Deftones: Saturday Night Wrist
The album of crisis: born in pain, cracked but haunted.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: The Hunter
The turn: Mastodon drop the concepts for the song, and gain clarity.
8/10 August 14, 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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The Warriors: War Is Hell
The Warriors hit hard from the very first record.
7.3/10 August 14, 2026
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Angel Crew: One Life One Sentence
One Life One Sentence cements Angel Crew's standing.
7.6/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Take Control
Take Control fires the machine back up with vigour.
7.5/10 August 14, 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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Deftones: Deftones
The black album: denser, more tormented, a wrongly unloved record.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: Crack the Skye
The progressive summit: astral travel, Rasputin and grief, a shattering record.
9/10 August 14, 2026
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Bane: Don’t Wait Up
For its final record, Bane stays true to itself.
7.8/10 August 14, 2026
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This Is Hell: Black Mass
Black Mass fully embraces This Is Hell's thrash DNA.
7.6/10 August 14, 2026
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Angel Crew: Another Day Living in Hatred
Angel Crew imposes an uncompromising Parisian hardcore.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Holding On
Holding On keeps the course with consistency.
7.3/10 August 14, 2026
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Hooded Menace: Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
78/100: Finnish death/doom in all its melancholic heaviness.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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Mastodon: Blood Mountain
The ascent: a labyrinthine quest-record, denser and wilder.
8/10 August 14, 2026
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Bane: The Note
The Note confirms Bane at the peak of its craft.
8.3/10 August 14, 2026
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This Is Hell: Weight of the World
Weight of the World hardens the sound further.
7.4/10 August 14, 2026
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Arkangel: Hope You Die by Overdose in a Filthy Toilet at a Party Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Arkangel returns with the same fury, two decades later.
7.5/10 August 14, 2026
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No Turning Back: Rise from the Ashes
Rise from the Ashes confirms No Turning Back's consistency.
7.4/10 August 14, 2026
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Epica: Aspiral
78/100: the Dutch symphonic-metal act roll out their usual grand spectacle.
7.5/10 August 15, 2026
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Mastodon: Leviathan
The first masterpiece: Moby Dick rewritten in metal, a world-record.
9/10 August 15, 2026
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Bane: Give Blood
With Give Blood, Bane deliver one of melodic hardcore's high points.
8.7/10 August 15, 2026
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This Is Hell: Misfortunes
Misfortunes sees This Is Hell find its balance.
7.8/10 August 15, 2026
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Arkangel: Prayers Upon Deaf Ears
Prayers Upon Deaf Ears carves Arkangel into H8000 legend.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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No Turning Back: Damage Done
Damage Done tightens No Turning Back's strike.
7.4/10 August 15, 2026
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Deftones: Around the Fur
The step up: heavier, finer, the band finds its soft/violent dynamic.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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Whitechapel: Hymns in Dissonance
79/100: the Tennessee deathcore kings reconnect with pure brutality.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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Mastodon: Remission
The opening shot: a telluric, savage sludge, already of rare power.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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Bane: It All Comes Down to This
Bane arrives with a debut that never fakes it.
8/10 August 15, 2026
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This Is Hell: Sundowning
This Is Hell arrives from Long Island with a hungry hardcore.
7.5/10 August 15, 2026
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Arkangel: Dead Man Walking
Arkangel imposes its shadowy metallic hardcore from the off.
7.8/10 August 15, 2026
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No Turning Back: Revenge Is a Right
No Turning Back launches its career without detour.
7.3/10 August 15, 2026
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Deftones: Adrenaline
The first cry: a raw, sincere nu-metal already shot through with flashes of genius.
7/10 August 15, 2026
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Stick To Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers
83/100: the Californian melodic-hardcore veterans hit true and hard.
8/10 August 22, 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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Sumac & Moor Mother: The Film
82/100 across ten reviews: the meeting of Sumac's tectonic sludge and Moor Mother's poetry.
8/10 August 22, 2026
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