Heavy Metal Album Reviews
Every Heavy Metal record the editors have reviewed, scored out of ten.
15 reviews
8.0
Tygers of Pan Tang
Electrifyed
The old station runs hot again, right up to its rated load
Declan Rourke
Sep 17, 2026
9.3
Judas Priest
Painkiller
Priest light the afterburners and leave a whole genre chasing the vapour trail
Declan Rourke
Sep 11, 2026
9.3
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
Thrash wound to the last tooth, with only the voice running rough.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 4, 2026
8.5
The Night Eternal
Cold Velvet
Velvet cut close over steel, with a single seam pulling loose.
Declan Rourke
Aug 29, 2026
9.0
Pantera
Vulgar Display of Power
Six bare-knuckle shots flatten the room, and the rest is a victory lap
Jonah Pike
Aug 22, 2026
9.4
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
One lame horse in the column, and still the charge that took the field.
Declan Rourke
Aug 20, 2026
9.5
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Poured in days, and the whole genre is still cooling around it
Ilse Brandt
Aug 18, 2026
9.5
Metallica
Master of Puppets
The siege that broke thrash open, fought twice from the same plans
Saint Sylveszter
Aug 17, 2026
8.5
Saxon
Wheels of Steel
The album that bought a career, and still sounds like it knew.
Declan Rourke
Aug 1, 2026
8.8
Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Eleven songs of genuine grandeur, and eleven fragments that are not songs.
Julien Vasseur
May 23, 2026
8.0
Sodom
The Arsonist
Analogue drums, four decades in, and nowhere to play it.
Declan Rourke
May 16, 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
6.0
Witherfall
Sounds of the Forgotten
Witherfall burst onto the metal scene in 2017 with their dramatic debut Nocturnes and Requiems, capturing the attention...
Declan Rourke
Jun 1, 2024
7.5
Saxon
Hell, Fire and Damnation
Saxon remains an unyielding force in heavy metal, persistently delivering quality music for over four decades. Hell, Fir...
Declan Rourke
Mar 19, 2024
8.0
Enforcer
Nostalgia
Enforcer, one of the most influential bands in the Swedish heavy metal scene, has once again demonstrated their musical...
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 14, 2023