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