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8.0
EDGE OF SANITYUnorthodox
On Unorthodox, Edge of Sanity break beyond Swedish death metal’s standard frame without losing its weight or hostility.
8.0
MOONSORROWV : Hävitetty
Two monumental compositions turn repetition, atmosphere and blackened folk metal into a bleak journey of unusual scale and patience.
5.0
BEAST IN BLACKBerserker
Berserker delivers sharp choruses and vocal fire, but its synthetic sheen often overwhelms the metal underneath.
6.0
MESARTHIMIsolate
Mesarthim build a convincing cosmic atmosphere, but the album’s rhythmic sameness keeps its strongest ideas from fully escaping orbit.
6.0
FINNTROLLUr Jordens Djup
A darker, denser Finntroll record whose strongest moments emerge when its blackened atmosphere gives the folk hooks room to breathe.
6.0
BAL-SAGOTHThe Chthonic Chronicles
Bal-Sagoth’s final album is a frantic symphonic labyrinth: imaginative, absurdly ornate and occasionally buried beneath its own mythology.
10.0
DISSECTIONStorm Of The Light's Bane
Dissection fuse black-metal hostility with melodic precision on a landmark record whose atmosphere remains as lethal as its riffs.
8.0
FINNTROLLJaktens Tid
Finntroll’s breakthrough remains a riotous collision of black-metal bite, lurching folk melodies and gloriously unruly momentum.