Metal Album reviews - Page 5

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Isolate and Medicate

Seether

Seether - Isolate and Medicate 7.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Same Damn Life sounds almost cheerful until Shaun Morgan starts singing. That friction is useful. Isolate and Medicate lets…

Noir

Novelists

Novelists - Noir 8.1

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
“Monochrome” makes the most persuasive case for Noir's softer ambitions. Novelists let the song move at an easy pace, giving clean…

Lifeless Birth

Necrot

Necrot - Lifeless Birth 7.8

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Lifeless Birth quickly shows why Necrot work so well when they keep the focus on the riffs. The guitars are heavy, the drums…

Empath

Devin Townsend

Devin Townsend - Empath 9.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
A gentle choir, a harsh scream and a bright dance rhythm can all belong to the same song on Empath. Devin Townsend treats those…

Into the Wild Life

Halestorm

Halestorm - Into the Wild Life 7.6

Album review

Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
“What Sober Couldn't Say” is an important test of Into the Wild Life. Halestorm can make an immediate impression with a shouted…

Diamond Eyes

Deftones

Deftones - Diamond Eyes 8.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
The title track of Diamond Eyes gives Deftones a clear melodic centre without reducing the weight around it. A low, deliberate…

Leviathan

Mastodon

Mastodon - Leviathan 9.3

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Mastodon make the sea feel unstable on Leviathan. The guitars surge forward, the drums move restlessly underneath, and the vocals…

Symbolic

Death

Death - Symbolic 9.4

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Symbolic makes complicated metal surprisingly easy to follow. Death give their riffs a clear melodic character and keep allowing…

Slipknot

Slipknot

Slipknot - Slipknot 8.8

Album review

Metal
Nu Metal
There is more going on in Slipknot's self-titled album than its blunt aggression first suggests. Samples scrape across guitar…

Goliath

Exodus

Exodus - Goliath 8.2

Album review

Metal
Rock
Thrash Metal
Rob Dukes is back, and Goliath gives him plenty to shout about. Exodus' latest album has the speed, aggressive guitar work and…

Transcendence

Devin Townsend Project

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence 8.5

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The guitar solo in Failure provides one of the clearest moments on Transcendence. After the dense rhythm and layered singing, its…

...For Victory

Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory 8.9

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
...For Victory sounds like a band that know exactly how much movement a heavy riff needs. Bolt Thrower keep the guitars working…

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