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.
118 reviews
7.0
Kreator
Renewal
Kreator rode the cage down into the pit; the mix stayed underground.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 26, 2026
7.0
Napalm Death
Words from the Exit Wound
Three rooms worth saving in a house the band was already leaving.
Gareth Llewellyn
Oct 26, 2026
8.0
Borknagar
The Archaic Course
A blade pulled from the quench too soon, keen everywhere except two notches.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 26, 2026
7.5
GWAR
War Party
GWAR's heaviest manifesto, loud at the rally, thin by the last stop.
Declan Rourke
Oct 26, 2026
7.5
Unleashed
The Hunt for White Christ
Thirteenth crossing, same oars, and eight songs still draw blood.
Rafael Quintero
Oct 26, 2026
6.5
Napalm Death
Leaders Not Followers
Six borrowed songs, and half of them come back sharper.
Gareth Llewellyn
Oct 25, 2026
7.5
Sepultura
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
A young drummer smashes the clock; the middle of the record keeps punching it.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 25, 2026
8.0
Alcest
Spiritual Instinct
The dream smashed on the floor, every shard reflecting a familiar face.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 25, 2026
8.0
Gaerea
Coma
Ten songs in black ink, with the white paper finally left showing.
Andrzej Sawicki
Oct 25, 2026
8.5
Iotunn
Kinship
One voice carries the whole cycle; only the coda forgets to begin.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 25, 2026
7.5
Behemoth
XXX Years ov Blasphemy
Thirty years painted in three panels, for cameras and empty fields.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 25, 2026
8.0
Blut aus Nord
MoRT
Black metal on an iron lung, breathing on schedule, never once alive.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 23, 2026
8.0
Hypocrisy
A Taste of Extreme Divinity
A career's bones, exhumed and shelved in order, without a single new one.
Andrzej Sawicki
Oct 23, 2026
8.0
Dark Tranquillity
Where Death Is Most Alive
A wake for a doomed club, played loud enough to rouse its dead.
Rafael Quintero
Oct 23, 2026
8.0
Devin Townsend
Order of Magnitude: Empath Live Volume 1
Ten players, no click track, and a dense arrangement that survives daylight.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 23, 2026
7.0
Leaves’ Eyes
The Last Viking
A lavish score with every stave filled and almost no rests.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 23, 2026
8.5
Armored Saint
Punching the Sky
Five old soldiers, one piper, and not one concession to the calendar.
Declan Rourke
Oct 23, 2026
8.0
Slayer
Decade of Aggression
The classic four's flight recorder, left unedited and still screaming.
Declan Rourke
Oct 22, 2026
8.5
Borknagar
Empiricism
The black cathedral rebuilt as an observatory, and the telescope works.
Eirik Solvang
Oct 22, 2026
8.5
Sodom
M-16
A whole war fed through one ammunition belt, and only the mix jams.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 22, 2026
8.0
Cradle of Filth
Existence Is Futile
The old score, played louder, in an opera house on fire.
Andrzej Sawicki
Oct 22, 2026
8.0
Dream Theater
A View from the Top of the World
Magnificent at altitude, and wedged exactly where the last climb stopped.
Julien Vasseur
Oct 22, 2026
8.0
Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate Machine
Synth-pop wired to a car battery, dated in sound and timeless in nerve.
Curtis Vance
Oct 19, 2026
7.0
GWAR
The Blood of Gods
The monsters went rock and roll, and the jokes got old faster.
Saint Sylveszter
Oct 19, 2026