Metal Album reviews - Page 18

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The Gallery

Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery 9.4

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The Gallery keeps changing the relationship between its melodies and its aggression. Dark Tranquillity allows a song to move…

Here Be Dragons

Avantasia

Avantasia - Here Be Dragons 8.1

Album review

Metal
Power Metal
Rock
Symphonic Metal
Tobias Sammet has never needed much encouragement to make a song bigger. Here Be Dragons continues Avantasia's combination of…

The Jester Race

In Flames

In Flames - The Jester Race 9.5

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Moonshield opens The Jester Race with an acoustic melody that remains important after the heavier instruments arrive. The contrast…

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Dream Theater

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 9.1

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Scenes from a Memory works best as a continuous musical drama. Dream Theater give recurring ideas different emotional settings…

Lost Forever // Lost Together

Architects

Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together 8.8

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Lost Forever // Lost Together puts a clear voice at the center of complicated rhythmic music. Sam Carter's scream often carries a…

Blood Offerings

Necrot

Necrot - Blood Offerings 8.0

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Blood Offerings keeps its approach clear: heavy riffs, a firm groove and a voice which leaves little room for doubt. Necrot play…

Parasites & Butterflies

Nova Twins

Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies 8.7

Album review

Alternative Metal
Electronic
Metal
Rock
Georgia South gets an extraordinary range of sounds out of a bass guitar. On Parasites & Butterflies, those sounds help Nova Twins…

Among the Living

Anthrax

Anthrax - Among the Living 9.0

Album review

Metal
Punk rock
Thrash Metal
Anthrax bring an unusual combination of enthusiasm and aggression to Among the Living. The riffs have the speed and weight of…

Carnal

Nothing More

Nothing More - Carnal 8.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Nothing More put a lot of faith in a big chorus on Carnal. The guitars are heavy, the arrangements are detailed and Jonny Hawkins…

Gifts from the Holy Ghost

Dorothy

Dorothy - Gifts from the Holy Ghost 7.8

Album review

Blues
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Gifts from the Holy Ghost makes its case through Dorothy Martin's ability to sound certain. The songs deal in recovery, defiance…

Painkiller

Judas Priest

Judas Priest - Painkiller 9.2

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
Scott Travis's opening drum attack leaves little doubt about the intentions of Painkiller. Judas Priest make speed and impact…

Friend of a Phantom

VOLA

VOLA - Friend of a Phantom 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
VOLA have a very useful ability: they can make a heavy, awkwardly shaped riff sit comfortably next to a chorus you could sing…

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