There is so much heavy, extreme, and beautiful metal music being created from every region of the world; it can be overwhelming. Fortunately, Metal Has No Borders has curated a handful of must-listens released this past month, from Hungary and Russia to Greece and Poland, as well as everything in between.
Enjoy our hand-picked favorite albums, singles, and videos for November 2024 below. Share which bands we missed in the comment section…
Album of the Month (Bronze Tier)
Fiasko
AMOK ꓘOMA
Self-Released
Poland
Mastered by Haldor Grunberg (Behemoth, Thaw), a sophomoric offering by the Warsaw blackened sludge quartet is unforgiving. Tasting like basement mold, the eight tracks on AMOK ꓘOMA bitterly circle the cycle of love and death. It’s full of pensive doom-laden dread and anger, perfect for an approaching winter depression. Fiasko are heavy as lead poison here, while also leaving smoky post-rock atmospheres throughout the chokehold of noise and riffs.
AMOK ꓘOMA by Fiasko is awarded Best Album of the Month (Bronze Tier) for November 2024
Favorite Songs: “Tarantyzm,” “Ciało obce,” “VII krąg”
FFO: Primitive Man, Acid Bath, Intronaut
Album of the Month (Silver Tier)
Spineless
Dysphonia
Released via Submersion Records
Greece
Led by vocalist-keyboardist Chrysa Tsaltampasi, Spineless is harnessing experimental pop-industrial from Thessaloniki in Greece. The new record Dysphonia is a follow-up to Speaking of Chaos and Relative Peace, doubling down on the atmospheric post-metal and graceful shoegaze density. Churning with minimalism, one can easily get allured in and lost from the opener “Justice” to closing piece “Never Ending Story.”
Dysphonia by Spineless is awarded Best Album of the Month (Silver Tier) for November 2024
Favorite Songs: “Disease,” “Justice,” “Me”
FFO: Lingua Ignota, Chelsea Wolfe, Trent Reznor
Album of the Month (Gold Tier)
Thy Catafalque
XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek
Released via Season of Mist
Hungary
Recorded across Hungary, the UK, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Greece, North Macedonia, Israel, the US, Colombia, and Brazil, Thy Catafalque‘s twelfth record perfectly embodies what Metal Has No Borders is all about – a meeting of creative minds and metal musicians all over the world. Led by Tamás Kátai, XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek harnesses over twenty collaborators for a playful, evocative, avant-garde, folk, synth-infused, black metal for all to be in awe of.
XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek by Thy Catafalque is awarded Best Album of the Month (Gold Tier) for November 2024
Favorite Songs: “Mindenevő,” “Piros kocsi, fekete éj,” “A gyönyörü álmok ezután jönnek”
FFO: Ihsahn, Sigur Ros, Sigh
Album of the Month (Honorable Mentions)
Eldingar Lysistrata
Greece
Dragging the listener back to the middle ages, instrumentation including Cretan Lyra, cello, acoustic guitar, flute, and saxophone set the whimsical stage for monstrous Enslaved black metal.
Listen to “Ares“
Rvkkvs Antitheisis of Prosperity
New Zealand
The Auckland four-piece convey malicious deathgrind on par with Carcass or Earthburner on their manic debut full-length.
Listen to “Shachiku“
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Single / Video of the Month
The Fall of Creation
“Dance of Death“
Russia
Overflowing in rich visuals, the new video for “Dance of Death” alludes ancient violence and mythology, to the tune of CKY-meets-In Flames. Directed by Vladimir Lem and inspired by Lars von Trier, each scene is framed like a grandiose renaissance masterpiece painting, dripping in emotion and suggestion. From Eve biting the bleeding apple to the melodic death / metalcore riffs, this single and visuals has me immediately interested in checking out their recently unveiled Enlightenment album.
“Dance of Death” by The Fall of Creation is awarded Best Single / Video of the Month for November 2024
Single / Video of the Month (Honorable Mentions)
Patriarkh “Wierszalin IV“
Poland
Bartek Krysiuk (БАТЮШКА) is bringing the newly named Patriarkh to the front of the stage with the most artsy blackened doom metal haste. Last month, we were blessed with the signature Eastern Orthodox mass visuals on the “Wierszalin III” music video, and the latest “Wierszalin IV” doubles down on the dark, folksy, religious heaviness.
Within Destruction “Kanashibari“
Slovenia
Effortlessly bridging the gap between slam deathcore and anime melodic metalcore, Within Destruction have been awfully prolific, following up recent killer singles “Demon Child” and “Animetal” with the paralysis demon-themed “Kanashibari,” harnessing King 810 to Silent Planet.