It's Black Metal History Month, so CHR and Doug are serving up an episode full of blackened goodness. In the new album segment, Doug serves up some blackened melodeath from Machinations of Fate and CHR opts for some blackened thrash from Midnight. In the indie segment, China's Vengeful Spectre provide some folk-influenced black metal. Finally, in Heavy Metal Valhalla, they revisit the second album from Emperor, one of the pioneers of the Norwegian scene.

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News:

* Ozzy Reveals He Has Parkinson's Disease
* Sean Reinert (Death, Cynic) Passes Away at 48
* Joseph Payne (Nile, Divine Heresy) Passes Away at 35

New Releases:

Machinations Of Fate : Machinations Of Fate (2020) 5:42
Machinations Of Fate is a band from Newport, Kentucky (near Cincinnati, Ohio), and play a form of melodic death metal that melds the Gothenberg formula with blackened influences.
Get this album: Bandcamp • Amazon • iTunes • Spotify

Midnight : Rebirth By Blasphemy (2020) 18:10
Formed back in 2002 in Cleveland, Ohio, Midnight is ostensibly a one-man project of vocalist/guitarist/bassist/drummer Athenar. His unique blend of speed metal, black metal and punk rock creates some fast-paced heavy music sure to please fans of any of these subgenres.
Get this album: Bandcamp •