CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: No Cross, No Crown
CORROSION OF CONFORMITYNo Cross, No Crown
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
SOUTHERN-FRIED RIFF MACHINE: Corrosion of Conformity’s first record for its new label Nuclear Blast, No Cross, No Crown,...
DIO: Master of the Moon (Reissue)
DIO Master of the Moon (Reissue)
BMG / NIJI
7/10
Ronnie James Dio’s 10th and final solo studio album obviously wasn’t intended as such....
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...
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Automata
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND MEAutomata
SUMERIAN
9/10
PROGRESSIVE METAL: Fans have become so accustomed to Between the Buried and Me outdoing itself with every release, that...
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...
LIK: Misanthropic Breed
LIK Misanthropic Breed
METAL BLADE
9/10
SWEDISH DEATH METAL: Stockholm’s Lik goes out of their way to prove they’re from Stockholm. The title of their...
HOWLING SYCAMORE: Seven Pathways to Annihilation
HOWLING SYCAMORE Seven Pathways to Annihilation
PROSTHETIC
8/10
EXTREME PROG METAL: For their second album, extreme progressive
metallers Howling Sycamore actually wanted to make things more challenging...
TRIBULATION: Down Below
TRIBULATIONDown Below
CENTURY MEDIA
8/10
EVIL METAL: It’s surprising that rising Swedish stars Tribulation would choose to do a concept album about Australia after three horror themed...
ANAAL NATHRAKH: Endarkenment
ANAAL NATHRAKH Endarkenment
METAL BLADE
8/10
BLACKENED INDUSTRIALIZED GRIND: When you’ve built a career on crushing land speed records with drill press drum machines propelling...
ELM STREET: The Great Tribulation
ELM STREETThe Great Tribulation
MASSACRE
9/10
OLD SCHOOL HEAVY METAL: The old saying goes, “good things come to those who wait,” an adage that perfectly describes The...