Reviews
June 2026
N/A
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Post-metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
29.06
A Tranquil Void forms a diptych with Urzah’s debut album The Scorching Gaze, offering contemplation in the aftermath of a raging inferno. It’s an album that builds upon what was already an outstanding…
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N/A |
29.06
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April 2026
8.2
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.04
Let's take a journey through the darkest reaches of black metal where Ultha shine A Light So Dim that reaching it can be an emotionally daunting undertaking.
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8.2 |
13.04
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January 2026
8.5
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
17.01
Third time's a charm.
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8.5 |
17.01
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December 2025
N/A
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Electronic Avantgarde
Official review
by
RaduP
31.12
What a better way to end the year than with Ulver moving away from synthpop.
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N/A |
31.12
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August 2025
7.5
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Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
21.08
The hammer of Thor has been Unleashed once more, but with Fire Upon Your Lands, is it all starting to become a chore?
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7.5 |
21.08
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May 2025
7.9
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Epic heavy metal, Power metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
19.05
There's no empty void under these ruins, just one of the highest quality epic heavy metal releases you'll hear in 2025.
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7.9 |
19.05
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April 2025
4.0
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Hard rock, Heavy metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
27.04
Balls To The Wall is one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. It did not need to be reloaded; it’s still loaded. And whatever Udo has in the chamber, it’s not what Accept was packing 40 years ago.
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4.0 |
27.04
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N/A
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Death metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
16.04
Something Is Rotten In Humanity. Ain't that the truth…
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N/A |
16.04
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7.3
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Black metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.04
Will these Finns rightfully Urn themselves a significant position in the blackened thrash hierarchy with Demon Steel?
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7.3 |
13.04
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March 2025
7.9
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Extreme avantgarde metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
07.03
While the saxophone has been a staple of avant-garde metal since genre’s very inception, with the likes of Mr. Bungle or Pan.Thy.Monium making prominent use of the brass instrument even back in the 1990s,…
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7.9 |
07.03
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February 2025
N/A
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Atmospheric black metal, Depressive black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
18.02
The best part about being a one-man band is that you can stick whatever you like in your black metal. Well... in your atmospheric post-black metalgaze. Unreqvited decided that would be more vocals and…
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N/A |
18.02
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9.0
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Guest review
by
Blackcrowe
11.02
And God Created Woman: “So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh…”
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9.0 |
11.02
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December 2024
N/A
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Electronic Avantgarde
Official review
by
RaduP
13.12
Well, I guess that's Ulver's lane now.
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N/A |
13.12
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November 2024
7.9
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
30.11
The blackened folk duo Ungfell continue their journey, delving deeper into the mountains as they uncover a concept that promises to be all the more epic and melodic than before.
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7.9 |
30.11
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October 2024
N/A
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Death metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
03.10
If you're a strict connoisseur of extravagant delicacies, and you find plebeian tastes appalling, then you won't find much to enjoy on this album. However, if you like to balance out your diet…
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N/A |
03.10
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8.1
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Extreme progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
01.10
For all these years since Heritage was released, there has been a fanbase hungry for Opeth to just ‘sound like Opeth’; now, right as they’re on the cusp of dialling back the years with The Last Will And…
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8.1 |
01.10
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September 2024
7.3
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Heavy metal, Gothic rock
Official review
by
omne metallum
26.09
Take my hand.
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7.3 |
26.09
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N/A
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Noise rock, Industrial metal
Official review
by
RaduP
05.09
Uniform take a note from the Godspeed You! Black Emperor book.
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N/A |
05.09
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July 2024
N/A
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Dark Ambient, Death Industrial, Noise
Official review
by
RaduP
06.07
Not the first and not the last time noise has been used to convey anguish. But Uboa has never been all noise, but has always been all anguish.
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N/A |
06.07
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8.9
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Technical death metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
02.07
Ulcerate’s formula of dissonant, highly technical and atmospheric death metal remains pretty much unchanged. Not like it matters if the results continue to be this engaging.
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8.9 |
02.07
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May 2024
8.8
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Death metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
21.05
As the hellish artwork (inspired by the 1922 movie Häxan) suggests, Unaussprechlichen Kulten perform witchcraft, for that is the only way they could have released one of the densest death metal albums…
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8.8 |
21.05
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7.7
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
musclassia
15.05
Hidden marks 25 years of psychedelic stoner doom from Ufomammut, and they remain as thunderously heavy yet mesmerizingly astral as ever.
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7.7 |
15.05
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8.2
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Post-metal, Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
01.05
Between 2022’s EP II and their full debut The Scorching Gaze, Urzah self-imposed moniker ‘earthy noise’ has been rebranded as ’earthen heaviness’. It’s a logical revision, as Urzah’s music is plenty heavy,…
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8.2 |
01.05
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December 2023
7.6
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Progressive metalcore
Official review
by
musclassia
12.12
Last time we heard Unprocessed, they were dialling down the metal in favour of a more R&B/rock fusion sound. It seems that Gold was more of a detour than a new beginning, as ...And Everything In Between…
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7.6 |
12.12
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September 2023
8.3
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Black metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
14.09
Let’s crack open the bottle of gin, already. For my heart is heavy, and so is Urfaust’s last album.
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8.3 |
14.09
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8.2
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
04.09
Swamping us with top quality black metal albums, yet again, 2023 is another far from disappointing year. Well, saying that, let's throw another one your way: how about the famous USBM trio Uada? A…
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8.2 |
04.09
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7.7
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
01.09
Can the heavy metal veterans U.D.O. pull off another touchdown performance after 36 years with their balls to the wall? Or should we Accept another squandered opportunity?
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7.7 |
01.09
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August 2023
8.8
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
05.08
Urne-ing your attention.
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8.8 |
05.08
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June 2023
8.3
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Blackened hardcore, Progressive hardcore
Official review
by
musclassia
15.06
The band Wake have had one of the most intriguing musical trajectories of recent years, going from a pretty straightforward grindcore sound to a more elaborate extreme metal style that has roots in death…
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8.3 |
15.06
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May 2023
6.7
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Blackened doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
28.05
Six years have now passed since Usnea presented us with their dark doomy, atmospheric Portals Into Futility. Now, will Bathed In Light follow the same route, or have those 6 years awoken any surprises?…
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6.7 |
28.05
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March 2023
8.2
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Melodic black metal, Blackened death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
24.03
What exactly do we have here, I wonder? Is it black or is it death? Well, whatever Úlfúð have pulled off here, it's pretty darn good.
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8.2 |
24.03
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8.1
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Black metal
Guest review
by
Qualeen
09.03
“This is Satanic black metal”, says the fine corpse paint-wearing gentleman, and all hell unfolds.
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8.1 |
09.03
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February 2023
N/A
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.02
It seems that every decade or so, a metal band must come with a pair of sibling albums prefixed with "Helio-" and "Anthro-".
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N/A |
27.02
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N/A
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.02
First The Ocean did it. Now comes Ulthar.
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N/A |
27.02
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October 2022
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
F3ynman
29.10
Two Costa Rican musicians and a German drummer walk into a bar…
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N/A |
29.10
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May 2022
N/A
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Doom metal, Stoner metal
Official review
by
RaduP
12.05
Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.
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N/A |
12.05
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April 2022
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
07.04
Out of nowhere: black metal!
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N/A |
07.04
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January 2022
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
03.01
A fantastic black metal album being almost slept over due to a surprise release in late December? Where have I heard that one before?…
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N/A |
03.01
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December 2021
N/A
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Melodic black metal, Melodic death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
12.12
So... do we count it as a second comeback album?
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N/A |
12.12
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November 2021
5.0
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Alternative metal, Metalcore
Official review
by
omne metallum
24.11
Going… going… gone.
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5.0 |
24.11
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8.0
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
20.11
Not on life support yet.
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8.0 |
20.11
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7.7
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Scary muzak
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
14.11
If you’re like me, you’ve recently exited the newest Halloween film feeling somewhat disappointed. Not totally cheated, just frowning slightly. Fortunately, there’s an orange lining hiding…
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7.7 |
14.11
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October 2021
8.2
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Heavy metal, Gothic rock
Official review
by
tominator
12.10
Very good record, but not as strong as the previous one.
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8.2 |
12.10
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8.1
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Black metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
02.10
The scorching sun covers the endless sandy wastes in a blazing golden tide as it sets on another day of lawless savagery. Two figures stand apart, eyes locked, ready for the draw, neither daring to breathe…
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8.1 |
02.10
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September 2021
9.4
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Hard rock
Guest review
by
AndyMetalFreak
29.09
Uriah Heep had released several albums by the time Demons And Wizards was released, including the critically acclaimed Look At Yourself, which was released the previous year, and is also one of my all-time…
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9.4 |
29.09
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N/A
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Electronic Avantgarde
Official review
by
RaduP
02.09
I'd say there are three types of live albums. The first is the usual performance (or compilation of performances) from the last tour where the band plays the hits. Then there is the rarer performance…
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N/A |
02.09
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August 2021
7.0
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Atmospheric black metal, Depressive black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
Netzach
27.08
Funny how you can pick an album expecting it to be depressive black metal, and it turns out to be symphonic love-themed post-rock. The one-man band and the dead man's hand, and whatnot.
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7.0 |
27.08
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July 2021
N/A
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
20.07
Trying to pigeon-hole Ungfell as just a "safe" version of Peste Noire is a bit too reductive in expressing just how colorful Es Grauet is.
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N/A |
20.07
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June 2021
7.6
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
23.06
There's few things more important for an up-and-coming band than making sure your debut album opens with a killer song.
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7.6 |
23.06
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May 2021
7.3
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Melodic death metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
25.05
Ulthima was born in Mexico but relocated to Finland because that's where melodeath comes from when it isn't Swedish.
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7.3 |
25.05
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January 2021
7.5
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Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
06.01
My death metal moratorium is over. Time for filthy riffs.
|
7.5 |
06.01
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November 2020
9.0
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
26.11
How precisely can there be a Devil's soul when the soul is the Devil?
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9.0 |
26.11
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8.3
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Black metal
Official review
by
Troy Killjoy
14.11
Remember when black metal bands wrote riffs?
|
8.3 |
14.11
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October 2020
7.0
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Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
27.10
I'm in somewhat of a dilemma. How can I simultaneously be so tired of all these up-and-coming OSDM band and also be fancying so many of them?
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7.0 |
27.10
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September 2020
N/A
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Noise rock, Industrial metal
Official review
by
RaduP
11.09
Industrial/noise rock outfit Uniform unleash their most metal album yet, Shame, so you have no more excuses not to get into them.
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N/A |
11.09
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August 2020
8.0
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Synthpop
Official review
by
RaduP
22.08
All great songs are either about love or the apocalypse in some way. Sometimes both.
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8.0 |
22.08
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7.3
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Heavy metal, Power metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
11.08
Fortunately, the title's foreshadowing proved to be a red herring and Abyss is not the opposite of Apex after all, at least in terms of quality. It is, however, something of an unexpected twist away…
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7.3 |
11.08
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June 2020
8.0
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Black metal, Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
08.06
I wouldn't call Ulthar a supergroup, especially since it debuted around the same time or even before most of the other bands of the members, but having a trio with connections to Vastum, Tombs, Pale…
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8.0 |
08.06
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May 2020
6.8
|
Metalcore
Guest review
by
omne metallum
25.05
Every time I think of Unearth, I wonder how they never broke through from the second tier of metalcore, always remaining a band with potential stuck on the periphery; it is when you listen to the albums…
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6.8 |
25.05
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7.0
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Death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
18.05
Listen, I have an important deadline tomorrow, so I'll make this quick. This album is also quick, but what can you expect from a death metal album made by members of Converge, The Red Chord and a…
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7.0 |
18.05
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April 2020
9.0
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Technical death metal
Official review
by
RaduP
19.04
To once again quote a fellow user and reviewer who was wise before I was:
"This album is Ulcerate's The Eye Of Every Storm."
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9.0 |
19.04
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August 2018
7.5
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
nikarg
28.08
U.D.O. are back with their sixteenth studio album, Steelfactory, and it comes just after Udo Dirkschneider's worldwide tour under the name Dirkschneider, in which this heavy metal legend performed…
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7.5 |
28.08
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June 2018
8.0
|
Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
17.06
Shortly after Devoid Of Light, we now get another Mgła album.
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8.0 |
17.06
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May 2018
N/A
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Black metal
Guest review
by
Desha
07.05
Urfaust is a curious band. "Ritualistic" or "fun" are words that come to mind when describing their music, and both whacky song titles and the gibberish IX sings are as supportive of…
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N/A |
07.05
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April 2018
N/A
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Stoner rock, Stoner metal
Official review
by
nikarg
06.04
Under The Sun is a 5-member stoner band, based in Greece. They were formed back in 2015 and define themselves as a sludgerotic heavy rock act (whatever that means). After many live appearances, with the…
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N/A |
06.04
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March 2018
8.6
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Black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
17.03
If you really wanted to hear what it would sound like if Sergio Leone directed a Summoning album, you're in luck.
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8.6 |
17.03
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November 2017
9.0
|
Black metal
Guest review
by
BetulaObscura
19.11
Is there any Black Metal fan who has not heard about this album? Hard to believe! But in case you have not listened to it yet... you may read my review before you do.
This is an excellent (and I mean…
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9.0 |
19.11
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April 2017
9.0
|
Synthpop
Official review
by
Auntie Sahar
18.04
If Ulver were one of the X Men characters, they'd easily be Mystique. Ever changing, always in a state of flux, and able to morph their identity with incredible ease. When we last left off, Ulver…
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9.0 |
18.04
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October 2016
8.5
|
Black metal
Official review
by
Auntie Sahar
27.10
It's that time of the year again. Leaves are dying. Days are getting shorter. The line between the living and the dead grows thinner. And few can provide a better, more fitting soundtrack for this…
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8.5 |
27.10
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August 2015
8.5
|
Deathcore
Guest review
by
Marcelo Hissa
17.08
Aggressive, with lower-tuned guitars, with the speed of metalcore added to the death metal vocals that does not appeal to the incomprehensible too-deep growling vocals while keeping a musical structure…
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8.5 |
17.08
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