Best New Metal Releases April 2022: Azaab, Faüst, Celestial Season, Incandescence, Alunah

[@faust9018]

Thanks Blayne for the kind words! Btw our artwork was made by Toni Kannibalet Hietomaa 😉 check that guy out, he did some stuff for Impetigo, Torsofuck or he redesigned the logo for Hooded Menace on their last album 🙂Cheers and Beers!!! 🍺🍺

[@patientzero3367]

Hey! I'll be looking for your album!

[@faust9018]

@@patientzero3367 If you look very closely, you can already find it somewhere 😱😈😉

[@miohn]

Hey Faüst, listening to your album, as we speak. Very enjoyable! You certainly deserve more attention. The music is indeed "dumb", in a fun party way, but never actually dumb, musician wise.

[@faust9018]

@@miohn Oh thank you, we are dumb as hell though, so it can definitely be heard in the music. But we're always glad that someone can appreciate it haha!

[@roberthuismans3533]

Blayne needs to play Asterix in a live action movie adaptation.... and Corpsegrinder would make a wicked Obelix.

[@MetalComedy]

I'll have to stand on my knees haha

[@ilcapodeicapi123]

he is to mutch of a soyboy

[@astralmass]

Can we crowdfund that? I'm pretty broke but I have $20 and some weed IMMEDIATELY.

[@Mark.13.]

🤣

[@Scoopwoopdewoop]

Shocked there was zero mention of the new Devil Master album. I’m stoked on that Faust record tho!!!

[@Nerdycottoncandy]

Also Art-Work is by the guy Who did Hooded Menace.....Blayne... Hey... Hey Hooooded Menace

[@MetalComedy]

The magic words

[@NaldoNidoking]

excited to give faust and azaab a listen, seems like a good month

[@ExplosiveFetus]

Tech death dudes can't do atmosphere because there's no atmosphere in space. You just blew my mind.

[@MetalComedy]

Boom!

[@wheelsofmercury]

That Alunah made me go, "WOAH"! Gotta check them out!

[@andybrett1152]

I saw them support Paradise Lost in February their really good .

[@Xankill3r]

I think this is the first time that I'm really really stoked by a palette cleanse album!

[@MetalComedy]

Nice! Happy to hear it.

[@gwts1171]

That Undeath record is really good! I'm excited for Faüst & Satan too. Thanks for the video, Blayne!

[@MetalComedy]

Thanks bud!

[@DrTabarnak]

Azaab and Incandescence caught my attention. Lord them album covers are nice too.

[@donlafleur4070]

How on earth did you not mention Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection ?...absolute monster album !

[@mikeb4858]

More than 50 years and still.... NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! I fucking love it.

[@desiraes3192]

Thank you Blayne! That Celestial Season is stunning! I need to dig a lot deeper there! Also Incandescence is going to be killer!

[@MetalComedy]

No problem bud!

[@Blind_Luck]

First time I'm interested in all 5 releases picked! Cheers🤘

[@MetalComedy]

Damn, a perfect score?!

[@Frogmonkey095]

There are two ways I love my doom--with a woman singing, and with violins. Alunah has been a favorite of a mine for a while, excited for this one. I've heard the name Celestial Season before, but I'll definitely check them out now. Other April goodies, another good month for German black metal Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection Ultha - All That Has Never Been True Vimur - Transcendental Violence Drunemeton - Age of Nameless Things and Gods Tome of the Unreplenished - Earthbound Mosaic - Heimatspuk Fer de Lance - The Hyperborean Suppression - The Sorrow of Soul Through Flesh The Spirit - Of Clarity and Galactic Structures Häxenzijrkell - Urgrund Negative Plane - The Pact Grafvitnir - Tunes of Sitra Ahra Vamacara - Cosmic Fires: The Enlightenment Reversed

[@durnheim5746]

Interesting month! Definitely never heard of most of those, gonna check out Celestial Season and Incandescence, thanks Blayne! For my part, eagerly awaiting that new Manegarm (which I can't pronounce either).

[@MetalComedy]

Saying stuff is hard.

[@Tejech]

@@MetalComedyAs a Scandinavian I simply cannot fathom what's so difficult about pronouncing Månegarm - Ynglingaattens Öde... Anyway, the album title means "fate of the Ynglinga (ancestral) line". The Ynglings are the supposed earthly descendents of Odin, who went on to become kings and other important figures in Scandinavia

[@VIGLounge]

Top notch picks as always! I'm especially excited for Celestial Season after hearing the song Black Water Mirrors, I was blown away!

[@MetalComedy]

Thanks pal!

[@Usernameisavailabe]

Dude, I'm just so excited for new Celestial Season! Didn't know they're still around.

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

Celestial Season is stil around ?! I had no idea. Their first two albums were amazing ! I'm so gonna give this one a listen. Incandescense sounds good : I will listen to them also ! Thanks for this, Blayne !

[@johnny-fr4pz]

I was just about to post the same message! I remember getting the solar lovers back in the day and loving it! Had no idea they were still going.

[@doomusrlc]

They had a new album a year or two ago, plus their back catalog got remastered at the same time, and a rarities comp.

[@doomusrlc]

Slight correction, the first two albums were remastered. Not the stoner material.

[@MetalComedy]

Back in a BIG way!

[@Cristian_Prieto]

I haven't heard Celestial Season until 2020 they released "The Secret Teachings". was one of my favorites albums that year, After that I checked previous albums "Solar Lovers" blew my mind. Shame on me for not having knowledge of that amazing band.

[@Holy_Frakula]

Oh man. Death metal, doom, trad rock and tech death boys doing black metal. That's a juicy metal monthly lineup right there. The palette cleanse is always my favorite part.

[@MetalComedy]

Tried to bring you a nice varied buffet.

[@paradoxicalbum4489]

Nekrogoblikon - too popular to be underground, but not popular enough to get a big release name check. Definitely checking out that Incandescence album. Also, what would any Blayne video be without ragging on tech death. As much as I love tech death I think I'd miss it if a video went by without it.

[@MacDawg_74]

The Goblin you mentioned isn't spoke of because it sucks. I just checked them out. Absolutely gimmicky garbage.

[@StrawberryDoubleDip]

Nekrogoblikon are fucking awful.

[@jamespage1680]

@@MacDawg_74 have to agree, that's absolute horseshit

[@DewtehDew]

That Incandescence album cover is great.

[@danmarshall5895]

That Faust album has some definite Whiplash worship vibes.

[@jarunia17]

The Faust band info was dope hahaha

[@marc2519]

Great picks to look into this month!

[@13tuyuti]

I was not expecting an album cover like that of the Faüst album. Then again nobody was....

[@stephenhester9804]

I see what you did there 👍

[@MetalComedy]

Haha hell yeah

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

So hyped for Incandescence and Celestial Season

[@chadgautier2864]

I have been eying this azaab for awhile. That's gonna be great stuff.

[@josh-foss]

Though not released yet, worth noting that the new Temple of Void album is available for pre-order, set to release on June 3rd. Also miss the no beef reviews with Blayne and Brad, hope to see you two do reviews together again at some point.

[@StupifiedTrooper]

Incandescence really caught my ear and eye. I agree, the cover is S tier.

[@MetalComedy]

Would put that on my wall.

[@StupifiedTrooper]

@@MetalComedy 1000%

[@sebastianvonp1467]

Dischordia - Triptych is a hidden gem of april!

[@rockkiall]

I am normally a Doom Metal guy more than anything else. I really dug that Celestial Season track when you talked about it. But wow I am now really really digging that Incandescence track more. Stop making me expand my musical palette Blayne.

[@MetalComedy]

I'll never stop!

[@Xy0ud0ntkn0wmeX]

Good picks. I think this month I'm most looking forward to the new Devil Master.

[@paulg930]

US metal band Satan's Host has just released their 13th album "This Legacy Will Never Die', inventive power, thrash, death metal blending style. They deserve a review and also a deep dive / retrospective as well

[@satanath666]

AZAAB rules! Best awesome death metal band! Pakistani metal :) Thanks for video, really cool ;)

[@alsimmons1755]

celestial season is the stand out for me of this entire video

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

Definitely will be hearing Incandescence & Celestial Season

[@oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529]

Definitely recommend some early celestial season...their cover of ulrtavoxs Vienna is incredible

[@MetalComedy]

I'll check it out!

[@Cristian_Prieto]

The most perfect cover that I've heard in my life.

[@mmmnuts5645]

Blayne still has the best picks on Banger... and he's still goofy as hell! Cheers!

[@MetalComedy]

Thanks bud!!!

[@melle4390]

Finally! A Dutch band whose name is easy to pronounce for Blayne!

[@sasquatl]

Alunah was the only one of ur picks I really liked. Incandescence was ok. I might check that out again

[@bradbaker4679]

AZAAB!!!!!! Hurry up and release!!!

[@bossmon16]

Blayne, what are your thoughts on City Morgue? There a duo from New York City that mixes elements of extreme metal & hardcore rap. Often being coined the term “Trap-metal”. Can they be considered apart of the Metal genre? I would love to hear your thoughts.

[@Tejech]

Some actual contemporary sounding death- and black metal and a band I've actually heard of before? What's going on? Kidding aside, looking forward to digging into and reviewing this. Great pics!

[@MetalComedy]

Hell yeah!

[@LeagueOfJared]

Celestial Season sounds a lot like the legendary Saturnus.

[@MetalComedy]

Like I said, GREAT comparisons all around.

[@laurabraga9446]

I had no complaints this month. It is all awesome. O.O

[@christianxfb]

incandescence seems legit, gotta check it out.

[@adrienmignot]

April 1st is also the release of Evil Invader's Shattered Reflection !

[@Estorium]

Analepsy's new album drops on the 15th. I am definitelt going to be taking a break from all the black and doom metal to play that album to death.

[@mishanthropy]

Worth mentioning that Nekrogoblikon dropped their new album in on the 1st, its a kickass release.

[@dasbeard6667]

April 15th - Disfuneral - Blood Red Tentacle April 22nd - Sentient Horror - Rites of Gore

[@annebutler8013]

For Overkill Global Metal you should do a video on Japanese Crust

[@sarahjohnson5448]

Great video, as always. Please review the UNNATURAL album from G.I.V.E. I've only heard "I'm Dyin'" so far, but it's been playing on Amazing Radio and I love it. The lead singer was in F5 (Megadeath) and was mixed by Toby Wright. Why is this not on the rock radar?

[@taylorhirschmusic]

Lol Azaab isn't on Spotify but if you look them up it suggests all the other bands in this video (Faust, Incandescence, Undeath, Satan) as well as the similarly-named "Azaad". Way to influence the Spotify algorithm, Blayne!

[@heavymetalmusicofdestructi3430]

awesome alunah is awesome saw alunah live in my hometown in colchester essex united kingdom england in february with paradise lost awesome list super excited for the new destruction aqlbum diabolical .

[@radshoesbro]

Shrouded Infinity - Through Caverns Unknown

[@turtleonspeed6673]

I was waiting for this one

[@justinpearen1478]

I have some of the earlier Celestial Season releases. The first couple were amazing doom metal and then they switched to stoner which led to their downfall. Glad to see they have picked up where they left off with their death/doom!

[@thrashmetalambassador]

No mention for Crisix, Skull Fist and Evil Invaders? What a shame.

[@ulvhedner]

Another month, another 5 awesome picks!

[@saulgoodman1390]

Yah Alunah sounds like my jam... Absolutely lovin' Messa's new one, Close, so this could be a good follow up in that style

[@Alapont86]

Crisix release their new albun this month! Thrash metal from Spain.

[@ChaosTribunal]

Wow, sweet thanks for the information, i wasnt aware

[@MetalComedy]

Oh yeah! Solid thrash stuff.

[@TVMetalhead]

You forget to mention the new masterpiece by Purgatory - Apotheosis of Anti Light on April 1st! As of your suggestions I believe that Celestial Season, Watain and Incandescence are the top of this month.

[@CableB_]

Forgot about Northlane’s 6th studio album “Obsidian”

[@marcclaveau4887]

im kind of surprised banger has never done anything on Nekrogoblikon. The new album was pretty killer . I dont typical go for nu metal but the way they blend gindcore into it is really cool and they are starting to become a pretty big name in metal

[@kristianperezmcdougall1641]

Kirk Hammett - Portals also comes on April

[@careful...Icarus]

Unless James and Lars say otherwise

[@saintsabbathi]

Solar Lovers was in heavy rotation when i was in HS in the early 2000s. Love Celestial Season. I even loved when they went Stoner, but im glad theyre back to what they do best. Beseech - ...From a Bleeding Heart was another good one if youre into Early/Later Celestial Season.

[@lc7581]

Lords of the Trident put out a fun power metal album on April 1.

[@tonygriffin3464]

Take a shot every time Blayne claps his hands.

[@joshedwards9739]

Please review Bloodywood's debut album. So far, it's my top 5 albums of 2022

[@TBaggins96]

Don't miss the album by The Spirit - Of Clarity and Galactic Structures. Cosmic black metal!

[@Nerdycottoncandy]

GO FAUST!

[@krisdaschwab912]

I haven't heard the Alunah record, but part of me is really hoping that they cover Strange Machines by The Gathering. I can has cover?

[@metal_moses4121]

Love the list as always Blayne you do the metal world a great service sir. P.S. Amazing Schizophrenia shirt! Shirt game on point as per usual! P.P.S. Caught that cameraman finger peeking in the corner at 3:09 lol

[@MetalComedy]

HE's just saying hi.

[@TBaggins96]

That's a sick Schizophrenia shirt, and a wicked album as well!

[@sashaalexa8907]

When Dying Fetus drops new album . Then I will sleep better..

[@Smonserratm]

This month I was expecting Nera by Atlantis Chronicles, but after listening to the singles I'm not so sure I'm gonna like the direction they're going with their sound. The other release I'm hyped for is the new Hällas album Isle of Wisdom.

[@org0th884]

No mention of devil master?

[@77vikinglord]

Alunah! 🤘🤘

[@gavintshepho9606]

Alunah.and Azaab are great picks🎸🤘

[@SonicBroham]

Alunah rips!!

[@danielrock292]

How to not to mention Transcendental Violence by Vimur! Nice list btw!

[@Fred-ck1gh]

Watain''s new album is a 9,5/10!

[@mateoaragao6215]

Devil Master '' ecstasies of never ending night April 29 ??? weird ...such a good band. Out On Relapse records

[@chrismccall-twentyman9109]

Blood Countess - Occulta Tenebris is pretty good

[@arkangelarkangel5348]

Blayne rocks!

[@BoennaBornai]

Hell yeah!

[@ronnilangostino964]

It’s a damn shame that we only get to see this segment 12 times a year :(

[@leonardolaleonardo4924]

ARTIFICIAL BRAIN!! BIG REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!

[@avalancheofmetal2158]

FAÜSTTTTTT 🔥🔥🔥

[@boredtrophyhusband]

NEGATIVE PLANE returns after 11 years with a new album “The Pact…” ⛪️ 😈 No doubt this record is gonna top many end of the year metal lists 🤘🏼

[@dannyramone78]

Check E-L-R - "Vexier". Swiss Doomgaze on Prophecy Records.

[@dfwherbie8814]

I actually like some prog metal bands. If the music is good, it’s good. I also like good musicianship. And that comes first for me. So, if that’s in prog, then thts where it is. Nothing I can’t stand more than video game chord games. It’s irks my nerves. Btw thank you for putting me on to Celestial Seasons. They’re amazing!

[@billcowan5539]

I love your pics Blayne🙏👍👍🤘🤘

[@CarrionCurse]

Check us out! We opened the Chuck Schuldiner tribute shows in Tampa this past December.

[@shkerns4009]

Froglord and Bog Wizard!!

[@analeyesanalyzeanallies5579]

Why mention HEALTH?

[@jpohl1968]

Blayne and his shirts get a size smaller every metal monthly vid.

[@serapheum]

UNDEATH!!!!!! \m/

[@Shrieking_In_the_Void]

why do i, as an American, feel it's necessary for EVERY household in Canada to have some sort of Rush related decoration?