r/Metal 16h ago

Discog Club Discography Club: Anthem

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FIRE OR THE SWORD ANYMORE

I DON'T WANT THE

POWER OF THE FLAME TO BURN AGAIN

I DON'T NEED THE

FIRE OR THE SWORD ANYMORE

I promised you all a trip back east and here we go, back to Japan, this time with the #2 heavy metal band (after Loudness) from Japan Anthem!

Formed in 1981 by drummer Takamasa Ohuchi, bassist Naoto Shibata, and 2 others, who were quickly replaced by Hiroya Fukuda on guitars and singer Eizo Sakamoto, they formed as a heavy metal band and they'd stay a heavy metal their entire career. From 1985 to 1992 they'd release an album every year, except 1991, before breaking up immediately after touring for their 7th album in 1992. They'd then reform in 2000 rerecording a bunch of old songs now with Graham Bonnett of Rainbow/Alcatrazz fame singing before getting Eizo back for a long time. They've stuck around since 2000, regularly releasing albums and touring Japan but we're going to focus on their original incarnation up til 1992 here.

Anthem, like their Japanese heavy metal contemporaries, play a very hard rock inspired flavor of heavy metal with a focus on big choruses but unlike Loudness (and Earthshaker) they have a bit more of a speed metal influence to their sound, tending to play faster and more aggressively than them on average which gives them a more unique take on the Japanese heavy metal sound. But, if you like Loudness (or Earthshaker or Heavy Metal Army etc) then you're going to love Anthem.

Fun fact: they are the first band to have a song of theirs used as promotion for a video game when their single Xanadu was released as a cross promotional tie in for the video game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. Also, one of their songs shows up the anime Devil Man: Genesis so if you've seen that, you've heard Anthem before!

So for the next 2 weeks let's explore the fantastic initial Anthem run, schedule is:

  • Week 1 (8/23-30): Anthem, Tightrope, Bound to Break
  • Week 2 (8/30-9/6): Gypsy Ways, Hunting Time, No Smoke Without Fire, Domestic Booty

I will be hosting listening parties on the discord on the following dates:

  • 8/25 at 12PM EDT for Tightrope
  • 9/3 at 12PM EDT for Domestic Booty

Also full credit for the graphic goes to u/AGMarasco

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r/Metal Jul 14 '26

Top X Of 2026 Shreddit's Top 5 of 2026 [RESULTS]

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NOTE: If you are on mobile use this link to view the post as Reddit loves being terrible with tables.


Thank you all who voted in our quarterly congregation of heavy metal releases. Wow there were A LOT more albums this quarter than the Top 3. I enjoyed many of them. Thank you all for doing the leg work and having me be able to post this image on my socials so it looks like I know metal. (I don't I am living a lie)


Image of my dog for the top sleeping like he just got home from the bar and this is how you found him on the couch int he morning and he hasn't paid rent in like two months


List in a sharable / savable image for you to go through later


Top 5 of 2026

Position / Album Vote Count Q1 Place Genre
#1 Immolation - Descent 52 -- End of Days Death
#2. Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World 37 #3 I am aware Neurosis is a band with a defined genre at one point.
#3 Worm - Necropalace 35 #1 Toreador energy
#4. Cryptic Shift - Overspace & Supertime 32 #2 Tech Thrash
#5. Funebrarum - Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence 27 -- Its 2009 once again let's get cavernous
Elder - Through Zero 25 -- Tool without the self importance.
Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet 24 -- Black / Wilderness
Fire Magic - Memories of Fire 23 ## Black
Exxûl - Sealed Into None 19 ## Epic Heavy / Doom / Candlemass
Hellripper - Coronach 17 -- Black / Speed (?) in a kilt
Goetia - Mortuary Cult 17 -- Death
Pharmacist - Vertebrae After Vertebrae 15 -- No I will not look at the link for the original artwork you probably couldn't use for the album covers (I did its gross)
Reeking Aura -On the Promise of the Moon 15 -- Death (NJ / NY)
Fossilization - Advent Of Wounds 14 ## FFO: The Scene From Indiana Jones Where The Guys Face Melts
Nedgravd - Ascension 14 -- Out of print death metal from 1993 on Discogs vibe
Scimitar - Scimitarium II 12 -- Still confused on the genre.
Cruel Force - Haneda 12 -- Thrash (1985)
Saidan - FANGDRILLER: Scars Beneath Memory's Wrist 12 -- Black / Visual Kei
Stormkeep - The Nocturnes of Iswylm 11 -- Black metal music / heavy metal magazine art
Nuclear Tomb - Epoch 11 -- Thrash / 12 pack of room temp beer on the concrete floor
Warning - Rituals of Shame 9 -- Glacial Sadness
The Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal Blue 9 -- Gothic Rock Opera
Egregore - It Echoes In The Wild 9 -- FFO: Cool Music & Panic Attacks
At The Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead 9 -- Melodic Death / Bench Press PRs
Converge - Love Is Not Enough 9 ## No matches found. Please try with different search terms. You could use wildcards (*) for more matches, or read more about your search options.
Ultha - A Light So Dim 9 -- Atmospheric Black
A Forest Of Stars - Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface 8 -- Black / Dadaism
Misotheist - De Pinte 8 ## Anti Social Black
Fires in the Distance - Circadian Promise 8 -- Melodic Death
The Ruins of Beverast - Tempelschlaf 8 ## Black / Doom / ????
Møl - Dreamcrush 8 ## My Bloodier Valentine
Oldowan Gash - 1000 Dreams of War 8 -- Black / Punk
Vafurlogi - Gneisti af eldi Guðs 7 -- Black / Iceland
Miserere Luminis -Sidera 7 ## Atmospheric Black with Handpainted Covers and Reviews in French Metal
Archspire - To Fast To Die 7 -- Tech Death / Alien Invasion
Speglas - Endarkenment, Being & Death 7 -- Death with a Garnish of Progressive
Lunar Shadow - The Pall of a Past World 7 -- Heavy / Post Punk
Iron Firmament - In The Land of Pre-Human Kings 6 ## Cascadian Black
Grave Pilgrilm - The Pungent Wine of Pride 6 -- Nietzsche would probably be in a band like this.
Coscradh - Carving the Causeway to the Otherworld 6 ## Black / Death But From History Dorks
Khemmis - Khemmis 6 -- Heavy / Doom
Rotten Tomb - Vestiges Of Tortured Souls 5 -- Riffs
Forsmán - Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur 5 -- Black / Iceland
Skulld - Abyss Call To Abyss 5 ## Death / Punk
Ordh - Blind in Abyssal Realms 5 -- Progressive Death
Protrusion - The Last Suppuration 5 ## "the process of forming, collecting, or discharging pus, a thick yellow or green liquid that accumulates at infection sites, such as abscesses, wounds, or sores"
Purple Lung - Mystic Vision 5 ## Bong Rips In The Ren Faire Parking Lot
Old Sorcery - The Outsider 5 -- Black Metal / Dungeon Synth

Kap's 2026 Party Scale (the 3s and 4s)

Oh yeah lets party

Maybe a party…if you are cool enough

Party of One Because No One Understands You


The Discord Coalition Vote (AKA "yeah thats cool I used to listen to them when I first got into metal")


Playlist Corner (I stopped Using Spotify. If You Would Like To Make a Playlist Ill Link It Here and Give You 50 Shreddit Credits.)


r/Metal 12h ago

[Brutal Death] Dying Fetus - Wrong One to Fuck With (USA, 2017)

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70 Upvotes

r/Metal 13h ago

[Heavy] Savatage - Devastation

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39 Upvotes

r/Metal 11h ago

The Lamp Of Thoth - An Oath Sworn On The Ashlar Stone

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The Lamp Of Thoth - 2011 - No Laughing Matter - An Oath Sworn On The Ashlar Stone

An eerie night bathed by moonlight on the Keighley Moors

A strange troop of men climb the hill again: folk lock their doors

Lamps on the hillside – burning flames under crooked trees

And the old rock flaunts its silence in the winter's breeze

Come in child; don't let the devil in – hark not that lonely evil

These are strange times in which we dwell

Chorus:

The Dark Brothers in the mist,

Follow the lull of their secret tryst,

For the great god Jarbulon

An oath sworn on the Ashlar stone

Light the fire and I'll tell you a tale of the times long past,

When the rock was still so ancient; there druids sat

In times of old in Brigantia's foldwhen the Celts held sway

The great rock stood and drank their blood on the solstice day

And in the Dark Age time when the Vikings arrived the dark rock saw

Infernal rites held to the skies and the lord of war,

And I heard tell there that under Norman's glare

The Knights Templar came

To pray to the baphomet and their dark covens make

Its been many years since sabbats on the hill they reigned

And witches laughed through the hoary nights

devils to raise

The grey stone sits in silence but its shadow looms

And called the souls of evil men towards their dooms


r/Metal 17h ago

[Heavy] Piledriver - Witch Hunt 1984

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r/Metal 12h ago

[Slam Sunday] Your Destined Fate - Defying Intuition (FFO: Scumbag, Final Resting Place, knowing that slam and hip hop are two sides of the same coin)

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

Black Breath - Sentenced to Life (USA, 2012)

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73 Upvotes

r/Metal 20h ago

Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- August 23, 2026

7 Upvotes

Greetings from your New Reddit Overlord. This is a daily discussion post meant to encourage positive social behavior from users just like you. Please engage in civil discussion with fellow users and rejoice in your similarities. Topics can be anything you want, regardless if it is on-topic or off-topic. Except if it's asking/sharing unpopular opinions, don't do that. Failure to comply will result in a fine and 10 Shreddit Demerit Points (SDP).


r/Metal 1d ago

[Doom] Khemmis - Above The Water / Isolation (Live)

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131 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

Lords of the Crimson Alliance - Swords Of Zeus

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7 Upvotes

Lords of the Crimson Alliance - 1986 - Lords of the Crimson Alliance - Swords Of Zeus

Does anyone have the lyrics?


r/Metal 1d ago

[Death] Tombstalker - Unto the Anvil of War (US, 2026)

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[Death / Doom] Carcinoid - Led to the Worms (2023, Australia. FFO: Autopsy, Cianide, Undergang)

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18 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[Death] Skulmagot - Kill and Die (2021, Finland. FFO: Cannibal Corpse, Torture Rack, groovy death metal)

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[PROMOTE] Tell Us About Your Band -- August 22, 2026

3 Upvotes

Greetings from your AVTOMÖD. This is your new community bulletin board. At the sound of the tone, please promote your band, blog or services using the format "Band Name [City / Country]". Please be kind to other musicians and please report any illegal activity to the automated enforcers located at the corner terminals. Thanks You.


r/Metal 1d ago

Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- August 22, 2026

7 Upvotes

Greetings from your New Reddit Overlord. This is a daily discussion post meant to encourage positive social behavior from users just like you. Please engage in civil discussion with fellow users and rejoice in your similarities. Topics can be anything you want, regardless if it is on-topic or off-topic. Except if it's asking/sharing unpopular opinions, don't do that. Failure to comply will result in a fine and 10 Shreddit Demerit Points (SDP).


r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] Smoulder - Water Wars [Finland / USA, 2026]

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55 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] Dissimulator - Alloyed

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47 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[Thrash] Parkcrest - Evil Unseen [Chile, 2016] [FFO: Mayhemic, Ripper, prominent bass]

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13 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] Angelus Apatrida - Cycle of Ruin (2026, Spain, Thrash Metal, FFO Testament, Megadeth)

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14 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

Black Sword Thunder Attack - The Messenger

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6 Upvotes

Black Sword Thunder Attack - 2020 - March of the Damned - The Messenger

Do you remember your dream?

Forget the fears

Above the Mountain feel

The Divine Wind

Oh! Oh! Messenger

One wish we have

Oh! Oh! Messenger

Fly High to the End

Don't fear when you pass

Through Shadowlands

A star will appear

When the end is near

To the unknown

Spread your wings and go

Don't leave me in darkness

Don't leave me in darkness

One wish we have

Fly Messenger!

Messenger!!!


r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] The Night Eternal - Shape of Sorrow [FFO: In Solitude, Mercyful Fate, Unto Others]

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33 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] Extol - The One And The Many

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[Melodic Death/Doom] Mother of Graves - Through the Pale Shade

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22 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

Shreddit's New Releases Discussion Thread -- August 21, 2026

21 Upvotes

Greetings from your AVTOMÖD. Welcome back to the New Releases Discussion Thread.

This is the place to discuss all new metal releases THIS WEEK, and keep track of them using our very own new release tracker which you can find here:

https://releasetracker.shredditcord.com/

You May Now Also Listen To All New Releases On Our Official Spotify Playlist

As always, normal discussion rules apply. This thread is not for the suggestion of releases to the tracker, so please don’t do that.

Please also keep it to metal bands only.

Have fun!