[8.5]

[8.5]

[8.5] - A huge amount to digest here, but also a huge amount to enjoy.

[8.5]

[8.5]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0] - Excellent mix of grind/hardcore, black metal, post-metal and other sounds.

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0] - Big Blood Incantation vibes, extravagant but impressive.

[8.0] - Lengthy but very compelling album, a bit of a 'if Tribulation hadn't gone more gothic' vibe. Black metal, but with a healthy share of atmospheric/melodic parts.

[8.0] - Excellent prog/power release.

[8.0] - Really compelling early career sludge/post-metal EP.

[8.0] - Exciting prog black debut with a lot of melodic atmospheres in spite of the intensity.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Grandiose, stirring, and can be quite heavy at times.

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0] - Another very good avantgarde post-black release from them.

[8.0] - Very entrancing heavy psychedelic rock sound with hazy soundscapes and enticing vocals.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Solid post-metal with occasional blackened and melodic doom elements.

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0] - Major similarities to 00s Opeth, but really enjoyable debut album.

[8.0] - Sludgy (post-)hardcore with plenty of bite and nice occasional emotional/melodic sensibilities.

[8.0] - Some questions about the clean vocals, but the dark atmospheres and the malevolent riffs are really great.

[8.0] - As wonderfully mellow and trippy as all his material I've heard.

[8.0] - Really solid Ghost Brigade-esque mix of gothic, doom and post-metal.

[8.0] - Very enjoyable post-y black metal, good sharp riffs and dynamics, and unexpected shake-ups in style, particularly the final track.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Grand, majestic post-metal with maximalist layering in loud moments.

[8.0] - Tool/Lucid Planet-esque prog/alt-rock/metal.

[8.0] - Classic Panopticon, and one of the stronger renditions of this sound since Autumn Eternal.

[8.0] - Bit shorter songs, bit more frantic and abrasive, still a wild experience.

[8.0] - Strong post-black with a healthy dose of both post- and black metal.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Very nice mix of doom, post-metal, drone and gazey elements with effective clean vocals.

[8.0] - Densely atmospheric and remarkable mix of dark ambient and ritual folk music.

[8.0] - Fairly glorious blackgaze/post-hardcore/anime soundtrack blissful experience.

[8.0] - Really dig the atmosphere of this avantgarde/prog/jazzy black metal sound.

[8.0] - Digging this mellow doomish psych/stoner metal sound.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Sludgy blackened post-metal that can both go in really intriguing mellow directions (with flutes and strings for a new age vibe in one particularly impressive detour) or push the extremity a tad.

[8.0]

[8.0] - A grandiose soaring experience.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Extensive, exciting and varied prog-death/djent release.

[8.0] - Conventional but strong post-metal with post-black tendencies.

[8.0] - Charming and evocatively melancholic release.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Vicious sludge debut from Oathbreaker/Wiegedood spinoff.

[8.0] - Quality Fen-style proggy atmoblack.

[8.0] - Highly ambitious avantgarde fusion of grindcore, progressive death metal and other sounds, including a cover of the James Bond theme.

[8.0] - One of the few bands making thrash worth listening to these days.

[8.0] - Exuberant and playful, but also serious, hooky and compelling.

[8.0] - The 'blackened Horrendous' vibe works for me a bit more this time around.

[8.0] - Very good blackgaze/post-black/prog-black mesh.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Solid technical deathcore not overly reliant on deathcore tropes.

[8.0] - Another really enjoyable Wintersun-indebted record.

[8.0] - Quite original and compelling take on dark folk with hints of acts such as Nick Cave or Tom Waits.

[8.0] - Very good Amenra-influenced post-metal that incorporates elements/influences from other bands.

[8.0]

[8.0] - At its best, very enjoyable - the symphonic flourishes are an interesting occasional addition to the djent/prog.

[8.0] - Really lush listen.

[8.0] - Very enjoyably varied and well-structured jazzy math/prog instrumental rock.

[8.0] - Doomy instrumental post-metal, has the heaviness of YONL's Ausserwelt with more dissonant and less ethereal textures.

[8.0] - Less wacky than some of their content while still being very varied, some nice TMV-esque vocal melodies, mix of crunching grooves with other forms of prog-metal, aggression and occasional symphonic moments.

[8.0]

[8.0]

[8.0] - Madcap avantgarde dissonant death/black metal frenzy with a fun edge to the chaos.

[8.0] - Potentially a bit more blackened this time, it's a cool mesh of styles.

[8.0] - Fierce, technical, engaging album, digging the guitar work - one of the Converge albums I've enjoyed most.

[8.0]

[8.0] - Crushing industrial metal meets cacophonic saxophone.

[7.5] - Very solid black-tinged sludge debut EP.

[7.5] - A bit too airy compared with the previous releases for my tastes, but still retains the lush tone of them.

[7.5]

[7.5]

[7.5] - Strong but highly derivative of Fallujah.

[7.5] - Solid effort, but lacking memorable songs at the level of those on Under A Godless Veil.

[7.5] - Vibes akin to Nighttime Birds or Wolfecore, melancholic dark rock.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Perhaps overly prolific but still mostly managing to maintain compelling songwriting.

[7.5] - Really nice vocals, and manages to be folksy without falling into folk metal tropes.

[7.5] - Bit more alt-metally perhaps, but still a fun, hooky and earnest alt/prog/djent fusion.

[7.5] - Bit of a stoner rock vibe, another solid album by them.

[7.5] - Solid melodeath, not too derivative of the Gothenburg sound, good degree of memorability.

[7.5] - Moody prog metal with shades of Katatonia and Opeth, with occasional extreme/djenty moments.

[7.5] - Really solid and fiery mathcore/metallic hardcore EP.

[7.5] - Grim, sludgy post-metal debut, well executed.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Indirect, peculiar, but has some really cool sounds.

[7.5] - Really nice symph-tinged folkish energetic melodeath debut.

[7.5] - Solid mesh of progressive, symphonic and melodic extreme metal.

[7.5] - Luscious post-/atmo-black with rich melody.

[7.5] - Starts and ends strongly; lost my attention a bit in the middle but still a strong send-off for Lindberg and potentially the band.

[7.5] - Generally compelling proggy melodeath sound.

[7.5] - Tasty blackened hardcore.

[7.5] - Solid return, if not necessarily blowing me away, but leaves me hungry for more.

[7.5] - Really neat ritual ambient loop-based music.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Tasty and compact melo-tech-deathcore release.

[7.5] - Straightforward yet stirring synth-heavy atmo-black.

[7.5] - Really nice instrumental stoner/psych EP reminiscent of Elder.

[7.5] - Solid post-blacky/doomy sound.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Perhaps overlong, but a well-made proggy groove/metalcore release with some symphy moments.

[7.5] - Good energetic hooky album with nice riffs, melodic hooks (particularly Cerebral Malfunction) and song structures.

[7.5]

[7.5]

[7.5] - Like a less metallic and more samba-focused Kaatayra.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Solid again, if not quite as consistently juicy as the last record.

[7.5]

[7.5]

[7.5]

[7.5] - The more abrasive metallic hardcore start eventually makes way for satisfying expansive writing in the closing tracks.

[7.5] - Fascinating avantgarde extreme metal release inspired by Ulysses, even if some passages meander excessively.

[7.5] - Very likeable post-black/blackgaze stuff outside the typical sound of the genre.

[7.5] - Very cool black metal/trip-hop hybrid.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Nasty sludge/noise rock/experimental prog fusion sound.

[7.5] - Very enjoyable black metal with spillover into post-hardcore and similar styles.

[7.5] - Not quite pure Rush worship anymore.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Distinctive and quite theatrical mix of doom and prog with occasional extreme metal elements.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Prog-death/black with some Opethy passages and nice melodic sequences; a few empty passages hinder it slightly.

[7.5] - Very pleasant melodic folk/black EP with 18-minute original song and a nice Alcest cover.

[7.5] - Really nice melodic prog album (with a few growls), has Evergrey hints and some retro-prog metal elements without feeling rehashed.

[7.5] - Quite varied prog/tech-death, has Omnivium vibes at times but also goes in blackened directions. Rather creative, even if some elements (particularly clean vocals) aren't always convincing.

[7.5] - Feisty Conjurer-esque sludge with pleasantly dainty closing track.

[7.5] - Upper-tier OSDM, but still OSDM.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Bit more Rotting Christ-esque than first albums.

[7.5] - Post-metal with Julie Christmas-esque vocals, and also post-black tendencies.

[7.5] - Thick heavy sludge punctuated with really well-executed detours into Americana territory.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Folkish black metal striking a good balance between melody and intensity.

[7.5] - Solid post-metal with trudging sludgy venom and delicate post-rock tones.

[7.5] - Lively and engaging gazey atmo/post-black.

[7.5] - Another solid gazey post-black effort.

[7.5] - Good chunky krautrockish sound.

[7.5] - Really good hazy metallic shoegaze sound.

[7.5] - Goes a bit lighter on the metal compared with Leather Terror, filled with plenty of fun songs.

[7.5] - Brief but satisfying comeback after decade-long wait, prog-death with slight Contortionist vibes.

[7.5] - Crawling, droning monotonous sludge doom.

[7.5] - Intense, demonic disso-black metal.

[7.5] - Pretty and lush, and with its fair share of Deafheavenisms.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Fairly solid tech-death in the classic early Obscura vein.

[7.5] - Grim, malicious blackened sludge.

[7.5] - Grim, fun, albeit slightly one-dimensional.

[7.5] - Chunky groove metal with thrash, metalcore and Gojira-leaning directions, and decent (semi-)clean vocals.

[7.5] - Really interesting album in both how the grindcore sounds and how it departs from that core sound.

[7.5] - Bold, lively, fun jazzy electronic prog.

[7.5] - Solid melodeath on the more intense 'Freedom Of Fear' end of the spectrum.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Good occult-ish rock sound with haunting vocals and a darker edge.

[7.5] - Melodically inclined funeral doom.

[7.5] - Brief exhibition of their fairly unique blackened sludge/post-hardcore sound.

[7.5] - All-round solid sludge/post-metal split, Legbiter has minor Deftones vibes due to vocals.

[7.5] - Relatively unique and mostly enjoyable post/doom metal sound.

[7.5] - Very decent black-tinged tech-death album that improves as it progresses, much stronger than the symphonic companion album.

[7.5] - Solid post-y instru-djent.

[7.5] - Venomous dissoblack album with added dissodeath madness.

[7.5] - Solid disso/tech-death EP.

[7.5] - Stylistically broad post-black debut that goes towards Amenra-ish post-metal, warm blackgaze and a few other sounds, generally very solid.

[7.5] - Solid instrumental prog/djent guitar album with some nice extra dimensions to it, e.g. shimmering post-rock tremolo textures.

[7.5] - Tasty combo of grindcore, noise rock and sludge.

[7.5] - Successful shift from neofolk to gothic doom.

[7.5] - Prog-black debut with some rough edges but very nice melodic lead guitar work throughout.

[7.5] - Decent metalcore-ish prog-death with Fallujah-inspired elements.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Ominous acoustic dark folk.

[7.5] - Starts off very classic 90s symphonic black metal, but subsequent songs bring the death doom of their previous albums and proggy elements into the equation.

[7.5] - Intriguing tech-death/prog-black mesh with some dissonant melody and crunching djent at different moments.

[7.5] - Rather nice melancholic funeral doom.

[7.5] - Melancholic, sometimes tender stoner metal, slight Royal Thunder vibes.

[7.5] - An interesting next step, and it has a number of very good moments, particularly on the longer and more expansive tracks, but some of the core thrash/sludge/metalcore moments can be a tad dry.

[7.5] - Good post-black/post-hardcore debut, not easy to describe/pigeonhole and with good clean vocals.

[7.5] - Impressive modern black metal release that manages to effectively pull off a 20-minute closing track.

[7.5] - Very indebted to Lorna Shore, but very enjoyable in the process.

[7.5] - Generally solid atmosphere- and melody-inclined death metal, albeit with slightly nebulous strengths.

[7.5] - A very respectable comeback with some very lush melodic parts, particularly on the closing song.

[7.5]

[7.5]

[7.5] - Solid enough chunky tech/prog-death.

[7.5] - Solid stoner-tinged hard rock in the vein of later Green Lung.

[7.5]

[7.5] - Quite broad sludge, can be rather malevolent at times, but also has more melancholic moments.

[7.5] - Slightly up-and-down but intriguing progressive metal with Devin Townsend vibes at times.

[7.5] - Unorthodox modern classical with heavier drone passages.

[7.5] - Grim black-tinged sludge with a couple of less successful moments.

[7.5] - Solid and compelling melodic death doom.

[7.5] - Post-black sound that can go hard on the melo/atmo-black, but does have dreamy evocative clean vocal passages.

[7.5] - Slightly proggish, slightly post-ish blackened metal.

[7.5] - Enjoyable melancholic funeral doom soundscapes.

[7.5] - Interesting stylistic mix across post-metal, post-hardcore, alternative metal and other genres.

[7.5] - Very pleasant mellow melancholic atmospheric rock, even if I wish he relied less on the vocal vibrato.

[7.5] - Blue Swan-ish math rock/post-hardcore with some neat soft dreamy tangents to mix things up.

[7.5] - Solid melodic death/gothic doom debut from Lor bassist, albeit on longer side, nice lush folk second half to final song.

[7.5] - Rather cool jazz-influenced metal sound, overlong, but very groovy and heavy sound.

[7.5] - Blast-heavy meloblack with great melodic riffs, melodic leads and solos.

[7.5] - Not at the level of Universe, but a nice return that shows their quality over a lot of straight stoner rock/metal bands.

[7.5] - Smoothly catchy post-hardcore/alt rock with an emphasis on clean hooks.

[7.5] - Pretty solid effort all-round.

[7.5] - Solid black metal with avantgarde electronic elements.

[7.5] - Swift, tasty and dynamic screamo release.

[7.5] - Potentially their heaviest release yet, "Seer" in particular is gnarly.

[7.5] - Enjoyable whimsy, albeit not super whimsical.

[7.5] - Rough patches to this, but a fairly unique mix of doom, post-metal, extreme melodic sounds, and occasionally dramatic keys, it's a nebulous but generally rather compelling sound.

[7.5] - Biting blackened/deathened thrash.

[7.5] - Rather enjoyable 4-track melodeath EP with Gothenburg and Finnish melodeath elements.

[7.5] - Good classic melodic prog metal with a great 20-plus minute centrepiece.

[7.5] - Largely shies away from metallic elements, cool industrial rock/electronica with the tribal percussion.

[7.5] - Solid proggy power/epic doom debut with high-pitched soaring vocals.

[7.5] - Good mix of cavernous and dissonant death metal.

[7.5] - Solid classic prog rock.

[7.5] - Solid atmo-black debut with darkness and conviction.

[7.5] - Peculiar and imaginative but not completely oddball avantgarde/progressive black metal.

[7.5] - Cool eerie ambient release.

[7.5] - Pleasant but brief bonus offering.

[7.5] - Rather enjoyable mathcore/hardcore split release.

[7.5] - Monstrous debut infusing doom, black metal and noise into a cavernous death metal backbone.

[7.5]

[7.5] - 2 hours is asking a lot, but this muted darkwave sound makes for rather pleasant background listening.

[7.5] - Mostly raw but occasionally more diverse black metal at a good standard.

[7.0]

[7.0] - On first listens, a bit of an overly scattered approach and not having the peaks of the II-IV material.

[7.0] - Nice slab of melodic-leaning death metal.

[7.0] - Long mostly instrumental stoner/doom/post-metal "soundtrack", a fun background listen.

[7.0] - Better than the last one, some nice songs in the middle portion, still not one of their better recent ones.

[7.0] - Good melodic death metal on the rawer and more aggressive side, but with increasing melodic hooks creeping in as the tracklist progresses.

[7.0] - More dynamic instrumental post-rock, can get properly loud and heavy but has lengthy muted passages.

[7.0] - Very classic-sounding melodic prog in the vein of e.g. Teramaze, well-executed.

[7.0] - Perfectly pleasant melodic death doom, nice guitar leads and backing choral vocals in parts.

[7.0] - Deceent power metal style, occasional more extreme moments.

[7.0] - One-dimensional but solid black metal.

[7.0] - Well-performed and likeable classic melodic prog metal style.

[7.0] - Charming sample-heavy proggy instrumental post-metal.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Decent mix of sludge, doom, death, and black metal on debut from Aversio Humanitatis vocalist's side project.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Bit meandering in parts, but nice to still have the old-school Isis vibes at times.

[7.0] - Reliably good epic heavy/power metal.

[7.0] - Spans a few types of death metal, good at all without gripping me with any particular approach.

[7.0] - Quite enjoyable gothic metal sound with predominantly clean vocals.

[7.0] - Nice Draconian-esque gothic doom sound.

[7.0] - Pretty tasty hard/metalcore, not too macho BS.

[7.0] - Bleak, meandering drone doom.

[7.0] - Consistently enjoyable symph-tinged melodeath/deathcore, a bit in the TBDM mould.

[7.0] - The melodeath influences make this a bit more enjoyable than a lot of thrash.

[7.0] - Interesting blend of dissonant death metal going into more melancholic death doom.

[7.0] - Instrumental Car Bomb.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Fairly good for OSDM, some nice solos, still nothing outstanding.

[7.0] - I generally rather dig the djent/emo pop combo vibe.

[7.0] - Enjoyable Windhand-esque stoner doom sound.

[7.0] - Reliably catchy power metal with some neat Seventh Wonder-ish instrumental bits.

[7.0] - Blackened metal with a decent Gojira-ish alt-y slant.

[7.0] - Somewhat OSDM-ish but a bit more atmospheric, I quite enjoy it.

[7.0] - Quite accomplished death metal mixing a mostly OSDM sound with neat newer elements.

[7.0] - Pretty tasty melo-tech-death, could benefit from a bit more melody as those are usually the better parts of the record.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Very broad, perhaps overly broad, spread across black, doom and sludge metal, but generally enjoyably melancholic.

[7.0] - Concise and enjoyable rendition of their death/gothic rock sound.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Consistently likeable folkish melodeath.

[7.0] - Extreme doom debut EP with a satisfying Wolvennest-ish occultish feel to the clean vocals.

[7.0] - Some iffy songs, but mostly fairly enjoyable gothic-lite/industrial-lite metal.

[7.0] - Fairly classic-sounding progressive metal debut with some extreme vocals/moments, generally well-made if inconsistently engaging.

[7.0] - Nixil side is quite intriguing and varied take on black metal; Drouth is more straightforward but slightly thrashy.

[7.0] - Pretty shoegaze music.

[7.0] - Pretty enjoyable tech-death with good balance of brutality, technicality and melodic hints.

[7.0] - Pretty good keyboard-heavy meloblack with some death metal moments.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Ther's songs veering more towards power metal on this album that I enjoy more than the usual trad heavy tracks.

[7.0] - Quite pleasant prog rock/metal with nice melodies, but a bit lightweight.

[7.0] - Reasonably good doomy melodeath, and some nice songs in the first half in particular, but not as taken with it as with previous efforts as a complete package.

[7.0] - Punchy, groovy, melodic vocal-heavy djent/metalcore release, some decent Monuments vibes in parts.

[7.0] - Some questionable vocal parts and unimpactful sections, but I found it enjoyable overall.

[7.0] - Some roughness with the production and takes, but overall rather touching symphonic gothic metal with evocative vocal melodies and strings.

[7.0] - Rough around the edges but impactful in parts, an improvement on the debut.

[7.0] - Typical but fun Gothenburg metal with some very pleasing guitar melodies alongside slightly weaker parts.

[7.0]

[7.0]

[7.0] - Decent and fairly brief blackened death rampage.

[7.0] - Fairly likeable atmo/post-black with cheesy keyboards.

[7.0] - Good-standard trad heavy with charismatic vocals, memorable choruses/riffs, and nice balance of glam metal riffing and heavier NWOBHM tracks.

[7.0] - At-times djenty, at other times leaning in a classic Killswitch-style melodic metalcore direction - taut at 30 mins and consistently good.

[7.0] - Quite enjoyable prog-power metal with good vocals and some decent hooks/songs.

[7.0] - Fairly enjoyable melodeath/meloblack release with a big of an old-school and pagan metal vibe.

[7.0] - Respectable hard rock/alt metal without a killer track.

[7.0] - The epic closer is the clear highlight.

[7.0] - Spacy atmo-black with Summoning/Mesarthim vibes.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Vibrant theatrical J-power metal with some solid songs alongside a bit of waffle.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Relentless, hypnotic, cacophonic disso-black experience; perhaps a bit too cacophonic for my liking.

[7.0] - Get some Heretoir vibes at times from this post-black/blackgaze release, has interesting darker moments alongside the twinkly daintiness.

[7.0] - Decent folk/melody-tinged black metal with occasional dungeon synthy bits.

[7.0] - Bit too much noise on a brief grindcore EP, but the grindcore parts are fierce.

[7.0] - Overlong and over-the-place, but I enjoyed the different flashes of tech-death, post-hardcore, and metalcore electronics around a deathcore foundation.

[7.0] - Some dubious vocals aside, solid thrash/heavy that outshines most thrash from 2025.

[7.0] - An upper-7.0, mainly for how satisfying the melancholic solos and melodies are in Zeitenwende Teil II.

[7.0]

[7.0]

[7.0] - Fairly cool, slightly chaotic grindy death/crust album.

[7.0] - Fun instru-djent EP.

[7.0] - Reasonably good folkish atmo-black with melodeath tendencies.

[7.0] - Blackened doom, decent albeit muddy, but was hoping to like a bit more based on the artwork and nautical theming.

[7.0] - Few quirky moments, but also grindcore with an impressive level of consistent ferocity and venom.

[7.0] - Respectable extreme-tinged thrash.

[7.0] - Enjoyable EP with satisfying melodies.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Decent listen, does overstay its welcome.

[7.0] - Pretty good for OSDM-rooted metal.

[7.0] - Typical but good instrumental jammy stoner metal.

[7.0] - Reasonably fun gothicky alt-metal.

[7.0] - Fairly typical post-rock/metal, but with some very nice parts/songs.

[7.0] - Peculiar mix of sludge, black, stoner, doom and post-metal; most typically grim and sludgy, but has Fisher Price keyboards, blackened vocals, and some stoner-ish riffs.

[7.0] - Competent and enjoyable meloblack that is nevertheless inferior to Marshall's Saor output and lacking slightly in finding a unique personality.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Long, agonizing funeral/death doom.

[7.0] - Decent metallic hardcore.

[7.0] - Extremely typical instrumental post-rock, but very pleasant nonetheless.

[7.0] - Not that fond of the core cheesy industrial metal sound, but it has elements with greater aspirations that surprise me, especially the more grand symphonics and melodies of Ikirouta.

[7.0] - Moderately enjoyable power-leaning symphonic metal.

[7.0] - Creative, varied, but not entirely my thing.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Intriguingly diverse by somewhat scattered atmo-black (+) album.

[7.0] - Nice melancholic spacey funeral doom EP.

[7.0] - Hooky, highly melodic symphonic melodeath/extreme power metal.

[7.0] - Hardcore-heavy feisty deathgrind.

[7.0] - Quite long songs for deathgrind, does have a hefty OSDM component alongside the grindcore assaults.

[7.0] - Solid gothic rock/metal EP, some tasty solos and gloomy atmospheres, with a few more underwhelming moments.

[7.0] - Finds a decent balance of zaniness and accessibility.

[7.0]

[7.0] - Has its trad heavy elements, but is more so power metal with good energy and some enjoyable soaring vocal hooks/technical lead guitar parts.

[7.0] - Rudimentary but enjoyable old-school black metal.

[7.0] - Ballistic churning grindcore with brutal vocals.

[7.0] - Something about the speed and rawness of this blackened thrash/speed metal makes it slightly more endearing than most generic thrash coming out.

[7.0] - Reasonably well-made symphonic metal with some good tracks, but lacking a bit in memorability.

[7.0] - Fairly solid doomy death metal with interesting use of classic BM-style keyboards.

[7.0] - Decently hooky and energetic 'symphonic' progressive metal.

[7.0] - Typical but enjoyable doomy stoner metal.

[7.0] - Good, just good stoner rock/metal.

[6.5] - Generally good black metal, but the vocals are quite weak.

[6.5] - Limited metal presence, more so ambient/drone post-rock - quite sparse, but quite warm and inviting in parts.

[6.5] - Bit overstretched stylistically, from grindcore to hip-hip.

[6.5] - Solid instrumentals let down by the vocals.

[6.5] - Nightwish-core with nice bombast and occasional harsher elements, lacking slightly in memorable songs but likeable enough.

[6.5] - Competent but unremarkable Viking black.

[6.5] - Slightly lightweight but pleasant folkish black-tinged music, track 2 isn't really metal but is nice and droning.

[6.5] - Broadly enjoyable stoner metal with neat fuzzy riffs and melodic guitar leads/solos; the AIC-style grungy vocal harmonies don't quite work for me.

[6.5] - Easy breezy synth-laden gothic rock/metal.

[6.5] - Quite a diverse album, bringing in symphonics, guitar tapping, alt-metal guest vocals and other elements around as classic black metal sound; has some very decent songs, especially the closer, but is a bit of a 'jack of all trades' release.

[6.5] - Catchy but repetitive aggrotech.

[6.5] - Bit too Beast In Black for me, but some good catchy songs and doesn't suffer from losing the titular vocalist.

[6.5] - Very classic loud, fuzzy driving stoner metal, has a few moments that reach beyond the generic feel.

[6.5]

[6.5]

[6.5]

[6.5] - Silly, forgettable passing fun.

[6.5] - Howling vocals and competent Gothenburg metal.

[6.5] - Typical but fun stoner doom.

[6.5] - Generic but respectable retro proto-metal/hard rock.

[6.5] - Nothing particularly remarkable, but a few pleasant songs.

[6.5] - Typical grim sludge doom.

[6.5] - Rough-edged but decent sludge debut with some mix-ups going towards stoner/alternative metal.

[6.5] - Decent instrumental-only blackened metal.

[6.5] - Serenity-esque vocals and audible influences from other PM bands in a moderately enjoyable package.

[6.5] - Typical but enjoyable grim sludge.

[6.5] - Pretty good Evergrey-ish prog sound, with some iffier moments.

[6.5] - Good bluesy hard rock vocals and respectable musicianship, delivers some good songs and some whiffy ones.

[6.5] - Generally enjoyable atmo-black/blackgaze without a truly noteworthy feature.

[6.5] - Decently swaggering bluesy hard rock.

[6.5] - Standard but likeable black metal with some more interesting songs/moments.

[6.5] - Decently catchy, even if I don't find the style particularly interesting.

[6.5] - Doomy, cavernous OSDM, fine but monotonous.

[6.5] - Very generic but satisfyingly groovy stoner metal record.

[6.5] - An overlong scattered mix of good power metal songs and less interesting heavy metal ones.

[6.5] - A fine release with decent riffs, but find it pretty unexciting.

[6.5] - Comparably decent deathgrind to Exhumed, arguably found it more engaging.

[6.5] - Reasonably good symphonic-tinged melodeath, not overly fond of the vocals.

[6.5] - Enjoying this a bit more than her previous ones, some catchy songs and goes hard in places - still not really my thing though.

[6.5] - I continue to somewhat enjoy the more melodic elements of their sounds, but the thrashy core and the vocals do not spark much joy. This could edge to a 7.0 in the right mood, with a few likeable songs, but several (most notably the title track) are very uninspiring.

[6.5] - Reasonably enjoyable symphonic metal where the metal is more melodeath/alt-metal.

[6.5] - Not keen on some of the many covers, but the original songs are pretty hooky, particularly The Cracks Of Time.

[6.5] - Some good tracks, but slightly awkward mix of desert rock songs, languid psychedelic tracks, and then noise rock shoehorned in.

[6.5] - Some decent riffs and vocalist still is talented, but a lot of the charisma of their pre-Memorial material is absent.

[6.5] - Perfectly pleasantly listenable but rather lightweight/forgettable Suomi/gothic songs, borderline 6.5-7.

[6.5] - Some kitschy content reminding me of my indifference to The Hu, but some rather nice songs too; Paradise in particularly is pleasantly vibrant.

[6.5] - Kinda cheesy and limited symphonic black/death stuff with some good moments.

[6.5] - Reasonably good death doom EP.

[6.5] - OK for brutal death, but very monotonous.

[6.5] - Less grating and more melodic than some of their stuff, but feels quite directionless.

[6.5] - Reasonably enjoyable Amaranthe-meets-symphonic metal sound undermined a bit by poor male vocals.

[6.5] - Reasonably enjoyable symphonic death metal with decent arrangements, riffs and solos, but little staying power.

[6.5] - Reasonably good folkish symphonic metal, a bit hoity-toity in parts but fairly catchy.

[6.5] - Very impressive but also very difficult to derive enjoyment from.

[6.0] - Frequently interesting but somewhat erratic mix of styles, jumping from atmospheric post-black metal to OSDM between songs.

[6.0] - A fine listen, but a very samey entry to a very samey discography.

[6.0] - Interesting mix of more pure ambient noise, melodic ambient synth parts and samples; tough listening, but I don't actually hate it.

[6.0]

[6.0] - Not a bad idea, but both the black metal and the synthwave/horror synth is underwhelming.

[6.0] - Dungeon synth meloblack - decent but not quite my thing.

[6.0]

[6.0] - Some fun songs, but generally a bit irritating.

[6.0] - Reasonable instrumental doom with some uninspiring ambient sections.

[6.0] - Unremarkable but serviceable deathgrind.

[6.0] - Raw, lo-fi and one-dimensional black metal; I do quite like the riff melodies, to be fair.

[5.5] - Awkward mix of styles.

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[5.5]

[5.5] - Middling stoner metal split.

[5.5] - Middling sludge and subpar hardcore/death metal.

[5.0] - Complete departure from their previous work; the electronics-heavy direction by itself is terrible, but the execution can be migraine-inducing.

[5.0] - Brutal, gargly deathgrind; reasonable listening, but does wear at times.

[5.0] - Generally enjoy the symph/blackened-deathcore sound, but the ballads are excruciating.

[4.5] - The stoner-ish drone doom sound by itself is OK but wears thin quite quicky; 80 mins is way too much to endure.