Metal Album reviews - Page 4

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Sound Awake

Karnivool

Karnivool - Sound Awake 9.4

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Sound Awake makes its bass and drums impossible to treat as background. They give Karnivool's songs movement, colour and tension…

Krushers of the World

Kreator

Kreator - Krushers of the World 7.9

Album review

Metal
Rock
Thrash Metal
Kreator have become very good at making thrash metal for large crowds. Krushers of the World has the fast riffs and harsh vocals…

Sundowning

Sleep Token

Sleep Token - Sundowning 8.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Sundowning makes its heavy passages wait. Piano, processed beats and Vessel's expressive singing occupy much of the album…

Heaven :x: Hell

Sum 41

Sum 41 - Heaven :x: Hell 8.1

Album review

Metal
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Sum 41 divide Heaven :x: Hell into two clear halves. The first goes back to fast, melodic pop-punk. The second gives their heavier…

Alien

Northlane

Northlane - Alien 9.0

Album review

Electronic
Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Alien makes electronic sound part of Northlane's weight. Distorted pulses, synthetic rhythms and low guitar notes often occupy the…

Clayman

In Flames

In Flames - Clayman 9.1

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Clayman is full of guitar parts that function like vocal hooks. In Flames gives almost every song an identifiable melodic figure…

Dear Agony

Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony 8.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Dear Agony finds Breaking Benjamin making small improvements inside a sound they already understand. The guitars remain heavy, the…

In the Nightside Eclipse

Emperor

Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse 9.1

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
In the Nightside Eclipse makes grand music without smoothing away black metal's sharp edges. The guitars race, the drums keep…

Sacrament

Lamb of God

Lamb of God - Sacrament 8.1

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
The most convincing moments on Sacrament give Lamb of God's tight rhythmic attack a more spacious setting. The riffs remain dense…

Oh What the Future Holds

Fit for an Autopsy

Fit for an Autopsy - Oh What the Future Holds 8.7

Album review

Deathcore
Metal
Oh What the Future Holds makes its heaviest moments stronger by building towards them carefully. Fit for an Autopsy combine low…

Sempiternal

Bring Me the Horizon

Bring Me the Horizon - Sempiternal 9.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Metalcore
Rock
The electronic opening of Can You Feel My Heart establishes the central idea of Sempiternal. Bring Me the Horizon lets a repeated…

Clearing the Path to Ascend

YOB

YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend 8.7

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Clearing the Path to Ascend asks for patience before showing its greatest strength. YOB divide the record into four long songs and…

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