Metal Album reviews - Page 23

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Fauna

Haken

Haken - Fauna 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Fauna uses animals as a way to approach human concerns, but its most persuasive arguments are musical. Haken give the songs…

Screaming for Vengeance

Judas Priest

Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance 9.1

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
Judas Priest find an excellent balance between menace and invitation on Screaming for Vengeance. The riffs are sharp, the choruses…

The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 9.0

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
Bruce Dickinson's voice gives The Number of the Beast a sense of scale that the guitars are happy to match. He can sound…

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 9.3

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rap Rock / Metal
Rock
Rage Against the Machine make an unusually convincing argument for four people being enough. The guitar produces sounds that don't…

Dying of Everything

Obituary

Obituary - Dying of Everything 8.2

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Dying of Everything shows how convincing a familiar approach can remain. Obituary relies on heavy riffs, firm rhythms and John…

Alien

Strapping Young Lad

Strapping Young Lad - Alien 8.9

Album review

Industrial Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The move from Shitstorm into Love? explains much of Alien's appeal. One song pushes Strapping Young Lad towards almost continuous…

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains 8.2

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Alice in Chains make heaviness feel strangely patient on their self-titled third album. The guitars still have plenty of force…

What the Dead Men Say

Trivium

Trivium - What the Dead Men Say 8.8

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Thrash Metal
Alex Bent's drumming gives What the Dead Men Say much of its character. Fast passages remain precise, but the changing accents and…

The Nothing That Is

Fit for an Autopsy

Fit for an Autopsy - The Nothing That Is 8.5

Album review

Deathcore
Metal
The Nothing That Is sharpens Fit for an Autopsy's sound without reinventing it. Heavy riffs remain the starting point…

Around the Fur

Deftones

Deftones - Around the Fur 9.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Nu Metal
Rock
Abe Cunningham's drums make the heaviness of Around the Fur feel unusually flexible. The snare has a sharp, immediate sound, while…

The Sky, the Earth & All Between

Architects

Architects - The Sky, the Earth & All Between 8.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Metalcore
Rock
Architects sound determined to get a reaction on The Sky, the Earth & All Between. The heavier songs push hard, the choruses reach…

Coal

Leprous

Leprous - Coal 8.8

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Coal makes repetition feel unstable. A vocal phrase may return several times while the rhythm beneath it shifts, changing the…

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