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...
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...
DEMON HUNTER: War
DEMON HUNTERWar
SOLID STATE
7/10
RESILIENT AND DEFIANT METAL: Though War takes a few more moments to gather itself than the accompanying Peace for something stronger and more commanding,...
VLTIMAS: Something Wicked Marches In
VLTIMASSomething Wicked Marches In
SEASON OF MIST
8/10
BLACKENED DEATH METAL: Vltimas are not here to play nice. Comprised of Aura Noir/ex-Mayhem guitarist Rune “Blasphemer” Eriksen, Cryptopsy...
ENTOMBED: Clandestine – Live
ENTOMBEDClandestine – Live
THREEMAN
8/10
DEATH METAL/CLASSICAL: Years
before pioneering what would eventually define the oft-maligned death ‘n’ roll
subgenre, Sweden’s Entombed stood at the forefront of death...
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,...
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,...
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: The End of Chaos
FLOTSAM AND JETSAMThe End of Chaos
AFM
9/10
MELODIC POWER/THRASH METAL: Shortly after Phoenix thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam’s 1986’s debut
release, Doomsday for the Deceiver, original bassist, main...
CHILDREN OF BODOM: Hexed
CHILDREN OF BODOMHexed
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
MELODIC DEATH METAL:
Finnish melodic metal stalwarts Children of Bodom’s 10th album, Hexed,
is a welcome return to form, as the band...
INCITE: Built to Destroy
INCITE Built to Destroy
MINUS HEAD
7/10
MODERN EXTREME METAL: Phoenix based Incite—led by frontman Richie Cavalera—have been proving themselves for 15 years now. Despite his...