Another big month has ended with some surprises and wicked full-length debut albums from bands such as Creeping Death, Creeping Flesh and Arctos. As we are closing in on the final months of the year the album of the year list is getting more and more ready, question is if these last three months can make any big changes or not with bands like Ragnarok, Insomnium, The Great Old Ones, In Mourning and 1349 still got something to say about that. Don’t forget to check out all the bands and labels, give them a like and check out The Metal Gamer Spotify list (give it a follow to if you fancy it) for a full recap on the best songs from each album mentioned here.

Album of the month:

Mgła – Age of Excuse

I have a rule to only review albums I receive a promo of and I’ve stuck by it for at least a year now. Sometimes though there drops an album that’s so mighty, a perfect 5/5 even after weeks of going through it, that even if you got the chance to review it you wouldn’t know what to write because it’s too damn good and you’re lost for words. The latest Mgła album Age of Excuse is one of those albums for me. A real album of the year contender you shouldn’t miss.

Mgła – Age of Excuse was released September 2nd via No Solace.

Runners-up:

Ereb Altor – Järtecken

I’ve always had a soft sport for Ereb Altor and still though. While some say they might lose their touch a bit I think Järtecken is just as good as their past work, which means it’s superb!

Ereb Altor – Järtecken was released September 23rd via Hammerheart Records.

Netherbird – Into the Vast Uncharted

One of the most underrated bands in my opinion has done it again! Into the Vast Uncharted is almost a completely different beast than their last album and a small change in direction but they pull it off with ease adding a new wicked album to their great discography. You can read the review here.

Netherbird – Into the Vast Uncharted was released September 27th via Eisenwald.

Sempiternal Dusk – Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation

While the debut back in 2014 was one of the best I’d heard in quite some time I didn’t know what to expect from the follow-up album. Would it be in a slump or not? Fact is they blow it out of the park and the five years in the making has only made it even more rotten and deadly. You can read the review here.

Sempiternal Dusk – Cenotaph of Defectuous Creation was released September 27th via Dark Descent Records.



Blood Red Throne – Fit to Kill

The Norwegian powerhouse of death metal has never released a bad album. They took a step back with Fit to Kill, going back to their roots, and it was a good decision leading to one of their strongest albums yet. You can read the review here.

Blood Red Throne – Fit to Kill was released September 13th via Mighty Music.

Honorable mentions

The Ritual Aura – Velothi

Engulf – Transcend

IATT – Nomenclature

Horrific Demise – Excruciating Extermination

Omophagia – 646965

Cognizance – Malignant Dominion

Infant Annihilator – The Battle of Yaldabaoth

Visceral Disgorge – Slithering Evisceration

Endseeker – The Harvest

Murder Made God – Endless Return

Vitrol – To Bathe From the Throat of Cowardice

Creeping Death – Wretched Illusions

Creeping Flesh – Into the Meat Grinder

Coffins – Beyond the Circular Demise

Chase the Dead – Desolate Absolution

Arctos – Beyond the Grasp of Mortal Hands

And Hell Followed With – Chimercial Reality

Blut Aus Nord – Hallucinogen

Urn – Iron Will of Power

As I Lay Dying – Shaped by Fire

Asagraum – Dawn of Infinite Fire

Takafumi Matsubara – Strange, Beautiful and Fast

Borknagar – True North

Opeth – In Cauda Venenum

Wreck-Defy – Remnants of Pain

Vorna – Sateet Palata Saavat

Tales of the Tomb – Volume Two: Mendacium

In Thousand Lakes – Evolution

Mizmor – Cairn

Mortem – Ravnsvart

Exhorder – Mourn the Southern Skies

Garden of Eyes – Arcane Haze

Downcross – What Light Covers Not

Bones – Diseased

Abythic – Conjuring the Obscure

Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear

Fetid Zombie – Death Covenant

Crypt Sermon – The Ruins of Fading Light

Horror God – Cursed Seeds

Nekrosity – Void Gazer

Nordkväde – Visdom & Makt

Anifernyen – Augur

The Metal Gamer songs of the month playlist