Oceans of Slumber, Where Gods Fear To Speak
85/100: the Texans' gothic, progressive metal, carried by Cammie Beverly's masterful voice.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Oceans of Slumber: Starlight And Ash
With Starlight And Ash, Oceans of Slumber closes the most extreme chapter of their journey to reconnect with a softer, more organic…
7.5/10 October 20, 2026
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One Minute Silence: Buy Now… Saved Later
The second album by London’s One Minute Silence, Buy Now… Saved Later appeared in 2000 at the height of the nu metal…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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One Step Closer: This Place You Know
Coming out of Pennsylvania, One Step Closer has established itself as one of the standard-bearers of melodic hardcore’s revival. This Place You…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Opeth, The Last Will and Testament
84/100: the Swedes bring back the growls and deliver an ambitious concept record.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
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Opeth: In Cauda Venenum
With In Cauda Venenum, Opeth closes a loop that began with Heritage: that of a band that has definitively turned its back…
8.5/10 October 17, 2026
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Orgy: Candyass
Orgy’s debut, Candyass, laid out in 1998 a singular aesthetic the band itself christened death pop. Released on Elementree, the label founded…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
8/10 September 17, 2026
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Otep: Sevas Tra
Otep’s opening salvo, Sevas Tra, instantly asserts a singular voice within early 2000s metal. Otep Shamaya blends raw poetry, gut-deep screams and…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Ov Sulfur : Endless
Symphonic deathcore with hooks: 9/10 on one side, 2.5/5 on the other. The genre glares at itself.
7/10 January 19, 2026
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Overkill: The Years of Decay
The fourth album by New York’s Overkill, The Years of Decay (1989), is often held to be the peak of their early…
8/10 September 20, 2026
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P.O.D.: Satellite
Released in 2001, Satellite marks the commercial and artistic peak of P.O.D. The San Diego band refines its formula here: a nu…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Pain of Truth: Not Through Blood
There is an intensity to Not Through Blood, released in 2022, that leaves no doubt. Pain of Truth, an outfit sprung from…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Pallbearer, Mind Burns Alive
83/100: the Americans elevate their melodic, melancholic doom.
8/10 August 5, 2026
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Panopticon : The Rime of Memory
A lone American's great winter work: 85/100 for a glacial, devastating meditation.
8.5/10 June 20, 2026
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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…
9/10 September 17, 2026
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Papa Roach: Infest
Infest is the album that thrust Papa Roach into the spotlight, driven by raw energy and a sharp sense of hooks. The…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Paradise Lost: Ascension
79/100: the English goth/doom godfathers confirm a second youth.
8/10 August 27, 2026
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Paradise Lost: Obsidian
There’s something almost unfair about Paradise Lost’s consistency. After navigating through different styles, electronic experimentation, and extreme returns to their roots, the…
8.5/10 October 6, 2026
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Parkway Drive, Darker Still
Darker Still fully embraces Parkway Drive's epic ambitions.
7.6/10 August 13, 2026
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Parkway Drive, Reverence
Reverence extends Parkway Drive's big-format turn.
7.2/10 August 13, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Atlas
With Atlas, Parkway Drive aims higher and wider.
7.5/10 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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Parkway Drive: Horizons
Horizons lifts Parkway Drive to metalcore benchmark status.
8.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Ire
Ire reinvents Parkway Drive and divides as much as it seduces.
7.8/10 August 13, 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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Pennywise: About Time
Released on Epitaph in 1995, About Time is Pennywise’s third album and probably the one where the Hermosa Beach quartet hits top…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Persefone, Lingua Ignota: Part I
86/100: the Andorran progressive-metal act unfurl a luminous virtuosity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Persefone: Metanoia
It’s hard to approach a Persefone album without thinking of the long shadow cast by Aathma and Spiritual Migration, two landmarks that…
8/10 October 19, 2026
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Death Hilarious
79/100 across sixteen reviews: the Britons with the impossible name impose their colossal stoner-noise.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Land of Sleeper
There’s something organic in the way Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs builds its records, as if each riff grows out…
8/10 October 10, 2026
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Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com
With www.pitchshifter.com, released in 1998, Britain’s Pitchshifter undergo a radical, visionary transformation. Far from their grindcore and pure industrial roots, the band…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Poison The Well : Peace In Place
Seventeen years away, 80/100 on arrival: the year's best-received metalcore comeback.
8/10 March 25, 2026
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Poppy, Negative Spaces
82/100 across twelve reviews: the ex-pop icon confirms her shift into a singular metal artist.
8/10 August 3, 2026
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Poppy: Empty Hands
Poppy has always mastered the art of the split personality: the porcelain doll who whispers and the beast who roars, often within…
7.5/10 October 21, 2026
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