Metal Album reviews - Page 27

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Human

Death

Death - Human 9.1

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Human finds its strength in the combination of complicated playing and a notably compact form. Death fit many ideas into short…

BODIES

Thornhill

Thornhill - BODIES 8.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
BODIES makes its point through movement. Thornhill’s third album joins heavy, tightly controlled riffs to softer singing and…

Fym

Azure

Azure - Fym 8.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Azure do not lack ideas. Fym brings together progressive rock, power metal and a fantasy story, then gives the whole thing almost…

Diotima

Krallice

Krallice - Diotima 8.5

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
For Krallice, playing together means much more than delivering the same riff at once. Diotima continually changes the…

Longing

Bell Witch

Bell Witch - Longing 8.3

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Longing creates a particularly spacious sound from very few instruments. Bell Witch need bass guitar, drums and voices to give…

Melinoë

Akhlys

Akhlys - Melinoë 8.8

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
Melinoë gives its dark atmosphere a very physical form. Akhlys place fast drums, sharp guitars and distorted voices over one…

Déjà Vu (Première Partie)

Novelists

Novelists - Déjà Vu (Première Partie) 6.7

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Novelists move towards a more electronic, chorus-led sound on Déjà Vu (Première Partie). The French band still use technical…

Luminiferous Aether

Mare Cognitum

Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether 8.3

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
Luminiferous Aether creates atmospheric black metal through its guitars rather than adding atmosphere afterwards. The sound is…

Age of Excuse

Mgła

Mgła - Age of Excuse 8.7

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
Age of Excuse remains recognisably Mgła: melodic guitars move above precise drums and a harsh voice which never eases the tension…

The Valley

Whitechapel

Whitechapel - The Valley 8.4

Album review

Alternative Metal
Deathcore
Metal
The Valley gives Whitechapel's heavy sound a clearer melodic side. Low vocals and hard guitars remain present, but are joined by…

The Ethereal Mirror

Cathedral

Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror 8.8

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
The Ethereal Mirror gives Cathedral much more movement. The enormously heavy guitars remain, but the band now put the riffs to…

This Consequence

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage - This Consequence 7.5

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
This Consequence is most convincing when Killswitch Engage push their familiar sound harder. Their ninth album still places heavy…

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