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2019: A Year In Review

January 7, 2020

2019: A Year In Review
2019: A Year In Review

Five Excellent Metal Releases from the United Kingdom in 2019

The United Kingdom has a great many interesting metal-leaning projects which range from raw black metal to emotional doom to sludge to hardcore to death metal to everything else in between. This is a list, in no particular order (except for alphabetical) of five UK based released from 2019 that are great and should be listened to. Bandcamp links are included, where possible, so that you may show your support should you so desire.

1

Abduction

All Pain As Penance

Raw black metal in all its foul glory. 

2

Dawn Ray'd

Behold Sedition Plainsong

Violin-infused black metal with a message.

3

Esoteric

A Pyrrhic Existence

Death metal meets funeral doom meets ultimate sorrow.

4

Fen

The Dead Light

Atmospheric black metal that's as beautiful as it is bleak.

5

Saor

Forgotten Paths

Scottish black metal with a melancholy hint of folk.

- Cheryl

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— words by the SPB team • January 7, 2020

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2019: A Year In Review
2019: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. Five Excellent Metal Releases from the United Kingdom in 2019
  3. Our Favorite Album Covers of 2019
  4. The best EP's and splits of 2019 according to Dennis
  5. The best non-punk or metal of 2019 according to Dennis
  6. The Strangest Albums I Heard in 2019

Series: Year End 2019

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