Reviews
5.0
CRYING STEELAgent Steel
Agent Steel delivers sturdy traditional metal, but its strongest hooks are separated by too much routine material.
7.0
END ALLHAIL MIND
HAIL MIND combines sharp modern-metal production with energetic structural shifts, though several songs confuse constant motion with development.
5.0
DIMMU BORGIRGrand Serpent Rising
Grand Serpent Rising offers scale without urgency, burying flashes of menace beneath an overextended and emotionally distant design.
5.0
ORGA MECHAHumanity.exe
Humanity.exe has flashes of conviction, but too much of its metallic attack lands without a clear identity.
6.0
MORKMonolitt
Mork’s Monolitt carries old black-metal frost into a focused modern record, though its midsection occasionally settles into routine.
8.0
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIXSceaduhelm
Crippled Black Phoenix turn a long runtime into a coherent descent, balancing progressive structure with genuine emotional pressure.
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6.0
CONVERGEHum of Hurt
Converge remain emotionally exacting, but Hum of Hurt sometimes circles familiar devastation without finding a sharper new wound.
9.0
VOMITORYIn Death Throes
Vomitory turn thirty-seven minutes of death metal into a relentless, sharply written assault with hooks hiding inside every blast of violence.
6.0
HEADHUNTER D.C.Rise of the Damned…
Rise of the Damned delivers disciplined old-school death metal, but its strongest riffs are too often trapped inside predictable structural cycles.
7.0
INGESTEDDenigration
Ingested deliver a tightly engineered beating, strongest when the grooves are allowed to land without extra ornament.
5.0
NINE INCH NAILSNine Inch Noize
Nine Inch Noize reframes familiar material with abrasive detail, but the exercise often feels curated rather than newly urgent.
7.0
RIOT CULTMelodic Death Metal Anarchy, Vol. 1
Riot Cult shape political unease into a cold, melodic record whose atmosphere is stronger than its confused genre label.
7.0
CRYPTIC SHIFTOverspace & Supertime
Cryptic Shift turn technical extremity into a vast, hostile environment, though the scale sometimes obscures the point.
1.0
ANGUS MCSIXAngus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral Eye
A 42-minute plastic siege engine of dead hooks, synthetic blare and jokes that arrive already embalmed.
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7.0
MOTORPSYCHOThe Gaia II Space Corps
Motorpsycho compress their progressive instincts into a focused, mobile record where arrangement serves momentum rather than excess.
8.0
CHILDREN OF BODOMHatebreeder
Children of Bodom turn neoclassical flash, blackened aggression and irresistible hooks into a fast, reckless and enduring melodic metal record.
6.0
BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHTNot Here Not Gone
Blackwater Holylight drift through doom, psychedelia and dreamlike rock with patience, though the album sometimes dissolves into mist.
4.0
IN FLAMESClayman
A transitional record with undeniable hooks, but one whose streamlined attack often trades depth for repetition and blunt impact.
7.0
EDGE OF SANITYCrimson
An ambitious single-piece death metal work whose melodic continuity impresses even when its long-form pacing occasionally loosens.
4.0
SYLOSISThe New Flesh
Sylosis deliver precision and muscle, but too many songs mistake heaviness for drama and technical control for momentum.