Defeated Sanity — Chronicles of Lunacy
84/100: the Germans, masters of technical brutal death, push the genre's limits.
8.5/10 August 3, 2026
Deftones — private music
87/100 across nineteen reviews: the alternative-metal masters return to near-unanimous acclaim.
8.5/10 August 30, 2026
Der Weg Einer Freiheit — Innern
85/100: the German atmospheric-black-metal outfit reach a rare intensity.
8.5/10 August 25, 2026
DevilDriver — Strike and Kill
Lethal riffs, incendiary solos, Dez back in the game: 70/100 and zero surprises, proudly so.
7/10 July 14, 2026
Devin Townsend — The Moth
83/100: the Canadian polymath delivers another oversized, generous opus.
8/10 August 26, 2026
Die Spitz — Something to Consume
82/100 across ten reviews: the Texan quartet blow in a gust of raging, clever punk.
8/10 August 22, 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
Dødheimsgard — Black Medium Current
The Norwegians transfigure black metal into a psychedelic voyage: 89/100 for an avant-garde work.
9/10 July 14, 2026
Draconian — In Somnolent Ruin
79/100: Swedish gothic/doom unfolds its majestic melancholy.
8/10 August 12, 2026
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
Dying Fetus — Make Them Beg for Death
The technical-death-metal war machine remains implacable: 84/100.
8.5/10 June 23, 2026
Dying Wish — Flesh Stays Together
83/100: the Americans confirm their place in the elite of melodic, violent metalcore.
8/10 August 14, 2026
Elder — Innate Passage
The Americans' progressive metamorphosis reaches its fullness: 84/100 for a luminous psychedelic journey.
8.5/10 June 17, 2026
Electric Callboy — Tanzneid
The metalcore party, bottled: press has fun (75/100), purists sigh. Unapologetic.
7/10 August 11, 2026
Employed to Serve — Conquering
British rage turns more hymnal without losing its bite: 82/100 for an ambitious metalcore.
8/10 June 5, 2026
Emptiness — Nowhere Speaks
Spectral blackened death and Brussels industrial: "it does not narrate; it confronts". 7.5 average.
7.5/10 July 19, 2026
Enslaved — Heimdal
The Norwegians turn myth into music: 84/100 for a sixteenth album of undimmed ambition.
8.5/10 June 24, 2026
Epica — Aspiral
78/100: the Dutch symphonic-metal act roll out their usual grand spectacle.
7.5/10 August 15, 2026
Erra — Cure
The Americans of progressive metalcore polish their craft: 79/100 for a goldsmith's record.
8/10 June 12, 2026
Escuela Grind — DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL
84/100: the Americans' turbocharged grindcore gives no respite.
8.5/10 August 2, 2026
Evanescence — Sanctuary
81/100 and a first Billboard Hard Rock No. 1: the press crowns Amy Lee's return, the public debates.
8/10 June 7, 2026
Fallujah — Xenotaph
81/100: the Californians' atmospheric, cosmic death metal regains its shine.
8/10 August 28, 2026
Fen — Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth
English atmospheric black at its peak: "my favorite Fen album to date" (AMG 4.0), 9/10 from Dead Rhetoric.
8.5/10 August 26, 2026
Finsterforst — Still
The "strongest album in a 22-year career" — bloat included. 78/100 for the Black Forest.
8/10 August 2, 2026
Fire-Toolz — Lavender Networks
79/100 across six reviews: Angel Marcloid's project blends metal, vaporwave and prog into a unique kaleidoscope.
8/10 August 11, 2026
Fires in the Distance — Circadian Promise
85/100: the Americans' melodic, piano-laced death/doom moves the critics.
8.5/10 August 10, 2026
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
Five Finger Death Punch — Legacy
Blabbermouth says 9/10, the public says 25/100: the record that captivates musically and repels lyrically.
7/10 August 3, 2026
Fleshgod Apocalypse — Opera
87/100: the Italians fuse technical death metal and symphonic grandeur with excess.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
Frontierer — Oxidized
The calculated chaos of mathcore reaches peaks of aggression: 82/100 for a suffocating record.
8/10 June 7, 2026
Frozen Soul — No Place of Warmth
78/100: the Texans' glacial, old-school death metal stays fearsomely effective.
7.5/10 August 24, 2026
Full of Hell & Nothing — When No Birds Sang
The improbable meeting of fury and mist: 82/100 for a collaboration of troubled beauty.
8/10 June 21, 2026
Fuming Mouth — The Ringing Bell
Seventh-circle gutturals versus waning creativity: the press splits, the pit will decide.
7/10 July 22, 2026
Funebrarum — Beckoning The Void of Eternal Silence
79/100: the Americans' cavernous, old-school death metal reeks of the crypt.
8/10 August 8, 2026
Gaerea — Loss
Cathartic black metal goes luminous metalcore: press won over (74), faithful betrayed (60). Debate open.
7.5/10 March 24, 2026
Gaerea — Mirage
Portuguese black metal steps up: 83/100 for a record of visceral intensity.
8/10 June 18, 2026