Thou, MJ Guider, Private Service, Die Young

Blood eagle breakout Magus landed Thou on most short-list 2018 metal ratings. The Baton Rouge beheaders’ fifth LP since 2007 writhes 10-minute Gulf Coast sludge epics infected with black metal scree. Witnessing Bryan Funck scream the life out of death in the intimate dive that is Eastside-metal-Valhalla the Lost Well should likewise constitute one of the best hard arts pulverizations of this cursed year. – Raoul Hernandez