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ALESTORMThe Thunderfist Chronicles
Alestorm balance blunt-force pirate-metal hooks with darker detours and an enormous closing epic on their most ambitious recent album.
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ARCH ENEMYBlood Dynasty
Arch Enemy keep the familiar machinery of melodic death metal, then sharpen it until Blood Dynasty feels less like a victory lap than a weapon being brought back to the light.
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BAL-SAGOTHThe Chthonic Chronicles
Bal-Sagoth’s final album is a frantic symphonic labyrinth: imaginative, absurdly ornate and occasionally buried beneath its own mythology.
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FINNTROLLJaktens Tid
Finntroll’s breakthrough remains a riotous collision of black-metal bite, lurching folk melodies and gloriously unruly momentum.