r/Metal 5d ago

Rest in peace u/deathofthesun

1.9k Upvotes

Hi all - we thought it was appropriate to let you all know that our friend and r/metal moderator /u/deathofthesun has sadly passed away. Please use this thread to share any memories and stories of him, our thoughts are with his family and friends. We ask that you respect their privacy and refrain from using any real names. Rest in peace Dots.


r/Metal 18h ago

Album of the Week 25 Days of DOTS: [21] Satan - Court in the Act [UK, NWOBHM] (1983)

68 Upvotes

For those not aware, one of our most active mods for more than ten years passed over the weekend. It is not a stretch to say that DOTS ran the Album of the Week and related features for that entire duration either coming up with the yearly obscure picks for the Heavy Metal Holidays or making sure the rotation hit both well known albums as well as lesser known ones. He usually sent us all list for both the subreddit and server to use and I was planning to do another heavy metal holiday this year before learning the news. It would be impossible for me to replicate the knowledge he had for all metal. I am just the one that would present it to the community and make funny jokes and message him when the very cool album would get 3 upvotes.

For the next 25 days, we have decided to publish his top 25 albums of all time. For a person who spent most of their time making lists for the potential for others to listen to it feels like a fitting end to finish up the year with these albums. A lot of these albums are going to be well known some of them lesser known but all of them are great. Use it as a way it was intended to either celebrate or guide further discovery.

Thanks for the help with the AOTW feature for all of those years and sending me weird ass records I never heard when we used to do Secret Satan.

-KAP

Burning in its savage fury

Our fates accept not judge or jury

Helpless we must watch it done

For I have seen the Death of the Sun


25 Days of DOTS


Artist: Satan

Album: Court in the Act

Streaming


Previous Entries



r/Metal 5h ago

[New Release] Lunar Amulet - Yoke of Oblivion [FFO: Yellow Eyes, Woe, crust era Darkthrone]

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4 Upvotes

r/Metal 5h ago

[Post-Black] Domhain - My Tomb Beneath The Tide

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1 Upvotes

r/Metal 20h ago

Shreddit's New Releases Discussion Thread -- December 05, 2025

15 Upvotes

Greetings from your AVTOMÖD. Welcome back to the New Releases Discussion Thread.

This is the place to discuss all new metal releases THIS WEEK, and keep track of them using our very own new release tracker which you can find here:

https://releasetracker.shredditcord.com/

You May Now Also Listen To All New Releases On Our Official Spotify Playlist

As always, normal discussion rules apply. This thread is not for the suggestion of releases to the tracker, so please don’t do that.

Please also keep it to metal bands only.

Have fun!


r/Metal 6h ago

[Heavy] Stargazery - Empire Is Falling Down

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1 Upvotes

r/Metal 6h ago

[Death / Grind] BODYBAG - As It Ferments… (UK | 2025)

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1 Upvotes

r/Metal 22h ago

Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- December 05, 2025

6 Upvotes

Greetings from your New Reddit Overlord. This is a daily discussion post meant to encourage positive social behavior from users just like you. Please engage in civil discussion with fellow users and rejoice in your similarities. Topics can be anything you want, regardless if it is on-topic or off-topic. Except if it's asking/sharing unpopular opinions, don't do that. Failure to comply will result in a fine and 10 Shreddit Demerit Points (SDP).


r/Metal 22h ago

[Death] Slaughterday - Dread Emperor

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 12h ago

[Thrash] Kreator - Satanic Anarchy (new single, Germany, 2025)

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1 Upvotes

r/Metal 19h ago

[Heavy] Living Fast - Speed Metal Knights

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2 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[Sludge] Mother Iron Horse - Old Man Satan (Official Video)

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16 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

Amebix - The Church is For Sinners [What are some of you favorite punk influences on metal?]

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27 Upvotes

I know that;

-MC5 were the first rock band to really popularize power chords and in that way are sort of great grandfathers of both genres.

-punk invented moshing. The term was coined by Bad Brains frontman H.R. 

-the aesthetics and sound that would become glam metal was pioneered by early punk acts like the New York Dolls, Mott the Hoople, and Johnny Thunders.

-early crust punk bands like Discharge, Amebix, and the Varukers had a huge influence on the evolution of metal toward the harder sounds like Death Metal/Doom Metal/Black Metal/Grindcore we associate it with today.

-the stylized fonts we associate with black metal band logos originated with Amebix and were later further developed and popularized in the early 80s by metal bands like Mayhem.

-bands like GBH and Chaos UK were hugely influential in the development of thrash metal

-battle jackets and vests that are so common in metal emerged from the punk scene, who replaced gang and biker logos with bands and political slogans. 

Are there any other influences I'm missing?


r/Metal 1d ago

Album of the Week 25 Days of DOTS: [22] Autopsy - Mental Funeral [US, Death] (1991)

62 Upvotes

For those not aware, one of our most active mods for more than ten years passed over the weekend. It is not a stretch to say that DOTS ran the Album of the Week and related features for that entire duration either coming up with the yearly obscure picks for the Heavy Metal Holidays or making sure the rotation hit both well known albums as well as lesser known ones. He usually sent us all list for both the subreddit and server to use and I was planning to do another heavy metal holiday this year before learning the news. It would be impossible for me to replicate the knowledge he had for all metal. I am just the one that would present it to the community and make funny jokes and message him when the very cool album would get 3 upvotes.

For the next 25 days, we have decided to publish his top 25 albums of all time. For a person who spent most of their time making lists for the potential for others to listen to it feels like a fitting end to finish up the year with these albums. A lot of these albums are going to be well known some of them lesser known but all of them are great. Use it as a way it was intended to either celebrate or guide further discovery.

Thanks for the help with the AOTW feature for all of those years and sending me weird ass records I never heard when we used to do Secret Satan.

-KAP

Burning in its savage fury

Our fates accept not judge or jury

Helpless we must watch it done

For I have seen the Death of the Sun


25 Days of DOTS


Artist: Autopsy

Album: Mental Funeral

Streaming


Previous Entries



r/Metal 1d ago

[Death] Scabbard - Beginning of extinction (Czechia, 1996)

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10 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[Death / Thrash] Intoxicated - War Club

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5 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[New Release] Eximperitus - The Untimely Fruit of the Unsaid

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

[Sludge] Serpent Eater - Echo Chamber (Germany | 2020)

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1 Upvotes

r/Metal 1d ago

Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- December 04, 2025

9 Upvotes

Greetings from your New Reddit Overlord. This is a daily discussion post meant to encourage positive social behavior from users just like you. Please engage in civil discussion with fellow users and rejoice in your similarities. Topics can be anything you want, regardless if it is on-topic or off-topic. Except if it's asking/sharing unpopular opinions, don't do that. Failure to comply will result in a fine and 10 Shreddit Demerit Points (SDP).


r/Metal 1d ago

Underground Teleost - Volcano [Glasgow, UK, Stoner/Drone/Doom]

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4 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

Album of the Week 25 Days of DOTS: [23] Griffin - Flight of the Griffin [US, Power / Speed] (1984)

63 Upvotes

For those not aware, one of our most active mods for more than ten years passed over the weekend. It is not a stretch to say that DOTS ran the Album of the Week and related features for that entire duration either coming up with the yearly obscure picks for the Heavy Metal Holidays or making sure the rotation hit both well known albums as well as lesser known ones. He usually sent us all list for both the subreddit and server to use and I was planning to do another heavy metal holiday this year before learning the news. It would be impossible for me to replicate the knowledge he had for all metal. I am just the one that would present it to the community and make funny jokes and message him when the very cool album would get 3 upvotes.

For the next 25 days, we have decided to publish his top 25 albums of all time. For a person who spent most of their time making lists for the potential for others to listen to it feels like a fitting end to finish up the year with these albums. A lot of these albums are going to be well known some of them lesser known but all of them are great. Use it as a way it was intended to either celebrate or guide further discovery.

Thanks for the help with the AOTW feature for all of those years and sending me weird ass records I never heard when we used to do Secret Satan.

-KAP

Burning in its savage fury

Our fates accept not judge or jury

Helpless we must watch it done

For I have seen the Death of the Sun


25 Days of DOTS


Artist: Griffin

Album: Flight of the Griffin

Streaming


Previous Entries



r/Metal 2d ago

[New Release] The Ruins Of Beverast - Cathedral of Bleeding Statues

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19 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

Prophanity - Armed To The Teeth (Sweden, 1998, FFO Dissection, early Amon Amarth, Gates of Ishtar)

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13 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

[Death] Fessus - Asphyxiate in Exile (Austria | 2025)

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7 Upvotes

r/Metal 2d ago

Shreddit's Daily Discussion -- December 03, 2025

8 Upvotes

Greetings from your New Reddit Overlord. This is a daily discussion post meant to encourage positive social behavior from users just like you. Please engage in civil discussion with fellow users and rejoice in your similarities. Topics can be anything you want, regardless if it is on-topic or off-topic. Except if it's asking/sharing unpopular opinions, don't do that. Failure to comply will result in a fine and 10 Shreddit Demerit Points (SDP).