Metal Album reviews - Page 21

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Twilight of the Thunder God

Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God 9.0

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Twilight of the Thunder God turns Amon Amarth's heavy guitar melodies into something immediately memorable. The songs have a firm…

The Sea of Tragic Beasts

Fit for an Autopsy

Fit for an Autopsy - The Sea of Tragic Beasts 8.2

Album review

Deathcore
Metal
The Sea of Tragic Beasts shows that a heavy record can also have plenty of space. Fit for an Autopsy keep their low riffs and…

Giants & Monsters

Helloween

Helloween - Giants & Monsters 8.7

Album review

Metal
Power Metal
Rock
Helloween's expanded lineup could easily have become an exercise in keeping everybody happy. Giants & Monsters works because the…

Polaris

TesseracT

TesseracT - Polaris 8.3

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
A strong vocal melody is the main point of connection on Polaris. TesseracT keep their shifting low guitar patterns and detailed…

Mer de Noms

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms 9.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Metal
Rock
3 Libras is the point where Mer de Noms makes its strongest impression. The picked guitar and strings give Maynard James Keenan a…

Cannibal

Bury Tomorrow

Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal 8.2

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Cannibal gives Bury Tomorrow's familiar vocal partnership a particularly personal setting. Dani Winter-Bates's harsh delivery and…

City

Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad - City 9.3

Album review

Industrial Metal
Metal
City begins like a machine being forced into motion. The short Velvet Kevorkian builds pressure, then All Hail the New Flesh opens…

What One Becomes

SUMAC

SUMAC - What One Becomes 8.3

Album review

Metal
Sludge Metal
What One Becomes takes SUMAC towards the boundary between fixed composition and free interplay. Heavy riffs give the music…

Hatred for Mankind

Dragged into Sunlight

Dragged into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind 8.2

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Sludge Metal
Hatred for Mankind sounds as though several forms of extreme metal are pushing against the walls together. Dragged into Sunlight…

Ascension

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost - Ascension 8.8

Album review

Doom Metal
Gothic Metal
Metal
Rock
Paradise Lost have a very reliable relationship with misery. On Ascension, they make it sound surprisingly full of life. The…

Ocean Machine: Biomech

Devin Townsend

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech 9.2

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The size of Ocean Machine: Biomech comes from layers rather than speed. Devin Townsend stacks guitars, keyboards and voices until…

Dysfunction

Staind

Staind - Dysfunction 7.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Nu Metal
Rock
Mudshovel begins with a bass line that does more than introduce a riff. It gives Dysfunction a recognisable movement, leaving the…

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