WRONG: Feel Great
WRONG
Feel Great
RELAPSE
9/10
HARDCORE: Whether by coincidence or design, Wrong’s sound closely emulates that of Helmet’s early 90s output with some of Unsane’s caustic edges thrown...
MOONSPELL: 1755
MOONSPELL1755
NAPALM
10/10
GOTH METAL MASTERPIECE: Music can, at times, transcend language and culture. You don’t need to speak Portuguese to realize Moonspell has crafted its signature...
ZEAL & ARDOR: Live in London
ZEAL & ARDOR Live in London
MVKA
10/10
Live & Flawless: Armed with only a single full-length album, Stranger Fruit, and an EP, Devil Is Fine,...
RINGWORM: Death Becomes My Voice
RINGWORM Death Becomes My Voice
RELAPSE
8/10
NO-HOLDS-BARRED HARDCORE: As should be expected after three decades plus into Ringworm’s tenured career, the band’s eighth studio...
CROWN THE EMPIRE: Sudden Sky
CROWN THE EMPIRE Sudden Sky
RISE
8/10
POST-HARDCORE METALCORE: Sudden Sky finds Crown the Empire traveling further down the sonically expansive
rabbit hole they first dove...
OCEANS: The Sun and the Cold
OCEANS The Sun and the Cold
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
NU DEATH METAL: With a sound as vast as their name suggests, German/Austrian newcomers Oceans...
AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet
AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet
PROSTHETIC
8/10
POST-BLACK METAL: While ultra-melodic, shoegazing black metal is no longer a new or shocking...
NECROT: Mortal
NECROT Mortal
TANKCRIMES
8/10
OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL: Oakland’s Necrot continues its uncompromising brand of old school death metal on its second full-length album Mortal.
Although Necrot may...
KILLER BE KILLED: Reluctant Hero
KILLER BE KILLED Reluctant Hero
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
GROOVE METAL/MODERN ROCK: While Killer Be Killed’s 2014 self-titled debut record was praised by fans and...
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN: Monuments
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN Monuments
NAPALM
9/10
MODERN CLASSIC PROG ROCK: The Vintage Caravan is an anomaly in that the trio from Álftanes, Iceland is one...