QUEENSRŸCHE: The Verdict
QUEENSRŸCHEThe Verdict
CENTURY MEDIA
8/10
PROG YES, PRETENTIOUS NO: They’re a four piece now, but the decades spanning Seattle band Queensrÿche still sounds like an orchestra on 16th albumThe Verdict. And with the stepping...
HOODED MENACE: Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
HOODED MENACEOssuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
SEASON OF MIST
10/10
PURE DEATH DOOM BLISS: Finland’s Hooded Menace has always threatened its audience with something of a masterpiece, but this...
DEMON HUNTER: Peace
DEMON HUNTERPeace
SOLID STATE
8/10
MELODIC ATMOSPHERIC METAL: Just two years after the band’s eighth studio album, Outlive, Demon Hunter has returned with its next two releases...
GOST: Rites of Love and Reverence
GOST Rites of Love and Reverence
CENTURY MEDIA
7/10
METALLIC SYNTHWAVE: Gost’s head Gost-er, multi-instrumentalist/engineer/producer James Lollar, has gone on record saying this album...
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...
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...
SEPULTURA: SepulQuarta
SEPULTURA SepulQuarta
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
GROOVE THRASH METAL: The COVID-19 global pandemic didn’t stop every band from being creative. Take Brazilian groove thrashers Sepultura for instance....
VOJD: The Outer Ocean
VOJD
The Outer Ocean
HIGH ROLLER
7/10
CLASSIC ROCK: Swedish rockers VOJD are essentially a reformed Black Trip with a new drummer. Similar in sound to a certain...
I PREVAIL: Trauma
I PREVAILTrauma
FEARLESS
9/10
THUNDEROUS HYBRID ROCK: Lifelines, the band’s Fearless debut from 2016, felt and sounded a lot like an A Day to Remember album. Trauma, however,...
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Verminous
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Verminous
METAL BLADE
8/10
MODERN DEATH METAL: The Black Dahlia Murder’s newest album is Verminous, and ever since their first...