Element Eighty: Element Eighty
The Texan band’s self-titled album, Element Eighty distills on the single Broken Promises everything that briefly made its reputation: a sturdy nu-metal…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
In 1997 Emperor released Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, a second album that would crystallise everything symphonic black metal could promise.…
9.5/10 September 17, 2026
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Employed to Serve : Conquering
British rage turns more hymnal without losing its bite: 82/100 for an ambitious metalcore.
8/10 June 5, 2026
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Emptiness : Nowhere Speaks
Spectral blackened death and Brussels industrial: "it does not narrate; it confronts". 7.5 average.
7.5/10 July 19, 2026
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End It: Unpleasant Living
Hailing from Baltimore, End It embody a hardcore proud of its urban roots and its local footing. Unpleasant Living, released in 2022,…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Enslaved : Heimdal
The Norwegians turn myth into music: 84/100 for a sixteenth album of undimmed ambition.
8.5/10 June 24, 2026
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Enter Shikari: Take to the Skies
Released in 2007, Take to the Skies is Enter Shikari’s debut and one of the most influential British post-hardcore records of the…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Entombed: Left Hand Path
When this debut landed on Earache in 1990, Sweden had no globally recognized extreme scene to speak of. Entombed, risen from the…
9/10 September 20, 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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Epica: Omega
With Omega, Epica closes what the band presents as a trilogy started years earlier, and the album carries this ambition like a…
8/10 October 11, 2026
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Erra : Cure
The Americans of progressive metalcore polish their craft: 79/100 for a goldsmith's record.
8/10 June 12, 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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Evanescence : Sanctuary
81/100 and a first Billboard Hard Rock No. 1: the press crowns Amy Lee's return, the public debates.
8/10 June 7, 2026
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Evanescence: Fallen
Fallen reveals Evanescence in full scope, fusing nu metal, symphonic arrangements and the lyrical voice of Amy Lee. The record cultivates a…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Every Time I Die: Gutter Phenomenon
With Gutter Phenomenon, released in 2005, the Buckley brothers and their Buffalo crew delivered a record that marked a turning point in…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Every Time I Die: Hot Damn
The second album from the Buffalo band, Hot Damn! arrives in 2003 and establishes Every Time I Die as one of the…
8.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Every Time I Die: New Junk Aesthetic
The fifth studio album from the Buffalo band, New Junk Aesthetic appeared in 2009 and confirmed the intact vitality of an outfit…
8/10 September 16, 2026
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Every Time I Die: The Big Dirty
Released in 2007, The Big Dirty is Every Time I Die’s fourth studio album, and it lives up to its name. The…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Exodus: Bonded by Blood
Exodus’s first album, Bonded by Blood, stands among the founding documents of San Francisco Bay Area thrash. Recorded in 1984 but released…
8.5/10 September 20, 2026
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Expire: Pretty Low
A band from Milwaukee, Expire built its reputation on a no-nonsense hardcore, without compromise or artifice. Pretty Low, released in 2014, confirms…
7.5/10 September 11, 2026
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Expire: With Regret
Released in 2016, With Regret is the final album by Expire, a hardcore band from Milwaukee that would split soon after. Out…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Eyehategod: Take as Needed for Pain
Eyehategod’s second album, Take as Needed for Pain, released on Century Media in 1993, is an absolute pillar of New Orleans sludge.…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Faith No More: Angel Dust
Faith No More’s fourth album, Angel Dust, released in 1992, is one of the most audacious and disorienting records of alternative metal.…
10/10 September 18, 2026
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Fallujah: Xenotaph
81/100: the Californians' atmospheric, cosmic death metal regains its shine.
8/10 August 28, 2026
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Fates Warning: Awaken the Guardian
Released in 1986, Awaken the Guardian is the third album by the American band Fates Warning and the last with original singer…
8.5/10 September 19, 2026
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Fear Factory: Demanufacture
Fear Factory’s second album, Demanufacture, imposed in 1995 a futuristic and implacable vision of metal. The Los Angeles band here perfects its…
9/10 September 18, 2026
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Fen: Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth
English atmospheric black at its peak: "my favorite Fen album to date" (AMG 4.0), 9/10 from Dead Rhetoric.
8.5/10 August 26, 2026
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Fen: Monuments to Absence
There is something immutable about Fen, a way of constantly returning to that same landscape of marshes and low skies that built…
7.5/10 October 4, 2026
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Fiddlehead: Between the Richness
Fiddlehead holds a singular position in contemporary melodic hardcore. This American band brings together musicians drawn from respected acts of the scene,…
8/10 September 11, 2026
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Fiddlehead: Death Is Nothing to Us
Released in 2023, Death Is Nothing to Us is Fiddlehead’s third album, continuing and refining the formula of the previous records. The…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Fiddlehead: Springtime and Blind
Released in 2018, Springtime and Blind is the debut album by Fiddlehead, a Boston band bringing together musicians from respected acts in…
7.5/10 September 16, 2026
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Filter: Short Bus
Born from Richard Patrick’s departure as Nine Inch Nails’ touring guitarist, Short Bus arrived in 1995 as a furious, personal answer to…
8/10 September 23, 2026
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Finger Eleven: Them vs. You vs. Me
Released in 2007, Them vs. You vs. Me marks the commercial peak of Canadian band Finger Eleven. Driven by the single « Paralyzer »,…
7/10 September 23, 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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Finsterforst: Jenseits
With Jenseits, Finsterforst closes a cycle begun years ago around the Black Forest and its legends, and does so with an scope…
8/10 October 20, 2026
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Fire from the Gods: Narrative
With Narrative, Fire from the Gods delivers a vivid fusion of rap metal, groove and social conscience. The Texas band revives the…
7/10 September 23, 2026
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