Reviews
Records the editors have actually sat with, scored out of ten. A high mark is an argument, not a favour, and the write-up has to earn it.
82 reviews
7.5
The Eternal
Obscured Horizons
The lamp burns true, and the middle of the record disappears in fog
Ilse Brandt
Sep 21, 2026
8.0
Suffering Quota
Sisyphean Life
Eighteen minutes of shift work, and two melodies clocked off early
Gareth Llewellyn
Sep 20, 2026
8.5
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats
Shapes of Midnight
The murk comes off, the songs stand up, the ending falls short
Ilse Brandt
Sep 20, 2026
7.5
Anthrax
Cursum Perficio
Two songs worth the ten years, and a record that empties out backwards
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 19, 2026
8.0
Hansen
Born with a Hammer
Ten years away, and the range is real even where the sequencing is not.
Julien Vasseur
Sep 19, 2026
8.0
Krallice
Scour Order
The guitars take the load again and the frame holds
Eirik Solvang
Sep 18, 2026
8.0
Tygers of Pan Tang
Electrifyed
The old station runs hot again, right up to its rated load
Declan Rourke
Sep 17, 2026
8.0
Godslave
Godslave
Ten thrash songs built to specification, and best where they break it
Declan Rourke
Sep 16, 2026
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
9.3
Judas Priest
Painkiller
Priest light the afterburners and leave a whole genre chasing the vapour trail
Declan Rourke
Sep 11, 2026
7.0
In This Moment
Witch
Two songs worth the ticket, and a long stretch of stage business
Jonah Pike
Sep 10, 2026
7.0
A Night in Texas
The Darkest Side of Humanity
Clean incisions all the way down, and the same operation ten times
Jonah Pike
Sep 10, 2026
9.0
Sigh
Goh-Ka
Nine stages of decay, wired into one circuit that almost never shorts.
Curtis Vance
Sep 9, 2026
8.0
Devil Master
Bloody Dreams
Twelve minutes of trailers, then a feature worth the whole ticket
Gareth Llewellyn
Sep 8, 2026
8.0
Flotsam and Jetsam
Rats in the Temple
Rebuilt properly, running hot, and hauling a little more than it needs.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 7, 2026
7.5
Behemoth
I, Scvlptor
The new stone is good; there is simply not enough of it
Andrzej Sawicki
Sep 6, 2026
7.0
Kamelot
Dark Asylum
The orchestra wins every argument, and the guitars stopped having them.
Julien Vasseur
Sep 5, 2026
9.3
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
Thrash wound to the last tooth, with only the voice running rough.
Saint Sylveszter
Sep 4, 2026
7.5
Mastodon
Marrow Deep
Four songs of real marrow, and too much bone packed around them
Ilse Brandt
Sep 3, 2026
7.5
Beartooth
Pure Ecstasy
Nearly every reaction holds, and nothing buffers the swing between them
Jonah Pike
Sep 2, 2026