MOONSPELL: Hermitage
MOONSPELL Hermitage
NAPALM
9 /10
TENURED GOTHIC METAL: With 13 studio albums and nearly three decades of destruction now under their belts, goth metal pioneers...
VARIOUS ARTISTS: FiXT Neon: Altered (Regeneration)
VARIOUS ARTISTS FiXT Neon: Altered (Regeneration)
FIXT NEON
9/10
FUTURISTIC ELECTRONIC FIRESTORM: Reminiscent of that secluded goth club you ventured into during your formative...
AUTHOR & PUNISHER: Krüller
AUTHOR & PUNISHER Krüller
RELAPSE
10/10
DRONEGAZE: One of industrial music’s enduring visionaries, Author & Punisher (aka Tristan Shone) has spent nearly 20 years...
DOWNFALL OF GAIA: Silhouettes of Disgust
DOWNFALL OF GAIASilhouettes of Disgust
METAL BLADE
8/10
POST-BLACK METAL: There’s a life coursing through Silhouettes of Disgust. It’s a life that bands of this melodic/progressive black metal...
ANVIL: Pounding the Pavement
ANVIL
Pounding the Pavement
STEAMHAMMER / SPV
8/10
METAL ON METAL: Canada’s legendary Anvil has made a career out of mixing old school speed metal with a healthy...
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...
MORBID ANGEL: Kingdoms Disdained
MORBID ANGELKingdoms Disdained
SILVER LINING
7/10
DEATH METAL: It’s a widely accepted fact that Morbid Angel’s Illud Divinum Insanus (2011) was lousy, and that’s probably one of...
EXHUMED: Death Revenge
EXHUMEDDeath Revenge
RELAPSE
9/10
CLASSY CARNAGE: Death metal concept albums aren’t exactly a dime a dozen, never mind one as effective and razor-sharp as the latest from...
CRAZY LIXX: Forever Wild
CRAZY LIXX Forever Wild
FRONTIERS
9/10
HIGH-OCTANE HAIR METAL: Genre cycles come and go, it’s just the
nature of the beast. For every Bay Area thrash scene,...
SACRED REICH: Awakening
SACRED REICH Awakening
METAL BLADE
7/10
GROOVE/THRASH METAL: Twenty-three years is a long time to wait for a new album. Awakening is seminal thrash band...