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7.0
ALESTORMThe Thunderfist Chronicles
Alestorm balance blunt-force pirate-metal hooks with darker detours and an enormous closing epic on their most ambitious recent album.
8.0
DELAINDance with the Devil
A spectral waltz through gothic grandeur, 'Dance with the Devil' finds Delain both embracing their legacy and forging a thrilling new path.
4.0
KORPIKLAANITales Along This Road
Korpiklaani’s drinking-song energy produces a few infectious moments, but thin arrangements and repetitive writing quickly exhaust the novelty.
8.0
FEUERSCHWANZWarriors
Warriors is a compact, hook-heavy folk-metal record that thrives on momentum even when its themes feel overfamiliar.
7.0
DRAGONFORCEWarp Speed Warriors
DragonForce turn their familiar velocity into a bright arcade-metal sprint, with strong hooks and a few unnecessary bonus laps.
9.0
JINJERWallflowers
Wallflowers is focused, confrontational and fiercely dynamic: a record where technical power serves a clear emotional and social voice.
4.0
POWERWOLFCall of the Wild
Call of the Wild has atmosphere and hooks, but Powerwolf’s rigid formula leaves too many songs sounding like alternate costumes on one idea.
9.0
WIZARDTHRONEHypercube Necrodimensions
A dazzling, absurdly ambitious collision of symphonic grandeur, melodic death metal and cosmic excess.
6.0
TETRARCHUnstable
Unstable turns anxiety into blunt, heavy hooks, though its narrow emotional vocabulary and repeated structures limit the payoff.
7.0
MOONSPELLHermitage
Hermitage trades Moonspell’s usual theatrical force for reflective weight, and the restraint often reveals more than spectacle would.
6.0
UNLEASH THE ARCHERSAbyss
Abyss has a vivid cosmic atmosphere and several soaring peaks, but its long arc loses tension between major set pieces.
7.0
AD INFINITUMChapter I - Monarchy
A poised symphonic-metal debut with strong melodic architecture, dark color and a bonus-heavy runtime that dilutes its focus.
7.0
DELAINApocalypse & Chill
Apocalypse & Chill balances glossy modern textures with strong melodies, even when its long runtime softens the impact.
4.0
JINJERMacro
Macro is full of striking performances and sharp contrasts, but its emotional and musical fragments rarely form a convincing whole.
9.0
WIND ROSEWintersaga
Wintersaga turns a tightly defined fantasy-metal identity into huge hooks, brisk pacing and near-constant replay value.
5.0
HAMMERFALLDominion
HammerFall deliver sturdy choruses and bright steel, but Dominion spends too long marching through familiar territory.
6.0
KAMELOTThe Shadow Theory
A polished, technically assured Kamelot record whose careful construction too often settles into predictable mid-tempo symmetry.