Horrendous : Ontological Mysterium
The Americans reconcile old-school death metal and progressive freedom: 88/100 for a record of rare elegance.
9/10 July 15, 2026
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Hooded Menace: Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
78/100: Finnish death/doom in all its melancholic heaviness.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Hoobastank: The Reason
Hoobastank’s second album, released in late 2003, The Reason owes nearly everything to its title track. That contrite ballad, a huge worldwide…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Higher Power: Soul Structure
Out of Leeds in the north of England, Higher Power burst onto the scene with a hardcore that refused to be boxed…
7/10 September 16, 2026
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Higher Power: 27 Miles Underwater
Coming out of Leeds, England, Higher Power surprised more than one observer with 27 Miles Underwater, released in 2020. Where the band…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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High on Fire : Cometh the Storm
Matt Pike's beast still roars as loud as ever: 81/100 for an implacable sludge record.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Helmet: Meantime
The second album from New York band Helmet, Meantime, released in 1992, imposes a pared-down and cerebral vision of alternative metal. Led…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Hellripper: Death Wish
James McBain has never hidden his fondness for dirty riffs and blast-beats that reek of spilled beer over a Marshall amp. With…
7.5/10 October 8, 2026
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Hellripper: Coronach
84/100: Scottish riff-machine James McBain unleashes his blackened speed metal.
8.5/10 August 23, 2026
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Helloween: Giants & Monsters
81/100: the inventors of European power metal, reunited, keep the flame.
8/10 August 27, 2026
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Heaven Shall Burn: Veto
In 2013, Heaven Shall Burn returned with Veto, a title that snaps like a refusal. The word says everything about the German…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Heaven Shall Burn: Invictus
Released in 2010, Invictus extends Heaven Shall Burn’s run at the top of European melodic metalcore. The Latin title, which can be…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Heaven Shall Burn: Iconoclast
Released in 2008, Iconoclast is one of the most emblematic albums by Heaven Shall Burn, a German act that built its reputation…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Heaven Shall Burn: Antigone
With Antigone, released in 2004, Germany’s Heaven Shall Burn delivered one of the records that would cement its reputation in death-metal-tinged metalcore.…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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HEALTH: RAT WARS
There’s something exhilarating about the way HEALTH closes the Disco chapter and returns to a more direct, darker sound. Rat Wars arrives…
8/10 October 10, 2026
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HEALTH: CONFLICT DLC
79/100 across eight reviews: the Angelenos push their industrial noise toward apocalyptic pop.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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He Is Legend: Suck Out the Poison
The second album from the North Carolina band, Suck Out the Poison arrived in 2006 and confirmed the singularity of He Is…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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He Is Legend: I Am Hollywood
The debut album from the North Carolina band, I Am Hollywood arrives in 2004 and offers a metallic hardcore steeped in Southern…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Havukruunu: Tavastland
82/100: Finnish pagan black metal in all its epic splendour.
8/10 August 25, 2026
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Have Heart: The Things We Carry
Released in 2006, The Things We Carry is Have Heart’s first album, and it was enough to place the Massachusetts band at…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Have Heart: Songs to Scream at the Sun
Few bands marked 2000s hardcore with as much intensity as Have Heart. A Boston outfit led by Patrick Flynn, it embodied a…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Hatebreed: Weight of the False Self
There is something reassuring about Hatebreed: since Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire, the Connecticut band has never deviated from its trajectory,…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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Hatebreed: The Rise of Brutality
Released in 2003, The Rise of Brutality extends the triumphant momentum of Hatebreed after the success of the previous album. Jamey Jasta’s…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Hatebreed: Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Some debut albums strike with such force that they instantly redefine the rules of the game. Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire,…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Hatebreed: Perseverance
Released in 2002, Perseverance confirms the heavyweight status Hatebreed had forged on the metallic hardcore scene. Led by the charismatic Jamey Jasta,…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Harms Way: Common Suffering
Common Suffering sees Harms Way tightening their grip on metallic hardcore by sticking faithfully to the formula that has defined them: a…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Harm’s Way: Rust
Coming out of Chicago, Harm’s Way made its name by injecting an industrial coldness into metallic hardcore. With Rust, released in 2015,…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Harm’s Way: Posthuman
A band from Chicago, Harm’s Way made its name through a metallic hardcore fed by industrial influences, a combination that gives it…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Harm’s Way: Isolation
Before refining its industrial aesthetic, Harm’s Way first made its mark through brute force. Isolation, released in 2011, shows the Chicago band…
7/10 September 16, 2026
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Hammerfall: Glory to the Brave
In the mid 1990s, when traditional heavy metal was widely dismissed as outdated next to grunge and death metal, a Swedish band…
8/10 September 19, 2026
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Hamlet: El Inferno
Released in 2000, El Inferno ranks among the high points of the nu metal era of Madrid’s Hamlet, veterans of Spanish alternative…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Hamferð: Támsins Likam
There is something almost liturgical about the way Hamferð builds their albums, and Támsins Likam is no exception to this rule. From…
8.5/10 October 19, 2026
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Hamferð, Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
86/100: Faroese death/doom reaches an overwhelming solemnity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Haken, In a Fever Dream
Slimmed to a trio, Haken reinvent themselves in 27 minutes: "ingenious and classy", yet "the least Haken-y" release of their career.
8/10 July 19, 2026
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Haken : Fauna
The London collective cross virtuosity with an imaginary bestiary: 82/100 for a playful, learned record.
8/10 June 15, 2026
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Hacktivist: Outside the Box
The debut album by British act Hacktivist, Outside the Box fulfilled in 2016 the promise of a noticed EP. The band pushes…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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