Reviews
June 2026
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Dark Ambient, Drone doom metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
07.06
These drone dirges remind me of abstract paintings that are brought up in conversation and someone inevitably says “I could do that”. Well, why don’t you? What’s stopping you?
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N/A |
07.06
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7.8
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Melodic black metal, Blackened death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
07.06
Out of the shadows and into the light.
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7.8 |
07.06
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7.0
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
07.06
Fresh out of the factory.
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7.0 |
07.06
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7.9
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Atmospheric black metal, Folk metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
07.06
The once young promising project Downfall Of Nur has finally returned after 11 years with an album that has a lot to uncover. However, is the monstrous 80-minute length justified, and does it make up for…
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7.9 |
07.06
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7.7
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Post hardcore, Post-metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
07.06
It's never too late to venture into new musical territories. Impure Wilhelmina have celebrated their 30-year anniversary by doing so.
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7.7 |
07.06
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Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
04.06
The perks and drawbacks of non-conventional music.
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N/A |
04.06
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May 2026
7.8
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Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
30.05
An album you will be spinning for daze to come.
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7.8 |
30.05
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5.8
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Alternative metal, Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
30.05
Always the bridesmaid.
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5.8 |
30.05
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N/A
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Djent, Progressive metal
Official review
by
musclassia
28.05
When people start applying catchy epithets to your burgeoning sound, it can be a sign either of gimmickry or of innovation. Tags such as ‘happy thall’ or ‘indie thall’ on first glance sound as if they…
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N/A |
28.05
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7.8
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Blackened heavy metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
28.05
It’s barely been a year since Scimitar unleashed their debut album onto the world, and they’re already back for more. But things are surprisingly a little different this time around, for better or for…
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7.8 |
28.05
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8.2
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Samba, Shoegaze, Avantgarde metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
28.05
Gorgeous and lush music in the face of the apocalypse.
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8.2 |
28.05
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Mathcore, Grindcore
Official review
by
RaduP
27.05
So is it "ghif" or "jif"?
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N/A |
27.05
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Melodic death metal, Technical death metal
Official review
by
musclassia
26.05
The longest gap between Inferi releases to date was marred by major line-up turbulence, but Heaven Wept has not suffered as a consequence.
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N/A |
26.05
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7.2
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Hardcore, Crossover thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
26.05
Dare I be cliché?…
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7.2 |
26.05
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7.6
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
26.05
In the jungle, the mighty jungle.
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7.6 |
26.05
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N/A
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Industrial metal, Industrial rock
Official review
by
RaduP
25.05
Old songs. New noize.
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N/A |
25.05
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8.5
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Atmospheric black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
25.05
Atmospheric black metal is usually associated with majestic wintry wilderness landscapes, but the concept of Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet goes much deeper than that.
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8.5 |
25.05
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N/A
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Gothic doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
22.05
For decades the inclusion of The Moon And The Nightspirit on a metal website was more of an adjacent curiosity, alongside other acts that somehow make their way into the database. Seed Of The Formless…
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N/A |
22.05
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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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8.2
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
19.05
Aversio Humanitatis translates from Latin to "loathing for humanity". Take an unforgiving dissonant journey with To Become The Endless Static and you'll understand exactly how that feels.
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8.2 |
19.05
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5.3
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Black metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
19.05
It has already been five years since Pale Swordsman took the underground black metal world by storm. Does Këhkt Aräkh have anything new to offer? And what is Bladee doing here???
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5.3 |
19.05
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7.0
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Symphonic black metal
Official review
by
Baz Anderson
18.05
There's no doubt Dimmu Borgir have earned their way to being one of the most prosperous bands in black metal, but scrutiny has rightfully or wrongfully always followed the success every step of the…
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7.0 |
18.05
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7.5
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
18.05
As a non-American, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Texas is some sort of Arctic tundra given it is the same state that bore Stone Cold Steve Austin and Frozen Soul, whose latest album is called…
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7.5 |
18.05
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Post hardcore, Metalcore
Official review
by
RaduP
13.05
The metalcore comeback to end all metalcore comebacks.
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N/A |
13.05
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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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8.3
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Hard rock, Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
10.05
From the Wretched Heart comes the greatest Spell cast yet!
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8.3 |
10.05
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6.4
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
10.05
Forwards into the past.
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6.4 |
10.05
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7.9
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
10.05
Enter the Votive Fire and take part in a Satanic ritual you'll never forget!
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7.9 |
10.05
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N/A
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Gothic metal, Progressive metal
Official review
by
RaduP
05.05
Making up for lost time, building block by building block.
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N/A |
05.05
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April 2026
N/A
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Doom metal, Heavy metal
Official review
by
RaduP
30.04
It only makes sense that the end of Spirit Adrift's journey takes them back to the beginning.
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N/A |
30.04
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7.7
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Ambient black metal
Official review
by
Roman Doez
30.04
Ever since discovering and falling in love with La Torture Des Ténèbres, there is one thing that has never worried me: getting too much new music. This project had been on hold for seven whole years before…
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7.7 |
30.04
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7.0
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Death doom metal, Gothic metal
Official review
by
tominator
30.04
A cocktail made out five different types of orange juice...
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7.0 |
30.04
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N/A
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Mathcore, Progressive math metal
Official review
by
RaduP
29.04
Mathcore for prog rock fans?
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N/A |
29.04
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5.5
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Ragga, Alternative metal, Nu metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
29.04
What you got, I don't want.
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5.5 |
29.04
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7.8
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Speed metal, Blackened thrash metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
29.04
Bewitched have been summoned from the depths of hell once again, so join them in the Diabolical Death Mass and let the blackened speed ritual commence!
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7.8 |
29.04
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7.3
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Death metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
29.04
You'll be Devoid of Thought after returning from this cosmic voyage.
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7.3 |
29.04
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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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8.2
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Stoner metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
23.04
COC are still good, and still Baad Man!
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8.2 |
23.04
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7.5
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Progressive black metal
Guest review
by
thebenfo
23.04
I feel quite lucky to have had my finger on the pulse of the New England metal scene over the last couple of decades. That is how I discovered this severely overlooked band from Boston, Lord Almighty.
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7.5 |
23.04
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8.8
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Technical death metal, Technical thrash metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
19.04
Cryptic Shift takes cues from an array of bands as varied and vast as the cosmos itself, but despite wearing their influences so close to their sleeves, Cryptic Shift capitalizes on their death, thrash,…
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8.8 |
19.04
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N/A
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Black metal, Metalcore
Official review
by
musclassia
17.04
While the concept of a band accessibilizing their sound upon signing to a major label has plenty of examples in rock and metal history, it has become much less of a factor in the modern music landscape;…
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N/A |
17.04
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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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8.2
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Black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.04
This is more than just noise, it's a combination of Kanonenfieber and Mgła with a message that says "There Is No God"!
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8.2 |
13.04
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8.8
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Death metal
Official review
by
X-Ray Rod
13.04
I began my previous Immolation review by saying that these death metal veterans don't content themselves with anything and can still get heavier. Well, I was right. But now, Descent sees the band…
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8.8 |
13.04
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8.8
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Death metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
13.04
Mop and bucket not included.
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8.8 |
13.04
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7.5
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Progressive black metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
13.04
Look into the twisted, tormenting, and hypnotizing cover art and then be drawn deeper in towards the Consecrated Abysses Of Dread.
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7.5 |
13.04
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N/A
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Atmospheric black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
08.04
Black metal Werner Herzog.
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N/A |
08.04
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N/A
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Sludge metal
Official review
by
musclassia
08.04
Witch Ripper’s previous album The Flight After The Fall was a jubilant display of progressive sludge with arena rock choruses, made by and for people with big grins on their faces. Through The Hourglass…
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N/A |
08.04
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7.4
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Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
08.04
Has it been three years already?…
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7.4 |
08.04
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8.2
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Blackened speed metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
08.04
To hell with it.
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8.2 |
08.04
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7.7
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Funeral doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
08.04
There is no better way to remind us that We Are All To Perish in the end than when listening to funeral doom, especially when it's about someone who actually wanted to perish.
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7.7 |
08.04
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N/A
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Deathcore
Official review
by
Thryce
08.04
After force-feeding Earth Eater to your unsuspecting eardrums in my last review, I regret to inform you I've found another fresh slab of carnage to plate up for, what I'm assuming is, your unsatisfiable…
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N/A |
08.04
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N/A
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Progressive black metal
Official review
by
RaduP
07.04
The Silver just got more Horrendous.
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N/A |
07.04
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N/A
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Funeral doom metal, Funeral doom metal
Official review
by
RaduP
05.04
I can't blame anyone who mentally checked out of keeping up with Dauðaró, but a collaboration with Pantheïst might be reason enough to make an exception.
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N/A |
05.04
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N/A
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Mathcore, Screamo
Official review
by
musclassia
05.04
If your upcoming album is destined to be your final record, writing a whole short story to accompany the release is certainly one way to go about making the occasion a big deal.
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N/A |
05.04
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N/A
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Post-metal
Official review
by
musclassia
04.04
Not since Sleep’s The Sciences has a band this major dropped such a long-awaited release with so little fanfare; Jason Roeder obviously has a thing for surprises.
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N/A |
04.04
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9.0
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard -
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation
Garage rock, Psychedelic rock
Guest review
by
pattmayne
04.04
A relentless assault of cool thrashy riffs and heavy prog hooks that just pulls me in every time.
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9.0 |
04.04
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8.0
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Doom metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
03.04
They've taken a step back from the mythological adventures of Dionysus, and with that their next venture into doom just got a lot stranger and more interesting.
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8.0 |
03.04
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7.8
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Death metal, Thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
03.04
The illuminati have got nothing on this.
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7.8 |
03.04
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7.0
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Heavy metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
03.04
Not quite firing on all cylinders.
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7.0 |
03.04
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N/A
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Black metal, Post-metal
Official review
by
RaduP
01.04
How fair is it to celebrate two decades as a band with a new album when nearly half that time was spent working on it?
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N/A |
01.04
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N/A
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Epic heavy metal, Power metal
Official review
by
RaduP
01.04
It is somewhat fitting that I shook off my writer's block to return to Triumpher right after Ross The Boss' passing.
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N/A |
01.04
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March 2026
8.5
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Technical death metal
Official review
by
ScreamingSteelUS
29.03
Tech death used to be pretty brisk. Then it became exceptionally hurried. Then it became comically speedy. Then it became Archspire.
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8.5 |
29.03
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6.0
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Bay Area thrash metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
27.03
Starting to understand how David could beat Goliath.
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6.0 |
27.03
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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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7.8
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Hard rock, Heavy metal
Official review
by
AndyMetalFreak
26.03
Lady Of Lust & Steel sounds very heavy metal to me, and that it is.
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7.8 |
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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7.5
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Psychedelic hard rock, Blues rock, Stoner metal
Official review
by
omne metallum
19.03
There's a storm a comin'.
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7.5 |
19.03
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