Italian doomsters The Foreshadowing get props from Katatonia’s Anders Nyström for being “one of the finest quality doom acts around these days.” High praise indeed.
It’s hard not to have a sweet spot for all of the killer riffs of the “Gothenburg sound.” Darkness by Oath even snags The Haunted’s Anders Bjorler for a solo.
On the same wavelength as fellow Canadians 3 Inches of Blood, bringing speedy, thrashy sounds with a good sense of humor and a love of all things ’80s.
Thrash doesn’t get much more badass than Testament, a band that continues to release good albums with a consistency that shames their peers in the Big 4.
Nachtmystium never fail to surprise as of late. Their latest album, Silencing Machine, is no exception. It’s full of middle fingers to black metal conventions.