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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Suffocation : Hymns from the Apocrypha
The architects of technical death metal hold their course: 80/100 for a controlled return.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Employed to Serve : Conquering
British rage turns more hymnal without losing its bite: 82/100 for an ambitious metalcore.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Boris : Heavy Rocks (2022)
The insatiable Japanese replay their riff library with glee: 80/100 for a third "Heavy Rocks".
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Aborted : Vault of Horrors
The Belgian steamroller invites its peers to a gore feast: 79/100 for a death metal as swift as it is well-signposted.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Sanguisugabogg : Homicidal Ecstasy
Ohio's sludgy death metal wallows gleefully in the muck: 79/100 for a record as filthy as it is fun.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Bodysnatcher : Hell Is Here, Hell Is Home
"Heavy as fuck": 78/100 for the Floridian demolition machine, tried-and-true formula included.
8/10 April 14, 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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Lamb Of God : Into Oblivion
Eleven reviews, 81/100: the best Lamb Of God since Wrath, and almost nobody argues otherwise.
8/10 March 15, 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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Alter Bridge : Alter Bridge
Press anoints it (85/100), public checks out (65): the year's widest critics-fans gap.
8/10 January 13, 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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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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Vitriol: Suffer & Become
Vitriol has never done things by halves, and Suffer & Become follows the same logic of permanent asphyxiation. From the first seconds,…
8.5/10 October 18, 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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Ulcerate: Stare Into Death and Be Still
There’s something almost ironic about releasing an album titled Stare Into Death and Be Still in spring 2020, amid global shock. The…
8.5/10 October 16, 2026
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Fires in the Distance: Echoes from Deep November
Some records arrive without fanfare and impose themselves through sheer sincerity alone. Echoes from Deep November belongs to that rare category. The…
8.5/10 October 13, 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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Der Weg Einer Freiheit: Noktvrn
There’s something almost provocative in the way Der Weg einer Freiheit opens Noktvrn: no gradual build-up, no muffled entry point, but a…
8.5/10 September 30, 2026
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Wayfarer: American Gothic
After traversing vast plains and conquest mythologies on A Romance with Violence, Wayfarer shifts scenery without abandoning its logic. American Gothic trades…
8.5/10 September 30, 2026
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Defeater: Letters Home
With Letters Home, Defeater deepens its ambitious family saga by tracing back to the origins: the father, before everything. It’s a bold…
8.5/10 September 27, 2026
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Chat Pile: Cool World
After the shock of God’s Country, Chat Pile didn’t really have a choice: either repeat the formula or expand it. The Oklahoma…
8.5/10 September 27, 2026
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Loathe, I Let It in and It Took Everything
The fusion of din and dream finds its masterpiece: 86/100 for a second album that haunts long after.
8.5/10 September 23, 2026
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Biohazard: Urban Discipline
Released in 1992, Urban Discipline captures Biohazard at the peak of their intensity, at the precise moment when the borough of Brooklyn…
8.5/10 September 23, 2026
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Ulver: Bergtatt
Ulver’s debut, Bergtatt (1995), subtitled Et eventyr i 5 capitler (a fairy tale in five chapters), is a landmark of what would…
8.5/10 September 22, 2026
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Iced Earth: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Released in 1998, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the fifth album by the American band Iced Earth, led by guitarist and…
8.5/10 September 22, 2026
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Annihilator: Alice in Hell
The first album by Canada’s Annihilator, Alice in Hell (1989), is one of the most technical debuts of late-1980s thrash. Built around…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Social Distortion: Social Distortion
In 1990, Social Distortion released its self titled album, the band’s first record for a major label after more than a decade…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Gamma Ray: Land of the Free
Gamma Ray’s third album, Land of the Free, marks a decisive turning point for the band founded by Kai Hansen after he…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Bolt Thrower: The IVth Crusade
By 1992 Bolt Thrower were already a pillar of the British scene, but The IVth Crusade marked a clear turn toward greater…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Watain: Lawless Darkness
Released in 2010, Lawless Darkness is the fourth album by Sweden’s Watain and one of the peaks of their discography. Led by…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica
The debut album by the Finnish band Sonata Arctica, Ecliptica, released in 1999, quickly established itself as a classic of melodic power…
8.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Anathema: Judgement
With Judgement, released in 1999 on Music for Nations, Anathema completes a transformation begun on Alternative 4. The Liverpool band, once a…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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Dismember: Like an Ever Flowing Stream
Released in 1991, Dismember’s debut arrived in the immediate wake of Entombed and confirmed that Stockholm was truly the epicenter of a…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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Melvins: Houdini
With Houdini, released in 1993, the Melvins delivered their first album on a major label, Atlantic Records, at the height of the…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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Stratovarius: Visions
Released in 1997, Visions is one of the most emblematic albums by the Finnish band Stratovarius. It embodies the peak of the…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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