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9.0
JINJERWallflowers
Wallflowers is focused, confrontational and fiercely dynamic: a record where technical power serves a clear emotional and social voice.
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.
VISION DIVINEVision Divine’s Olaf Thörsen: “Melody Has To Carry The Weight"
We sit down and explore melody, precision and progressive songwriting in Vision Divine.
7.0
AMORPHISTales From The Thousand Lakes
Amorphis transform death metal through Finnish folk melody and mournful keyboards on a landmark album that remains strange and absorbing.
4.0
JINJERMacro
Macro is full of striking performances and sharp contrasts, but its emotional and musical fragments rarely form a convincing whole.
8.0
EDGE OF SANITYUnorthodox
On Unorthodox, Edge of Sanity break beyond Swedish death metal’s standard frame without losing its weight or hostility.
6.0
AMORPHISQueen of Time
Queen of Time carries Amorphis through rich melodic terrain, though its long journey sometimes mistakes ornament for forward motion.
6.0
KAMELOTThe Shadow Theory
A polished, technically assured Kamelot record whose careful construction too often settles into predictable mid-tempo symmetry.
6.0
EDGE OF SANITYNothing But Death Remains
Edge of Sanity’s debut is raw, compact Swedish death metal with flashes of the ambition that would later define the band.