the mountain king

Ted Nubel concludes our individual favorites lists for 2022 with lots of heavy metal and doom – check back next week when we unceremoniously aggregate everything into a spreadsheet for our list of lists.

Here’s all the new metal that’s released between November 6th, 2022 and November 19th, 2022 — spin (or skip) new music from Candlemass, -(16)-, Dream Unending, and more.

Whoops, we fell behind! Here’s all the new metal that’s been released between June 26th, 2022 and July 16th, 2022 — spin (or skip) new music from Wormrot, Municipal Waste, Inhuman Condition, and more.

Nine IO writers share their mid-year favorites for 2022.

All the new metal releasing between February 20th 2022 and February 26th, 2022 — spin (or skip) new music from Blood Incantation, Allegaeon, HammerFall, and more.

The doom/drone band’s latest album is a fully palindromic affair—stream the whole thing here and read an interview with band founder Eric McQueen.

All the new metal releasing between March 28h, 2021 and April 3rd, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Wode, Steel Bearing Hand, Unflesh, and more.

All the new metal releasing between February 14th, 2021 and February 20th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Suffering Hour, Gravesend, Coronary, and more.