Persefone — Lingua Ignota: Part I
86/100: the Andorran progressive-metal act unfurl a luminous virtuosity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
Unto Others — Never, Neverland
86/100: the Americans wed heavy metal and gothic post-punk with rare elegance.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
Allt — Ataraxia
Muscle, heart and one banger called "Enemy" — but a cold public hearing only the recipe. 7.
7/10 August 4, 2026
Oceans of Slumber — Where Gods Fear To Speak
85/100: the Texans' gothic, progressive metal, carried by Cammie Beverly's masterful voice.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
Poppy — Negative Spaces
82/100 across twelve reviews: the ex-pop icon confirms her shift into a singular metal artist.
8/10 August 3, 2026
200 Stab Wounds — Manual Manic Procedures
83/100: the Americans' old-school, gory death metal hits with contagious glee.
8/10 August 3, 2026
Darkest Hour — Perpetual Terminal
83/100: the American melodic-metalcore veterans hit a brilliant new form.
8/10 August 3, 2026
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
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
Crypt Sermon — The Stygian Rose
85/100: the Americans' epic doom summons the grandeur of metal's origins.
8.5/10 August 3, 2026
Escuela Grind — DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL
84/100: the Americans' turbocharged grindcore gives no respite.
8.5/10 August 2, 2026
Finsterforst — Still
The "strongest album in a 22-year career" — bloat included. 78/100 for the Black Forest.
8/10 August 2, 2026
Nothingness — Godslaughter
Twisted Minneapolis death metal: "one of the most adventurous and obnoxious records of the year" (8.5/10).
8/10 August 2, 2026
Rezn — Cycles in the Infinite Dream
Sumptuous psychedelic doom: "fantastic" even to its harshest critic. 8/10 average.
8/10 July 29, 2026
The HU — HUN
A strange stream of sound like nobody else: 73/100 for the Mongolian cavalry.
7.5/10 July 27, 2026
Stab — Lost In Maine
Two reviews, zero real objections and a 8.5/10: Maine's bruised love letter to melodic hardcore.
8.5/10 July 26, 2026
Quicksand — Bring On The Psychics
Six reviews, zero sour notes: the post-hardcore godfathers still "fizz with energy and life".
8/10 July 22, 2026
Motionless In White — Decades
Press has a blast (74/100), public shrugs (59/100): the gothic theme park splits the room.
7/10 July 22, 2026
Fuming Mouth — The Ringing Bell
Seventh-circle gutturals versus waning creativity: the press splits, the pit will decide.
7/10 July 22, 2026
Loathe — A Stranger To You
Six years slow-cooking, 82/100: Loathe deliver 2026's great art-metalcore record, muddy production included.
8/10 July 21, 2026
Boundaries — Yearning: The unbeautiful after
Grief spat with venom: great metalcore songs undercut by an over-compressed mix.
7/10 July 20, 2026
Protest The Hero — Within
Rody Walker "better than ever", 87/100: Protest The Hero's return is a masterstroke.
8.5/10 July 20, 2026
Haken — In a Fever Dream
Slimmed to a trio, Haken reinvent themselves in 27 minutes: "ingenious and classy", yet "the least Haken-y" release of their career.
8/10 July 19, 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
Cattle Decapitation — Terrasite
The peak of a death metal turned discourse: 89/100 for a work where ecological apocalypse becomes music.
9/10 July 15, 2026
Horrendous — Ontological Mysterium
The Americans reconcile old-school death metal and progressive freedom: 88/100 for a record of rare elegance.
9/10 July 15, 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
Zulu — A New Tomorrow
Los Angeles powerviolence becomes an African-American manifesto: 88/100 for a record as brief as it is vital.
9/10 July 14, 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
Mourir — Nous, le venin
Metal Storm at 8.3, French press won over: Toulouse black metal spits its venom with newfound maturity.
8/10 July 14, 2026
Ne Obliviscaris — EXUL
The violin and the growl, beauty and fury: 86/100 for the Australians' masterful return.
8.5/10 July 14, 2026
TesseracT — War of Being
The British atmospheric-djent band deliver their most accomplished record: 86/100.
8.5/10 July 14, 2026
No Cure — It Is Going To Get Dark
Three reviews, three 80s: Alabama straight edge finds unanimity in the dark. 8/10.
8/10 July 13, 2026
The Plot In You — The Plot In You
A compilation dressed as a self-titled album — but the songs are strong enough for 80/100.
8/10 July 12, 2026
Witchsorrow — The Devil And All His Works
Twenty years in, their best album — "the devil's work!": 80/100, a rare doom communion.
8/10 July 7, 2026
Moonspell — Far from God
Stripped-back gothic return, Ribeiro revitalized: 73/100, the essence recovered without reaching the peaks.
7.5/10 July 6, 2026