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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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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Judas Priest: Firepower
There is something almost miraculous in the way Judas Priest managed, with this record, to rediscover an energy we thought was reserved…
8/10 October 17, 2026
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Judas Priest, Invincible Shield
82/100 across fifteen reviews: the heavy-metal gods prove they've lost nothing.
8/10 August 6, 2026
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Job for a Cowboy, Moon Healer
85/100: the Americans' return confirms their shift into a first-rate progressive-death band.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
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Jesus Piece: So Unknown
With So Unknown, released in 2023, America’s Jesus Piece confirms all the good the hardcore scene expected of them. The Philadelphia band…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Jesus Piece: Only Self
Released in 2018, Only Self is the debut album by Jesus Piece, a Philadelphia act that established itself as one of the…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Islander: Violence & Destruction
The debut from South Carolina’s Islander, Violence & Destruction confirmed in 2014 the potential glimpsed on their early EPs. The band plays…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Iron Maiden: The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden’s third album, The Number of the Beast (1982), is the record of transformation. It is the first with Bruce Dickinson…
9/10 September 17, 2026
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Invent Animate : Heavener
The Texans' atmospheric metalcore clears a hurdle: 81/100 for a record of rare elegance.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Insomnium: Netherworlds
The Finns' tenth album: a journey through the worlds below that dares to shake the formula without betraying the house melancholy.
October 20, 2026
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Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave
There’s something unwavering about Insomnium, a loyalty to a certain idea of sorrow that never truly weakens, album after album. With Heart…
8/10 October 3, 2026
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Insomnium : Anno 1696
The melancholy Finns turn a tale of witchcraft into a sonic fresco: 82/100 for a record of rare coherence.
8/10 June 10, 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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Ingested : The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams
The Britons widen their brutality without betraying it: 80/100 for a finely crafted deathcore.
8/10 June 6, 2026
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Incubus: Morning View
Morning View marks a mellower turn in Incubus’s arc, pulling the band’s alternative rock toward more light and nuance. Recorded in a…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Incendiary: Thousand Mile Stare
Six years after Cost of Living, Incendiary returned in 2023 with Thousand Mile Stare and confirmed their place among the standard-bearers of…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Incendiary: Cost of Living
Coming from Long Island, Incendiary embodies a heavy and committed New York hardcore, where sonic power serves an assertive social message. With…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Incantation : Unholy Deification
The patriarchs of cavernous death metal do not falter: 85/100 for a record of absolute darkness.
8.5/10 June 23, 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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Immortal : War Against All
Norwegian black metal pared back to its icy open sea: 80/100 for a convincing first record after Abbath.
8/10 June 7, 2026
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Immolation : Descent
Thirty-five years, zero drop-off: 85/100 for a direct and devastating death metal statement.
8.5/10 April 12, 2026
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Imminence: Axis Mundi
Sixth album for Imminence: press and public converge around 75/100. Consensus verdict: 7.5/10.
October 19, 2026
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Ill Niño: Revolution Revolucion
Ill Nino’s debut, Revolution Revolucion, laid down the New Jersey band’s signature as early as 2001, a nu metal shot through with…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Ihsahn: Ámr
With Ámr, Ihsahn pulls back some of the doors he had opened on previous records. Gone is the omnipresent saxophone, the sprawling…
8/10 October 18, 2026
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Ihsahn, IHSAHN
85/100: the ex-Emperor mastermind unfurls an orchestral, black-metal album of wild ambition.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
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Igorrr: Spirituality and Distortion
There is something almost brazen in the way Gautier Serre opens this record. After the already extreme stylistic exercise of Savage Sinusoid,…
8/10 October 6, 2026
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Igorrr: AMEN
83/100: the French mad scientist returns, between metal, baroque and breakcore.
8/10 August 28, 2026
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Ignite: Our Darkest Days
There is a delicate art in melodic hardcore: that of marrying power and light, rage and soaring. Ignite has mastered that balance…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Ignite: Call on My Brothers
Released in 1995, Call on My Brothers marks Ignite’s first full-length album and lays the foundations of an identity that would set…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Ignite: A Place Called Home
With A Place Called Home, released in 2000, Ignite takes an important step in its career. The Orange County band, carried by…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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IDLES : TANGK
The Britons trade rage for love and gain in depth: 83/100 for a daring turn.
8/10 June 8, 2026
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Iced Earth: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Released in 1998, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the fifth album by the American band Iced Earth, led by guitarist and…
8.5/10 September 22, 2026
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I See Stars, THE WHEEL
83/100: the electronicore pioneers deliver an acclaimed return.
8/10 August 13, 2026
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Hulder: Verses In Oath
Following the warm welcome given to Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry, Hulder returns with Verses In Oath, an album that makes…
7.5/10 October 1, 2026
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Hulder, Verbolgen
Hulder softens her black metal: "finest work to date" for one, missed venom for another. 76/100.
7.5/10 August 10, 2026
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