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Immortal Ozzy AI?! Top 5 New Metal Albums of The Week! – May 22nd, 2026

Heavy Metal Philosophy | May 25, 2026



Jon Barbas of Heavy Metal Philosophy is breaking down the best new metal albums of the weekend, from May 22nd, 2026! From Symphonic Black Meta, Traditional Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal, Power Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Avant Garde Metal, Post Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, Alternative, Sludge Metal, and everything in between! If you want some new metal to listen to, check out this week’s lineup! Also, every weekend, I always show off my favorite album cover art of the week! Check it out!!

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Bands;
Dimmu Borgir – https://dimmuborgir.bandcamp.com/album/grand-serpent-rising
Armored Saint – https://armoredsaint.bandcamp.com/album/emotion-factory-reset
Elder – https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/through-zero
Elvenking – https://www.elvenking.net/
Mansvara – https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/sable-odes-to-nihility
Force – https://forcemilwaukee.bandcamp.com/album/we-carry-heavy-blood
Downfall of Nur – https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-firmament-will-burn-to-quench-the-pain-of-this-earth
Burial Clouds – https://burialclouds.bandcamp.com/album/burn-holy
Blindead 23 – https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/deuterium
Impure Wilhelmina – https://impurewilhelmina.bandcamp.com/album/le-sanglot
KUR•NU•GI•A – https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/carmina-inferorum

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  3. @numbvox

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Continue to appreciate you, my friend – another great video. Told a bunch of folks in my various online metal spaces this week that they gotta check you out and subscribe. Hope some of them listened! 🤘

  8. @oracleofwater

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Just wait till Disney starts buying the rights to every dead celebrity and beaming philosophical zombies directly onto our retinas via mandatory subscription services.

  9. @tiagohidemori

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Hated the ozzy a.i ideia… Not sure how he'd have felt tho, would have been nice to know.
    Really enjoyed Blindead23, thanks as always for these gems! 🤘🏻

  11. @ΠριαμοςΤσακιρης

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Using anyone's likeness after death with AI or whatever is something I'll never understand. This AI project is disgraceful and will most likely be a cash grab, in my opinion. Using your own family for money should be frowned upon. This man made a decade-spanning career and achieved some amazing things. Love him or hate him, the Prince of Darkness is gone, and it should remain that way, as cruel as that might sound.

  13. @Lukin-p3x

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Blindead 23 is awesome. It hits all the spots. The lyrics are great, the singing and snarls are perfect the music is phenomenal. As a novice drummer myself they really standout to me on this album. I had not heard about this until I saw your video. Thanks for the recommendations. I’m loving it.

  14. @taomahNEGEV

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    I am most excited about the new Elder album unless it is too Psychedelic instead of the good old Doom/Stoner Metal, Burn Holy and Blindead 23. However much I like the Judas Priest Tribute War Pigs cover, I hate even the idea of the Ozzy AI.

  17. @ZachW-c6w

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    I don't personally have any use for an Ozzy ai and don't fully understand what it's purpose is, but his wife and son are behind it, I just don't see how it could be something to hate on. They wouldn't back something disrespectful and the only way it would be bad is if somebody profits off it. I doubt they will because then Sharon and Jack would look awful so I highly doubt it's axl cash grab. Not even sure how it could be a cash grab like it's not something that would be worth paying for for anybody. It's basically just an ai Ozzy that answers questions right? Are people actually thinking they would like charge per question or what because I hope to God no one is retarded enough to pay just to see a fake Ozzy answer their question they could look up for free and the only way anybody would pay anything would be if it's for some sort of Charity and if that's the case once again you can't really hate on somebody trying to keep him alive and help a cause. So yeah, I don't see how anybody can hate on something like this unless it is monetized which is impossible for something like this

  20. @Deathby1000cuts

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    as a lifelong ozzy fanatic I FUCKING HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS but i can't say i'm surprised we all knew sharon was gonna milk every last cent possible she's been doing it for decades

  27. @musstakrakish

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Blood Incantation has a few behind the scene videos on their YouTube page about Absolute Elsewhere. I wonder how much the movie adds. Also fuck ai

  28. @pgarza1218

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    sharon osbourne might push AI if any would follow any ozzy material. She's like, maybe like Elvis or other, why can't I continue Ozzie legacy

  29. @SHREDBEARD696

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Man I can’t get enough of this channel! Dude you deliver on every single episode with a solid analytical approach that keeps me wanting more and more. You rule Jon 🤘🏼🤘🏼💪🏼💪🏼

  32. @thomasjames6680

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Cyber thanatology, and cyber necromancy, are fascinating; but, putting my general opinion of generative AI aside for a moment; a cyber Ozzy powered by generative AI seems rather ghoulish to me. And a certain amount of a fancy version of putting a taxidermied corpse in a glass case in the corner, and other weird, and often awful, things people from history with brains fried by arsenic make-up, lead paint, and eating tomatoes from pewter plates would do to loved ones.

  34. @darkkrenaissance42

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    I was in love with Dimmu Borgir up until the Abracadabra album… their best members fell off one by one, even the great and loyal Galder said "nah" and moved on from this dark anthem crap

  35. @JosephFitzharris

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    The Ozzy AI thing is a terrible idea ,Sharon doesn't surprise me.anything for a dollar,but Jack wtf ? What a cheap, demeaning way to end his incredible legacy, they should be ashamed. Cheers good man.

  36. @radixrising

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Was so excited for the Blindead 23 release after reading your review!! Doesn't not dissapoint! F*cking amazing!!!!!! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

  40. @markdembek

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    You were absolutely right about Blinddead 23. This is damn good and their style makes me think of Barren Earth, another band I really like.

  41. @loonyman83

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    thanks for all the album suggestions as always. Will definitely check out Blindead 23. Probably Burial Clouds as well. This has been a crazy year for music.

  44. @peoplething7124

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    I try to think how Ozzy would feel about it? I don't think Ozzy was worried about the money and maybe thought it was cool. The guy LOVED the stage and singing, maybe the show will go on.

  45. @isaj_mlody

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    I was expecting a new Your Spirit Dies this week and Elder next week. As my brother and I hung out with Elder, I'm happy to receive this UNO reverse. Nur is on my list as I clean up my 🇦🇷 list. Speaking of personal soundtracks, Mirar 🇫🇷, is the soundtrack to all my nightmares. Much love to the Osbournes, they are having a hard time letting go. C'est la vie.

  49. @JohnKahr

    May 25, 2026 at 7:23 am

    Yeah, been streaming Blindead 23 again and again since it came out yesterday and now the LP is ordered from my local vinylpusher!!! – and let the dead rest in peace!

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