One can hear plenty of Rainbow and Black Sabbath again, but the creepy eccentricity of Atomic Rooster and an unabashed (and frankly far too brief) homage to Boston also rear their heads. Two years wiser, Green Lung have further refined and perfected their style to stunning effect. quintet is back with their highly anticipated follow-up, Black Harvest. Adroitly mixing classic hard rock with horrific themes, folk rock, doom, and stoner, Woodland Rites captivated and engaged from start to end. One of the best self-released albums of 2019 was Green Lung’s debut, Woodland Rites. But the quality and quantity of great riffs and memorable melodies also make Hushed And Grim instantly accessible, a combination that’s hard to beat, and tops our list of October’s best. A nearly 90 minute album is a lot to absorb, and there are a lot of subtleties that reveal themselves after multiple listens. Mastodon push the progressive envelope hard on this album, while also writing songs that are accessible and radio-ready. The 15 tracks on Hushed And Grim revisit some of the band’s older stylistic ventures, continue some of their recent musical forays and move in new directions. A band of Mastodon’s caliber has the skill and self-awareness to avoid those pitfalls, and manage to do so. Releasing a double album in today’s short attention span, single-driven music industry is a risk, with many being bloated and teeming with too much filler, boring interludes, self-indulgence and ambitions that fall short. Here are our choices for October 2021’s Best Heavy Metal Albums. It was jam packed, with some worthy albums that would have easily cracked the top 6 most months, but had to be left out. The heavy hitters were out in full force this month, making for an outstanding month of new metal releases.
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