Malevolence: Malicious Intent
With Malicious Intent, released in 2022, England’s Malevolence, out of Sheffield, confirm their status as a rising force in metallic hardcore. This…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Madball, Not Your Kingdom
Thirty-eight years of service and still the same address: 76/100 across four reviews for the New Yorkers’ return. Distorted Sound draws a…
7.5/10 July 27, 2026
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Machine Head: The Blackening
Released in 2007, The Blackening marks Machine Head’s return to the forefront. The band led by Robb Flynn delivers here its most…
9.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Love Is Noise, To live in a different way
80/100: the rising Britons blend atmospheric post-hardcore and metalcore intensity.
8/10 August 13, 2026
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Loathe, I Let It in and It Took Everything
The fusion of din and dream finds its masterpiece: 86/100 for a second album that haunts long after.
8.5/10 September 23, 2026
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Loathe, A Stranger To You
Six years slow-cooking, 82/100: Loathe deliver 2026's great art-metalcore record, muddy production included.
8/10 July 21, 2026
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Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory is one of the albums that defined nu metal for an entire generation. Linkin Park precisely assemble distorted guitars, electronic…
9/10 September 23, 2026
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Limp Bizkit: Significant Other
Significant Other is the album that pushed Limp Bizkit to the top of the nu metal wave. Fred Durst’s band sharpens its…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Leprous : Melodies of Atonement
The Norwegians reconnect with weight and tension: 82/100 for a record that restores density to progressive metal.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Leeway: Desperate Measures
Released in 1991, this second album from Leeway confirms the peculiar place the Astoria, Queens outfit held within the New York scene.…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Leeway: Born to Expire
Some records embody a junction all by themselves, a point of contact between two worlds. Born to Expire, released in 1989, is…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Lamb Of God : Into Oblivion
Eleven reviews, 81/100: the best Lamb Of God since Wrath, and almost nobody argues otherwise.
8/10 March 15, 2026
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La Dispute: Wildlife
Released in 2011, Wildlife is an ambitious record that pushes post-hardcore toward the territory of literature. The Michigan band deploys a fragmented…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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La Dispute: Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair
Released in 2008, the debut album by La Dispute, a band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, immediately stands out as a singular piece…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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La Dispute: Rooms of the House
La Dispute’s third album, Rooms of the House, came out in 2014 on the band’s own label, Better Living. The Grand Rapids,…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Kyuss: Welcome to Sky Valley
The third album by California’s Kyuss, Welcome to Sky Valley (1994), is often regarded as the cornerstone of desert rock. Born from…
9/10 September 18, 2026
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Kylesa: Static Tensions
Kylesa’s fourth album, Static Tensions, released on Season of Mist in 2009, marks a high point in the career of the band…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Kublai Khan TX: Lowest Form of Animal
Hailing from Texas, Kublai Khan TX has spent years carving out a reputation as one of the heaviest names in modern beatdown…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Kublai Khan TX: Absolute
Released in 2017, Absolute firmly establishes Kublai Khan TX among the rising forces of heavy hardcore. The Texan band from Sherman unfolds…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Kreator : Hate Über Alles
The German thrash veterans have lost none of their bite: 78/100 for a record cut for the stage.
7.5/10 June 10, 2026
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Koyo: Would You Miss It
Hailing from Long Island, New York, Koyo draws on a particularly rich regional heritage, that of a scene that gave birth to…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Korn: Korn
The debut album from the Bakersfield band, Korn is often regarded as the birth certificate of nu metal. Produced by Ross Robinson,…
9/10 September 18, 2026
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Knocked Loose, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
89/100 across fifteen reviews: the kings of modern hardcore/metalcore deliver a genre peak.
9/10 August 7, 2026
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Kittie: Spit
With Spit, its very young Canadian players plant a snarling nu metal shot through with heavier flashes close to the emerging metalcore…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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King Diamond: Abigail
King Diamond’s second solo album, Abigail, stands in 1987 as one of the great concept albums in metal. The Danish singer, formerly…
9/10 September 21, 2026
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King Buffalo : Regenerator
The Rochester trio close their pandemic trilogy in weightlessness: 82/100 for a hovering, hypnotic record.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache
The End of Heartache, released in 2004, marks a decisive turning point in the history of Killswitch Engage and, more broadly, of…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Killswitch Engage: As Daylight Dies
Released in 2006, As Daylight Dies is Killswitch Engage’s fourth album and the second recorded with Howard Jones on vocals. The Massachusetts…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Killswitch Engage: Alive or Just Breathing
Released in 2002, Alive or Just Breathing is Killswitch Engage’s second album and one of the founding records of modern metalcore. The…
8.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Killing Time: Brightside
When Brightside arrived in 1989, the New York hardcore scene had already delivered several of its foundational records, yet few of them…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Kickback: No Surrender
Kickback holds a place apart in French hardcore, that of a band you do not put on for reassurance. With No Surrender,…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Kickback: Forever War
Kickback holds a place apart in the history of French and European hardcore. A sulfurous, often controversial band, it built its myth…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Khemmis : Khemmis
79/100 and no song that lets you down: Denver's epic doom restarts without reinventing its axe.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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Khemmis : Deceiver
The Americans' luminous doom grows heavier: 83/100 for a fourth album shot through with grief.
8/10 June 18, 2026
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Katatonia : Sky Void of Stars
Melancholy made record: 84/100 for an album where the Swedes elevate their art of elegant despair.
8.5/10 June 24, 2026
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Karnivool : In Verses
Thirteen years of waiting, 78/100, press and public aligned: "the bar for progressive metal in 2026" per Metal Hammer.
8/10 February 10, 2026
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