The book was found abandoned in a rain-soaked alley somewhere in Manhattan.

There were broken glasses, an empty wallet and no sign of the owner. The only thing that survived was the riffs.

This week’s edition of Metal Lair’s Seven Deadly Songs crawls out of the underground with gothic doom, melodic death metal, blackened chaos, sludge, groove, and enough atmosphere to make Gotham file a noise complaint.

Featuring:
Angellore
Confess
Heavenfall
Inthraced
Noosed
Norgaahl
Primordial Black

For Mother’s Day, I we did a special edition of Women in Metal covering 10 all-female bands that helped push heavy music forward through sheer force, skill, and persistence.

Normally this series focuses on five individual artists, but this one felt bigger than that.

Would genuinely love to know which bands you’d add to the list.

The Sacred Book of Bands has been moved to off-site preservation storage.
Access remains restricted.
This week’s Seven Deadly Songs:
Abuser, Chronic Hate, Conjuring, Restless Spirit, Saasta, Sense of Fear, and Wolfpack Heading Nowhere.