXLVII)

Royal Hunt is a Symphonic Power Metal band from Denmark.
XIII - Devil's Dozen is their thirteenth full-length album.

Royal Hunt - So Right So Wrong

The Murder Of My Sweet - Beth Out Of Hell (SOtD MDCXLVI)

The Murder Of My Sweet is a Symphonic Metal band from Sweden.
Beth Out Of Hell is their third album.

The Murder of My Sweet - The Awakening

Wolfheart - Shadow World (SOtD MDCXLV)

Wolfheart is a Melodic Death Metal band from Finland. It's also the creation that made Tuomas Saukkonen put aside all his other projects.
Shadow World is their second album.
The bonus to me, is that this video was made at Summer Breeze (in 2014), and I can remember the good times I've spent in Summer Breeze 2015.

Wolfheart - Aeon Of Cold

Alkonost - Tales Of Wanderings (SOtD MDCXLIV)

Alkonost is a Pagan Folk Metal band from Russia.
Tales Of Wanderings is their ninth full-length album.

Alkonost - The Sword of Fate

Catalepsia - World Of Cliché (SOtD MDCXLIII)

Catalepsia is a Gothic Doom Metal band from Latvia.
World Of Cliché is their debut album.

Catalepsia - Nothing For No One

Tyrant Of Death - Ion Legacy (SOtD MDCXLII)

Tyrant Of Death is a one-man Extreme Industrial Metal band from Canada.
Ion Legacy is his fourteenth full-length album.

Tyrant Of Death - Alloy Overdrive

Bullet For My Valentine - Venom (SOtD MDCXLI)

Bullet For My Valentine is a Melodic Metalcore band from the UK.
Venom is their fifth full-length album.

Bullet For My Valentine - Venom

Eisregen - Marschmusik (SOtD MDCXL)

Eisregen is a Gothic Black Metal band from Germany.
Marschmusik is their eleventh full-length album.

Eisregen - Fleischbrand

Saltatio Mortis - Zirkus Zeitgeist (SOtD MDCXXXIX)

Saltatio Mortis is a Medieval Folk Metal band from Germany.
Zirkus Zeitgeist is their ninth album.
I've seen them live this summer at Summer Breeze Open Air, where they made a special 15th aniversary show.

Saltatio Mortis - Wo sind die Clowns?

Radogost - Dziedzictwo Gór (SOtD MDCXXXVIII)

Radogost is a Folk Metal band from Poland.
Dziedzictwo Gór is their fourth full-length album.

Radogost -Dziedzictwo

Fear Factory - Genexus (SOtD MDCXXXVII)

Fear Factory is an Industrial Metal band from the USA.
Genexus is their ninth full-length album.

Fear Factory - Dielectric

InAeona - Force Rise The Sun (SOtD MDCXXXVI)

InAeona is a Progressive Metal band from the USA.
Force Rise The Sun is their debut full-length album.

InAeona - Leader

Nachtgeschrei - Staud Und Scatten (SOtD MDCXXXV)

Nachtgeschrei is a Folk Metal band from Germany.
Staud Und Scatten is their fifth album.

Nachtgeschrei - Monster

Fjorsvartnir - Mzoraxc' Forbandelse (SOtD MDCXXXIV)

Fjorsvartnir is a one-man Melodic Black Metal band from Denmark.
Mzoraxc' Forbandelse is his second album.

Fjorsvartnir - Nordens Genopstandelse

Kataklysm - Of Ghosts And Gods (SOtD MDCXXXIII)

Kataklysm is a Death Metal band from Canada.
Of Ghosts And Gods is their twelfth full-length album.

Kataklysm - The Black Sheep

Symphony X - Underworld (SOtD MDCXXXII)

4 years after Iconoclast, Symphony X has released a new album.
Underworld is the ninth album of the Progressive Metal band from the USA.

Symphony X - Without You

The Order Of Chaos - Apocalypse Moon (SOtD MDCXXXI)

The Order Of Chaos is a Heavy Power / Trash Metal band from Canada.
Apocalypse Moon is their third full-length album.

The Order Of Chaos - Apocalypse Moon

Zandelle - Perseverance (SOtD MDCXXX)

Zandelle is a Heavy Power Metal band from the USA.
Perseverance is their fifth full-length album.

Zandelle - Unending Fortitude

Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed (SOtD MDCXXIX)

Blessed & Possessed is the sixth full-length album from the German Power Metal band Powerwolf.
To some their music is too basic and some songs are too similar to one another.
Know what? I don't care! Their music is epic, catchy and fun, and I always enjoy listening to ther songs.

Powerwolf - Armata Strigoi

Immortal Bird - Empress / Abscess (SOtD MDCXXVIII)

Immortal Bird is a Death Metal band from the US, fronted by female drummer and singer Rae Amitay.
Empress / Abscess is their first full-length album.

Immortal Bird - Saprophyte

Paul Wardingham - The Human Affliction (SOtD MDCXXVII)

Paul Wardingham is an Australian composing, and playing Progressive Math Metal.
The Human Affliction is his second album.

Paul Wardingham - Beyond Human

Fferyllt - Achanterez (SOtD MDCXXVI)

Fferyllt is a Russian Folk Metal band.
Achanterez is their third album.

Fferyllt - Call Of The Wild

Cradle Of Filth - Hammer Of The Witches (SOtD MDCXXV)

Cradle Of Filth has released a new album.
Hammer Of The Witches is the eleventh full-length album of the British Extreme Symphonic Gothic Metal.

Cradle Of Filth - Right Wing Of The Garden Triptych

Back in 1985 - Dokken (SOtD MDCXXIV)

Back in 1985, Dokken released Under Lock and Key.
It was the third full-length album from the American Heavy Metal band.

Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again

Back in 1985 - Helloween (SOtD MDCXXIII)

Back in 1985, Helloween released Walls Of Jericho.
It was the first full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Helloween - Judas

Back in 1995 - Down (SOtD MDCXXII)

Back in 1995, Down released their debut album.
Nola was the first release of the American Stoner / Sludge / Heavy Metal band.

Down - Stone The Crow

Back in 1995 - At The Gates (SOtD MDCXXI)

Back in 1995, At The Gates released Slaughter Of The Soul.
It was the fourth full-length album from the Swedish Gothenburg Metal band.

At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

Back in 1995 - Edguy (SOtD MDCXX)

Back in 1995, Edguy released their debut album, Savage Poetry.
The German Power Metal band would re-arrange, record and release the same songs in the album The Savage Poetry, 5 years later.

Edguy - Roses To Noone



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Back in 1995 - Old Man's Child (SOtD MDCXIX)

Back in 1995, Old Man's Child released their debut album.
Born Of The Flickering was the first album from the Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal band.

Old Man's Child - Born of the Flickering

Back in 1995 - Symphony X (SOtD MDCXIX)

Back in 1995, Symphony X released The Damnation Game.
It was the second album from the American Progressive Power Metal band.

Symphony X - The Damnation Game

Back in 1995 - Running Wild (SOtD MDCXVIII)

Back in 1995, Running Wild released Masquerade.
It was the tenth full-length album from the German Heavy Metal band.

Running Wild - Lions Of The Sea

Back in 1995 - Stratovarius (SOtD MDCXVII)

Back in 1995, Stratovarius released Fourth Dimension.
It was the fourth album released by the Finnish legendary Power Metal band.

Stratovarius - Distant Skies

Back in 1995 - Rammstein (SOtD MDCXVI)

Back in 1995, Rammstein released their debut album.
Herzeleid was an awesome debut for the German Industrial Metal and Neue Deutsch Härte ambassators.

Rammstein - Seemann

Back in 1995 - Grave Digger (SOtD MDCXV)

Back in 1995, Grave Digger released Heart Of Darkness.
It was the sixth full-length album from the German Heavy Metal band.

Grave Digger - Heart Of Darkness

Back in 1995 - Ayreon (SOtD MDCXIV)

Back in 1995, the album Ayreon - The Final Experiment, was released.
It was a Metal Opera written by the Dutch gentle giant, Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
Ayreon ended up becoming the band name for Lucassen's solo project, and The Final Experiment as it's debut album.

Ayreon - Ayreon's Fate

Back in 1995 - Summoning (SOtD MDCXIII)

Back in 1995, Summoning released Minas Morgul.
It was the second full-lenth album from the Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal band.

Summoning - The Legend of the Master-Ring

Back in 1995 - Theatre Of Tragedy (SOtD MDCXII)

Back in 1995, Theatre Of Tragedy released their self-titled debut album.
In that album, the Norwegian Gothic Metal band introduced to the world the ethereal voice of Liv Kristine.

Theatre Of Tragedy- To These Words I Behold No Tongue

Back in 1995 - Savatage (SOtD MDCXI)

Back in 1995, Savatage released Dead Winter Dead.
It was the ninth full-length release from the American Progressive Heavy Metal band.

Savatage - Sarajevo + This Is The Time (1990)

Back in 1995 - Lacrimosa (SOtD MDCX)

Back in 1995, Lacrimosa released the album Inferno.
The fourth full-length album, from the German Symphonic Gothic Metal band, contained my favorite Lacrimosa song, Copycat.

Lacrimosa - Copycat

Back in 1995 - Virgin Steele (SOtD MDCIX)

Back in 1995, Virgin Steele released The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II.
It was the seventh album from the American Symphonic Heavy Metal band.
I must admit that, nowadays, there aren't new powerfull balads, like this one, anymore.

Virgin Steele - Strawgirl

Back in 1995 - Gamma Ray (SOtD MDCIX)

Back in 1995, Gamma Ray released Land Of The Free.
It was the fourth full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Gamma Ray - Land of the Free

Back in 1995 - Paradise Lost (SOtD MDCVIII)

Back in 1995, Paradise Lost released their mythical album, Draconian Times.
It was the fifth full-length album from the British Gothic Metal band.

Paradise Lost - Enchantment

Back in 1995 - Moonspell (SOtD MDCVII)

Back in 1995, Moonspell released their debut album.
Wolfheart was a landmark in Portuguese Metal and showed that the Gothic Metal band was capable of building a worldwide carreer.

Moonspell - Ataegina

Back in 1995 - Dark Tranquility (SOtD MDCVI)

Back in 1995, Dark Tranquility relesed The Gallery.
It was the second full-length album from the Swedish Gothenburg Metal band. The first with Mikael Stanne in the lead vocals.

Dark Tranquillity - Lethe

Back in 1995 - Blind Guardian (SOtD MDCV)

Back in 1995, Blind Guardian released Imaginations From The Other Side.
It was the fifth full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Blind Guardian - Mordred's Song

Back in 2005 - Sonic Syndicate (SOtD MDCIV)

Back in 2005, Sonic Syndicate released their debut album.
Eden Fire was the first full-length release from the Swedish Metalcore / Gothenburg Metal band.
Just saw them live 2 weeks ago at Summer Breeze festival in Germany, and they completely blasted the place with a great show full of energy. The crowd went wild with mosh pits all over the place.

Sonic Syndicate - Jailbreak

Back in 2005 - Children Of Bodom (SOtD MDCIII)

Back in 2005, Children Of Bodom released Are You Dead Yet?.
It was the fifth full-length album from the Finnish Extreme Power Metal band.

Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

Back in 2005 - Heidevolk (SOtD MDCII)

Back in 2005, Heidevolk released their debut album.
De Strijdlust Is Geboren was the first album from the Dutch Folk Metal band.

Heidevolk - Krijgsvolk

Back in 2005 - Dark Moor (SOtD MDCI)

Back in 2005, Dark Moor released Beyond The Sea.
It was the fifth full-length album from the Spanish Symphonic Power Metal band.

Dark Moor - Before The Duel

Back in 2005 - Soilwork (SOtD MDC)

Back in 2005, Soilwork released Stabbing The Drama.
It was the sixth full-length album from the Swedish Gothenburg Metal band.

Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama

Back in 2005 - After Forever (SOtD MDXCIX)

Back in 2005, After Forever released Remagine.
It was the fourth full-length album from the Dutch Symphonic Progressive Metal band.

After Forever - Boundaries Are Open

Back in 2005 - Helloween (SOtD MDXCVIII)

Helloween as some weak albuns, but none of them have Keeper Of The Seven Keys in their name.
The Power Metal German legends released their twelfth full-length album, Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy, back in 2005.

Helloween - Light The Universe

Back in 2005 - Thyrfing (SOtD MDXCVII)

Back in 2005, Thyrfing released Farsotstider.
It was the fifth full-length album from the Swedish Viking Black Metal band.

Thyrfing - Farsotstider

Back in 2005 - Pain (SOtD MDXCVI)

Back in 2005, Pain released Dancing With The Dead.
It was the fourth album from Peter Tägtgren's one-man Gothic Industrial Metal band.

Pain - Dancing with the dead

Back in 2005 - Apocalyptica (SOtD MDXCV)

Back in 2005, Apocalyptica released their self-titled album.
It was the fifth album from the Finnish Symphonic Heavy Metal band.

Apocalyptica - Bittersweet

Back in 2005 - Dream Theater (SOtD MDXCIV)

Back in 2005, Dream Theater released Octavarium.
It was the eighth full-length album from the American Progressive Metal gods.

Dream Theater - I Walk Beside You

Back in 2005 - Arch Enemy (SOtD MDXCIII)

Back in 2005, Arch Enemy released Doomsday Machine.
It was the sixth ful-length album from the Swedish Gothenburg Metal band.

Arch Enemy - Nemesis

Back in 2005 - Demons And Wizards (SOtD MDXCII)

Back in 2005, the Heavy Power Metal band, Demons And Wizards released their second and last album to date.
Touched By The Crimson King is a masterpiece where the talents of Jon Schaffer and Hansi Kürsch complete themselves.
I would love another release from this band!

Demons & Wizards - Crimson King

Back in 2005 - Scar Symmetry (SOtD MDXCI)

Back in 2005, Scar Symmetry released Symmetric In Design.
It was the debut album from the Swedish Melodic Death Metal band.

Scar Symmetry - Chaosweaver

Back in 2005 - Volbeat (SOtD MDXC)

Back in 2005, Volbeat released The Strength/The Sound/The Songs.
It was the debut album from the Danish Heavy Metal band. And included this awesome cover of a Dusty Springfield's song.

Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You

Back in 2005 - Korpiklaani (SOtD MDLXXXIX)

Back in 2005, Korpiklaani released Voice Of Wilderness.
It was the fifth album from the Finnish Folk Metal band.

Korpiklaani - Hunting Song

Back in 2005 - Lumsk (SOtD MDLXXXVIII)

Back in 2005, Lumsk released Troll.
It was the second album from the Norwegian Viking Folk Metal band.

Lumsk - Troll

Back in 2005 - Swallow The Sun (SOtD MDLXXXVII)

Back in 2005, Swallow The Sun released Ghosts Of Loss.
It was the second album from the Finnish Melodic Death Doom Metal band.

Swallow The Sun - Fragile

Back in 2005 - In Extremo (SOtD MDLXXXVI)

Back in 2005, In Extremo released Mein Rasend Herz.
It was the eighth album from the German kings of the Medieval Folk Metal.

In Extremo - Raue See

Back in 2005 - Stream Of Passion (SOtD MDLXXXV)

Another band that released their debut album in 2005, was the Dutch Symphonic Progressive Metal band, Stream Of Passion.
Embrace The Storm was the title of the album.

Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm

Back in 2005 - Sabaton (SOtD MDLXXXIV)

Back in 2005, Sabaton released their debut album, and the Europe surrendered to their sound.
From that album of the Swedish Heavy Power Metal, the most notable was obviously the album title song, Primo Victoria. But other songs were also big highlights, like this one...

Sabaton - Wolfpack

Back in 2005 - Epica (SOtD MDLXXXIII)

Back in 2005, Epica released Consign To Oblivion.
It was the second album from the Dutch Symphonic Metal band.

Epica - Consign to Oblivion

Back in 2005 - Karnivool (SOtD MDLXXXII)

Back in 2005, Karnivool released the album Themata.
It was the second album of the Australian Alternative Progressive Metal band.

Karnivool - Themata

Back in 2005 - Falkenbach (SOtD MDLXXXI)

Back in 2005, Falkenbach released his fourth album.
Heralding - The Fireblade is one of the landmarks of the German Viking Folk Metal one-man band.

Falkenbach - Heathen Foray

Back in 2005 - Shining (SOtD MDLXXX)

Back in 2005, Shining released IV - The Eerie Cold.
It was the fourth full-length album from the Swedish Depressive Black Metal band.

Shining - I Och Med Insikt Skall Du Förgå

Back in 2005 - Primal Fear (SOtD MDLXXIX)

Back in 2005, Primal Fear released Seven Seals.
It was the sixth full-length album from the German Power Metal band.

Primal Fear - Seven Seals

Back in 2005 - Lacrimosa (SOtD MDLXXVIII)

Back in 2005, Lacrimosa released Lichtgestalt.
It was the ninth full-length album from the German Symphonic Gothic Metal band.

Lacrimosa - Lichtgestalt

Back in 2005 - Charon (SOtD MDLXXVII)

Back in 2005, Charon released their last album, Songs For The Sinners.
It was the fifth album from the Finnish Suomi Metal band.
They disbanded in 2011.

Charon - She Hates

5 years!

5 years ago I started this journey, with a dream in my mind. That dream hasn't faded, although it seems that each step takes forever to happen. Either way, today is an important landmark to celebrate. Not many blogs last 5 years, with 1692 posts published. And this one is still going strong, so who knows what number we will reach. I would like to thank to my slight OCD, for giving my the strenght to keep up with this madness :)

Back in 2005 - Allen/Lande (SOtD MDLXXVI)

Back in 2005, Russel Allen and Jorn Lande teamed up to form Allen/Lande.
Their debut album, The Battle, was released the same year.

Allen/Lande - Another Battle

Back in 2005 - The Vision Bleak (SOtD MDLXXV)

Back in 2005, The Vision Bleak released Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem.
It was the second album from the German Gothic Metal band.

The Vision Bleak - Carpathia

Back in 2005 - Circus Maximus (SOtD MDLXXIV)

Back in 2005, Circus Maximus released The 1st Chapter.
It was the debut album from the Norwegiam Progressive Metal band.

Circus Maximus - The Prophecy

Back in 2005 - Hypocrisy (SOtD MDLXXIII)

Back in 2005, Hypocrisy released Virus.
It was the tenth full-length album from the Swedish Melodic Death Metal band.

Hypocrisy - Scrutinized

Back in 2005 - Pelican (SOtD MDLXXII)

Back in 2005, Pelican released The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw.
It was the second full-length album from the Instrumental Post-Metal band, yielding from the USA.

Pelican - Aurora Borealis

Back in 2005 - Sentenced (SOtD MDLXXI)

Back in 2005, Sentenced decided to disband. But instead of doing it with phony press releases and bitter interviews, they did it with one last album of their amazing music.
The Funeral Album, their eighth, is the swan song of the Finnish Suomi / Depressive Heavy Metal band.

Sentenced - Ever-Frost

Back in 2005 - Redemption (SOtD MDLXX)

Back in 2005, Redemption released The Fullness Of Time.
It was the second album of the Progressive Metal band, yielding from the USA.

Redemption - Transcendence

Back in 2005 - Rapture (SOtD MDLXIX)

Back in 2005, Rapture released their third album, Silent Stage.
It was also the last album to date from the Finnish Melodic Doom Death Metal band.

Rapture - Cold On My Side

Back in 2005 - Masterplan (SOtD MDLXVIII)

Back in 2005, Masterplan released Aeronautics.
It was the second full-length album from the German Progressive Power Metal band.

Masterplan - Crimson Rider

Back in 2005 - Dark Tranquillity (SOtD MDLXVII)

Back in 2005, Dark Tranquillity released Character.
It was the seventh ful-length album from the Gothenburg Metal kings.

Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy

Back in 2005 - Noumena (SOtD MDLXVI)

Back in 2005, Noumena released Absence, their second album.
These Finns are one of the most underrated bands in the Melodic Death Metal scene.

Noumena - Slain Memories

Back in 2005 - Arkona (SOtD MDLXV)

Back in 2005, Arkona released the album Vo Slavu Velikim!
It was the third album from the Russian Pagan Folk Metal band.

Arkona - Vedy Proshlovo

Back in 2005 - Equilibrium (SOtD MDLXIV)

Back in 2005, Equilibrium released the album Turis Fratyr.
It was the debut album from the German Viking Folk Metal band.

Equilibrium - Nordheim

Back in 2005 - Bloodbound (SOtD MDLXIII)

Back in 2005 Bloodbound released the album Nosferatu.
It was the debut album from the Swedish Heavy Metal band.

Bloodbound - Nosferatu

Back in 2005 - Moonsorrow (SOtD MDLXII)

Back in 2005, Moonsorrow released the album Verisäkeet.
It was the fourth album from the Finnish Viking Folk Metal band.

Moonsorrow - Karhunkynsi

Back in 2005 - Pagan's Mind (SOtD MDLXI)

Back in 2005, the Norwegian Progressive Power Metal band, Pagan's Mind released Enigmatic : Calling, their third album.

Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling

Back in 2005 - Gojira (SOtD MDLX)

Another band than released their best album, so far, in 2005, was Gojira.
From Mars To Sirius was the third album from the French Progressive Death Metal band.

Gojira - Flying whales

Back in 2005 - Mors Principium Est (SOtD MDLIX)

Back in 2005, Mors Principium Est released their second album, The Unborn.
This album is, so far, their best. An interesting blend of Extreme Power, MeloDeath and Gothenburg Metal.

Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

Back in 2005 - Timeless Miracle (SOtD MDLVIII)

Timeless Miracle is a Power Metal band from Sweden.
Back in 2005 they released the only album of their carreer so far, Into The Enchanted Chamber.

Timeless Miracle - Curse of the Werewolf

Back in 2005 - Kamelot (SOtD MDLVII)

Back in 2005 Kamelot released their seventh album, The Black Halo.
It was the release where they were closest to perfection. An album so tight, but also full of diversity, that it marginally topped Epica, an album that seemed already so unsarpassable.

Kamelot - March Of Mephisto

Back in 2005 - Draconian (SOtD MDLVI)

Back in 2005 Draconian released their second full-length album, Arcane Rain Fell.
It was, until now, the best album from the Gothic Doom Metal Swedes.

Draconian - A Scenery of Loss

Back in 2005 - Opeth (SOtD MDLV)

Back in 2005, when they released Ghost Reveries, their eighth full-length album, Opeth was on top of their game.
Fortunatelly, we can keep listening to these great albuns, and forget about all they have released in this decade.

Opeth - Ghost of Perdition

Powerwolf (new song) (SOtD MDLIV)

Tomorrow I will go into vacations mode, travelling through past Metal releases, like I do every summer. But before that I must show you one of the new songs from an album that will be out in a few days.
I'm talking about the sixth full-length release from Powerwolf, Blessed & Possessed.
This German Power Metal band has conquered me, and many others, with their unpretensious and fun, but also completely epic sound. And this summer I will finally have the chance to see them live!
One more reason for listening to this new song on repeat, while I wait for the album to come out.

Powerwolf - Army Of The Night

Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic (SOtD MDLIII)

Between The Buried And Me is a Progressive Metalcore band from the USA.
Coma Ecliptic is their seventh full-length album.

Between the Buried and Me - The Coma Machine

Nadiwrath - Circle Of Pest (SOtD MDLII)

Nadiwrath is a Black Metal band from Greece.
Circle Of Pest is their second full-length album.

Nadiwrath - Inner Commitment

Pale Chalice - Negate The Infinite And Miraculous (SOtD MDLI)

Pale Chalice is a Black Metal band from the USA.
Negate The Infinite And Miraculous is their debut full-length album.

Pale Chalice - Stigmatic Glands Through Supernal Rifts

Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path (SOtD MDL)

Tempel is an Instrumental Progressive Metal band from the USA.
The Moon Lit Our Path is their second album.

Tempel - Carvings in the Door

Total Negation - Zeitzeuge (SOtD MDXLIX)

Total Negation is a one-man Black Metal band from Germany.
Zeitzeuge is his third album.

Total Negation - Kronzeuge

Chaos Magic - Chaos Magic (SOtD MDXLIX)

Chaos Magic is a one-lady band, playing Symphonic Gothic Metal band and comming from Chile. Caterina Nix is the singer, having the collaboration of legendary Timo Tolkki doing the composition and playing most instrument in the songs.
They have just released their self-titled debut album.

Chaos Magic - I'm Alive

Amiensus - Ascension (SOtD MDXLVIII)

Amiensus is a Melodic Progressive Black Metal band from the USA.
Ascension is their second full-length album.

Amiensus - What Words Create

To/Die/For - Cult (SOtD MDXLVII)

To/Die/For is a Suomi Metal band from Finland.
Cult is their eighth full-length album.

To/Die/For - In Black

Lindemann - Skills In Pills (SOtD MDXLVI)

Skills In Pills is the debut album of the new Industrial Metal band, Lindemann, coming from Germany.
As you might have guessed, when we mix Industrial and Lindemann in the same sentence, we are talking about Rammstein singer, Till Lindemann. In this band he got together with Peter Tägtgren (Hipocrist, Pain).
Till's lyrics are obnoxious and childish, but Tägtgren music is, as usual, top notch.
I am somewhat unsure about how to classify this. What do you think?

Lindemann - Praise Abort

Taatsi - Olden Folk (SOtD MDXLV)

Taatsi is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Finland.
Olden Folk is their second album.

Taatsi - Forests Of Flames

Dagoba - Tales Of The Black Dawn (SOtD MDXLIV)

Dagoba is a Groove Trash Metal band from France.
Tales Of The Black Dawn is their sixth full-length album.

Dagoba - Born Twice

Rosetta - Quintessential Ephemera (SOtD MDXLIII)

Rosetta is a Post-Metal / Sludge Metal band from the USA.
Quintessential Ephemera is their fifth full-length album.

Rosetta - Untitled III

Borealis - Purgatory (SOtD MDXLII)

Canadian Power Metal band, Borealis has released a new album.
Purgatory is their third full-length release.

Borealis - My Peace

Graveworm - Ascending Hate (SOtD MDXLI)

Graveworm is a Gothic Symphonic Black Metal band from Italy.
Ascending Hate is their ninth full-length album.

Graveworm - Blood, Torture and Death

Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus (SOtD MDXL)

Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus is the second release from Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, since the break from the original Rhapsody Of Fire band.
Although is an interesting album, from the Italian Symphonic Power Metal band, it continues to show that this is oe of those cases where the whole was biger than the sum of the parts.
The two new Rhapsody-something bands summed, are not as good as the original Rhapsody Of Fire was.

Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Rosenkreuz

Virgin Steele - Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation (SOtD MDXXXIX)

The veteran North American Heavy Metal band Virgin Steele has released a new album.
Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation is their thirteenth full-length album.

Virgin Steele - Queen Of The Dead

Lucifer - Lucifer I (SOtD MDXXXVIII)

Lucifer is a Doom Stoner Metal band from Germany.
Lucifer I is their debut album.

Lucifer - Izrael

Vattnet Viskar - Settler (SOtD MDXXXVII)

Vattnet Viskar is an Atmospheric Black Doom Metal band from the USA.
Settler is their second full-length album.

Vattnet Viskar - Settler

Elyose - Ipso Facto (SOtD MDXXXVI)

Elyose is an Industrial Gothic Metal band from France.
Ipso Facto is their second full-length album.

Elyose - Rédemption

Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields (SOtD MDXXXV)

Shape Of Despair is a Funeral Doom Metal band from Finland.
Monotony Fields is their fourth full-length album.

Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

Burning Point - Burning Point (SOtD MDXXXIV)

Burning Point is a Melodic Power Metal band from Finland.
The self-title album Burning Point is their sixth.

Burning Point - Find Your Soul

Stormhammer - Echoes Of A Lost Paradise (SOtD MDXXXIII)

Stormhammer is a Power Metal band from Germany.
Echoes Of A Lost Paradise is their fifth album.

Stormhammer - Echoes Of A Lost Paradise

Disarmonia Mundi - Cold Inferno (SOtD MDXXXII)

Disarmonia Mundi is a Gothenburg Metal band from Italy.
Cold Inferno is their fifth full-length album.

Disarmonia Mundi - Stormghost

Dystopia Nå! - Dweller On The Threshold (SOtD MDXXXI)

Dystopia Nå! is a Depressive Black Metal band from Norway.
Dweller On The Threshold is their second album.

Dystopia Nå! - Doppelgänger

Darkology - Fated To Burn (SOtD MDXXX)

Darkology is a Progressive Power Metal band from the USA.
Fated To Burn is their second album.

Darkology - On Morrow's Break

Minority Sound - Drowner's Dance (SOtD MDXXIX)

Minority Sound is an Electronic Industrial Metal band from the Czech Republic.
Drowner's Dance is their third album.

Minority Sound - Last Day on Earth

Neurotech - Stigma (SOtD MDXXVIII)

Neurotech is a Symphonic Industrial Metal band from Slovenia.
Stigma is their fourth full-length album.

Neurotech - Fear The Fear

Carn Dûm - Carn Dûm (SOtD MDXXVII)

Carn Dûm is an Epic Black Metal band from Germany.
Carn Dûm is their self-titled debut full-length album.

Carn Dûm - Und es ward Winter...

Tuatha De Danann - Dawn Of A New Sun (SOtD MDXXVI)

More than 10 years later, Tuatha De Danann released a new album.
Dawn Of A New Sun is the third full-length album from the Celtic Folk Metal Brazilian band.
Yes, they're back!

Tuatha de Danann - We're Back

Vallendusk - Homeward Path (SOtD MDXXV)

Vallendusk is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Indonesia.
Homeward Path is their second full-length album.

Vallendusk - Windswept Plain

Artrosis - Odi Et Amo (SOtD MDXXIV)

Artrosis is a Gothic Metal band from Poland.
Odi Et Amo is their tenth full-length album.

Artrosis - Odi Et Amo

Blaze Of Perdition - Near Death Revelations (SOtD MDXXIII)

Blaze Of Perdition is a Black Metal band from Poland.
Near Death Revelations is their third full-length album.

Blaze of Perdition - Into The Void Again

Armored Saint - Win Hands Down (SOtD MDXXII)

Another veteran band releasing a new album is the American Heavy Metal band Armored Saint.
But Win Hands Down is just their seventh full-length album in almost 30 years together.

Armored Saint - Win Hands Down

Helloween - My God-Given Right (SOtD MDXXI)

It has been 15 years since Helloween last surprised me with a record. But they haven't disappointed me eiher.
My God-Given Right, their fifteenth full-length album, is not different. Competent and catchy Power Metal, but nothing to swift me off my feet.

Helloween - My God-Given Right

Karlahan - Exile (SOtD MDXX)

Karlahan is a Symphonic Death Metal band from Spain.
Exile is their debut full-length album.

Karlahan - The Lighthouse Keeper

Make Them Suffer - Old Souls (SOtD MDXIX)

Make Them Suffer is a Symphonic Deathcore Metal band from Australia.
Old Souls is their second full-length album.

Make Them Suffer - Old Souls

Paradise Lost - The Plague Within (SOtD MDXVIII)

The Doom Gothic Metal veterans Paradise Lost have released a new album.
The Plague Within is the fourteenth full-length album from the British band.

Paradise Lost - Beneath Broken Earth

Amestigon - Thier (SOtD MDXVII)

Amestigon is a Black Metal band from Austria.
Thier is their second full-length album.

Amestigon - 358

Perzonal War - The Last Sunset (SOtD MDXVII)

Perzonal War is a Power Trash Metal band from Germany.
The Last Sunset is their eighth full-length album.

Perzonal War - Speed Of Time

Nocturnal Depression - Spleen Black Metal (SOtD MDXVI)

Nocturnal Depression is a Depressive Black Metal band from France.
Spleen Black Metal is their seventh full-length release.

Nocturnal Depression - Méditation Grisatre

Unleash The Archers (New single) (SOtD MDXVI)

Unleash The Archers, besides having one of the coolest band names, is also one of my fetish bands.
The Canadian metallers have a new single, an advance for album Time Stand Still to be released in the end of next month.

Unleash The Archers - Tonight We Ride

Öxxö Xööx - Nämïdäë (SOtD MDXV)

Öxxö Xööx has released a new album.
Nämïdäë is the secod album from the Gothic Doom Metal band from France.

Öxxö Xööx - Äbÿm

Crystal Ball - Liferider (SOtD MDXIV)

Crystal Ball is a Power Metal band from Switzerland.
Liferider is their eighth album.
Can you guess the owner of the incredible female guest voice in this song?

Crystal Ball - Eye To Eye

Dimlight - The Lost Chapters (SOtD MDXIII)

Dimlight is a Gothic Metal band from Greece.
The Lost Chapters is their third album.

Dimlight - Torrents Of Blood

Pyramaze - Disciples Of The Sun (SOtD MDXII)

Pyramaze is a Progressive Power Metal band from Denmark.
Disciples Of The Sun is their fourth album.

Pyramaze - Disciples Of The Sun

Ironsword - None But The Brave (SOtD MDXI)

Ironsword is a Heavy Metal band from Portugal.
None But The Brave is their fourth album.

Ironsword - Forging the Sword

Secrets Of The Sky - Pathway (SOtD MDX)

Secrets Of The Sky is a Black Doom Metal band from the USA.
Pathway is their second full-length album.

Secrets of the Sky - Three Swords

Doomed - Wrath Monolith (SOtD MDIX)

Doomed is a one-man Death Doom Metal band from Germany.
Wrath Monolith is his fourth album.

Doomed - Paradoxon

Tengger Cavalry - Blood Sacrifice Shaman (SOtD MDVIII)

Tengger Cavalry is a Melodic Folk Death Metal band from China.
Blood Sacrifice Shaman is their sixth full-length release.

Tengger Cavalry - Tengger Cavalry

Raised Fist - From The North (SOtD MDVII)

Raised Fist is a Metalcore band from Sweden.
From The North is their sixth full-length album.

Raised Fist - Flow

Umbra Et Imago - Die Unsterblichen (SOtD MDVI)

Umbra Et Imago is a Gothic Metal band from Germany.
Die Unsterblichen is their tenth album.

Umbra Et Imago - Requiem Der Nephilim

Shattered Skies - The World We Used To Know (SOtD MDV)

Shattered Skies is a Progressive Metal / Djent band from Ireland.
The World We Used To Know is their debut full-length album.

Shattered Skies - The End and the Rebirth

Hackneyed - Inhabitants Of Carcosa (SOtD MDIV)

Hackneyed is a Death Metal band from Germany.
Inhabitants Of Carcosa is their fourth album.

Hackneyed - Now I Am Become Death

Delain + Marco Hietala (SOtD MDIII)

Great duet of Charlotte Wessels and Marco Hietala in this song Sing To Me.
It's from Delain's album The Human Contradiction, from 2014.

Delain - Sing To Me (w/ Marco Hietala)

Signum Regis - Through The Storm (SOtD MDII)

Signum Regis has released the EP Through The Storm.
The latest album released by the Progressive Power Metal band from the Slovak Republic, was the concept album Exodus, in 2013.

Signum Regis - Living Well

Veil Of Maya - Matriarch (SOtD MDI)

Veil Of Maya is a Deathcore band from the USA.
Matriarch is their fifth album.

Veil Of Maya - Mikasa

Civil War - Gods And Generals (SOtD MD)

The Swedish Heavy Power Metal band, Civil War has a new release.
Gods And Generals is their second full-length album.

Civil War - Bay Of Pigs

Sirenia - The Seventh Life Path (SOtD MCDXCIX)

Sirenia has just released their seventh full-length album.
The Seventh Life Path is the title of the latest effort from the Norwegian Symphonic Gothic Metal band.

Sirenia - Once My Light

Kamelot - Haven (SOtD MCDXCVIII)

Haven is the eleventh album from Kamelot.
It's the second album from the North American Symphonic Power Metal band, with singer Tommy Karevik.

Kamelot - Insomnia

Korpiklaani - Noita (SOtD MCDXCVII)

Korpiklaani has just released their twelfth album.
Noita is the latest effort from the Finnish Folk Metal band.

Korpiklaani - Lempo

Kroda - Ginnungagap-Ginnungagaldr-Ginnungakaos (SOtD MCDXCVI)

Kroda is a Pagan Black Folk Metal band from Ukraine.
Ginnungagap-Ginnungagaldr-Ginnungakaos is their fifth full-length album.

Kroda - Нічного Неба Очі

Djevel - Saa Raa Og Kald (SOtD MCDXCV)

Djevel is a Black Metal band from Norway.
Saa Raa Og Kald is their third full-length album.

Djevel - Vaar Forbannede Jord

Cain's Offering - Stormcrow (SOtD MCDXCIV)

Cain's Offering is a Power Metal band from Finland.
Stormcrow is just their second album, but almost none of the band's members are new to Power Metal. Quite the opposite, actually.

Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

Elderoth - Mystic (SOtD MCDXCIII)

Elderoth is a Progressive Power Metal band from Canada.
Mystic is their second album.

Elderoth - This Shadow By My Side

Inner Sanctum - Legions Awake (SOtD MCDXCII)

Inner Sanctum is a Trash Death Metal band from India.
Legions Awake is their debut full-length album.

Inner Sanctum- Wake of Destruction

Dark Quarterer - Ithaca (SOtD MCDXCI)

Dark Quarterer is a Progressive Metal band from Italy.
Ithaca is their sixth album.

Dark Quarterer - Escape

Ereb Altor - Nattramn (SOtD MCDXC)

Ereb Altor is a Pagan Black Doom Metal band from Sweden.
Nattramn is their fifth full-length album.

Ereb Altor - Midsommarblot

Heathen Foray - Into Battle (SOtD MCDLXXXIX)

Heathen Foray is a Pagan Folk Metal band from Austria.
Into Battle is their fourth album.

Heathen Foray - Fight

Iron Savior - Megatropolis 2.0 (SOtD MCDLXXXVIII)

Megatropolis 2.0 is a re-recording of the original Megatropolis, from 2007.
I don't kow why Iron Savior decided to do it. But since this was one of the best albuns ever released by the German Power Metal band, so far, and I hadn't written about ir before, this 2.0 version is a nice excuse for this Song Of the Day.

Iron Savior - Cybernetic Queen 2.0

Lustre - Blossom (SOtD MCDLXXXVII)

Lustre is a one-man Atmospheric Black Metal band from Sweden.
Blossom is his fifth full-length album.

Lustre - Blossom Part 3

Nomans Land - Last Crusade (SOtD MCDLXXXVI)

Nomans Land is a Viking Black Metal band from Russia.
Last Crusade is their fifth full-length album.

Nomans Land - Strain At The Oars

Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine (SOtD MCDLXXXV)

The Melodic Death Metal Swedish band Unleashed has released a new record.
Dawn Of The Nine is their twelfth album.

Unleashed - Where Is Your God Now?

Forefather - Curse Of The Cwelled (SOtD MCDLXXXIV)

The British Pagan Folk Black Metal band Forefather has just released a new record.
Curse Of The Cwelled is their eighth album.

Forefather - Rustics to Remain

Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short (SOtD MCDLXXXIII)

Drudkh has just released a new record, titled A Furrow Cut Short.
It's the tenth full-length album from the Ukrainian Pagan Black Metal band.

Drudkh - Cursed Sons II

Khors - Night Falls Onto The Fronts Of Ours (SOtD MCDLXXXII)

Khors is a Black Metal band from Ukraine.
Night Falls Onto The Fronts Of Ours is their sixth album.

Khors - Following The Ways Of Blood

Kontinuum - Kyrr (SOtD MCDLXXXI)

Kontinuum is an Ambient Progressive Metal band from Iceland.
Kyrr is their second album.

Kontinuum - Breathe

Shining - IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends (SOtD MCDLXXX)

Shining has just released their tenth full-length album.
IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends is the latest release from the Swedish Progressive Black Metal band.

Shining - Framtidsutsikter

In Legend - Stones At Goliath (SOtD MCDLXXIX)

In Legend is a Symphonic Metal band from Germany.
Stones At Goliath is their second full-length album.

In Legend - Stones At Goliath

Sea Of Desperation - The Shards - Nightingale's Death (Part I) (SOtD MCDLXXVIII)

Sea Of Desperation is a one-man Melodic Death Doom Metal band from Russia.
The Shards - Nightingale's Death (Part I) is his fourth album.

Sea Of Desperation – Confession Of Host

Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker (SOtD MCDLXXVII)

Apocalyptica has released their newest album, Shadowmaker.
It's the eighth full-length album, from the Finnish Cello Metal band.

Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker

Forgotten Tomb - Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love (SOtD MCDLXXVI)

Forgotten Tomb is a Melodic Black / Doom Metal band from Italy.
Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love is their seventh full-length album.

Forgotten Tomb - Hurt Yourself and The Ones You Love

Sacred Blood - Argonautica (SOtD MCDLXXV)

Sacred Blood is a Power/Folk Metal band from Greece.
Argonautica is their third album.

Sacred Blood - Call of Blood

Ossian - Lélekerő (SOtD MCDLXXIV)

Ossian is a long-running Heavy Metal band from Hungary.
Lélekerő is their twentieth full-length album.

Ossian - Egyszerűen

Christgrinder - Whence Cometh Evil? (SOtD MCDLXXIII)

Christgrinder is a Black Death Metal band from the United Kingdom.
Whence Cometh Evil? is their debut full-length album.

Christgrinder - All Is Dust

Wilderun - Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth (SOtD MCDLXXII)

Wilderun is a Symphomic Folk Metal band from the USA.
Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth is their second album.

Wilderun - The Garden of Fire

Skyforger - Senprūsija (SOtD MCDLXXI)

Skyforger is a Folk Black Metal band from Latvia.
Senprūsija is their sixth album.

Skyforger - Rāmava

Acrassicauda - Gilgamesh (SOtD MCDLXX)

Acrassicauda is a Trash Metal band from Iraq.
Gilgamesh is their debut full-length album.

Acrassicauda - Rise

Thurisaz - The Pulse Of Mourning (SOtD MCDLXIX)

Thurisaz is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Belgium.
The Pulse Of Mourning is their fourth album.

Thurisaz - Patterns Of Life

Immortal Souls - Wintermetal (SOtD MCDLXVIII)

Immortal Souls is a Melodic Death Metal band from Finland.
Wintermetal is their fifth full-length album.

Immortal Souls - Calm Before The Snowstorm

Judicator - At The Expense Of Humanity (SOtD MCDLXVII)

Judicator is a Power Metal band from the USA.
At The Expense Of Humanity is their third full-length album.

Judicator - God's Failures

Fortíð - 9 (SOtD MCDLXVI)

Fortíð is a Black Metal band from Iceland.
9 is their fifth album.

Fortíð - Galdur

Loch Vostok - From These Waters (SOtD MCDLXV)

Loch Vostok is an Extreme Progressive Metal band from Sweden.
From These Waters is their sixth full-length album.

Loch Vostok- Sentiment

Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (SOtD MCDLXIV)

Nightwish's eighth full-length album was probably the most awaited albuns by the Finnish band's fans. Me included. And maybe that is part of the problem, so I won't talk much about it for now, and wait for Endless Forms Most Beautiful to grow on me, as I hope it will.
For now here is the second advance for the album, the song Shudder Before The Beautiful.

Nightwish - Shudder Before The Beautiful



PS: If you are a Nightwish die hard fan, and the riffs from this song sounded strangely familiar... you are not alone :(

Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers (SOtD MCDLXIII)

Barren Earth has released a new album, debutting their new singer Jón Aldará.
On Lonely Towers is the third full-length album from the Finnish Melodic Progressive Death Metal band.

Barren Earth - Set Alight

Ilium - My Misanthropia (SOtD MCDLXII)

Ilium is a Power Metal from Australia.
My Misanthropia is their sixth full-length album.

Ilium - Penny Black

Sorcerer - In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross (SOtD MCDLXI)

Sorcerer is an Epic Doom Metal band from Sweden.
In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross is their debut album.

Sorcerer - The Dark Tower of the Sorcerer

Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Stellar (SOtD MCDLX)

Der Weg Einer Freiheit is a Black Metal band from Germany.
Stellar is their third full-length album.

Der Weg einer Freiheit - Requiem

The Gentle Storm - The Diary (SOtD MCDLIX)

The Gentle Storm is a new project from the Dutch giant (in size and talent) Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
In this project he pairs up with singer Anneke Van Giersbergen, and they invite a set of talented musicians, to explore the boundaries of Symphonic Progressive Folk Metal.
The Diary is their debut album.

The Gentle Storm - Heart Of Amsterdam

Downfall Of Nur - Umbras De Barbagia (SOtD MCDLVIII)

Downfall Of Nur is an Atmospheric Folk Black Metal band from Argentina.
Umbras De Barbagia is their debut album.

Downfall of Nur - III - The Downfall of Nur

Heidevolk - Velua (SOtD MCDLVIII)

Dutch Folk Metal band Heidevolk, has just released a new album.
Velua is their fifth full-length album.

Heidevolk - Winter Woede

Magic Kingdom - Savage Requiem (SOtD MCDLVII)

Magic Kingdom is a Power Metal band from Belgium.
Savage Requiem is their fourth album.

Magic Kingdom - With Fire and Sword

Majesty - Generation Steel (SOtD MCDLVI)

Majesty is a Heavy / Power Metal band from Germany.
Generation Steel is their seventh full-length album.

Majesty - Hawks Will Fly

Serenity In Murder - The Highest Of Dystopia (SOtD MCDLV)

Serenity In Murder is a Symphonic Black Death Metal band from Japan.
The Highest Of Dystopia is their second full-length album.

Serenity In Murder - Noticed This Is The Betrayal

The Man-Eating Tree - In The Absence Of Light (SOtD MCDLIV)

The Man-Eating Tree is a Suonmi Metal band from Finland.
In The Absence Of Light is their third album.

The Man-Eating Tree - Plaguewielder

Galar - De Gjenlevende (SOtD MCDLIII)

Galar is a Viking Black Metal band from Norway.
De Gjenlevende is their third album.

Galar - De Gjenlevende

The Slow Death - Ark (SOtD MCDLII)

The Slow Death is a Death Doom Metal band from Australia.
Ark is their third full-length album.

The Slow Death - The Chosen Ones

Anthropia - Non-Euclidean Spaces (SOtD MCDLI)

Anthropia is a Progressive Metal band from France.
Non-Euclidean Spaces is their third album.

Anthropia - Crawling Chaos

Crimson Swan - Unlit (SOtD MCDL)

Crimson Swan is a Gothic Death Doom Metal band from Germany.
Unlit is their debut full-length release.

Crimson Swan - Unlit

Yorblind - Blind...But Alive (SOtD MCDXLIX)

Yorblind is a Gothenburg Metal band from France.
Blind...But Alive is their third full-length album.

Yorblind - The Scapegoat

Les Chants De Nihil - Armor (SOtD MCDXLVIII)

Les Chants De Nihil is a Black Metal band from France.
Armor is their fifth full-length album.

Les Chants de Nihil - La Crue

Porta Nigra - Kaiserschnitt (SOtD MCDXLVII)

Porta Nigra is an Avangarde Black Metal duo from Germany.
Kaiserschnitt is the band's second full-length album.

Porta Nigra - Femme Fatale

Psycroptic - Psycroptic (SOtD MCDXLVI)

Psycroptic is a Technical Death Metal band from Australia.
Their self-titled album, Psycroptic, is their sixth release.

Psycroptic - Cold

Moonspell - Extinct (SOtD MCDXLV)

Extinct is the tenth full-length album from the Portuguese band Moonspell.
The Gothic Metal act is in great shape!

Moonspell - Extinct

Waltari - You Are Waltari (SOtD MCDXLIV)

Waltari is an Alternative / Progressive Trash Metal band from Finland.
You Are Waltari is their fourteenth full-length album.

Waltari - Diggin The Alien

Himinbjorg - Wyrd (SOtD MCDXLIII)

Himinbjorg is a Pagan Metal band from France.
Wyrd is their eighth full-length album.

Himinbjorg - The World Of Men Without Virtue

A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See (SOtD MCDXLII)

Beware The Sword You Cannot See is the new album from A Forest Of Stars, their fourth.
As usual, with the British Atmospheric Black Metal band, the sound is massive, complex, multi-layered, and not for the faint of heart.
Pure musical awesomeness!

A Forest Of Stars - Drawing Down The Rain

Devathorn - Vritra (SOtD MCDXLI)

Devathorn is a Black Metal band from Greece.
Vritra is their second full-length album.

Devathorn - Cathedral of Set

Dysrider - Bury The Omen (SOtD MCDXL)

Dysrider, until last year called Trophallaxy, is a Symphonic Metal band from Switzerland.
They music mix Power, Melodic Death and Metalcore setions, blended in a Symphonic background.
Bury The Omen is their third album.

Dysrider - Bury The Omen

Frosttide - Blood Oath (SOtD MCDXXXIX)

Frosttide is an Extreme Power Metal band from Finland.
Blood Oath is their second full-length album.

Frosttide - Fate Redefined