AVATAR: Hunter Gatherer
AVATAR Hunter Gatherer
EONE MUSIC
9/10
Post-Avatar Country Heaviness: After graciously welcoming us all into the friendly confines of Avatar Country and allowing us...
ALLUVIAL: Sarcoma
ALLUVIAL Sarcoma
NUCLEAR BLAST
8/10
TECHNICAL DEATH METAL: On their second full-length album and Nuclear Blast debut, Sarcoma, supergroup Alluvial crafts a virtuosic masterpiece of technical...
CIRCA SURVIVE: The Amulet
CIRCA SURVIVEThe Amulet
HOPELESS
10/10
PROG GOOD LUCK CHARM: Anthony Green has stated that The Amulet is a “rebirth for the band,” a sixth record simultaneously rewiring...
OCEANS OF SLUMBER
OCEANS OF SLUMBER
CENTURY MEDIA
8/10
QUALITY SYMPHONIC DOOM METAL: After hearing the operatic metal tones of Oceans of Slumber, it may be hard to believe that...
OF MICE & MEN: Tether
OF MICE & MEN Tether
SHARPTONE
9/10
ATMOSPHERIC METALCORE: Of all the metalcore bands that rose to prominence in the early 2000s, few have achieved the acclaim or...
THE OCEAN: Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
THE OCEAN Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
METAL BLADE
10/10
GERMAN PROGRESSIVE METAL: The Ocean (also known as The Ocean Collective) is back with a full-length sequel...
BLOODY HAMMERS: The Summoning
BLOODY HAMMERS The Summoning
NAPALM
8/10
GOTH HORROR ROCK: When North Carolina’s Bloody Hammers first creepy crawled their way
onto the scene in 2012, it was on...
ELYSION: Bring Out Your Dead
ELYSIONBring Out Your Dead
MASSACRE
8/10
OPERATIC POP METAL: It sure as hell doesn’t sound like it, but Bring Out Your Dead is Elysion’s first album in...
INSOMNIUM: Heart Like A Grave
INSOMNIUM Heart Like A Grave
CENTURY MEDIA
8/10
MELODIC
DEATH METAL: As
one of the early members of the wave of melodic death metal emerging from
Finland in the late...
FEAR FACTORY: Aggression Continuum
FEAR FACTORY Aggression Continuum
NUCLEAR BLAST
9/10
INDUSTRIAL METAL: Almost always, Los Angeles’ Fear Factory can do no wrong. Bursting onto the scene with...