Terror — Still Suffer
Zero surprises, ferocious execution: 75/100 for veterans proving hardcore is in rude health.
7.5/10 April 26, 2026
Skindred — You Got This
First UK number one of their career and 76/100: the Welsh "punky reggae party" gets almost everyone dancing.
7.5/10 April 22, 2026
Bodysnatcher — Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home
"Heavy as fuck": 78/100 for the Floridian demolition machine, tried-and-true formula included.
8/10 April 14, 2026
Immolation — Descent
Thirty-five years, zero drop-off: 85/100 for a direct and devastating death metal statement.
8.5/10 April 12, 2026
Poison The Well — Peace In Place
Seventeen years away, 80/100 on arrival: the year's best-received metalcore comeback.
8/10 March 25, 2026
Neurosis — An Undying Love for a Burning World
Resurrection with Aaron Turner, 89/100: 2026's best-rated metal record is a Neurosis album.
9/10 March 25, 2026
Gaerea — Loss
Cathartic black metal goes luminous metalcore: press won over (74), faithful betrayed (60). Debate open.
7.5/10 March 24, 2026
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
Rob Zombie — The Great Satan
Winning comeback at 74/100: Zombie's industrial B-movie "rocks like an absolute motherfucker". Only Pitchfork pouts.
7.5/10 March 1, 2026
Cryptic Shift — Overspace & Supertime
Four 9/10s and a trip into "the obsidian kaleidoscope": 87/100, the winter's extreme-metal peak.
8.5/10 March 1, 2026