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…
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Caliban: Say Hello to Tragedy
Released in 2009, Say Hello to Tragedy finds Germany’s Caliban in full confidence, backed by a reputation built across the 2000s on…
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Caliban: I Am Nemesis
Released in 2012, I Am Nemesis marks a clear intent from Caliban to sharpen the edge. After years of refining its metalcore…
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Code Orange: Underneath
With Underneath, released in 2020, America’s Code Orange clears a major threshold. The Pittsburgh band, born of the hardcore scene, unfolds an…
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Code Orange: I Am King
Released in 2014, I Am King marks a turning point for Code Orange. It is with this record that the Pittsburgh band,…
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Vein.fm: This World Is Going to Ruin You
The second album by America’s Vein.fm, This World Is Going to Ruin You arrived in 2022 and confirms the Massachusetts band’s singular…
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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…
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Kublai Khan TX: Absolute
Released in 2017, Absolute firmly establishes Kublai Khan TX among the rising forces of heavy hardcore. The Texan band from Sherman unfolds…
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Drain: Living Proof
Hailing from Santa Cruz, California, Drain built their name on a simple truth: hardcore can be a party without ever softening its…
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One Step Closer: All You Embrace
Out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, One Step Closer have established themselves as one of the standard-bearers of contemporary melodic hardcore. With All You…
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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…
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Chubby and the Gang: The Mutt’s Nuts
Led by Charlie Manning, known as Chubby, the London outfit Chubby and the Gang have given punk a taste of pub rock…
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Gallows: Orchestra of Wolves
When Gallows arrived from Watford, England, with Orchestra of Wolves in 2006, the British hardcore punk scene finally had its knockout band.…
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Malevolence: Reign of Suffering
Out of Sheffield, England, Malevolence built their name on a brutal marriage of hardcore and metal. Reign of Suffering, their debut album…
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Malevolence: Self Supremacy
Four years after their first assault, England’s Malevolence return in 2017 with Self Supremacy, a second album that refines their formula without…
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Get the Shot: Merciless Destruction
Out of Quebec City, Canada, Get the Shot play an uncompromising metallic hardcore fed on thrash and beatdown. Merciless Destruction, released in…
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Fury: Paramount
Out of Southern California, Fury fall in the lineage of a melodic hardcore fed on sincerity and energy. Paramount, their debut album…
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Bathory: Under the Sign of the Black Mark
In 1987 Bathory, the Swedish project driven by Quorthon, released Under the Sign of the Black Mark, a third album that ranks…
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Borknagar: The Olden Domain
Borknagar’s second album, The Olden Domain (1997), confirms the ambition of the project founded by guitarist Oystein Garnes Brun: to wed black…
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Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
In 1997 Emperor released Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, a second album that would crystallise everything symphonic black metal could promise.…
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Behemoth: The Satanist
Released in 2014, The Satanist is truly Behemoth’s rebirth album. Recorded after frontman Nergal overcame a leukemia that nearly cost him his…
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Origin: Antithesis
With Antithesis, released in 2008 on Relapse, America’s Origin pushed technical brutal death metal toward an extreme of speed and density that…
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Death: Symbolic
In 1995 Death released Symbolic, often regarded as the peak of Chuck Schuldiner’s career. A pioneer of death metal, the guitarist and…
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Carcass: Heartwork
With Heartwork in 1993, Carcass completed a mutation begun on Necroticism. The Liverpool band, pioneers of goregrind with their early records and…
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Nile: Annihilation of the Wicked
In 2005, Nile delivered with Annihilation of the Wicked one of the absolute summits of technical death metal. The South Carolina band…
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My Dying Bride: Turn Loose the Swans
My Dying Bride’s second album, released on Peaceville in 1993, marks a decisive turn for the young death doom movement. Where many…
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Meshuggah: obZen
Released in 2008 on Nuclear Blast, obZen marks a turning point in the story of modern extreme metal. After more than fifteen…
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Candlemass: Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Few albums lend their name to an entire subgenre. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986), the debut by Sweden’s Candlemass, is one of them:…
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Napalm Death: Scum
Scum, released on Earache in 1987, is a founding record in the most literal sense there is: it lays the very groundwork…
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Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power
Released in 1992, Vulgar Display of Power is the record that locked in Pantera’s definitive identity. Having shed the glam of its…
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Alice in Chains: Dirt
Released in 1992 on Columbia, Dirt is Alice in Chains’s second album and one of the darkest records to emerge from the…
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Rainbow: Rising
Released in 1976, Rising is the second album by Rainbow, the band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore after his departure from Deep…
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Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Released in 1980, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is the Dead Kennedys’s first album and one of the most incisive records of…
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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…
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System of a Down: Toxicity
System of a Down’s second album, Toxicity, propelled the Los Angeles band to the summit of alternative metal. Produced by Rick Rubin,…
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Rammstein: Mutter
The third album from Berlin’s Rammstein, Mutter, confirmed the band’s international status in 2001. A pillar of Neue Deutsche Harte, this record…
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