Once again, with a month’s delay, I will publish the best albums of the month. That’s shameful, I know. I’m not even going to promise the best of June for the end of the month, but who knows?

Blut aus Nord – Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses
Release Date: 20th May 2022
Label: Debemur Morti Productions

Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses is yet another gem that doesn’t need any finishing touches. The band’s fourteenth album delivers a myriad of ominous songs with an atmosphere that is pure psychedelia, dark ambient and a hellish black metal. In one word, surreal.

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I Am The Night – While The Gods Are Sleeping
Release Date: 6th May 2002
Label: Svart Records

While the God’s Are Sleeping present a rich atmosphere, majestic melodies and indeed aggressive and icy passages. Very pleasurable.

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Tómarúm – Ash in Realms of Stone Icons
Release Date: 6th May 2022
Label: Prosthetic Records

Presenting a vast dimension of styles such as depressive, atmospheric BM, technical death, progressive and post-metal, Ash in Realms of Stone Icons somehow is a flashy, silky and satisfatory experience.

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TROLLDOM – Av Gudars Ätt
Release Date: 27th May 2022
Label: Iron Bonehead Productions

Av Gudars Ätt is an album with a strong presence and one of my favourites from Troldoom. It is a work with a strong presence; the keyboards are exemplary, and the music is intense but does not overlap, causing a desolate and morbid atmosphere. TROLLDOM’s built a memorable album. Av Gudars Ätt is genuine with high-quality atmospheric elements, impossible not to click on repeat over and over again. It is highly recommended.

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INDREN – Of Time And Autumn Leaves
Release Date: 20th May 2022
Label: Naturmacht Productions

Starting in 2019 in the Alps of northern Italy, INDREN was conceived by C. Nordlandson, and the renowned musician Lord Skarn (À Répit and Paymon). Targing the emotional transition from autumnal nature into winter times, Of Time And Autumn Leaves, is a touching and fierce album with tenacious drums and guitars that carry not only the dawn of the icy winds that blow through the sun-drenched alps but also the rising of the night. The ravenous and vigorous vocals by Lord Skarn bring to this album the perfect tone.

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TROLLDOM – I Nattens Sken
Release Date: 27th May 2022
Label: Iron Bonehead Productions

I Nattens Sken presents a level of musicality far above average. With a traditional Black Metal of the second wave, aggressive, fast and immersed with well-crafted symphonic and atmospheric tones. An unmissable album for fans of Swartadauþuz and Paysage D’Hiver’s other projects, Armagedda, Marduk and Dark Funeral.

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Predatory Light – Death and the Twilight Hours
Release Date: 20th May 2022
Label: 20 Buck Spin

Death and the Twilight Hours presents bold performances in an attractive, energetic way with delightful guitar playing. A magical album, a macabre and a beautiful dance under dismal graves under the moonlight.

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WAMPYRINACHT – Night of the Desecration
Release Date: 20th May 2022
Label: Iron Bonehead Productions

A pure Greek black metal blood album with magnetic and brilliant riffs, the melodic and sinister leads and the macabre vocals by VP Sorcerer makes Night of the Desecration and respectful album. A blasphemous work of great symbolism.

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ANTE-INFERNO – Antediluvian Dreamscapes
Release Date: 13th May 2022
Label: Vendetta Records

Antediluvian Dreamscapes vehemently translates desolate soundscapes into the atmospheric black metal of unparalleled majesty. In this second album that makes up 43 minutes of contemporary darkness, aggression is present, but melancholy is interconnected and sets the exact tone of this sound journey.

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MORTUUS – Diablerie
Release Date: 13th May 2022
Label: World Terror Committee

This is one of the great albums of May. Poetic, spiritual and immersive, with tracks lasting around 10 minutes, this album is a big piece and can’t be missed in your collection. Diablerie is a dark void surrounding everything and accomplishes the goal. Mortuus delivered an exclusive album, pinching their tradition and providing something unexpected and out of the box.