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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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