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...
MÅNEGARM: Fornaldarsagor
MÅNEGARM Fornaldarsagor
NAPALM
6/10
SWEDISH VIKING BLACK FOLK METAL: There’s something
to be said about consistency. Månegarm is a Swedish metal act with attachments to the...
LIMBS: Sleep
LIMBSSleep
EQUAL VISION
10/10
RESTORATION HEAVY: In the vein of early Underoath, LIMBS may be the defibrillator that brings the spark back to post-hardcore. Sleep is a...
FRIENDSHIP: Undercurrent
FRIENDSHIP Undercurrent
SOUTHERN LORD
9/10
SLUDGY
POWERVIOLENCE: When
Japan’s Friendship hit the international stage in 2017 with their Hatred full-length, we were quick to
forgive their adherence to...
ETERNAL EVIL: The Gates Beyond Mortality
ETERNAL EVILThe Gates Beyond Mortality
LISTENABLE
9/10
BLACK THRASH MAYHEM: After two minutes of solidly building anticipation on “Depths of a New Eternity,” Eternal Evil lives up...
TURMION KÄTILÖT: Global Warning
TURMION KÄTILÖTGlobal Warning
NUCLEAR BLAST
7/10
EXTREME DISCO METAL FROM FINLAND: Here’s something to check off your quarantine listening bucket list—Finnish industrial metal. Before you ask,...
COLD CAVE: Fate in Seven Lessons
COLD CAVE Fate in Seven Lessons
HEARTWORM PRESS
9/10
DARK RHYTHMS: Whether you’re a fan of 00s hardcore or have a not so guilty...
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...
ARCH/MATHEOS: Winter Ethereal
ARCH/MATHEOS Winter Ethereal
METAL BLADE
9/10
HEAVY PROGRESSIVE METAL: One could argue that an early selling point
behind Fates Warning mastermind Jim Matheos’ reunion with former frontman John
Arch...
TORCHE: Admission
TORCHE Admission
RELAPSE
6/10
THUNDER POP SLUDGE: Followers of Miami’s Torche since their early days have probably noticed how the band’s patented thunder pop came to its...