Reviews
June 2026
7.0
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Power metal
Official review
by
Baz Anderson
27.06
With the benefit of hindsight, it's clear to see the early 2000's were the golden years for power metal.
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7.0 |
27.06
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May 2026
9.4
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Black metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
21.05
The triumphant return of Miserere Luminis in 2023 was really quite something, but I don’t think many of us expected the Quebecois trio to follow up with a black metal album so beautifully written that…
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9.4 |
21.05
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N/A
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Oriental folk metal, Heavy metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
10.05
It’s been a smoother journey to release for Myrath this time around, and Wilderness Of Mirrors is very much a smooth sailing listening experience, even if it doesn’t raise one’s heart rate very frequently.
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N/A |
10.05
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April 2026
6.6
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Thrash metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
28.04
It is fitting that the band that shares our name should play possibly the most metal genre of all: Very Basic Thrash.
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6.6 |
28.04
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7.4
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Heavy metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
23.04
Take me to church.
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7.4 |
23.04
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8.2
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Alternative metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
23.04
Along the Misty Route through to Ethos, and then to alternative metal greatness!
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8.2 |
23.04
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March 2026
N/A
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Progressive metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
musclassia
26.03
Wormholy World is one of those classic conundrums of how much does one glaring weakness hinder the experience of enjoying an otherwise solid album.
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N/A |
26.03
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N/A
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Djent, Progressive metalcore
Official review
by
musclassia
21.03
Monosphere have accomplished a remarkable thing with Amnesia: they have now released three albums that sound clearly distinct from one another, yet could only have been created by this particular band.
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N/A |
21.03
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7.8
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Progressive rock
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
18.03
Will Chapter II prove to be just as wacky and exciting as the first chapter, I wonder? If the apocalypse has any say, it will be.
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7.8 |
18.03
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N/A
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Death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
15.03
It’s fitting that an album titled Canvas has a real work of art adorning its cover. It’s also relieving that said artwork effectively foreshadows both the quality and madness lying within.
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N/A |
15.03
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N/A
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Hardcore, Metalcore
Official review
by
Thryce
14.03
Hey, look what I found: the winning ticket to the metalcore headbanging lottery of... checks drawing date… 2025. Gyaddammit!…
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N/A |
14.03
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7.0
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
11.03
Almost 50 years have passed and there's still More heavy metal left in their tank.
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7.0 |
11.03
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February 2026
7.2
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
28.02
Why the rush?
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7.2 |
28.02
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7.4
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Black metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
23.02
Liturgy Of Death sees Mayhem following up their previous album and continuing with a more traditional take on black metal. While I’m glad the band has found their most stable line-up so far, I can’t help…
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7.4 |
23.02
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N/A
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Shoegaze, Atmospheric black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
19.02
I still can't be mad at Møl for sounding like Deafheaven because they're so good at it.
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N/A |
19.02
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9.5
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Bay Area thrash metal
Guest review
by
Moonfog
10.02
We all know Metallica in one way or another; no metal or rock band can say that they weren't inspired by or know some of Metallica's work. But it was a totally different scene back in 1984.
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9.5 |
10.02
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January 2026
6.5
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Heavy metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
31.01
All good things must come to an end.
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6.5 |
31.01
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N/A
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Melodic death metal, Melodic doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
26.01
Finnish melancholy strikes again!
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N/A |
26.01
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December 2025
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.12
There's finally some closure on Martröð's initial promise, at the expense of the project's supergroup aura.
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N/A |
27.12
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7.1
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Experimental black metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
27.12
In a world where avant-garde metal is more democratized than ever, Master’s Hammer prove that you can always remain surprising.
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7.1 |
27.12
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8.8
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Death metal
Guest review
by
Sebastian1982
17.12
Mayhem: chaos... Wait a few years for the beginning of the end.
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8.8 |
17.12
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November 2025
N/A
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Neofolk, Post-Rock, Doom metal, Post-metal, Progressive rock
Official review
by
musclassia
26.11
From delicate origins, Monograf are gradually descending deeper and deeper into darkness and heaviness. As it turns out, taking their fusion of post-rock, prog and folk in a metallic direction opens up…
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N/A |
26.11
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9.0
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Bay Area thrash metal
Guest review
by
Moonfog
04.11
In 1986 a young San Francisco band was ready to take the world once again; was the world ready for Metallica?…
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9.0 |
04.11
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October 2025
N/A
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Hardcore punk, Horror punk, Punk
Official review
by
RaduP
31.10
Happy Halloween!
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N/A |
31.10
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8.8
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Neofolk, Noise, Drone doom metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
15.10
The colourful death of the leaves has reached me. I feel blessed during this season, as Geneviève Beaulieu has, for the last couple of years, consistently presented us with autumnal odes to nature, works…
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8.8 |
15.10
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September 2025
N/A
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Screamo, Sludge metal
Official review
by
RaduP
28.09
How despair-inducing do you want your hardcore to be?
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N/A |
28.09
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8.2
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Black metal, Viking folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
02.09
Normally with Viking black metal, what you see is what you get, but in Månegarm's case what you get is usually pretty damn good anyway. Still, how worthy an album is Edsvuren to mark their 30-year…
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8.2 |
02.09
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August 2025
8.0
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Groove thrash metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
22.08
Mawiza’s debut album, Ül, is an impressive and colourful alternative metal experience, not only because of the intriguing musical and lyrical influences from the Mapuche people, but because there are so…
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8.0 |
22.08
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N/A
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Melodic black metal, Melodic death metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
19.08
Is this the pinnacle of creation?…
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N/A |
19.08
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6.7
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
18.08
The Summoning Bell has finally awoken Malthusian from their 7-year slumber, but are the end results worth the wait?
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6.7 |
18.08
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N/A
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Pagan black metal
Official review
by
nikarg
04.08
Do you miss Bathory? Do you like Summoning? If your answer to both questions is a resounding “fuck yeah!”, I have very good news for you, because M., of Lamp Of Murmuur fame, has a new epic black metal…
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N/A |
04.08
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July 2025
N/A
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09.07
Billed as a “lost album”, The Manticore Tapes digs up some unheard bits of history to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the best rock’n’roll bands ever to rock or roll.
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N/A |
09.07
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June 2025
7.8
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Melodic metalcore, Groove thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
29.06
The evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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7.8 |
29.06
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May 2025
N/A
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Black metal, Doom metal, Drone doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
24.05
A match made in Hell.
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N/A |
24.05
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N/A
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Doom metal, Hardcore, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
22.05
2022 saw the return from exile of Mares Of Thrace after a decade’s absence, and with a shake-up of the band’s 2-person line-up to boot. This revamped version is driven to make up for lost time, surfacing…
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N/A |
22.05
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10
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Groove thrash metal, Progressive thrash metal
Guest review
by
Mc_Stinkle
19.05
This album is beautiful and punishing at the same time. The grooving and crushing riffs mix with the furious drumming and roaring vocals of Robb Flynn (who along with Phil Demmel just kills it on guitar…
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10 |
19.05
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April 2025
7.5
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Alternative metal, Groove thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
21.04
I can't believe it's nøt kvlt.
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7.5 |
21.04
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N/A
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Doom metal
Official review
by
nikarg
10.04
I don’t know whether Messa listened to Fire Blades From The Tomb, the debut LP of fellow Italians Ponte Del Diavolo, but we now have two fresh bands from the boot-shaped country that mix doom metal and…
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N/A |
10.04
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7.8
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Power metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
05.04
Jump aboard the Power Train!
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7.8 |
05.04
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March 2025
7.6
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Post-metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
18.03
After Kozoria, Gargantura and Septaria, there’s another new proggy French metal band with a name ending with ‘a’ and a degree of resemblance to Gojira; however, March Of Scylla stand somewhat apart from…
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7.6 |
18.03
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7.9
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
02.03
Only a year after treating us to Razor Wire, Mean Mistreater now intend to place listeners in a Do Or Die situation, challenging you to headbang as if your life depends upon it.
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7.9 |
02.03
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February 2025
7.4
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
21.02
It's amazing just what sound two crazed individuals can achieve through one guitar and a drum kit. It can even lead to a Post Apocalyptic Depression.
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7.4 |
21.02
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N/A
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Post-rock
Official review
by
RaduP
03.02
"The By-The-Numbers Fire" more like.
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N/A |
03.02
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January 2025
7.8
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Post-metal, Noise rock, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
27.01
For more than 20 years, Membrane ‘has never stopped looking for a semblance of light in the depths of our darkest emotions.’ With Deathly Silence, they once more summon faint rays of light within an overarching…
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7.8 |
27.01
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December 2024
9.5
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Blackened death metal, Progressive death metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
23.12
Mitochondrion has returned after more than a decade, giving us barely a month as a heads-up before releasing Vitriseptome to the starved masses. This is THE return no one in the underground scene saw coming.
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9.5 |
23.12
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7.8
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
23.12
Fasornas Tid is Swedish for 'Time Of Phases', and this has been a fine phase for Mörk Gryning since returning to the Swedish black metal scene.
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7.8 |
23.12
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N/A
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Instrumental, Post-metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
09.12
The Iridescent Mountain.
The UK post-metal trio Mountainscape has released their latest album, Iridescent. The band includes Dan Scrivener (guitar), Ethan Bishop (bass), and James Scrivener (drums).
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N/A |
09.12
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7.6
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Black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
musclassia
04.12
While it certainly isn’t the most convenient entity to try and review, there’s a certain elegance to the simplicity of a single-song album: no song titles or subdivisions to compartmentalize one’s opinions…
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7.6 |
04.12
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8.0
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
04.12
The Skorian // The Greyleer is a two-way split, the concept of which is just as compelling as it is complex.
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8.0 |
04.12
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November 2024
N/A
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Post-metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
RaduP
29.11
What's this?! A debut from an Icelandic band that isn't black metal?!
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N/A |
29.11
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7.0
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Death metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
27.11
In the Jaws of Barnes.
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7.0 |
27.11
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8.0
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Doom metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
musclassia
20.11
After releasing a debut album with a kaleidoscopic cover, Moriya have opted for monochrome artwork this time around; thankfully, this doesn’t represent a similar trend in their music.
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8.0 |
20.11
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6.5
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
20.11
You won't fool the children of the necrolution.
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6.5 |
20.11
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N/A
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Psychedelic rock, Atmospheric sludge metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
12.11
A meandering miasma of moods. A pleasant listening experience that lacks real punch.
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N/A |
12.11
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9.0
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Heavy metal
Guest review
by
Ch'ti
12.11
A classic of French heavy metal too quickly forgotten from an equally neglected band.
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9.0 |
12.11
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October 2024
8.5
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Experimental rock, Noise rock
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
26.10
Somehow, after 30 years, Melt-Banana are even more bananas than ever. You guys ever wanted to hear the slamming noise punk version of the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack?…
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8.5 |
26.10
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8.0
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Death doom metal
Official review
by
musclassia
15.10
The involvement of Dan Swanö in the production of their debut EP was a good early omen of Mother Of Graves’s fortunes as a nascent death doom metal band; the two albums that they’ve gone on to release…
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8.0 |
15.10
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8.4
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Experimental rock
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
10.10
A recently deceased baseball legend. A recently deceased music collaborator. With Vida Blue, Mamaleek is dealing with the concept of loss and its acceptance. It is a vile mix of emotions that are hard…
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8.4 |
10.10
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4.5
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Glam rock
Official review
by
omne metallum
08.10
Sometimes.... dead is better.
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4.5 |
08.10
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September 2024
8.2
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Death doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
30.09
Marche Funèbre show us the beauty and tranquillity After The Storm.
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8.2 |
30.09
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8.1
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Blackened thrash metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
11.09
In Chile, first you get the thrash, then you get the black, then you get the headbanging.
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8.1 |
11.09
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N/A
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
RaduP
04.09
In metal circles, Melvins are most often remembered for being pioneers of sludge and drone metal, but outside of our circle they're mostly lumped together with the Seattle sound commonly known as…
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N/A |
04.09
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August 2024
N/A
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Doom metal, Sludge metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
10.08
Australian Mammon...
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N/A |
10.08
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7.4
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Shoegaze, Doom metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
04.08
Can the Mountaineer really tell us what lies at Dawn And All That Follows through post-metal and shoegaze?
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7.4 |
04.08
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July 2024
7.6
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Psychedelic doom metal
Official review
by
musclassia
16.07
Arising from Catalonia, Meltem draw upon Anatolian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern musical influences in crafting their debut album, Mare Nostrum.
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7.6 |
16.07
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N/A
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Heavy metal, Power metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
16.07
A Tribute to Grace...
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N/A |
16.07
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N/A
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Post-rock
Official review
by
RaduP
15.07
I wasn't really gonna review this album, feeling like I've already given Mono their dues, and feeling that there's not much to add to what's already been said about them and their music.
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N/A |
15.07
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N/A
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Post-rock, Psychedelic rock, Stoner rock
Official review
by
Ivor
10.07
Each year there's bound to be at least one album that – appearing perfectly decent but somewhat nondescript on the first spin – slowly, over time, one nonchalant spin after the other, climbs its way…
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N/A |
10.07
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6.8
|
Hard rock
Official review
by
omne metallum
02.07
The fat lady begins to sing.
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6.8 |
02.07
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June 2024
N/A
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Avantgarde metal
Official review
by
musclassia
12.06
By this point in time, the idea of adding keyboards and synths to blackened metal is one that has been thoroughly explored across multiple decades; despite this, there’s something about Maladomini’s self-described…
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N/A |
12.06
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