Mastodon: Leviathan
The first masterpiece: Moby Dick rewritten in metal, a world-record.
9/10 August 15, 2026
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Bane: Give Blood
With Give Blood, Bane deliver one of melodic hardcore's high points.
8.7/10 August 15, 2026
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This Is Hell: Misfortunes
Misfortunes sees This Is Hell find its balance.
7.8/10 August 15, 2026
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Arkangel: Prayers Upon Deaf Ears
Prayers Upon Deaf Ears carves Arkangel into H8000 legend.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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No Turning Back: Damage Done
Damage Done tightens No Turning Back's strike.
7.4/10 August 15, 2026
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Deftones: Around the Fur
The step up: heavier, finer, the band finds its soft/violent dynamic.
8/10 August 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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Mastodon: Blood Mountain
The ascent: a labyrinthine quest-record, denser and wilder.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Bane: The Note
The Note confirms Bane at the peak of its craft.
8.3/10 August 14, 2026
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This Is Hell: Weight of the World
Weight of the World hardens the sound further.
7.4/10 August 14, 2026
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Arkangel: Hope You Die by Overdose in a Filthy Toilet at a Party Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Arkangel returns with the same fury, two decades later.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Rise from the Ashes
Rise from the Ashes confirms No Turning Back's consistency.
7.4/10 August 14, 2026
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Coroner: Dissonance Theory
83/100: the Swiss tech-thrash veterans return after decades, and hit hard.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Deftones: Deftones
The black album: denser, more tormented, a wrongly unloved record.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: Crack the Skye
The progressive summit: astral travel, Rasputin and grief, a shattering record.
9/10 August 14, 2026
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Bane: Don’t Wait Up
For its final record, Bane stays true to itself.
7.8/10 August 14, 2026
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This Is Hell: Black Mass
Black Mass fully embraces This Is Hell's thrash DNA.
7.6/10 August 14, 2026
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Angel Crew: Another Day Living in Hatred
Angel Crew imposes an uncompromising Parisian hardcore.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Holding On
Holding On keeps the course with consistency.
7.3/10 August 14, 2026
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Conan: Violence Dimension
79/100: the English "caveman battle doom" crew flatten everything in their path.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Deftones: Saturday Night Wrist
The album of crisis: born in pain, cracked but haunted.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: The Hunter
The turn: Mastodon drop the concepts for the song, and gain clarity.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Killing with a Smile
Parkway Drive arrives with a metalcore as heavy as it is melodic.
7.8/10 August 14, 2026
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The Warriors: War Is Hell
The Warriors hit hard from the very first record.
7.3/10 August 14, 2026
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Angel Crew: One Life One Sentence
One Life One Sentence cements Angel Crew's standing.
7.6/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Take Control
Take Control fires the machine back up with vigour.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Dying Wish: Flesh Stays Together
83/100: the Americans confirm their place in the elite of melodic, violent metalcore.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Deftones: Diamond Eyes
The rebirth: after tragedy, a luminous and vital record.
8.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: Once More ‘Round the Sun
The solar record: Mastodon embrace the big chorus, with craft but less risk.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Horizons
Horizons lifts Parkway Drive to metalcore benchmark status.
8.5/10 August 14, 2026
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The Warriors: Beyond the Noise
Beyond the Noise tightens The Warriors' writing.
7.6/10 August 14, 2026
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Angel Crew: XVI
XVI brings Angel Crew back without betraying its roots.
7.3/10 August 14, 2026
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The Acacia Strain: You Are Safe from God Here
81/100: the heaviest deathcore veterans keep digging their nihilistic furrow.
8/10 August 13, 2026
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Deftones: Koi No Yokan
The perfect balance: heaviness and grace reconciled, a near-masterpiece.
9/10 August 13, 2026
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Mastodon: Emperor of Sand
The return of the concept: cancer and the desert, a grave and masterful record.
8.5/10 August 13, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Deep Blue
Deep Blue widens the horizon without betraying the formula.
7.9/10 August 13, 2026
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