Death Metal Album Reviews
Every Death Metal record the editors have reviewed, scored out of ten.
27 reviews
8.5
Epitaphe
III
Fifty four minutes cut from one block, the surface left rough
Andrzej Sawicki
Sep 15, 2026
8.5
Archgoat
Nightbringer, Lightbringer
The citadel breached from within, the relics kept, one song in the wrong place.
Andrzej Sawicki
Sep 14, 2026
7.5
Echoes of a Dying World
Revelations
A singer worth wading out for, on a wreck still settling into sand
Rafael Quintero
Sep 14, 2026
7.5
Vulgar Mephitis
From Dust
Extraordinary drumming, eight tight songs, and one experiment arriving far too late
Rafael Quintero
Sep 13, 2026
8.5
Green Carnation
A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex
A final cadence worth the year of waiting, if you waited.
Julien Vasseur
Sep 12, 2026
7.5
Behemoth
I, Scvlptor
The new stone is good; there is simply not enough of it
Andrzej Sawicki
Sep 6, 2026
8.0
Gorod
The Ember Gone
Slower clockwork, sharper blades, and one long song too many.
Rafael Quintero
Sep 1, 2026
9.0
Death
Symbolic
The cleanest stone Chuck Schuldiner ever cut, and nearly every facet burns.
Rafael Quintero
Aug 28, 2026
9.0
Carcass
Heartwork
Goregrind's pathologists turned surgeons, and every incision still holds thirty years on
Andrzej Sawicki
Aug 21, 2026
9.3
Opeth
Blackwater Park
Still water over a drowned forest, and every tooth still sharp.
Julien Vasseur
Aug 19, 2026
8.5
Cryptopsy
An Insatiable Violence
Nine albums deep and still the fastest room in Quebec.
Rafael Quintero
Aug 13, 2026
8.0
Altarage
Cogwheel
Every tooth bites, and the transmission carries one gear more than it needs
Curtis Vance
Aug 3, 2026
9.0
Vader
De Profundis
Thirty four minutes, nine songs, and a scene finally audible abroad.
Andrzej Sawicki
Jul 10, 2026
8.8
Paradise Lost
Gothic
The players were not ready. The sound was, and the sound won.
Ilse Brandt
Jun 11, 2026
7.5
Behemoth
The Shit ov God
Immaculate execution, undermined by a decision made in marketing.
Andrzej Sawicki
Jun 3, 2026
8.8
Napalm Death
Scum
Two bands, one drummer, and the year music stopped being polite.
Gareth Llewellyn
Apr 9, 2026
9.3
Morbid Angel
Altars of Madness
Thirty eight minutes that taught death metal how to play.
Rafael Quintero
Mar 24, 2026
9.0
Werewolves
Die for Us
Australia's most savage death metal band, Werewolves, returns with their fifth studio album, Die For Us. Known for their...
Andrzej Sawicki
Mar 18, 2026
7.5
Darkthrone
It Beckons Us All.......
It Beckons Us All opens with "Howling Primitive Colonies," immediately immersing listeners in a dense, doom-laden atmosp...
Eirik Solvang
Jun 8, 2024
9.5
Severe Torture
Torn from the Jaws of Death
Dutch death metal titans Severe Torture have returned with a vengeance on their latest album, Torn from the Jaws of Deat...
Rafael Quintero
Jun 6, 2024
9.0
As the Sun Falls
Kaamos
The Finnish metal band As the Sun Falls is back with their latest album Kaamos, released less than a year after their pr...
Rafael Quintero
May 11, 2024
3.0
Pestilence
Levels of Perception
Dutch death metal legends Pestilence, helmed by Patrick Mameli (guitar/vocals) and joined by Rutger van Noordenburg (gui...
Andrzej Sawicki
May 2, 2024
8.5
Kalmah
Kalmah
Despite its low profile on mainstream end-of-year lists, Kalmah's self-titled album is a remarkable addition to their di...
Julien Vasseur
Sep 14, 2023
9.5
Cattle Decapitation
Terrasite
In the realm of extreme music, few bands can match the sheer audacity and uncompromising brutality of Cattle Decapitatio...
Gareth Llewellyn
May 19, 2023