Vltimas

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren’t* playing…

This week’s Notable Releases include Brutus’ genre-defying rock album, Quelle Chris’ clever and powerful ‘Guns,’ Magic Circle’s psych-doom throwback, Free Throw’s ambitious third LP, and more.

Vltimas is the new group from legendary death metal frontman David Vincent (who sang on Morbid Angel’s classic 1989 debut Altars of Madness), Rune ‘Blasphemer’ Eriksen (ex-Mayhem, Aura Noir, Earth Electric) and Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy)…

Here’s all the metal we posted this week, including Deafheaven, Pig Destroyer, Saint Vitus, Devil Master, Vltimas, Big Business, Noisem, Lord Dying, and more.

Listen to new songs by Solange, Four Tet, The Radio Dept, 2 Chainz, Arthur Russell, Little Simz, Gesaffelstein & Pharrell, Show Me The Body, Eartheater, She Keeps Bees, and more.

Listen to new songs by Big Boi (one with Killer Mike), Rivers Cuomo/KYLE, Mac DeMarco/Melanie Faye, The Chemical Brothers, Ian Brown (Stone Roses), G Herbo & Southside, and more.

Listen to new songs by Deerhunter, La Dispute, Norah Jones & Mercury Rev, Integrity, Natalie Prass, UNKLE, Lost Under Heaven, Future, Boogie, Vltimas, and more.

From Baroness to Torche to Carcass to new supergroup Vltimas, here are 13 metal albums we’re excited to hear this year.