Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power
83/100 across twenty-one reviews: the blackgaze pioneers reconnect with fury.
8/10 August 29, 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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Deftones: private music
87/100 across nineteen reviews: the alternative-metal masters return to near-unanimous acclaim.
8.5/10 August 30, 2026
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Gorod: The Ember Gone
Bordeaux tech-death dares to be vulnerable. The craft is unanimous; the pacing divides.
7.5/10 August 30, 2026
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Turnstile: Never Enough: Versions
From Elton John to Dying Fetus, twenty-two wildly uneven reworks: not an album, a flex.
7.5/10 August 30, 2026
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Kamelot: Dark Asylum
Karevik masterful, formula unchanged: press splits (8/10 vs 2.5/5), consensus lands at 6.5.
6.5/10 August 31, 2026
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Beartooth: Pure Ecstasy
Beartooth's pop-rock turn: press applauds (77/100), fans grumble (59/100). Divisive, therefore interesting.
6.5/10 August 31, 2026
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In This Moment: Witch
Press applauds (77/100), listeners check out (49/100). The season's biggest gap.
6.5/10 August 31, 2026
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Mastodon: Marrow Deep
Mastodon's first post-Hinds album is an acclaimed grief record (83/100 Metacritic), cathartic and often magnificent.
8/10 September 1, 2026
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Russian Circles: Nine
The season's best-reviewed record: 83/100, zero reservations. Instrumental post-metal at its peak.
8.5/10 September 1, 2026
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Chat Pile: Who Loves The Sun
Rapturous early reviews: "the fury has metastasized". Out September 4.
7.5/10 September 1, 2026
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Green Carnation: A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex
Trilogy finale bordering on critical genuflection: 9.8/10 at Sonic Perspectives. Out September 4.
8.5/10 September 1, 2026
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MØL: DREAMCRUSH
Denmark's blackgaze spearhead delivers one of the year's highest-rated records (85/100), but the gap with the public marks it as divisive.
8/10 September 5, 2026
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Airbourne: Runnin’ Wild
Hard to be more explicit: with Runnin’ Wild, in 2007, Airbourne storm out of Warrnambool, a small coastal Australian town, with a…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Airbourne: No Guts. No Glory.
Two years after a debut that had won everyone over, Airbourne go again in 2010 with No Guts. No Glory. The principle…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Airbourne: Black Dog Barking
Third album, in 2013, Black Dog Barking finds Airbourne exactly where we left them: foot on the accelerator, cap screwed on tight…
7/10 September 11, 2026
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Airbourne: Breakin’ Outta Hell
Fourth album, in 2016, Breakin’ Outta Hell sees Airbourne tighten the bolts after a Black Dog Barking judged a little routine. The…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Airbourne: Boneshaker
Fifth album, in 2019, Boneshaker extends Airbourne’s trajectory without deviating one iota. Produced by Dave Cobb, it is the band’s shortest and…
7/10 September 11, 2026
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Cro-Mags: The Age of Quarrel
Few records distill an entire scene into a handful of songs. The Age of Quarrel, released in 1986, is one of them.…
9/10 September 11, 2026
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Agnostic Front: Victim in Pain
Some records do not just deliver music, they draw a map. Victim in Pain, released in 1984, is one of them. In…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Sick of It All: Scratch the Surface
By 1994, Sick of It All was no longer a well kept secret of the Lower East Side. The band was carrying…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Gorilla Biscuits: Start Today
Some records are a punch in the face, others a burst of sunshine. Start Today, released in 1989, belongs to that rare…
9/10 September 11, 2026
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Youth of Today: Break Down the Walls
Some records define a movement so completely that they become its face. Break Down the Walls, released in 1986, is one of…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Judge: Bringin It Down
If youth crew had a bright, fraternal side, Judge embodied its dark half, the cold anger and the conviction pushed all the…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Bad Brains: I Against I
How do you sum up a band that seems to contain several universes at once? With I Against I, released in 1986,…
9/10 September 11, 2026
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Minor Threat: Out of Step
Few bands have left a mark as deep in as little time as Minor Threat. Out of Step, released in 1983, condenses…
9/10 September 11, 2026
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Black Flag: Damaged
There are records that do not merely exist: they blow a hole in the wall. Damaged, released in 1981, is one of…
9.5/10 September 11, 2026
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H2O: Thicker Than Water
By the late nineties, New York hardcore was looking for new faces, more melodic, more open, without disowning its roots. H2O embody…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Warzone: Dont Forget the Struggle Dont Forget the Streets
Some album titles ring out like oaths. Don’t Forget the Struggle Don’t Forget the Streets, released in 1988, is one of them:…
7.5/10 September 11, 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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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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Bold: Speak Out
Speak Out, released in 1988, sits at the heart of the youth crew wave that was then redefining American hardcore. Bold, a…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Chain of Strength: True Till Death
Few bands have left a mark as deep in as little time as Chain of Strength. True Till Death gathers the essence…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Turning Point: Its Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Some bands vanish too soon to reap in their lifetime the recognition they deserve. Turning Point belongs to that category. Its Always…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Inside Out: No Spiritual Surrender
There are records whose brevity in no way diminishes their reach. No Spiritual Surrender, the sole studio recording of Inside Out released…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Uniform Choice: Screaming for Change
While straight edge asserted itself mostly on the East Coast, California brought its own stone to the edifice with bands like Uniform…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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