Bewitcher, Cursed be Thy Kingdom. It's blackened speed metal, but it seems to transcend this narrow genre for me. You've got 80s style metal guitars, vocals that are more spoken than they are growled or shouted, and blues/rock influences. Plus a really good ear for song writing, especially the "Valley of the Ravens," which opens you might expect, but breaks down into this kind of emotional, bluesy solo in the middle. It tells the tale of a witch burned at the stake who vows to return, very metal stuff, but the story is pretty coherent.

The second track, When Death Returns, has some great lines for me. Lots of metal imagery, but you can tell it's still actually about something.

"There's Hellhound on my trail, / so i've got to keep moving, / yesterday gets faster and faster"

It's got short atmospheric tracks as well, but nothing to prententious, just some downtuned acoustic guitar. Plus it ends in a blistering cover of "Sign of the Wolf," a very classic track from Pentagram, which is an important band in the doom/heavy metal scene. Very catchy too.