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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.
7.0
EDGE OF SANITYCrimson
An ambitious single-piece death metal work whose melodic continuity impresses even when its long-form pacing occasionally loosens.
Metal Allegiance Return With ‘Black Horizon’
Metal Allegiance have released their first original song since 2018, featuring Alice In Chains vocalist William DuVall.
Black Label Society Announce European Tour
Black Label Society will tour Europe from May through August 2026 with rotating support acts.
Dimmu Borgir Complete Long-Awaited New Album
Dimmu Borgir have finished recording, mixing and mastering the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Eonian’.
9.0
HATEBellum Regiis
Hate shape blackened death metal into a severe, immersive campaign of layered guitars, controlled pacing and unusually strong melodic architecture.
4.0
BEHEMOTHThe Shit Ov God
A polished but strangely inert record whose imposing production cannot disguise weak rhythmic ideas and inflated presentation.
9.0
ENSIFERUMEnsiferum
Ensiferum’s debut combines heroic melody, blackened aggression and folk atmosphere with remarkable confidence and unusually strong songwriting.
6.0
OPETHBlackwater Park
Opeth’s landmark atmosphere remains potent, but the album’s grand scale too often turns tension into delay and repetition.
6.0
MIDNIGHTHellish Expectations
Twenty-five minutes of filthy speed and blackened swagger: effective, immediate and too familiar to feel truly dangerous.
9.0
EDGE OF SANITYCrimson II
A ferocious progressive death-metal suite that turns fragmentation, conflict and repetition into a coherent dramatic whole.
9.0
IMPERIAL DEMONICBeneath the Crimson Eclipse
Beneath the Crimson Eclipse is a compact, cold-blooded statement with strong identity, sharp pacing and no wasted movement.
5.0
MOONSORROWVoimasta ja Kunniasta
Moonsorrow build an imposing pagan-metal landscape, but repetition and blunt transitions leave too much of the journey unresolved.
8.0
EDGE OF SANITYInfernal
A fractured but compelling Edge of Sanity record, balancing sharp death-metal impact with Dan Swanö’s expanding progressive instincts.
7.0
MOONSPELLHermitage
Hermitage trades Moonspell’s usual theatrical force for reflective weight, and the restraint often reveals more than spectacle would.
6.0
EMPERORAnthems To The Welkin At Dusk
More intricate and disciplined than its predecessor, though Emperor’s increased complexity sometimes suppresses the raw emotional force.
6.0
FINNTROLLVredesvävd
A compact, expertly made Finntroll record whose darker atmosphere is persuasive, though few songs become truly indispensable.
8.0
EMPERORIn The Nightside Eclipse
A landmark of symphonic black metal: vast, hostile and atmospheric, with grandeur outweighing its occasional murk.
10.0
BEAST IN BLACKFrom Hell with Love
From Hell with Love turns shameless synth-metal excess into a near-perfect sequence of hooks, riffs and heroic nonsense.