Amon Amarth — The Great Heathen Army
The Swedish Vikings go to war again with the same axe: 78/100 for a record faithful to its legend.
7.5/10 June 9, 2026
Dark Tranquillity — Endtime Signals
The founding fathers of Gothenburg hold their rank despite the departures: 78/100 for a controlled renewal.
7.5/10 June 9, 2026
Ghost — Impera
The Swedish cult fully embraces the stadium and pop: 78/100 for an ambitious, divisive record.
7.5/10 June 9, 2026
Shinedown — EI8HT
Press applauds (74), public sulks (58): Shinedown's most ambitious record is also its most divisive.
7.5/10 May 31, 2026
Dimmu Borgir — Grand Serpent Rising
Eight years away, back at 81/100: the symphonic black throne reclaimed, the scissors forgotten.
7.5/10 May 26, 2026
Terror — Still Suffer
Zero surprises, ferocious execution: 75/100 for veterans proving hardcore is in rude health.
7.5/10 April 26, 2026
Skindred — You Got This
First UK number one of their career and 76/100: the Welsh "punky reggae party" gets almost everyone dancing.
7.5/10 April 22, 2026
Gaerea — Loss
Cathartic black metal goes luminous metalcore: press won over (74), faithful betrayed (60). Debate open.
7.5/10 March 24, 2026
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
MØL — DREAMCRUSH
Denmark's blackgaze spearhead delivers one of the year's highest-rated records (85/100) — but the gap with the public marks it as divisive.
8/10 September 5, 2026
Mastodon — Marrow Deep
Mastodon's first post-Hinds album is an acclaimed grief record (83/100 Metacritic), cathartic and often magnificent.
8/10 September 1, 2026
Deafheaven — Lonely People With Power
83/100 across twenty-one reviews: the blackgaze pioneers reconnect with fury.
8/10 August 29, 2026
Sunn O))) — Sunn O)))
79/100 across twenty reviews: the drone kings' self-titled album, a mass of low frequencies.
8/10 August 29, 2026
Deadguy — Near-Death Travel Services
83/100: the improbable return of the 1990s chaotic-metalcore pioneers.
8/10 August 28, 2026
Igorrr — AMEN
83/100: the French mad scientist returns, between metal, baroque and breakcore.
8/10 August 28, 2026
Cryptopsy — An Insatiable Violence
81/100: the Canadian tech-death masters hold their rank.
8/10 August 28, 2026
Fallujah — Xenotaph
81/100: the Californians' atmospheric, cosmic death metal regains its shine.
8/10 August 28, 2026
Paradise Lost — Ascension
79/100: the English goth/doom godfathers confirm a second youth.
8/10 August 27, 2026
Helloween — Giants & Monsters
81/100: the inventors of European power metal, reunited, keep the flame.
8/10 August 27, 2026
Conjurer — Unself
80/100: the English progressive-sludge outfit confirm the hype.
8/10 August 27, 2026
Bleed from Within — Zenith
83/100: the Scots confirm their place atop modern European metalcore.
8/10 August 27, 2026
Sylosis — The New Flesh
80/100: the English melodic thrash/death crew confirm their metronome consistency.
8/10 August 27, 2026
Archspire — Too Fast to Die
83/100: death metal's fastest Canadians push the tempo limits again.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Devin Townsend — The Moth
83/100: the Canadian polymath delivers another oversized, generous opus.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Voivod — Symphonique
83/100: the Québécois prog-thrash legends re-orchestrate their catalogue with a symphony orchestra.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Sepultura — The Cloud of Unknowing
79/100: after announcing the end, the Brazilians deliver an honourable last chapter.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Darkthrone — Pre-Historic Metal
80/100: the Norwegian veterans keep morphing into gleefully filthy heavy/black.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Havukruunu — Tavastland
82/100: Finnish pagan black metal in all its epic splendour.
8/10 August 25, 2026
Winterfylleth — The Unyielding Season
83/100: the English weave atmospheric black metal steeped in landscape and history.
8/10 August 25, 2026
Saor — Amidst the Ruins
83/100: Andy Marshall's Caledonian metal, between atmospheric black and Scottish folklore.
8/10 August 25, 2026
Spirit Adrift — Infinite Illumination
79/100: Nate Garrett's melodic heavy/doom keeps aiming high.
8/10 August 24, 2026
BIG|BRAVE — in grief or in hope
83/100: the Canadian trio sculpt silence and saturation with devastating intensity.
8/10 August 24, 2026
Blackwater Holylight — Not Here Not Gone
79/100 across ten reviews: the Americans' dreamlike psychedelic doom still enchants.
8/10 August 23, 2026
Venom — Into Oblivion
79/100: the English godfathers who named black metal keep the house standing.
8/10 August 23, 2026
SpiritWorld — Helldorado
80/100: Stu Folsom's "death western", dusty thrash and dried blood.
8/10 August 23, 2026
HEALTH — CONFLICT DLC
79/100 across eight reviews: the Angelenos push their industrial noise toward apocalyptic pop.
8/10 August 22, 2026