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
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Gojira, The Way of All Flesh
After the cosmos, death: a dark, monumental record on accepting the end.
8.5/10 July 19, 2026
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Gojira, From Mars to Sirius
The masterpiece of consecration: a world-record on the death and rebirth of the Earth.
9/10 July 19, 2026
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Gojira, The Link
The record of the moult: Gojira trade speed for groove and atmosphere.
8/10 July 20, 2026
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Gojira, Terra Incognita
The Duplantier brothers' debut: an angular death metal, still green but already singular.
7.5/10 July 20, 2026
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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
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Boundaries, Yearning: The unbeautiful after
Grief spat with venom: great metalcore songs undercut by an over-compressed mix.
7/10 July 20, 2026
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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
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Fuming Mouth, The Ringing Bell
Seventh-circle gutturals versus waning creativity: the press splits, the pit will decide.
7/10 July 22, 2026
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Psycroptic, The Pulse of Annihilation
More than twenty years of Tasmanian tech death, and still the same reliability: 75/100 from the critics, 75/100 from the public, it…
7.5/10 July 22, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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Madball, Not Your Kingdom
Thirty-eight years of service and still the same address: 76/100 across four reviews for the New Yorkers’ return. Distorted Sound draws a…
7.5/10 July 27, 2026
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The HU, HUN
A strange stream of sound like nobody else: 73/100 for the Mongolian cavalry.
7.5/10 July 27, 2026
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Rezn, Cycles in the Infinite Dream
Sumptuous psychedelic doom: "fantastic" even to its harshest critic. 8/10 average.
8/10 July 29, 2026
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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
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Finsterforst, Still
The "strongest album in a 22-year career", bloat included. 78/100 for the Black Forest.
8/10 August 2, 2026
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Escuela Grind, DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL
84/100: the Americans' turbocharged grindcore gives no respite.
8.5/10 August 2, 2026
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Crypt Sermon, The Stygian Rose
85/100: the Americans' epic doom summons the grandeur of metal's origins.
8.5/10 August 3, 2026
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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
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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
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Darkest Hour, Perpetual Terminal
83/100: the American melodic-metalcore veterans hit a brilliant new form.
8/10 August 3, 2026
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200 Stab Wounds, Manual Manic Procedures
83/100: the Americans' old-school, gory death metal hits with contagious glee.
8/10 August 3, 2026
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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
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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
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Allt, Ataraxia
Muscle, heart and one banger called "Enemy", but a cold public hearing only the recipe. 7.
7/10 August 4, 2026
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Unto Others, Never, Neverland
86/100: the Americans wed heavy metal and gothic post-punk with rare elegance.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Persefone, Lingua Ignota: Part I
86/100: the Andorran progressive-metal act unfurl a luminous virtuosity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Altarage, Cogwheel
Deconstructed death metal, 74 minutes of liquid cement: 9/10 versus 2.5/5, the press splits clean.
7/10 August 4, 2026
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Hamferð, Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
86/100: Faroese death/doom reaches an overwhelming solemnity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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Speed, ONLY ONE MODE
86/100: the Australians inject wild energy and positivity into hardcore.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
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Fleshgod Apocalypse, Opera
87/100: the Italians fuse technical death metal and symphonic grandeur with excess.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
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Viande, Monument aux morts
Frightening texture, an hour too full: Chambéry black/death impresses without yet crushing.
7/10 August 5, 2026
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Pallbearer, Mind Burns Alive
83/100: the Americans elevate their melodic, melancholic doom.
8/10 August 5, 2026
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Vitriol, Suffer & Become
85/100: the Americans' furious tech-death impresses with its controlled violence.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
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