toad A masterpiece a death metal. Mitochondrion craft an oppressive, maelstrom soundscape with what will undoubtedly go down as one of the most influential death metal albums of 2024. Favorite track: Viabyssm.

Grimmrobe A work of unparalleled ambition and destructive horror.

One of the best of '24. Favorite track: Argentum Mortifixion.

chamber pot blues a real wild ride

Der Brecher I guess everything has been said about this, but I'll add that in addition to writing some of the most insane and ridiculously complex songs ever, I can attest to them being an incredible live band as well. Catch em if you can. I know I will next time around <3

David Fischer After Hive Mind Narcosis, I have no doubt that Thantifaxath is the best Canadian black metal band. What's being delivered in these unfathomable 46 minutes simply deserves a league of its own. The sound is beautiful and threatening, the music expansive and seemingly dismissive of genre boundaries and concepts. Yet, one sinks ever deeper into the black swamp instead of leaving it. This is the epitome of slipping into insanity, it's losing your own conscience to the gaze of the abyss. Magisterial! Favorite track: Mind of the Sun.

minusoneman2 This monstrous masterpiece was sleeping far too long in my wishlist. Simply great sophisticated dissonant, edgy and evil BM with class! Favorite track: Burning Kingdom of Now.

Dmitry Nevozhay Improvised jazz/death metal, the combo made in heaven (or in hell? 🤔). 🤘🏻

misterjahn One of the best things Ive heard in years.

toad Dazzling jazz-death fusion of the highest caliber. Sarmat are undoubtedly one of the leading forces in fusing death metal and jazz with brilliant improvisation. Favorite track: Serum Visions.

deathdoomfan I’m in Reykjavik for the next few days, you guys doing any shows?

Zachary Gillan An electric upright bass? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of Iceland? Localized entirely within this black metal album? Favorite track: Spewing Gloom.

FlashMuc Dark and atmospheric representative of an excellent wave of extreme Islandic metal!

Lorenzo Explosive death metal chaos. Heavy as all hell right out of the gates, All-Consuming Hunger lays waste with an attack of hellfire riffing, blasting drums, and a menacing vocal delivery

Burying the listener with a seemingly never-ending barrage, Hussar works to overpower and dominate throughout, with essentially no reprieve on the horizon. A touch of progressive tone is added to the hightlight 'Dissonant Weeping...', particularly with the serpentine bass flourish that yields into the track Favorite track: Dissonant Weeping Of A Thousand Widows.

Hussar1982 Easily the AOTY for 2022. Hussar is a force to be reckoned with. This is a band every fan of DM should know about. Favorite track: Ritualistic Castration Of The Feeble-Minded Cowards.