Portrayal of Guilt: …Beginning of The End
78/100: the Texan blackened-hardcore crew spit an ever more desperate violence.
7.5/10 August 23, 2026
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Portrayal of Guilt: Devil Music
There’s something obscene about the speed with which Portrayal of Guilt delivers its sentences. Devil Music never tries to settle in, it…
8/10 October 9, 2026
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Possessed: Seven Churches
Released in 1985, Seven Churches is very regularly cited as the very first death metal album in history, or at least as…
9/10 September 21, 2026
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Powerflo: Powerflo
A supergroup uniting Cypress Hill’s Sen Dog, Biohazard’s Billy Graziadei, plus Christian Olde Wolbers and Roy Mayorga of Fear Factory pedigree, Powerflo…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Powerman 5000: Tonight the Stars Revolt!
Released in 1999, Tonight the Stars Revolt! stands as the high point of Powerman 5000. Fronted by Spider One, brother of Rob…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Primer 55: Introduction to Mayhem
Released in 2000, Introduction to Mayhem is the first major album by Primer 55, a Mississippi band arriving in the full fervor…
5/10 September 23, 2026
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Protest The Hero, Within
Rody Walker "better than ever", 87/100: Protest The Hero's return is a masterstroke.
8.5/10 July 20, 2026
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Psychonaut, World Maker
81/100: the Belgian trio broaden their progressive, spiritual post-metal further.
8/10 August 11, 2026
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Psycroptic, The Pulse of Annihilation
More than twenty years of Tasmanian tech death, and still the same reliability: 75/100 from the critics, 75/100 from the public, it…
7.5/10 July 22, 2026
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Puddle of Mudd: Come Clean
Come Clean crystallises the catchiest post-grunge of the early 2000s. Puddle of Mudd wear their lineage openly, balancing gritty guitars with easily…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Pupil Slicer: Fleshwork
81/100: the English trio confirm their mathcore, as technical as it is emotional.
8/10 August 13, 2026
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Pyrrhon : Exhaust
The New Yorkers' organised chaos reaches its point of incandescence: 84/100 for a suffocating record.
8.5/10 June 21, 2026
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Queens of the Stone Age : In Times New Roman…
Josh Homme reopens the wound and delivers a sharp record: 80/100 for the sneering return of the Californians.
8/10 June 9, 2026
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Queens of the Stone Age: Villains
With Villains, Queens of the Stone Age makes a turn that wasn’t necessarily expected: handing the controls to Mark Ronson, a producer…
7.5/10 October 4, 2026
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Queensrÿche: Operation: Mindcrime
The third album by the American band Queensryche, Operation: Mindcrime, released in 1988, is a rock opera that left a lasting mark…
9.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Quicksand, Bring On The Psychics
Six reviews, zero sour notes: the post-hardcore godfathers still "fizz with energy and life".
8/10 July 22, 2026
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Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine’s debut lands like a manifesto, fusing rap, metal and funk into a blast of raw energy. From Bombtrack…
10/10 September 23, 2026
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Raging Speedhorn: Raging Speedhorn
With their self-titled debut released in 2000, Raging Speedhorn delivered an uncompromising slab of British sludge metal, driven by the trademark dual-vocalist…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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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…
9.5/10 September 17, 2026
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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…
9/10 September 17, 2026
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Ramones: Ramones
Released in 1976 on Sire, the Ramones’s self-titled debut is one of the birth certificates of punk rock. Recorded quickly and on…
9.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Rancid: …And Out Come the Wolves
Released in 1995 on Epitaph, …And Out Come the Wolves is Rancid’s third album and the peak of the Berkeley band’s path.…
9/10 September 19, 2026
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Regulate: Regulate
With its self-titled album released in 2022, Regulate confirms that you can play New York hardcore without simply copying its codes. The…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Retromorphosis, Psalmus Mortis
83/100: the death-metal supergroup (ex-Pestilence, Asphyx) hits hard on its debut.
8/10 August 10, 2026
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Reveille: Laced
Released on Elektra, Laced marks the commercial peak of Boston band Reveille, carried by the single Comin’ Down, which appeared on video…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Rezn, Cycles in the Infinite Dream
Sumptuous psychedelic doom: "fantastic" even to its harshest critic. 8/10 average.
8/10 July 29, 2026
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Rise Of The Northstar : Chapter 04: Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!!
Grave Noise at 7.5, Kerrang! at 3/5: unique in the world, yet familiar. The Paris blade cuts a 7.
7/10 November 18, 2025
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Rivers of Nihil : The Work
Pennsylvania death metal opens to saxophone and introspection: 83/100 for a daring record.
8/10 June 15, 2026
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Rob Zombie : The Great Satan
Winning comeback at 74/100: Zombie's industrial B-movie "rocks like an absolute motherfucker". Only Pitchfork pouts.
7.5/10 March 1, 2026
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Rolo Tomassi : Where Myth Becomes Memory
Chaos and grace in a single breath: 86/100 for the culmination of a twenty-year mutation.
8.5/10 June 6, 2026
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Rotting Christ: Theogonia
Rotting Christ’s ninth album, Theogonia (2007), marks a decisive step in the maturation of the Greek band led by Sakis Tolis. Having…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Russian Circles : Gnosis
The Chicago instrumental trio harden their tone: 82/100 for a rougher, denser record.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Russian Circles: Nine
The season's best-reviewed record: 83/100, zero reservations. Instrumental post-metal at its peak.
8.5/10 September 1, 2026
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Sabaton: Carolus Rex
With Carolus Rex, released in 2012, the Swedish band Sabaton takes on a subject as ambitious as it is unusual for them:…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Sabaton: Legends
Sabaton returns with Legends, an album that switches record labels without changing its formula: battles, heroic figures, and choruses built for stadium…
6.5/10 October 2, 2026
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Saint Vitus: Born Too Late
The third album by America’s Saint Vitus, Born Too Late (1986), marks a major turning point: the arrival of singer Scott Wino…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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