Underoath: The Place After This One
Underoath return with The Place After This One, released through MNRK Heavy after a 2024 spent drip-feeding singles ahead of the record.…
6.5/10 September 29, 2026
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Norma Jean: Deathrattle Sing for Me
Norma Jean has never been in the business of making things easy, and Deathrattle Sing for Me drives that point home with…
7.5/10 September 29, 2026
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As I Lay Dying: Through Storms Ahead
Since forming in San Diego, As I Lay Dying built its name on a fast, technical brand of metalcore, cut from the…
6/10 September 29, 2026
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Godflesh: Decay
Billed as Godflesh's penultimate record, Decay earns a rare alignment of press and public. Consensus: 8/10.
8/10 September 29, 2026
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Hatebreed: Weight of the False Self
There is something reassuring about Hatebreed: since Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire, the Connecticut band has never deviated from its trajectory,…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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The Chariot: Before There Was
With Before There Was, The Chariot keeps digging the trench it carved for itself from the start: a hardcore that refuses straight…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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Code Orange: What is Really Underneath?
Released the same year as The Above, What is Really Underneath? is neither a simple bonus disc nor a rehash: it’s the…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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Deez Nuts: Saudade
There is something bold about naming a festive hardcore record after the untranslatable Portuguese word for a bittersweet longing. Deez Nuts, the…
6.5/10 September 28, 2026
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The Ghost Inside: Searching for Solace
There’s something almost paradoxical about watching The Ghost Inside, a band built on endurance and the repetition of a proven formula, suddenly…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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Malevolence: Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
From Sheffield, Malevolence built their reputation on a simple equation: crushing riffs, groove that never lets go, and just enough melody to…
8/10 September 28, 2026
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Black Flag: Wasted…Again
Wasted…Again isn’t a proper studio album, it’s a compilation released on SST Records in 1987, after Black Flag had already broken up.…
6.5/10 September 27, 2026
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Harms Way: Common Suffering
Common Suffering sees Harms Way tightening their grip on metallic hardcore by sticking faithfully to the formula that has defined them: a…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Touche Amore: Spiral In A Straight Line
Spiral In A Straight Line carries forward Touche Amore’s trajectory with unwavering conviction. Jeremy Bolm and company refuse to soften their post-hardcore…
8/10 September 27, 2026
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Modern Life Is War: Tribulation Worksongs
Modern Life Is War has never played the nostalgia card, and Tribulation Worksongs confirms that the Iowa band remains driven by the…
8/10 September 27, 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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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Option Paralysis
Option Paralysis arrives after a label switch and a drummer change, yet The Dillinger Escape Plan never sounds like it’s rebuilding from…
7.5/10 September 26, 2026
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25 Ta Life: Hunting Season
Nine years after their last album, the New York hardcore stalwarts return with a three-song EP and a new voice. Short, but…
7/10 September 26, 2026
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20 Seconds Falling Man: Resilience
With Resilience, 20 Seconds Falling Man delivers raw, unvarnished metal built on conviction rather than polish. There’s no studio trickery here, no…
7/10 September 26, 2026
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+44: When Your Heart Stops Beating
When Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker announced +44 in 2005, Blink-182’s shadow loomed large. This wasn’t meant to be a simple side-project:…
7/10 September 25, 2026
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(Dolch): Nacht
Dolch returns in 2022 with Nacht, an album that embraces its darkness without compromise. This German project delivers four compositions ranging from…
7/10 September 25, 2026
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.Moneen.: The World I Want to Leave Behind
There is something almost cruel in the title Canadian band .Moneen. chose for this record: the world I want to leave behind.…
7/10 September 25, 2026
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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: XI: BLEED HERE NOW
After more than two decades…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead returns with XI: Bleed Here Now, an album…
7/10 September 25, 2026
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!T.O.O.H!: Po ovoci poznáte je
After a prolonged silence, !T.O.O.H! resurfaces with Po ovoci poznáte je, an album that drives deeper into the band’s fractured and abrasive…
7/10 September 25, 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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Deftones: White Pony
The masterpiece: where metal meets the dream, a unanimously cult record.
9.5/10 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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Vein.fm: Errorzone
Released in 2018, Errorzone is the debut album by the American band then known as Vein, later Vein.fm. The record made an…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Limp Bizkit: Significant Other
Significant Other is the album that pushed Limp Bizkit to the top of the nu metal wave. Fred Durst’s band sharpens its…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory is one of the albums that defined nu metal for an entire generation. Linkin Park precisely assemble distorted guitars, electronic…
9/10 September 23, 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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Staind: Break the Cycle
Break the Cycle marks a turning point for Staind, who soften their edges to make more room for emotion. The Massachusetts band…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Disturbed: The Sickness
The Sickness establishes Disturbed as a raw force on the nu metal scene at the turn of the millennium. The Chicago band…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Godsmack: Godsmack
With this self-titled 1998 debut, Godsmack lay down the foundations of a massive, no-nonsense alternative metal. Sully Erna delivers a gravelly, commanding…
7/10 September 23, 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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Mudvayne: L.D. 50
With L.D. 50, released in 2000, Mudvayne makes a jarring, explosive entrance into the nu metal landscape. Far from the simplicity of…
9/10 September 23, 2026
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