Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica
The debut album by the Finnish band Sonata Arctica, Ecliptica, released in 1999, quickly established itself as a classic of melodic power…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Soul Glo : Diaspora Problems
Hardcore as political and vital cry: 87/100 for a record of burning urgency.
8.5/10 June 12, 2026
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Soulfly: Soulfly
The debut album of the project founded by Max Cavalera after his departure from Sepultura, Soulfly, released in 1998, extends and transforms…
8/10 September 19, 2026
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Soundgarden: Superunknown
Released in 1994 on A&M, Superunknown is Soundgarden’s fourth album and the record of maturity for the Seattle band. More ambitious, more…
9.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Spectral Wound : Songs of Blood and Mire
Quebecois black metal in its sharpest form: 85/100 for a record of undiminished fury.
8.5/10 June 19, 2026
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Speed, ONLY ONE MODE
86/100: the Australians inject wild energy and positivity into hardcore.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
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Spineshank: Self-Destructive Pattern
With Self-Destructive Pattern in 2003, Spineshank delivered their most accomplished album, the one that earned them a Grammy nomination for the track…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Spirit Adrift: Ghost At The Gallows
There’s something almost provocative about a band built on heavy riffs and flamboyant solos choosing, for the duration of one album, to…
7/10 October 8, 2026
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Spirit Adrift: Infinite Illumination
79/100: Nate Garrett's melodic heavy/doom keeps aiming high.
8/10 August 24, 2026
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Spiritbox: Eternal Blue
Eternal Blue confirms Spiritbox’s rise and cements Courtney LaPlante as one of the most versatile voices in modern metalcore. The band’s debut…
9/10 September 23, 2026
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Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea
89/100: the new benchmark for modern metalcore, driven by Courtney LaPlante's extraordinary voice.
9/10 August 30, 2026
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SpiritWorld: DEATHWESTERN
There’s something quite exhilarating about the way SpiritWorld refuses to pick a side. The project led by Stu Folsom doesn’t pretend to…
7.5/10 October 9, 2026
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SpiritWorld: Helldorado
80/100: Stu Folsom's "death western", dusty thrash and dried blood.
8/10 August 23, 2026
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Stab, Lost In Maine
Two reviews, zero real objections and a 8.5/10: Maine's bruised love letter to melodic hardcore.
8.5/10 July 26, 2026
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Stabbing, Eon of Obscenity
80/100: the Americans' technical, brutal death metal impresses with its density.
8/10 August 8, 2026
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Stabbing: Extirpated Mortal Process
Stabbing belongs to that generation of American bands that grew up with the idea that technicality and brutality don’t exclude each other,…
7.5/10 October 15, 2026
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Staind: Break the Cycle
Break the Cycle marks a turning point for Staind, who soften their edges to make more room for emotion. The Massachusetts band…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Static Dress : Rouge Carpet Disaster
British post-hardcore is reborn under a nervy pen: 81/100 for an ambitious debut album.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Static-X: Wisconsin Death Trip
With Wisconsin Death Trip, released in 1999, Static-X establish an instantly recognizable sound, one that Wayne Static himself would dub evil disco.…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Stereomud: Perfect Self
The New York band’s debut, Perfect Self gathered former members of Stuck Mojo and Life of Agony around a melodic alternative metal.…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Stick To Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers
83/100: the Californian melodic-hardcore veterans hit true and hard.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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Stick To Your Guns: Spectre
Stick to Your Guns return with Spectre, an album that lives up to its name: that of a band seemingly haunted by…
6.5/10 October 10, 2026
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Stratovarius: Visions
Released in 1997, Visions is one of the most emblematic albums by the Finnish band Stratovarius. It embodies the peak of the…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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Stray from the Path: Anonymous
Released in 2013, Anonymous marks an important step in the arc of Stray from the Path. The Long Island band sharpens its…
7/10 September 16, 2026
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Stray from the Path: Internal Atomics
In 2019, Stray from the Path released Internal Atomics and confirmed its place among the most confrontational bands in American hardcore. The…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Stray from the Path: Only Death Is Real
Few modern hardcore bands own their political dimension as openly as Stray from the Path. Coming from Long Island, in New York…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Strife: In This Defiance
The mid nineties saw hardcore harden, load itself with metal, gain in heaviness and compactness. Strife fully accompanied that movement, and In…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Strife: One Truth
With One Truth, released in 1994, Strife signs one of the landmark records of West Coast metallic hardcore. The Los Angeles band,…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Stuck Mojo: Snappin’ Necks
Released in 1995, Snappin’ Necks is the debut album by American act Stuck Mojo and one of the founding works of Southern…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Suffocation : Hymns from the Apocrypha
The architects of technical death metal hold their course: 80/100 for a controlled return.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Sumac & Moor Mother: The Film
82/100 across ten reviews: the meeting of Sumac's tectonic sludge and Moor Mother's poetry.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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Sunami: Sunami
Coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Sunami made a name for themselves in very little time with a beatdown…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Sunn O))): Sunn O)))
79/100 across twenty reviews: the drone kings' self-titled album, a mass of low frequencies.
8/10 August 29, 2026
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Surge Of Fury, It’s Gonna Be…
Surge Of Fury unleashes a massive, no-detour hardcore.
7.3/10 August 13, 2026
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Svalbard : The Weight of The Mask
Fury and light in the service of the intimate: 85/100 for a devastating record on mental health.
8.5/10 June 23, 2026
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Swallow the Sun : Shining
The Finnish masters of sorrow find an unexpected glimmer: 81/100 for a record brighter than usual.
8/10 June 10, 2026
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