A Very Late Celebration of Bloodletter's A Different Kind of Hell (2023)
When I think of the best albums of 2023, one theme I saw running through was a handful of American Death/Thrash albums really flowed their way to my top five-six albums of the year. Along with albums like Tomb Mold's The Enduring Spirit, Wayfarer's American Gothic, Uada's Crepuscule Natura, and Blackbraid's II these albums are the ones I come back to frequently a couple years later. (I'm sure I'm forgetting something obvious and will kick myself later). But three thrashing albums also make up the top of my list. Graveripper's Seasons Dreaming Death, Xoth's Exogalactic, and Bloodletter's A Different Kind of Hell. Enforced's War Remains also belongs here but I forgot it when I started writing. These albums are all very different - Xoth is sci-fi progressive death thrash, an album that is fun and modern. Graveripper's Seasons Dreaming Death brings death and black metal influences to a Thrash Metal base, aggressive, heavy, and dark. But today I ...