Clawfinger: Deaf Dumb Blind
The Swedish quartet’s debut, Deaf Dumb Blind introduced in 1993 a then novel formula blending massive metal riffs, rapped verses and shouted…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Coal Chamber: Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber’s 1997 debut, this self-titled record stands as one of the milestones of the emerging nu metal. The Los Angeles band…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Coalesce: Functioning on Impatience
Released in 1998, Functioning on Impatience is one of the most striking records from the Kansas City band. In a hardcore landscape…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Coalesce: Give Them Rope
The debut album from the Kansas City band, Give Them Rope arrives in 1997 and lays one of the first stones of…
8/10 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…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Code Orange: I Am King
Released in 2014, I Am King marks a turning point for Code Orange. It is with this record that the Pittsburgh band,…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Code Orange: Underneath
With Underneath, released in 2020, America’s Code Orange clears a major threshold. The Pittsburgh band, born of the hardcore scene, unfolds an…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Code Orange: What is Really Underneath?
Released the same year as The Above, What is Really Underneath? is neither a simple bonus disc nor a rehash: it’s the…
7.5/10 September 28, 2026
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Cold: Year of the Spider
Cold’s melancholic peak, Year of the Spider, unfolds a post-grunge tinged alternative metal where heaviness serves emotion rather than aggression. Scooter Ward’s…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Conan: Evidence of Immortality
Conan has never needed nuance to exist. From Liverpool, the trio has been building a cathedral of maximum-slowed riffs for years, and…
7.5/10 October 12, 2026
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Conan: Violence Dimension
79/100: the English "caveman battle doom" crew flatten everything in their path.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Conjurer: Mire
Some albums announce their direction from the very first minute, and Mire belongs to this category. From the opening measures, Conjurer establishes…
8/10 October 7, 2026
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Conjurer: Unself
80/100: the English progressive-sludge outfit confirm the hype.
8/10 August 27, 2026
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Converge : Hum Of Hurt
"No leftovers here; 2 for 2": Converge's second 2026 album equals the first by digging elsewhere.
8.5/10 June 10, 2026
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Converge : Love Is Not Enough
Three perfect scores and 87/100 across 13 reviews: hardcore's elder statesmen still have no rival.
8.5/10 February 18, 2026
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Converge & Chelsea Wolfe : Bloodmoon: I
Hardcore meets the gothic: 84/100 for a collaboration as improbable as it is spellbinding.
8.5/10 June 6, 2026
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Coroner: Dissonance Theory
83/100: the Swiss tech-thrash veterans return after decades, and hit hard.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Coroner: Grin
With Grin, Coroner closes a cycle and opens a door it will never truly walk through. The Zurich group, accustomed to labyrinthine…
7.5/10 October 11, 2026
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Corrosion of Conformity, Good God / Baad Man
80/100: the American southern-sludge veterans rediscover their sticky groove.
8/10 August 11, 2026
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Counterparts : A Eulogy for Those Still Here
The Canadians of melodic metalcore hold their line: 82/100 for a record of rage and mourning.
8/10 June 13, 2026
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Crazy Town: The Gift of Game
Released in 1999, The Gift of Game is the record that rocketed Crazy Town up the charts thanks to the single Butterfly,…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Cro-Mags: Best Wishes
Released in 1989, Best Wishes is the Cro-Mags’ second album and one of the most metallic records to come out of the…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Cro-Mags: The Age of Quarrel
Few records distill an entire scene into a handful of songs. The Age of Quarrel, released in 1986, is one of them.…
9/10 September 11, 2026
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Crossfade: Crossfade
The South Carolina band’s debut, this 2004 self-titled record stands as a model of effective post-grunge. Driven by the single Cold, an…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Crowbar: Crowbar
Crowbar’s second album, this self titled record from 1993, cements the place of Kirk Windstein’s band in the New Orleans sludge landscape.…
8/10 September 19, 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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Cryptic Shift : Overspace & Supertime
Four 9/10s and a trip into "the obsidian kaleidoscope": 87/100, the winter's extreme-metal peak.
8.5/10 March 1, 2026
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Cryptopsy: An Insatiable Violence
81/100: the Canadian tech-death masters hold their rank.
8/10 August 28, 2026
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Cryptopsy: As Gomorrah Burns
Cryptopsy never needed to reinvent itself to stay dangerous. Since None So Vile, the Montreal band has built its reputation on crushing…
7.5/10 October 6, 2026
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Cult of Luna : The Long Road North
The Swedish masters of post-metal unfold their sonic cathedrals: 83/100 for a monumental record.
8/10 June 17, 2026
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Cwfen, Sorrows
80/100: a melodic, melancholic black metal that wins over critics.
8/10 August 10, 2026
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Dark Funeral: Secrets of the Black Arts
Dark Funeral’s debut full-length, Secrets of the Black Arts, arrived in 1996 as a burst of undiluted velocity inside a Swedish scene…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Dark Tranquillity : Endtime Signals
The founding fathers of Gothenburg hold their rank despite the departures: 78/100 for a controlled renewal.
7.5/10 June 9, 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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Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora
After a self-titled album that had sown doubt among part of their fanbase, Darkest Hour returns in 2017 with a record that…
7.5/10 October 3, 2026
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Darkthrone: Pre-Historic Metal
80/100: the Norwegian veterans keep morphing into gleefully filthy heavy/black.
8/10 August 26, 2026
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