El Cuervo and Diabolus in Muzaka want in on this whole Top Ten(ish) thing that’s going around. Let them have a turn.
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L. Saunders’ and Mark Z.’s Top Ten(ish) of 2020
L. Saunders and Mark Z. unveil the kvlt, savage, and unusual. They also give us their Top Ten(ish) of 2020.
TheKenWord’s and Carcharodon’s Top Ten(ish) of 2020
TheKenWord and Carcharodon join the fray with tastes ranging from good, bad, and unfathomable.
Evoke – Seeds of Death Review
“I’m a hammer kind of guy. I wield the Banhammer in the comment section, one of my favorite historical figures is Charles “the Hammer” Martel, my favorite Avenger is Thor, and I love the throwback 80s speed and insanity of Norway’s Deathhammer. Albums like Evil Power take me back to the glory days of speed and provide all sorts of nostalgic amusement and berserker energy. Evoke hail from the same scene as Deathhammer and vocalist/guitarist Kato Marchant has played for them live. Seeds of Death is Evoke’s debut full-length, and it aims to hammer you with blinding speed and tongues firmly planted in the cheek of the 80s.” Feel the need for Seed.
Witches Hammer – Damnation is My Salvation Review
“Speed metal and Canada have a happy history together, and the top three connections are probably early Razor, Exciter, and the Banzai Records “Speed Metal” wheel. 2020 brings us a blistering reminder of Canada’s importance to speed in the form of reactivated British Columbia speed metal band Witches Hammer.” Hammering covens since the 80s.
Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot Review
“Did you ever stop and wonder what a collaboration between Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost, Agent Steel and Darkthrone circa Transilvanian Hunger would sound like? You probably didn’t, but Belgium blackened speed metal deviants Bütcher certainly did, and then they created 666 Goats Carry My Chariot to see if such a crazy musical time heist was even possible. It is, and I for one welcome our new time warping speed overlords, even as I flee from the super weapon of mass destruction they’ve wrought.” Goat show.
