CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: Psychosis
CAVALERA CONSPIRACYPsychosis
NAPALM
9/10
CHUNKY VIOLENCE: Having changed things up a little with 2014’s Pandemonium, which featured a more raw sound and followed some unexpected tangents, Cavalera...
SHINING X: Varg Utan Flock
SHINING
X - Varg Utan Flock
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
SUICIDAL BLACK METAL:Shining, led by maniacal frontman Niklas Kvarforth, has carried forth its brand of black metal...
SVALBARD: The Weight of the Mask
SVALBARDThe Weight of the Mask
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
BLACKENED POST-HARDCORE: Someone once described Bristol’s Svalbard as “Envy with more English and less whispering.” Said description filled the...
TRIPTYKON: Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)
TRIPTYKON Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)
CENTURY MEDIA
9/10
After over 30 years, Triptykon has released Requiem (Live at Roadburn 2019)—a performance dedicated to Martin Eric Ain...
SEPTICFLESH: Codex Omega
SEPTICFLESHCodex Omega
PROSTHETIC
9/10
SYMPHONIC DEATH: It’s hard to imagine that Septicflesh—who just love to spite autocorrect anywhere their name is written—could possibly make music any more...
downset.: Maintain
downset.Maintain
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
OG RAPCORE: Not all rap metal is nu metal, as many seem to think. The two can be mutually exclusive, as is the...
WORLD WAR IX: Phoning It In
WORLD WAR IX Phoning It In
KAFADAN KONTAK
6/10
NOSTALGIC RAUCOUS PUNK ROCK: With their latest EP Phoning It In, World War IX hops...
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Blood in the Water
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Blood in the Water
AFM
8/10
SPEED/THRASH METAL: Legendary Phoenix thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam have aged rather well. Riding out the...
THE ATLAS MOTH: Coma Noir
THE ATLAS MOTH
Coma Noir
PROSTHETIC
9/10
POST-METAL: On its fourth full-length album, Coma Noir, Chicago’s The Atlas Moth creates fuzzed-up post-metal with psychedelic, proggy, and sludge metal...
NEW YEARS DAY: Unbreakable
NEW YEARS DAYUnbreakable
RED
10/10
POP METAL: Shifting its collective focus from past heartbreak and struggle to empowerment and progressive lyrical storytelling, New Years Day has crafted...