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That upcoming Converge album is as good as everyone hopes to be. Very straightforward and sonically similar to “All we love we leave behind”. Get stoked!

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#hardcore #metalsky
Love Is Not Enough, by Converge
10 track album
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January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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We're incredibly stoked to be able to present the premiere of Arcane Frost's upcoming full-length debut "Night's Cavalry" that will be released tomorrow on the 3rd of January via Bleeding Heart Nihilist!

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#metalsky #blackmetal
Arcane Frost - Night's Cavalry (Album Premiere)
Let's be honest. We've all been waiting for this. It's now been s e v e n (!) years since the release of Arcane Frost's second EP Dragged Into The Void in
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January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Another list, this it’s Patrik‘s turn.

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#metalsky #soundtrack
Patrik’s Favorite Releases of 2025
It's that time of year again. And as always, there's no particular order, just the albums I think are the best of the year.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Three years ago Our Loss Is Total unleashed their behemoth “I”. We had the chance to ask them some questions about their existence as a band and the birthing of this album.

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#metalsky #blackmetal
Our Loss Is Total - I (Interview) - Transcended Music Blog
Last year Our Loss Is Total unleashed a behemoth onto us with I. We had the chance to ask Tobias Buck and Stefan Keller some questions about the creation of I.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Thomas is doing his Top 9 of 2025!

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#metalsky #industrial
Thomas' Favorite Releases of 2025
2024 has treated our ears with a whole lot of great music. Here are Thomas' go-tos in no special order. They all just plain slap.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Feliz Jueves
Two years after “Rat Wars” HEALTH give us “Conflict DLC”

Interessante
It sounds like the perfect balance between neon and concrete

No Dogashitera
Beats for your buttocks, guitars for your guts and melancholy for your mind

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#metalsky #industrial
HEALTH - Conflict DLC (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
HEALTH are back with an add-on to 2023's Rat Wars.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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It’s THAT time of the year again. Here’s Ray‘s Top 9 of 2025

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#metalsky #deathmetalsky
Ray's Favorite Releases of 2025
2024 has treated our ears with a whole lot of great music. Here are Thomas' go-tos in no special order. They all just plain slap.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
themtmbdudes.bsky.social
Both releases should be taken in together as they form a great insight into the vast cosmos that is the Œuvre of Nine Inch Nails. Those tributes show the wide array of artists and genres that have been affected or influenced by them.

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#metalsky #industrial
Nine Inch Nails double Tribute special - Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux / The Downward Spiral Redux (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
Nine Inch Nails have been, and still are, the backbone of my musical taste for decades now. It is a clear understatement to say they influenced a lot of
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December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
themtmbdudes.bsky.social
Looking for a label to spend Black Friday money on? Read out label introduction for Church Road Records!

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Church Road Records (Label Introduction, Interview)
"Church Road Records was founded in 2017 by Sammy Urwin and is co-run by Justine Jones with help from friends.Self isolating with records since forever m/"
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November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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„…is your friend“ is pure fun and the songs are delivered with such urgency that you can’t help but bang your head, sing along and feel excitement when listening to these 27 minutes of pure positive energy.

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/11/drai...

#hardcore
Drain - ...Is Your Friend (Review)
Ohhhh, another friend request. This time it's from the Californian Hardcore powerhouse that is Drain. After establishing themselves as one of the most furious
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November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
themtmbdudes.bsky.social
he Path ov the Flame is a strongly positive album by a new band that sets the bar very high right from the beginning with their output. If you are into wilder mixtures of your favorite genres, make sure to check out this album!

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#metalsky #deathcore
Grimnis - The Path ov the Flame (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
The music scene in NRW is heavily vibrant. After having set up Lower Rhine Underground, it has by no means remained a secret that it feels almost impossible
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November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Believe in Nothing's "Rot" is 42 minute debut of bleakness and viciousness. Believe in Nothing have bred a work of art that in all its ugliness is hard to ignore. If you can stomach the aural hostility you are in for an enthralling experience.

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/11/beli...

#metalsky
Believe in Nothing - Rot (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
Rot is 42 minute debut of bleakness and viciousness. Believe in Nothing have bred a work of art that in all its ugliness is hard to ignore.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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“Observance” ( @relapserecords.bsky.social ) is not just a heavy record it’s an experience of pure suffocation. It might very well be @primitiveman.bsky.social most intense and unsettling album to date, which honestly says a lot.

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/prim...

#metalsky #sludge
Primitive Man - Observance (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
For over 13 years now, Primitive Man have built a reputation as probably the heaviest band on the planet. What’s even more ridiculous is that with every
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October 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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5 songs of brute hostility are gathered on "For All the Dead Dreams". 17 minutes of condensed anger and audio-physical violence. Every song here has that ONE mosh-part that hits as hard as the body-blow on the cover.

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#metalsky
Mastiff - For All the Dead Dreams (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
Mastiff throw their newest EP For All the Dead Dreams at the world. It comes as no surprise that Mastiff haven't changed much regarding their heaviness.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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“Unself“ (via @nuclearblast.bsky.social) is not easy to digest. It demands your attention. Conjurer fully succeed on their third record, blasting away all doubts that they would falter this time. Those who embrace it surely won’t forget it.

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#metalsky #sludge
Conjurer - Unself (Review)
Conjurer are a hard band to classify. While the primary sound of these relatively young four-piece is deeply rooted in all things gloomy and sludgy, they were
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This is without a doubt The Acacia Strain's heaviest and most focused record to date. And that's saying something 13 records deep into the band's career. We're not Safe anymore. Released via @riserecords.bsky.social

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#metalsky #sludge
The Acacia Strain - You're Safe From God Here (Review)
The Acacia Strain, the uncrowned kings of downtempo heavy hardcore have returned once again with their 13th album You Are Safe From God Here.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Bow down to your new masters of brutality. New Tribal Gaze via @nuclearblast.bsky.social

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/trib...

#metalsky #deathmetal
Tribal Gaze - Inveighing Brilliance (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
Texas Death Metal juggernaut Tribal Gaze are back with their sophomore full-length Inveighing Brilliance, out October 17th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band
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October 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Endless blast-beats over screams of never-ending agony. This is exactly how Black Metal without the "Post-" should sound in 2025. Terzij de Horde's Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone is a definitive genre highlight at the end of the year.

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/terz...

#metalsky #blackmetal
Terzij de Horde - Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
Endless blast-beats over screams of never-ending agony. Terzij de Horde's "Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone" is a definitive genre highlight at the end of the year.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
themtmbdudes.bsky.social
"Hideous Aftermath" is not just another brutal Death Metal record. It’s a diverse, refreshing and punishing release that pushes Sanguisugabogg to the next level while cementing their status as one of the best death metal bands in the game right now.
www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/sang...

#metalsky
Sanguisugabogg - Hideous Aftermath (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
Sanguisugabogg are ready to drop their third full-length Hideous Aftermath on October 10th via Century Media Records. Produced by none other than Kurt Ballou,
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October 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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DESTROYING OURSELVES FOR A PLACE IN THE SUN ( @consouling.bsky.social / Lay bare Recordings) is like a perfect evolution, it defines the muscles, refines the movements, and in the end, a metal organism emerges that stands very high on the food chain.
www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/modd...
#metalsky
Modder - DESTROYING OURSELVES FOR A PLACE IN THE SUN (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
I really enjoyed The Great Liberation Through Hearing two years ago. It was a refreshing take on Sludge Metal. Although not being a great fan of psychedelic
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October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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If you’re into riffs, Dead Heat's Process of Elimination ( @metalbladerecords.bsky.social) is pure riff city.

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/10/dead...

#metalsky #hardcore
Dead Heat - Process of Elimination (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
On October 10th, Dead Heat are set to drop their third album Process of Elimination through Metal Blade Records. Their first under the Metal Blade banner and
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October 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Author & Punisher is still able to re-invent his vision and his craft, even this long into his career. "Nocturnal Birding" ( @relapserecords.bsky.social ) truly feels like an exploration of sound(s)

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#metalsky #industrial
Author & Punisher - Nocturnal Birding (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
Musical exploration sometimes works in mysterious ways. Author & Punisher has been around for more than 20 years and just now with their new
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September 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Dying Wish deliver a fresh, modern version of 2000s Hardcore with their new album “Flesh stays together”

www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/09/dyin...

#metalsky #hardcore
Dying Wish - Flesh stays together (Review) - Transcended Music Blog
Dying Wish will be releasing their third album Flesh Stays Together on September 26th via SharpTone Records, and it’s easily the most ambitious and mature
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September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Gnaw Their Tongues' "The Genesis of Light" (via @consouling.bsky.social ) is like opening the box of Pandora: those 4 meditations sound like gazing at an ancient apocalypse ritual.

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#metalsky #ambient
Gnaw Their Tongues - The Genesis of Light (Recommendation) - Transcended Music Blog
Gnaw Their Tongues forged an album which literally stood the test of time. The Genesis of Light is a fascinating album that won't lighten up your day but it
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September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Three days of heat, dust, pits, and some of the best performances extreme metal has to offer.
www.transcendedmusic.de/2025/09/part...

#metalsky #festival
Party.San Metal Open Air 2025 - Festival Review
The Party.San Metal Open Air went down between the 7th and 9th of August 2025 in Schlotheim, and once again proved why it’s one of the biggest extreme metal
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September 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM