Best New Underground Metal Releases September 2022 | Phobophilic, Miscreance, Cruz, Toadeater, Sonja

[@Emil-ko2fv]

The singer of Miscreance sounds so much like Martin Van Drunen

[@dethronedemperor]

I had to go check metallum to make sure it wasn’t Van Drunen

[@Fo-Flats]

Like Van Drunen with a touch of John Tardy. Great voice!

[@waynelengyel8043]

He's close, very close but not EXACTLY van Drunken.

[@Soaknier]

I listened to Miscreance once and still can't recover. These guys are amazing

[@2doobsmcjubes555]

They sound remarkably like old Pestilence, if you haven't gotten into those guys try testimony of the ancients. Killer stuff all around

[@DesertWastelands]

cheers!

[@helljean96]

Same!

[@axinth]

ALICE TE GO SGAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@Soaknier]

@@axinth ADORO VECIO, MA NON HO BEN CAPITO CHI SEI TU PERÒ DAL CANALE

[@adicto5790]

I just received my copy of Toadeader. I probably would never have heard of this band without you. so thank you very much!

[@markgilbert9769]

Lots to check out. THANK YOU Blayne for what you do. Not only are you entertaining, your taste in METAL is very similar to mine in many areas.

[@tylercraig5633]

Been looking forward to Phobophillic for a long time! Can’t wait for the new album! Behemoth, Phobophillic, Autopsy and Revocation are all on my list

[@electricwarrior6991]

It’s not the guys in Phobophilic’s first band but I guess it’s kinda their first death metal band i guess. A few of the members were in hardcore bands for years leading up to forming Phobophilic but it might actually be the vocalists first band. They’ve been a big part of the Fargo scene for quite a while and I’m stoked to see them getting this level of recognition.

[@iainmacfarlanehorn4977]

Stoked to hear the Phobophilic album. Gonna check out Toadeater now. Thanks again Blayne!

[@Hideousspawn13]

Toadeater sounds really cool!! I’ll be checking them out for sure

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

A new Blind Guardian ? I guess we'll soon see Sarah... I'm gonna listen to Miscreance and Toadeater. Thanks for the recommendations, Blayne !

[@MetalComedy]

Happy to help!

[@matthewellis8773]

Things I'm looking forward to this month. End of the month is completely stacked. In Grief - An Eternity of Misery (9/2) Mardelas - Mardelas IV (9/7) Herbstlethargie - Melancholie im Blattfall (9/9) Ares Kingdom - In Darkness at Last (9/15) Gnipahålan - I nordisk vredeslusta (9/15) Sumerlands - Dreamkiller (9/16) Hadopelagyal - Nereidean Seismic End (9/19) Abhor - Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Antichristi) (9/23) Frayle - Skin & Sorrow (9/23) Live Burial - Curse of the Forlorn (9/23) Thulsa Doom - A Fate Worse than Death (9/30) Spectrum Mortis - Bit Meseri - The Incantation (9/30) Seax - Speed Inferno (9/30) Power From Hell - Shadows Devouring Light (9/30) Pestlegion - Sathanas Grand Victoria (9/30) Lord of Confusion - Evil Mystery (9/30) Hussar - All-Consuming Hunger (9/30) Firtan - Marter (9/30) ColdWorld - Isolation (9/30) Darkest Era - Wither on the Vine (9/30)

[@RongBipper420]

Stoked for The Nine Choirs by Tribal Gaze and Philosophical Collapse by Innumerable Forms coming out the Friday 🤘🏾 great list Blaine

[@Glitteryy]

Thank you, Blayne. Wil be checking out Phobophilic, Toadeater, and Sonja for sure.

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

Blaine loves his black metal and mustaches

[@hugo254]

Great recommendations Blayne, among the best I've seen on BangerTV recently.

[@bradbaker4679]

Yeah, definitely better recommendations than the Vampire guy and “Doc” from Back to the Future!

[@hugo254]

@@bradbaker4679 the vampire Guy hahah. And he insists to use that red eyes lens... If at least his recommendations were as good as Blayne, but whatever, to each his own.

[@calebbegley3833]

Toadeater sounds pretty cool (though, in stark contrast to Blayne, I actually love that pretty, Alcest-esque post-black with a ton of atmospherics, lol).

[@derekj5580]

Thanks, Blayne. Appreciate the effort. Toadeater is awesome. Their previous album was also excellent.

[@curvedwallride]

I was on a plane to Iceland in spring of 2022 and on the "Sound of Iceland" radio playlist was, take a guess.... Zhrine. I was blown away that a mainstream airliner would have black metal in any playlist at all, let alone a band as sick as Zhrine.

[@mattalper3692]

They also had Auðn when I was there

[@necessarycynicism6304]

That snippet of Miscreance did not read as thrash to me whatsoever. Seemed like some textbook Death-style progressive death metal. But what do I know?

[@rockman22]

Thought the same

[@joshuakleinberg4855]

Other songs have parts that are more thrashy, the line is blurred with that album imo.

[@Hellenicheavymetal]

An Abstract Illusion was great. Looking forward to Wolfheart.

[@endlessorbaggins8223]

I've been listening to Woe from AAI couple times since I saw it suggested on Bangers. Really enjoying it!

[@nlwrigh]

Woo-hoo, you're NOT a missing person after all! Got the Megadeth, Ozzy, Bloodbath and Revocation albums so far, Heads For the Dead still on order!

[@MetalComedy]

You found me!

[@bobsala7780]

Let me see if I have this straight. Blind Guardian was released on Nuclear Blast, then Nuclear Winter released Cruz, then Cruz del Sur released Sonja.

[@rebelshred]

Finally. About time Blayne I was worried you weren’t gonna do a metal monthly. I actually need this video weekly yknow considering how much metal is pushed on Bandcamp these days. Also, the record I have says Idle Hands too, so Idle Hands they are.

[@rowanrobinson]

That Cruz song sounded sick. Looked them up on Spotify and they have 106 monthly listeners........ wtf!

[@ronniebby3148]

I almost thought this wasn't gonna come, and research streams ready to go. Mega list Blayne again!!! Thanks

[@ronniebby3148]

Toadeaters returning the crown was great too, as one of my fave post black.

[@MrLando0]

Me too, glad it did.

[@MetalComedy]

Better late than never!

[@cookiemonster749]

8:00 is precisely why I love BangerTV. As an amateur music journalist in reviewing metal records I probably would have never caught wind of Cruz had I not checked out this video. Going to make sure I get Cruz for a review.

[@sightlesswisdom2559]

Damn I wish Melissa Moore would have continued playing Black Thrash, her riffing is some of the best in that genre.

[@Falxifer95]

She also has a death metal band called Crossspitter, they only have a demo for now, but its worth checking out and she brings the riffing with a vengeance.

[@MetalComedy]

Agreed, but Sonja is super strong so my hope is that she has a few projects on the go eventually with some heavier stuff in there.

[@sightlesswisdom2559]

@@Falxifer95 Hell yea, will check them out.

[@darkwanderer326]

Rumpelstiltskin Grinder had some great riffin too

[@careful...Icarus]

Sonja...she? I wanna say no.

[@ishtiaqueabedin2413]

I am - eternal steele is the best album of this month if not this year

[@bradbaker4679]

Yes, love that album too!!!

[@dasbeard6667]

The new Innumerable Forms album, Philosophical Collapse, is going to be one of the best death metal albums of the year. Out 9/16

[@MCKretin]

Saw Phobophilic before Covid. So good. Sadly have lost my tshirt.

[@MetalComedy]

Good excuse to buy more merch though!

[@Fo-Flats]

Cruz channels that old Entombed spirit hard. Well done!

[@dozer0382]

Toadeater rips, thanks!

[@antondzajajurca7797]

Tankard will be releasing new album - Pavlov's Dawgs, on September 30, 2022

[@careful...Icarus]

So Sharon has wheeled Ozzy back into the studio all Weekend at Bernie's like to churn out another lp of drivel,cuz she needs some new jewelry eh?

[@ravensoulmetal8466]

Probably a new face lift.

[@chloeferguson9015]

Check out "burn in hell" by "Foxor", came out this month, wicked sound!

[@C.good2damax]

gawd daaannnggg you good at this BLAYNE. BADASS! TY!!!!!

[@HankFacepunch]

New Behemoth is great, front to back. Got my copy three days early in the mail.

[@austinlight5054]

"Have a listen." Goes straight to commercial 😂

[@mattstaup4774]

Haha “no drummer can ever vocalist…” CLASSIC!

[@Orangeokie7]

I'm guessing Sarah will be reviewing the new masterpiece album from Sumerlands and that's why it wasn't mentioned in this video?

[@bradbaker4679]

These recommendations are sick !!! Blayne you are by the the best banger by far!!!!

[@justynfogarty6209]

Dude i cant wait for that phobophilic record

[@laertesdd]

Read the Vs like Us. Opus Contra Naturam.

[@daverivera5235]

Miscreance is amazing! They sound nothing like thrash but rather death metal. Still awesome tho

[@Coop-tu3mj]

Thanks for the heads up on the CLUTCH release!!

[@jmalinjapan7786]

Searching for a Death Metal name for September? May I suggest Septicmember? The picks sound fucking great this month BTW. Gonna be looking out for Cruz and Toadeater that’s for sure!

[@MetalComedy]

Haha that's a pretty good one!

[@jmalinjapan7786]

Doesn’t smell like a good one though. 😵‍💫

[@sgc36]

Well worth the wait. Checking out all recommended bands

[@milanbertucci1990]

miscreance really gives me obliveon vibes

[@robertshirley9132]

Thank you Metal Monthly! Best dang show on the Tube! 👏

[@goora1866]

Bexadde is such a great album

[@Bumzen]

lol... I love it when music is technical, as long as it's well written.

[@strangeskills]

Miscreance very good !

[@Bigmay85]

Sonja! F yeah! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@danarchy4all930]

You guys gotta check out the new Barn album Habitat. It’s a banger.

[@supremelordoftheuniverse5449]

It’s a great month, it’s a great day for Sweden 🇸🇪 🎉❤

[@BruceWayne-tp8hu]

another great release this month is the new innumerable forms record. i bought it early at their euro tour, its some of the best deathdoom ive heard in a while

[@jarunia17]

Wtf was that jumpscare with the KEN Mode cover? hahahaha

[@formatcnow]

Yo Blayne, What's going on on this vid? You sound tired or stoned.. or something :P Great music an video tho! Miscreance singer sounds like Martin van Drunen 🤘

[@jmalinjapan7786]

I thought he sounded super low energy too. Kinda phoning it in almost. Blayne mate, we all hope you’re well!

[@MetalComedy]

I thought the same thing watching it, but don't remember anything feeling different haha. Guess I got a bad sleep?

[@chrisfriesen5461]

Probably the air show

[@FlabbyPigLegs]

Stoked for Autopsy’s new album their single slapped.

[@dk4569]

Never clicked on a video so fast

[@matthewporter8141]

All these bands sound great and will be checking them all out. But . . . WARFORGED! WARFORGED! WARFORGED! WARFORGED! And I AM.

[@manynukes11]

I was getting worried you got lost or something

[@unassepikus9703]

One of my favorite Italian thrash/Speed metal bands is Baphomet's Blood. it's like satanic Motorhead lol

[@rockkiall]

Death Metal September! Death Metal superiority!

[@dylanrostron9780]

At first glance at the clip i thought - is Sonja's band made up entirely of alternate timeline Daniel Dekays?

[@bruffyb3796]

Miscreance sounds like full on Death worship. Got Chuck style leads all over it. I'm going to put on Human...

[@antondzajajurca7797]

Blaine is becoming more James Hetfield lookalike day by day.

[@MetalComedy]

I'll take it!

[@jmhanelineiv]

Wolfheart - King of the North on the 16th!! If you like Finnish metal and melodeath, you'll like this.

[@directedbyxanderjones8329]

My brother's name is Cruz. I'll have to show him that band. Lol

[@spiritofthetallhills2037]

No mention of innumerable forms and mortuous cmon blayne i thought you liked death doom

[@joeln901]

Hell yeah!

[@chkchrycla]

Better late than never.

[@MetalComedy]

I'm here!

[@kaceyburke7484]

You forgot one of my favorite bands. Gearea. Bm from Portugal. Their 4th release is out later this month. It's epic. Please review.

[@Assimilator702]

Right out of the gate I thought Cruz was the dumbest name for a Metal band. Then along comes Toadeater. Luckily the music is all top notch.

[@careful...Icarus]

Cruz is a good name for a skate punk band and Toadeater is a good stoner band name. Neither are good names for what they are.

[@leepettley1535]

I wouldn't call Miscreance Thrash metal. It has thrash elements but it sounds like Pestilence, Early Cynic, Atheist and latter Death. Hell it even sounds like M.V.D. on vox. All which were progressive Death Metal bands.

[@StevenSeagull123]

Sonja rocks!

[@upliftmofo]

Check out Engraver for Italien thrash, fitting for helloween too

[@nazerlife3665]

wow that phobophillic song is sick!!! good pick

[@INTOTHEPIT]

Is the label called NUCLEAR Blast or NUCULAR Blast?

[@tonytoofast]

New End split, Bloodbath and Stray From the Path. Tasty.

[@bwrbassscreams]

Dont forget The Callous Daoboys new album Celebrity Therapist, it is excellent

[@Kroccan]

What i really wonder is how many metal t-shirts Blayne have, anyway pretty rich metal monthly !

[@absolutedeafness1173]

Miscreance is basicly pestilence, pretty good

[@Jasx_501]

Always love the sass and new monthly metal (without nu metal), Blayne!

[@LaylaLover90]

6:00 Hey, if you want some MORE Italian thrash, look no further than 'Children Of Technology' 🍕🍕

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

You left out the best of them all. Sumerlands - Dreamkiller (Relapse, Sep 16) This has had me growing out a virtual mullet and driving around an imaginary 1978 Camaro, blasting metal on the tapedeck. Six years after the debut, it features Brendan Radigan on vocals of Magic Circle, replacing Phil Swanson (Atlantean Kodex, Hour of 13, Seamount, Vestal Claret). On the first album, they cited Ozzy Osbourne's Ultimate Sin (1986) as an inspiration. I had to guess that was tongue in cheek, as it's Ozzy's worst 80s album. I think it's just to emphasize their attention to big money, hooky recordings on top of all the obscure bands like Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road, Fates Warning that they are influenced by. The new one they cite Scorpions, Foreigner and Dokken (with an extra dose of depression), ha ha. Melancholic chug. It's actually better than that, but I can appreciate the effort to shoot for some hooky earworms inspired by them.

[@demo23nz]

Holy shit! New Sumerlands?! This is great news!

[@stefanbartels4224]

"as it's Ozzy's worst 80s album" - wtf? the ultimate sin is his best album.

[@kryptic9056]

Sonja reminds me of Cauldron - In Ruin. Check em out !

[@craigroaring]

Miscreance sound and look much like atheist, but with Martin Van WhatsHisName from Asphyx on vocals. Sounds great. Find it a bit strange that it's catagorized as thrash though. I wouldn't call it any more thrash than atheist. I think that in the late 80s early 90s if a band bordered the line between thrash and death, it would be considered death if it had progressive elements. Now the same bands would be considered tech/progressive thrash. I thought the same with Vector. To me they seemed more akin to the band Death than any thrash band.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

Blayne check out this band called Fyre Toolz, its insane, like 1990s sitcom theme songs meets wicked blastbeats and black metal drones. I admit I saw it on Fantano but its not Fantanocore at all.

[@theambivalentsocialworker]

Hey Blayne. Great sounds and show. Top do! Thanks for the usual palate cleanser. Sonja sound like Cauldron......from the clip anyway.. FYI prefer Cauldron. 🤘👍

[@tylercraig5633]

Gotta shout out the new record Dimensional Bleed by Holy Fawn! Currently my #3 album of the year

[@lucasstruna3962]

miscreance sounds like pestilence sick

[@cpguy99ify]

LOL 'Some shit with too many V's' Please someone use that as an album title

[@craigroaring]

But that title would only have one V in it.

[@C4backjump]

Shout out new Innumerable Forms and Faceless Burial

[@jhenderson4577]

No Wolfheart?

[@ThatMetalGuy1983]

Have you heard of Rottweiler Records? I highly recommend you check them out!

[@thewitchpolyglot6625]

Sonja is the best one from here

[@totoyleon7991]

Bro, can you take an ear on Majestic Downfall? and let me your review please? would be awesome to know your opinion as you express sounds :3

[@LaylaLover90]

Nice talking with you on Twitch my man!! (I am diffiCULTfollowing) 🤘👿🤘

[@thescream1868]

dude....after this video, im playing some motherfucking duck hunt

[@org0th884]

sumerlands should have been the palette cleanse

[@mmmnuts5645]

Blayne knows new music, but he is still a goofball