Fates Warning: Awaken the Guardian
Released in 1986, Awaken the Guardian is the third album by the American band Fates Warning and the last with original singer…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Ministry: Psalm 69
Often referred to as Psalm 69, whose full title is « KEFALHXQ », this 1992 record is Ministry’s most famous album. Led by Al…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Helmet: Meantime
The second album from New York band Helmet, Meantime, released in 1992, imposes a pared-down and cerebral vision of alternative metal. Led…
8.5/10 September 19, 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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Necrophagist: Epitaph
Nine years after Onset of Putrefaction, Muhammed Suicmez rebuilt Necrophagist around a top-tier lineup and delivered, in 2004, a record that would…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Deicide: Deicide
Deicide’s self-titled debut, released in 1990, immediately established the Florida band as one of the most radical and provocative acts in death…
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Satyricon: Nemesis Divina
Released in 1996, Nemesis Divina is Satyricon’s third album and one of the great records of the second Norwegian wave. The duo…
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Eyehategod: Take as Needed for Pain
Eyehategod’s second album, Take as Needed for Pain, released on Century Media in 1993, is an absolute pillar of New Orleans sludge.…
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Descendents: Milo Goes to College
Released in 1982, Milo Goes to College is the Descendents’s first album and one of the most influential records in the genesis…
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Symphony X: The Odyssey
The sixth album by the American band Symphony X, The Odyssey, released in 2002, marks a decisive step in the evolution of…
8.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Circle Jerks: Group Sex
Released in 1980, Group Sex is the Circle Jerks’s first album and one of the most radical records of early California hardcore.…
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Decapitated: Nihility
Released in 2002, Nihility is Decapitated’s second album, and it already definitively establishes the Polish band as a major force in world…
8.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Burzum: Hvis lyset tar oss
Recorded by Varg Vikernes in the early 1990s and released in 1994, Hvis lyset tar oss is recognised as a landmark of…
8.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Acid Bath: When the Kite String Pops
Acid Bath’s first album, When the Kite String Pops, released on Rotten Records in 1994, is one of the most disorienting records…
8.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Misfits: Walk Among Us
Released in 1982, Walk Among Us is the Misfits’s first full studio album and one of the founding texts of horror punk.…
8.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Napalm Death: Scum
Scum, released on Earache in 1987, is a founding record in the most literal sense there is: it lays the very groundwork…
8.5/10 September 17, 2026
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Nile: Annihilation of the Wicked
In 2005, Nile delivered with Annihilation of the Wicked one of the absolute summits of technical death metal. The South Carolina band…
8.5/10 September 17, 2026
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The Dillinger Escape Plan: One of Us Is the Killer
The fourth studio album from the New Jersey outfit, One of Us Is the Killer landed in 2013 as another statement from…
8.5/10 September 16, 2026
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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Ire Works
Released in 2007, Ire Works is The Dillinger Escape Plan’s third album and one of the most adventurous of its career. The…
8.5/10 September 16, 2026
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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Miss Machine
Released in 2004, Miss Machine is The Dillinger Escape Plan’s second studio album and the first with Greg Puciato on vocals. After…
8.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Killswitch Engage: Alive or Just Breathing
Released in 2002, Alive or Just Breathing is Killswitch Engage’s second album and one of the founding records of modern metalcore. The…
8.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Bad Brains: Rock for Light
Released in 1983 and produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars, Rock for Light offers a more polished take on Bad Brains’…
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Gulch: Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
Coming out of California, Gulch left a deep mark on the underground with a small run of exceptionally intense releases before calling…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Code Orange: Forever
Released in 2017, Forever propelled Code Orange to the forefront of the extreme hardcore scene. The Pittsburgh band unfolds a radical vision…
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Bring Me the Horizon: Sempiternal
Sempiternal, released in 2013, marks the moment when Bring Me the Horizon left the deathcore of their early days for good to…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Architects: Lost Forever // Lost Together
With Lost Forever // Lost Together, released in 2014, Architects crossed a decisive threshold. The Brighton band, led by Sam Carter’s vocals…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Underoath: Define the Great Line
Released in 2006, Define the Great Line marks a major evolution for Underoath. The Florida band sheds part of its accessibility to…
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Every Time I Die: Hot Damn
The second album from the Buffalo band, Hot Damn! arrives in 2003 and establishes Every Time I Die as one of the…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache
The End of Heartache, released in 2004, marks a decisive turning point in the history of Killswitch Engage and, more broadly, of…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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La Dispute: Wildlife
Released in 2011, Wildlife is an ambitious record that pushes post-hardcore toward the territory of literature. The Michigan band deploys a fragmented…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Touche Amore: Stage Four
Released in 2016, Stage Four is a record deeply marked by grief. The Los Angeles band confronts the loss of a loved…
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American Nightmare: Background Music
Released in 2001, Background Music is American Nightmare’s first album, from the Boston band that became a cult name for a whole…
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Modern Life Is War: Witness
Released in 2005, Witness is the record that brought Modern Life Is War into the legend of 2000s hardcore. Coming from Iowa,…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Have Heart: The Things We Carry
Released in 2006, The Things We Carry is Have Heart’s first album, and it was enough to place the Massachusetts band at…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Hatebreed: Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Some debut albums strike with such force that they instantly redefine the rules of the game. Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire,…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Inside Out: No Spiritual Surrender
There are records whose brevity in no way diminishes their reach. No Spiritual Surrender, the sole studio recording of Inside Out released…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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