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
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
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
The HU — HUN
A strange stream of sound like nobody else: 73/100 for the Mongolian cavalry.
7.5/10 July 27, 2026
Rezn — Cycles in the Infinite Dream
Sumptuous psychedelic doom: "fantastic" even to its harshest critic. 8/10 average.
8/10 July 29, 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
Finsterforst — Still
The "strongest album in a 22-year career" — bloat included. 78/100 for the Black Forest.
8/10 August 2, 2026
Escuela Grind — DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL
84/100: the Americans' turbocharged grindcore gives no respite.
8.5/10 August 2, 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
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
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
Darkest Hour — Perpetual Terminal
83/100: the American melodic-metalcore veterans hit a brilliant new form.
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
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
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
Allt — Ataraxia
Muscle, heart and one banger called "Enemy" — but a cold public hearing only the recipe. 7.
7/10 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
Persefone — Lingua Ignota: Part I
86/100: the Andorran progressive-metal act unfurl a luminous virtuosity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
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
Hamferð — Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
86/100: Faroese death/doom reaches an overwhelming solemnity.
8.5/10 August 4, 2026
Speed — ONLY ONE MODE
86/100: the Australians inject wild energy and positivity into hardcore.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
Fleshgod Apocalypse — Opera
87/100: the Italians fuse technical death metal and symphonic grandeur with excess.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
Viande — Monument aux morts
Frightening texture, an hour too full: Chambéry black/death impresses without yet crushing.
7/10 August 5, 2026
Pallbearer — Mind Burns Alive
83/100: the Americans elevate their melodic, melancholic doom.
8/10 August 5, 2026
Vitriol — Suffer & Become
85/100: the Americans' furious tech-death impresses with its controlled violence.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
Ihsahn — IHSAHN
85/100: the ex-Emperor mastermind unfurls an orchestral, black-metal album of wild ambition.
8.5/10 August 5, 2026
Job for a Cowboy — Moon Healer
85/100: the Americans' return confirms their shift into a first-rate progressive-death band.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
Opeth — The Last Will and Testament
84/100: the Swedes bring back the growls and deliver an ambitious concept record.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
Nightwish — Yesterwynde
86/100: the Finns push their cinematic symphonic metal to new heights.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
Judas Priest — Invincible Shield
82/100 across fifteen reviews: the heavy-metal gods prove they've lost nothing.
8/10 August 6, 2026
Thou — Umbilical
85/100 across twelve reviews: the Louisiana sludge crew deliver their most direct, raging record.
8.5/10 August 6, 2026
Uniform — American Standard
87/100: the New York duo push their industrial noise toward a suffocating intensity.
8.5/10 August 7, 2026
Ulcerate — Cutting the Throat of God
88/100: the New Zealanders of dissonant death metal deliver their masterpiece.
9/10 August 7, 2026
Blood Incantation — Absolute Elsewhere
87/100 across fourteen reviews: the Americans' cosmic death metal reaches a new dimension.
8.5/10 August 7, 2026
Knocked Loose — You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
89/100 across fifteen reviews: the kings of modern hardcore/metalcore deliver a genre peak.
9/10 August 7, 2026
Marianas Rest — The Bereaved
83/100: Finnish melodic death/doom cultivates its deep-freeze melancholy.
8/10 August 7, 2026