x-camp0 The next step in evolution regarding the band's progress, with a hint of stylistic difference to live by. Favorite track: The Rune of Destruction.

x-camp0 Inanimate existence has always been a forced to be reckoned with musically, and thus, it won't skip my radar any longer. Favorite track: In Moonlight I Am Reborn.

DOOM Great title and artwork. Favorite track: Blood of the Beggar.

mourner This is where their real greatness began to shine. Not that their previous releases weren't any good - they really were - but with loosing the female vocals (which I'm not the biggest fan of anyway) the songs began to show more brutal qualities and that made the delicat details more relevant. A whole new level of perfectly balanced tech death was reached.

Sugammadex Sonically mesmeric. Supreme, immortal incantations spew forth from blasphemous Icelandic wastelands, barren and abominable forevermore. Every minute detail of this album is phenomenal, but the reverb-drenched conjurations, peculiar, vaporous guitar-tone and unearthly drumming are particularly captivating. Favorite track: Ascending Through the Majesty of the Dark Towers.

Ippocalyptica I slept on Prison of Mirrors, but I eventually make my way to everything touched by Stephen Lockhart, and as expected, this debut (!) full-length is absolutely phenomenal, and one of 2020’s best black metal albums. Technical yet subtle, the hypnotically immersive and dissonant melodies are matched by powerful and trance-inducing drumming, the whole affair bolstered by an utterly possessed vocal performance and occult vibe. If you like Deathspell Omega and Svartidaudi, you know what to do. Favorite track: Ascending Through the Majesty of the Dark Towers.

Anor Aflame Infernal vocals lead a black mass spellbound in orthodoxy.
Favorite track: Sigils for the Ritual Exhumation.

Alexander Pugachev Odd-time groovy tech brutal death with sci-fi themes in lyrics. This is Wormed in a nutshell. Favorite track: Tautochrone.

Dmitry Nevozhay Kings of sci-fi brutal tech death with nerdy lyrics and cyborg soul. Best of the best, on par with Defeated Sanity

Sid What can I say about Wormed? They have consistently released solid brutal death metal.

Wormed incorporate all the elements I love about metal; off time chugging reminiscent to Meshuggah, tremolo riffs similar to old Severe Torture, dissonant chord progressions similar to mid-era Gorguts, slams of Afterbirth, and incorporating their own element of fusing jazz and brutal death metal together. Favorite track: The Nonlocality Trilemma.