Alcest : Les Chants de l’Aurore
The father of blackgaze finds the light again: 84/100 for a record of luminous grace.
8.5/10 June 19, 2026
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Gaerea : Mirage
Portuguese black metal steps up: 83/100 for a record of visceral intensity.
8/10 June 18, 2026
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1914 : Where Fear and Weapons Meet
The Great War set to music: 82/100 for a brutal, documented record on the horror of the trenches.
8/10 June 18, 2026
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Amenra : De Doorn
The Belgians' sonic ritual reaches a new intensity: 84/100 for a record of liturgical gravity.
8.5/10 June 18, 2026
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Chelsea Wolfe : She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
The priestess of electronic goth reinvents herself: 82/100 for a record of intimate rebirth.
8/10 June 18, 2026
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Khemmis : Deceiver
The Americans' luminous doom grows heavier: 83/100 for a fourth album shot through with grief.
8/10 June 18, 2026
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Bell Witch : The Clandestine Gate
A single eighty-three-minute piece, suspended outside time: 84/100 for a monument of slowness.
8.5/10 June 17, 2026
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Cult of Luna : The Long Road North
The Swedish masters of post-metal unfold their sonic cathedrals: 83/100 for a monumental record.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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The Ocean : Holocene
The German collective close their geological fresco with restraint: 82/100 for a record more atmospheric than ever.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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Khemmis : Khemmis
79/100 and no song that lets you down: Denver's epic doom restarts without reinventing its axe.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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Cave In : Heavy Pendulum
The Boston veterans reconnect with breadth: 83/100 for a rich, generous return after loss.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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Elder : Innate Passage
The Americans' progressive metamorphosis reaches its fullness: 84/100 for a luminous psychedelic journey.
8.5/10 June 17, 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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High on Fire : Cometh the Storm
Matt Pike's beast still roars as loud as ever: 81/100 for an implacable sludge record.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Baroness : Stone
The Americans pursue their melodic metamorphosis: 80/100 for an accessible, colourful record, not without risks.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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King Buffalo : Regenerator
The Rochester trio close their pandemic trilogy in weightlessness: 82/100 for a hovering, hypnotic record.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Leprous : Melodies of Atonement
The Norwegians reconnect with weight and tension: 82/100 for a record that restores density to progressive metal.
8/10 June 16, 2026
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Haken : Fauna
The London collective cross virtuosity with an imaginary bestiary: 82/100 for a playful, learned record.
8/10 June 15, 2026
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Caligula’s Horse : Charcoal Grace
The Australians deliver their gravest, most accomplished record: 85/100 for a haunted work.
8.5/10 June 15, 2026
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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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Animals as Leaders : Parrhesia
The instrumental trio push the limits of the guitar: 82/100 for a record of dizzying virtuosity.
8/10 June 15, 2026
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Soen : Memorial
The Swedes refine their melodic progressive metal: 80/100 for a limpid, committed record.
8/10 June 15, 2026
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Vola : Friend of a Phantom
The Danes wed djent, pop and electronics with grace: 81/100 for an immediate, refined record.
8/10 June 14, 2026
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Between the Buried and Me : Colors II
The Americans reconnect with their 2007 masterpiece: 82/100 for an outsized prog fresco.
8/10 June 14, 2026
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Sleep Token : Take Me Back to Eden
The masked collective turn metal into a love liturgy: 84/100 for a third album impossible to file.
8.5/10 June 14, 2026
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Counterparts : A Eulogy for Those Still Here
The Canadians of melodic metalcore hold their line: 82/100 for a record of rage and mourning.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Fit for an Autopsy : Oh What the Future Holds
The Americans' committed deathcore gains in depth: 81/100 for a record as heavy as it is thoughtful.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Invent Animate : Heavener
The Texans' atmospheric metalcore clears a hurdle: 81/100 for a record of rare elegance.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Static Dress : Rouge Carpet Disaster
British post-hardcore is reborn under a nervy pen: 81/100 for an ambitious debut album.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Better Lovers : Highly Irresponsible
The supergroup born of Every Time I Die hits hard: 82/100 for a record of jubilant violence.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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While She Sleeps : Self Hell
The Britons of independent metalcore persevere: 80/100 for a combative, sincere record.
8/10 June 12, 2026
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Erra : Cure
The Americans of progressive metalcore polish their craft: 79/100 for a goldsmith's record.
8/10 June 12, 2026
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Turnstile : Glow On
Hardcore reinvented as broad-daylight music: 89/100 for the album that dragged the genre out of the basement.
9/10 June 12, 2026
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Soul Glo : Diaspora Problems
Hardcore as political and vital cry: 87/100 for a record of burning urgency.
8.5/10 June 12, 2026
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Drug Church : Hygiene
Post-hardcore meets 1990s grunge: 84/100 for a record as biting as it is catchy.
8.5/10 June 12, 2026
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Militarie Gun : Life Under the Gun
Melodic hardcore reaches out to indie rock: 83/100 for a debut album of fine maturity.
8/10 June 11, 2026
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