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9.0
ANTHRAXWorship Music
Anthrax return with sharpened riffs, huge choruses and the kind of rhythmic discipline most comeback albums never find.
7.0
MOONSPELLHermitage
Hermitage trades Moonspell’s usual theatrical force for reflective weight, and the restraint often reveals more than spectacle would.
8.0
TURISASTurisas2013
A triumphant return! Turisas2013 is a glorious, galloping folk metal feast that reasserts the band's unique and brutal vision.
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.
7.0
DARK TRANQUILLITYMoment
Moment balances melodic clarity with controlled aggression, delivering a dependable Dark Tranquillity record that rarely risks instability.
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.
6.0
FINNTROLLVredesvävd
A compact, expertly made Finntroll record whose darker atmosphere is persuasive, though few songs become truly indispensable.
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.
6.0
DARK TRANQUILLITYThe Gallery
Dark Tranquillity’s melodic death metal landmark is rich in ideas and atmosphere, though its restless complexity sometimes obscures its hooks.
7.0
DELAINApocalypse & Chill
Apocalypse & Chill balances glossy modern textures with strong melodies, even when its long runtime softens the impact.
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.
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.
10.0
CHILDREN OF BODOMHate Crew Deathroll
Children of Bodom at full velocity: vicious, melodic, absurdly catchy and nearly flawless in its balance of hooks and aggression.
7.0
SABATONThe Great War
The Great War is compact, rhythmically sturdy and hook-heavy, though Sabaton’s formula occasionally turns history into assembly-line spectacle.
5.0
ELUVEITIEAtegnatos
Ategnatos contains flashes of Eluveitie’s old force, but its crowded arrangement and uneven pacing blunt the impact.
6.0
ARSISWe Are the Nightmare
Technically dazzling melodic death metal that impresses immediately, though its relentless density eventually becomes exhausting.
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.