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.