Metal Album reviews - Page 6

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The Death of Me

Polaris

Polaris - The Death of Me 8.7

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Pray For Rain begins The Death of Me with an effective sense of anticipation. Echoing guitar notes leave room for Jamie Hails's…

The End

Mammoth

Mammoth - The End 8.2

Album review

Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Wolfgang Van Halen does a lot on The End. He writes the songs, sings and plays the instruments, including the drums. The…

Singularity

Northlane

Northlane - Singularity 8.4

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
Singularity gives its tightly repeated guitar figures room to breathe. Northlane surrounds the low rhythmic attacks with clean…

Witness

VOLA

VOLA - Witness 8.3

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Straight Lines gives Witness an immediate physical attraction. The riff keeps circling with considerable weight, but VOLA allow…

Ontological Mysterium

Horrendous

Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium 8.8

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The bass frequently steals the spotlight on Ontological Mysterium. While the guitars jump from riff to riff, the bass holds onto a…

Magma

Gojira

Gojira - Magma 8.8

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Grief gives Magma its emotional centre. Gojira retain their precise heavy grooves, but the songs make more room for clean singing…

Four Phantoms

Bell Witch

Bell Witch - Four Phantoms 8.7

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Four Phantoms finds its weight in the space between its elements. Bell Witch let the bass ring out, give drums time for an accent…

Transit of Venus

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace - Transit of Venus 7.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
The electronic weight on Transit of Venus gives Three Days Grace a useful change of texture. Thick synthesizer sounds sit beside…

Imperial

Soen

Soen - Imperial 8.2

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Illusion gives Imperial its clearest emotional focus. The song allows Joel Ekelöf's measured singing and Cody Ford's melodic…

...And Justice for All

Metallica

Metallica - ...And Justice for All 9.0

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Thrash Metal
There is very little comfort in ...And Justice for All. The guitars are hard and dry, the drums sound exposed, and the almost…

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 9.2

Album review

Heavy Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The keyboards on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son change the light around Iron Maiden's music. They give the familiar guitar harmonies…

Elegy

Shadow of Intent

Shadow of Intent - Elegy 8.0

Album review

Deathcore
Metal
Symphonic Metal
Elegy allows Shadow of Intent more time to prepare their heaviest moments. Symphonic sounds receive considerable space and the…

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