MY TOP LIST OF MAY 2026

 


May 2026 was a relatively "unstable" month for new releases. What do I mean? One week it is ok, next is great, third - meh, and then in the end - here comes the flood, out of which I had to pick the best... The thing is that I listed here 30 records, and probably 2/3 of them I won't listen to very often, or at all anymore. But hey, every list is a momentary snapshot. It depends on the mood, the circumstances, the events surrounding the listening, etc. So it is always subject to change. 

Frankly, it was difficult for me to select the album of the month, too. Finally, I just put Restless Spirit, supposedly because I am going to listen to it a lot in the future. There were some other very good releases, in fact, too. One of the biggest surprises for me was the new Dimmu Borgir, who turned into a complete shit around Spiritual Black Dimensions. So if anyone goes through my lists, he/she should know that I enjoyed all these thirty albums during the past month for some reason. I am not going to leave short reviews because those who follow the scene and the release schedule should already know them all. I am going to catch up with a few albums additionally. Of course, I couldn't listen to all of the thousands of albums released in May. Now the thing is, what did I forget to include in this list?

So once again, here's my selection of the finest records released in May 2026!





RESTLESS SPIRIT - Restless Spirit (Bandcamp)
HECATE ENTHRONED - The Corpse of a Titan, A Lament Long Buried (Bandcamp)
YOTH IRIA - Gone with the Devil (Bandcamp)
DIMMU BORGIR - Grand Serpent Rising (Bandcamp)
GODTHRYMM - Projections (Bandcamp)
CONSECRATION - Exanimis (Bandcamp)
BLACK CILICE - Votive Fire (Bandcamp)

THE SCALAR PROCESS - Agnomysticism (Bandcamp)
INGESTED - Denigration (Bandcamp)
ARMORED SAINT - Emotion Factory Reset (Bandcamp)
PIOŁUN - Exolvuntur (Bandcamp)
ELDER - Through Zero (Bandcamp)
МРАКОБЕС - Опустошение (YouTube)
PANOPTICON - Det hjemsøkte hjertet (Bandcamp)

DARKTHRONE - Pre-Historic Metal (Bandcamp)
DOWNFALL OF NUR - And the Firmament will Burn to Quench the Pain of this Earth (Bandcamp)
CROCELL - Swarm Of Insects (Bandcamp)
FURNACE - Echoes of a Distant Future (Bandcamp)
FUNEBRARUM - Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence (Bandcamp)
AZAGHAL - Nekrohelios (Bandcamp)
MONOLORD - Neverending (Bandcamp)

NEDGRAVD - Ascension (Bandcamp)
DEVENIAL VERDICT - Old Blood - Fresh Wounds (Bandcamp)
GALIBOT - Catabase (Bandcamp)
COGNIZANCE - In Light, No Shape (Bandcamp)
YAWNING BALCH - Volume Four (Bandcamp)
JUNGLE ROT - Cruel Face Of War (Bandcamp)
PHARMACIST - Vertebrae After Vertebrae (Bandcamp)

TYRANNUS - Mournhold (Bandcamp)
IMMORTAL HAMMER - V Srdci Severskej Temnoty (Bandcamp)
TRELLDOM - ...By the Word... (Bandcamp)




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