Metal Album reviews - Page 3

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Louder Than Love

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - Louder Than Love 7.7

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Subtlety is not the first thing Louder Than Love offers. Chris Cornell sings as if he is trying to get above the entire building…

A Blaze in the Northern Sky

Darkthrone

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky 9.0

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
A Blaze in the Northern Sky has little interest in polished presentation. Its guitars are rough, the drums sound dry and the voice…

Bilateral

Leprous

Leprous - Bilateral 9.2

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Forced Entry keeps finding another way to move. A guitar figure changes its rhythmic setting, a vocal melody opens a different…

Horizons

Parkway Drive

Parkway Drive - Horizons 8.8

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Horizons gives its melodies to the guitars. Winston McCall keeps his voice harsh throughout, so the contrast between beauty and…

Facelift

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Facelift 8.4

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Facelift sounds more confident than most debut albums have any right to. Alice in Chains arrive with heavy riffs, a remarkably…

Blizzard of Ozz

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz 9.0

Album review

Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
Randy Rhoads gives Blizzard of Ozz both its immediate excitement and much of its depth. His guitar can deliver a simple, memorable…

Ecdysis

Horrendous

Horrendous - Ecdysis 8.2

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Ecdysis becomes most interesting when Horrendous step away from the straightest route. Beneath the rough death metal sound are…

Skeletá

Ghost

Ghost - Skeletá 8.3

Album review

Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
Ghost still dress like the most dangerous band at the party and write choruses that your neighbours could sing. Skeletá leans…

The Perfect Element, Part I

Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I 9.1

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Daniel Gildenlöw gives The Perfect Element, Part I a voice capable of making an arrangement change direction almost instantly. He…

Far Beyond Driven

Pantera

Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 8.0

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
Pantera push their harshest instincts further on Far Beyond Driven. The guitar tone is abrasive, the drums strike with very little…

Crack the Skye

Mastodon

Mastodon - Crack the Skye 9.4

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The voices provide the clearest route into Crack the Skye. Mastodon build their arrangements around melodic exchanges between…

City of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil 8.9

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
City of Evil enjoys the possibilities of a large heavy metal arrangement. Avenged Sevenfold fills its songs with harmonized…

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