September 1 - Voltron (Kaventsmann)
September 3 - Alunah (White Hoarhound)
September 4 - GOYA (Demo) - Arizona trio Goya don't do the desert rock thing, they opt for fuzzy doom in the style of Electric Wizard or Windhand. The compositions and overall sound on their debut release are more highly developed and mature than a lot of demos, at least for the style they play. Get it here and name your own price. Highlights include "God Lie" and "Blackfire". Rating 4.5/5September 7 - Ice Dragon (Greyblackfalconhawk)
September 11 - ALTAR OF OBLIVION (Grand Gesture of Defiance) - Danish five piece epic doomers Altar of Oblivion scored a pair of number one songs on the Doom Charts by crafting incredibly catchy hooks sung epicly and memorably by vocalist Mik “Meister der Töne” Mentor. Get it here. Highlights include "Where Darkness Is Light" and "The Graveyard Of Broken Dreams". Rating 4/5September 11 - Beastwars (ST)
September 11 - THE GRAVIATORS (Evil Deeds) - Swedish four-piece The Graviators play at just the right tempo and hit all the right notes on their second album. The band energetically crunch and bash their way through 10 memorable songs with great big hooks. Get it here. Highlights include "A Different Moon" and "Morning Star". Rating 4.5/5September 11 - Orchid (Heretic EP)
September 12 - THE BRIMSTONE DAYS (On A Monday Too Early To Tell) - Malmo, Sweden based three-piece The Brimstone Days are a high energy, no-nonsense, back-to-basics rock & roll band. On their second album they bang off 14 killer songs in 48 satisfying minutes with hardly a detour into ballad country. These guys get straight to the point and stay on track. Find it here. Highlights include "Same Old Story" and "I Need Soul". Rating 4.5/5September 13 - Saint Vitus (Scion AV Presents: Saint Vitus Live)
September 14 - SEREMONIA (ST) - Finnish quartet Seremonia's debut album is a short but super creepy collection of 10 tracks, sung hauntingly and mysteriously (to non-Finnish speakers) by vocalist Noora Federley in the band's native language. It's the soundtrack to a human sacrifice conducted by children with eyes that are unsettlingly knowing, world-weary and wise. Get it here. Highlights include "Rock'n'rollin Maailma" and "Uhrijuhla". Rating 4.5/5
September 18 - DOWN (Down IV Part I: The Purple EP) - Superstar NOLA-based southern rockers Down returned after a five year absence and unleashed their most different sounding release to date. Six songs of crushing traditional doom. Obviously, it got a lot of mixed reviews, but I like it, I think all six songs are good. Get it here. Highlights include "The Misfortune Teller" and "Witchtripper". Rating 4.5/5September 18 - El Yeti (ST Demo)
September 18 - Ufomammut (ORO - Opus Alter)
September 21 - Spectral Haze (Demo)
September 23 - BLUE ASIDE (The Moles of a Dying Race) - Boston proggers Blue Aside released maybe my favorite prog album of 2012. It's an album that I like more and more with each subsequent listen. Cold landscapes and an ever-present feeling of paranoia pervade this album. Read my review. Get it here. Highlights include "The Ice Mammoth" and "The Moles of a Dying Race, Part I". Rating 4.5/5September 24 - Garuda (Labyrinths in Stone)
September 25 - SKANSKA MORD (Paths to Charon) - What can be said about this album. For my money, it's the best thing put out by Small Stone this year. Just a stupendously solid album, each song has its own feel and is incredibly hooky. This is the second album by this Swedish quintet who seem to take the Seattle grunge sound of the 90s and dip it into the waters of 70s hard rock all while remaining individualistic and true to their own vision. No matter how much time passes by (mind, it's only been a couple months), I find myself going back to this album over and over again. Get it here. Highlights include "Lord of Space and Time" and "Dark Caves Of Our Mind". Rating 4.5/5
September 25 - WITCHCRAFT (Legend) - After jettisoning most of the band Magnus Pelander and Witchcraft returned after a five year absence of their own. The album featured a much different sound than that which made the Swedes legends in the 'retro rock' genre. It featured an updated take on the sound, and it was for this reason that it took fans a while to finally catch on to the merits of this album. There are so many highlights on this album they can't all be mentioned, but like Graveyard's latest offering, among others, it's an often politically charged, angrier album. Get it here. Highlights include "It's Not Because Of You" and "An Alternative To Freedom". Rating 4.5/5September 28 - Bloody Hammers (ST)
September 28 - HEAT (Old Sparky) - This five-piece German super group have one of the most authentically 70s sounds out there. One could easily play "Warhead" and convince a gullible friend that is, in fact, one of the best songs from the 70s. Which it kind of is. Read my original review of this album. Get the album here. Also, check this out, pretty cool, no? Highlights include "Warhead" and "Old Sparky". Rating 5/5
September 28 - MAMONT (Passing Through the Mastery Door) - This is one of those albums that I like more each time I listen to it. This stomping, psychedelic stoner four-piece from Sweden have a very unique sound that only becomes more addictive with each subsequent listen. Read my review here. Get the album here. Highlights include "The Secret of the Owl" and "Satans Fasoner". Rating 4/5September 28 - Wizard Smoke (The Tickler)
September 29 - MOUNT FUJI (ST) - If you've been following this blog for a while, it's obvious by now that I'm a huge fan of Mount Fuji and their perfect blend of grunge rock and Pantera style groove metal. This German quartet's debut full-length release is just one highlight song after another. Honest, heavy, at times funky and always jaw dropping. It turns out they have personality to match the music. Read my recent interview with the band here. Read my review of Mount Fuji here. Pay what you want on Bandcamp here. Visit them on Facebook. Highlights include "Colossus" and "Head on Fire". Rating 4.5/5Best Album From September 2012:
'Paths To Charon' by SKANSKA MORD
Best Song From September 2012:
"Warhead" by HEAT
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