The 100% Metal Playlist of the week #87

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Unleash the Archers – Green & Glass

Modern heavy metal band Unleash the Archers announce a new album titled Phantoma. Articulated around a concept based on artificial intelligence, this disc presents a first extract, entitled “Green & Glass”, with a clip produced using this technology. Carried by the powerful voice of Brittney Slayes and mastered instrumental parts, this first title promises the best. See you on May 10 for its release.

Deicide – Sever The Tongue

The veterans of American death metal drive the point home with the bloody “Sever The Tongue”, a brutal and relentless new extract from their next album, entitled Banished By Sin. See you on April 26 for the release of this new record which promises to be as brutal as it is unstoppable.

Alestorm – Voyage of the Dead Marauder

The Scottish pirates invite German hurdy-gurdy player Patty Gurdy in their new single, Voyage of the Dead Marauder. In this new saturated refrain, his voice dances joyfully with the cheeky singing of Christopher Bowes, telling a new story of piracy. To be found in the EP of the same name, scheduled for March 22.

Witherfall – What Have You Done?

The American progressive metal band unveils a new track, “What Have You Done?” “. Epic and intriguing, this track comes from Sounds of the Forgotten, Witherfall’s next studio album, which will be released on May 31.

Exhorder – Forever and Beyond Despair

On March 8, the American thrash metal band released their next album, Defectum Omnium, the second since their reformation. Before that, discover the dark and powerful “Forever and Beyond Despair”, which is taken from it.

Orkhys – The Chained Oak

The French melodic metal band Orkhys unveils a new track with pronounced epic accents. Entitled The Chained Oak, it is an extract from Legends, their recently announced next album. See you in mid-April for its release.

Warlord – Conquerors

After nine years without releasing a studio album, the American old school metal band announces its return with a new album, Free Spirit Soar. Scheduled for May 10, this disc notably contains the epic single Conquerors, available now.

Enforced – Deadly Intentions

Thrash crossover band Enforced continues to explore different layers of musical brutality. So here is their cover of “Deadly Intentions”, a cult song by the Florida death metal band Obituary, present on their first album: Slowly We Rot.

Firewind – Chains

The Greek heavy metal group led by Gus G. (ex-Ozzy Osbourne) unveils a new song entitled “Chains”. Find him in the aptly named Stand United, which will be released on March 1st.

Hirax – Drill into the Brain

After going ten years without releasing an album, the cult American thrash metal band is preparing their return with Faster Than Death, scheduled for 2024. Take a minute to discover the supersonic and relentless “Drill into the Brain”, which is taken from it .

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