Reveille: Laced
Released on Elektra, Laced marks the commercial peak of Boston band Reveille, carried by the single Comin’ Down, which appeared on video…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Retromorphosis, Psalmus Mortis
83/100: the death-metal supergroup (ex-Pestilence, Asphyx) hits hard on its debut.
8/10 August 10, 2026
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Regulate: Regulate
With its self-titled album released in 2022, Regulate confirms that you can play New York hardcore without simply copying its codes. The…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Rancid: …And Out Come the Wolves
Released in 1995 on Epitaph, …And Out Come the Wolves is Rancid’s third album and the peak of the Berkeley band’s path.…
9/10 September 19, 2026
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Ramones: Ramones
Released in 1976 on Sire, the Ramones’s self-titled debut is one of the birth certificates of punk rock. Recorded quickly and on…
9.5/10 September 18, 2026
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Rammstein: Mutter
The third album from Berlin’s Rammstein, Mutter, confirmed the band’s international status in 2001. A pillar of Neue Deutsche Harte, this record…
9/10 September 17, 2026
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Rainbow: Rising
Released in 1976, Rising is the second album by Rainbow, the band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore after his departure from Deep…
9.5/10 September 17, 2026
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Raging Speedhorn: Raging Speedhorn
With their self-titled debut released in 2000, Raging Speedhorn delivered an uncompromising slab of British sludge metal, driven by the trademark dual-vocalist…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine’s debut lands like a manifesto, fusing rap, metal and funk into a blast of raw energy. From Bombtrack…
10/10 September 23, 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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Queensrÿche: Operation: Mindcrime
The third album by the American band Queensryche, Operation: Mindcrime, released in 1988, is a rock opera that left a lasting mark…
9.5/10 September 21, 2026
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Queens of the Stone Age: Villains
With Villains, Queens of the Stone Age makes a turn that wasn’t necessarily expected: handing the controls to Mark Ronson, a producer…
7.5/10 October 4, 2026
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Queens of the Stone Age : In Times New Roman…
Josh Homme reopens the wound and delivers a sharp record: 80/100 for the sneering return of the Californians.
8/10 June 9, 2026
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Pyrrhon : Exhaust
The New Yorkers' organised chaos reaches its point of incandescence: 84/100 for a suffocating record.
8.5/10 June 21, 2026
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Pupil Slicer: Fleshwork
81/100: the English trio confirm their mathcore, as technical as it is emotional.
8/10 August 13, 2026
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Puddle of Mudd: Come Clean
Come Clean crystallises the catchiest post-grunge of the early 2000s. Puddle of Mudd wear their lineage openly, balancing gritty guitars with easily…
7/10 September 23, 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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Psychonaut, World Maker
81/100: the Belgian trio broaden their progressive, spiritual post-metal further.
8/10 August 11, 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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Primer 55: Introduction to Mayhem
Released in 2000, Introduction to Mayhem is the first major album by Primer 55, a Mississippi band arriving in the full fervor…
5/10 September 23, 2026
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Powerman 5000: Tonight the Stars Revolt!
Released in 1999, Tonight the Stars Revolt! stands as the high point of Powerman 5000. Fronted by Spider One, brother of Rob…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Powerflo: Powerflo
A supergroup uniting Cypress Hill’s Sen Dog, Biohazard’s Billy Graziadei, plus Christian Olde Wolbers and Roy Mayorga of Fear Factory pedigree, Powerflo…
6/10 September 23, 2026
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Possessed: Seven Churches
Released in 1985, Seven Churches is very regularly cited as the very first death metal album in history, or at least as…
9/10 September 21, 2026
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Portrayal of Guilt: Devil Music
There’s something obscene about the speed with which Portrayal of Guilt delivers its sentences. Devil Music never tries to settle in, it…
8/10 October 9, 2026
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Portrayal of Guilt: …Beginning of The End
78/100: the Texan blackened-hardcore crew spit an ever more desperate violence.
7.5/10 August 23, 2026
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Poppy: Empty Hands
Poppy has always mastered the art of the split personality: the porcelain doll who whispers and the beast who roars, often within…
7.5/10 October 21, 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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Poison The Well : Peace In Place
Seventeen years away, 80/100 on arrival: the year's best-received metalcore comeback.
8/10 March 25, 2026
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Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com
With www.pitchshifter.com, released in 1998, Britain’s Pitchshifter undergo a radical, visionary transformation. Far from their grindcore and pure industrial roots, the band…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Land of Sleeper
There’s something organic in the way Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs builds its records, as if each riff grows out…
8/10 October 10, 2026
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Death Hilarious
79/100 across sixteen reviews: the Britons with the impossible name impose their colossal stoner-noise.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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Persefone: Metanoia
It’s hard to approach a Persefone album without thinking of the long shadow cast by Aathma and Spiritual Migration, two landmarks that…
8/10 October 19, 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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Pennywise: About Time
Released on Epitaph in 1995, About Time is Pennywise’s third album and probably the one where the Hermosa Beach quartet hits top…
8/10 September 21, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Killing with a Smile
Parkway Drive arrives with a metalcore as heavy as it is melodic.
7.8/10 August 14, 2026
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Parkway Drive: Ire
Ire reinvents Parkway Drive and divides as much as it seduces.
7.8/10 August 13, 2026
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