Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Music: Metal

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) {37}: AMG:*, BPM:47*, BV:+, Cl:54*, CS:+, Db:9, DiS:*, DIY:*, DS:17, Ex:8, K:*, LBF:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Ne:25*, NME:*, P:+, PM:*, Ri:9, RS:*+, Sg:+, Sk:*, Sl:+, Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:83/19, TH:*
  2. Deftones: Private Music (Reprise) {22}: Al:16, BPM:*, Cl:33*, D:47*, DIY:*, DS:25, Ex:31, GTV:42, HP:22, K:*, LBF:*, LW:*, MH:*, NME:*, RS:76, XSN:*; bb6:+, vu:2 -- A:87/11, TH:B-
  3. Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound (The Flenser) {15}: AMG:*, BPM:6, Db:32, Ex:21*, G:*, K:*, MH:*, Ne:29, P:41*, Spk:*, UR:* -- A:87/8
  4. Militarie Gun: God Save the Gun (Loma Vista) {15}: BPM:*, Cl:*, D:60, DIY:*, DW:**, K:*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, RT:70, StL:*, UR:* -- A:82/12
  5. Imperial Triumphant: Goldstar (Century Media) {13}: AMG:*, Db:13, DiS:*, DW:**, K:*, MH:*, Ne:5* -- A:83/6
  6. Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea (Rise/Pale Chord) {13}: AD:*, Blb:*, CS:+, D:45*, DiS:*, Ex:35, G:*, K:*, MH:*, NME:*+, Sp:* -- A:89/11
  7. The Callous Daoboys: I Don't Want to See You in Heaven (MNRK) {11}: D:*, DiS:*, DS:3, G:*, K:*, MH:*, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:85/8
  8. Deadguy: Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) {10}: Db:1, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, PM:*, UR:* -- A:84/6
  9. Ghost: Skeletá (Loma Vista) {10}: Blb:*, ClR:*, D:63*, K:*, MH:*, NME:*, P:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:71/13
  10. La Dispute: No One Was Driving the Car (Epitaph) {9}: BPM:*, D:69*, DIY:*, K:*, LBF:*, NT:*, RC:*, StL:* -- A:82/11
  11. Messa: The Spin (Metal Blade) {9}: AMG:*, Db:2, DiS:*, Sg:+, Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:80/4
  12. Paradise Lost: Ascension (Nuclear Blast) {9}: Blb:*, ClR:*, Db:3, DiS:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:79/7
  13. Sleep Token: Even in Arcadia (RCA) {9}: -- AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, Em:*, K:*, MH:*, NME:*+; am:*
  14. Cryptopsy: An Insatiable Violence (Season of Mist) {8}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:7, DiS:*, MH:*, UR:* -- A:80/6
  15. Die Spitz: Something to Consume (Third Man) {8}: Cl:*, DIY:*, GTV:*, K:*, L:*, MH:*, NT:*, Sp:* -- A:82/10
  16. Architects: The Sky, the Earth & All Between (Epipath) {7}: AD:*, Blb:*, Cl:*, DiS:*, G:+, K:*, MH:* -- A:73/9
  17. Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo: In the Earth Again (Computer Students) {7}: BPM:42*, Ex:*, Ne:45*, SC:*, U:* -- A:79/7
  18. Rwake: The Retun of Magik (Relapse) {7}: Blb:*, Db:5, DiS:*, Tr:+ -- A:85/2
  19. Blackbraid: Blackbraid III (self-released) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:20, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/5
  20. Conjurer: Unself (Nuclear Blast) {6}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Spk:*; dc:15 -- A:84/5
  21. Dream Theater: Parasomnia (InsideOut/Ytse Jams) {6}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Prg:*, Spk:* -- A:76/8
  22. Wardruna: Birna (Music for Nations/Sony) {6}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Mj:*, Prg:*, S:+ -- A:80/7
  23. Ancient Death: Ego Dissolution (Profound Lore) {5}: BV:+, Db:4 --
  24. Alice Cooper: The Revenge of Alice Cooper (EarMusic) {5}: AD:*, Blb:*, ClR:*, RC:*; am:* -- A:76/11
  25. Halestorm: Everest (Atlantic) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:82/5
  26. Havukruunu: Tavastland (Svart) {5}: AMG:*, Db:30, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:82/5
  27. Igorrr: Amen (Metal Blade) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, SC:* -- A:83/5
  28. Jinjer: Duél (Napalm) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:76/8
  29. Killswitch Engage: This Consequence (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*MSuk:*, Sp:* -- A:75/8
  30. Sanguisugabogg: Hideous Aftermath (Century Media) {5}: Blb:*, Db:35, MH:*, TO:16 -- A:69/5
  31. Lorna Shore: I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*; am:* -- A:86/5
  32. Stick to Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers (SharpTone) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:83/5
  33. Whitechapel: Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:79/6
  34. Born of Osiris: Through Shadows (Sumerian) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:80/4
  35. Castle Rat: The Bestiary (King Volume) {4}: ClR:*, Db:19, MH:* -- A:77/4
  36. Cradle of Filth: The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:76/6
  37. Der Weg Einer Freiheit: Innern (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:85/5
  38. Epica: Aspiral (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/6
  39. Evoken: Mendacium (Profound Lore) {4}: Db:6, Spk:* -- A:71/2
  40. Fallujah: Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:83/5
  41. The Great Old Ones: Kadath (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, BV:+, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:78/4
  42. Helloween: Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: BlB:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:81/5
  43. Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire (Century Media) {4}: -- Blb:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*
  44. Lamp of Murmuur: The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Wolves of Hades) {4}: Blb:*, Db:10 -- A:72/3
  45. Landmvrks: The Darkest Place I've Ever Been (Arising Empire) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:81/5
  46. Love Is Noise: To Live in a Different Way (Century Media) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
  47. Mantar: Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:* -- A:76/5
  48. Pelican: Flickering Resonance (Run for Cover) {4}: K:*, MH:*, PM:+, Spk:* -- A:83/3
  49. Teitanblood: From the Visceral Abyss (Norma Evangelium Draboli) {4}: AMG:*, Db:14, Spk:* -- A:81/2
  50. Testament: Para Bellum (Napalm/Nuclear Blast) {4}: Blb:*, Db:28, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:76/5
  51. Wren: Black Rain Falls (Church Road) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Tr:+ -- A:80/3
  52. Avatarium: Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead (AFM/Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:78/6
  53. Behemoth: The Shit ov God (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:71/6
  54. Beyond Extinction: Where They Gather () {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  55. Bloodywood: Nu Delhi (Fearless) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:75/6
  56. Coroner: Dissonance Theory (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, Db:23, MH:* -- A:83/3
  57. Cryptosis: Celestial Death (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, SpL:* -- A:75/4
  58. Decrepisy: Deific Mourning (Carbonized) {3}: Db:16, DiS:* -- A:80/1
  59. Divide and Dissolve: Insatiable (Bella Union) {3}: CS:+, DiS:*; am:* -- A:70/3
  60. Great American Ghost: Tragedy of the Commons (SharpTone) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
  61. Haggus: Destination Extinction (Tankcrimes) {3}: Blb:*, Db:18 -- A:80/1
  62. The Halo Effect: March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:77/6
  63. Harakiri for the Sky: Scorched Earth (AOP) {3}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:78/5
  64. Marko Hietala: Roses From the Deep (Nuclear Blast) {3}: AMG:*, K:*, Prg:* -- A:75/5
  65. Hooded Menace: Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration (Season of Mist) {3}: Blb:*, Db:27, Spk:* -- A:744
  66. Jonathan Hultén: Eyes of the Living Night (Kscope) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, Prg:* -- A:77/3
  67. Ihlo: Legacy (Kscope) {3}: Blb:8, DiS:*, Prg:* -- A:79/4
  68. I See Stars: The Wheel (Sumerian) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/3
  69. Jaye Jayle: After Alter (Pelagic) {3}: ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
  70. Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway: Addicted to the Violence (Scarred for Life) {3}: K:*, MH:*, Sp:* -- A:80/3
  71. The Night Flight Orchestra: Give Us the Moon (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:* -- A:77/5
  72. Nite: Cult of the Serpent Sun (Season of Mist) {3}: Blb:*, Db:26, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  73. Orbit Culture: Death Above Life (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:75/4
  74. Pentagram: Lightning in a Bottle (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: ClR:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:74/5
  75. Psychonaut: World Maker (Pelagic) {3}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  76. Pupil Slicer: Fleshwork (Prosthetic) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:82/3
  77. Retromorphosis: Psalmus Mortis (Season of Mist) {3}: AMG:*, Blb:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  78. Rivers of Nihil: Rivers of Nihil (Metal Blade) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:74/5
  79. Sigh: I Saw the World's End - Hangman's Hymn MMXXV (Peaceville) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, RC:* -- A:87/3
  80. Soulfly: Chama (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:76/5
  81. SpiritWorld: Helldorado (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
  82. Split Chain: Motionblur (Epitaph) {3}: DiS:*, K:*, RT:71 -- A:80/2
  83. Terror Corpse: Ash Eclipses Flesh (Dark Descent) {3}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:24 -- A:83/2
  84. Thornhill: Bodies (UNFD) {3}: DiS:*, KH:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  85. Tower: Let There Be Dark (Cruz Del Sur) {3}: Db:8 -- A:70/2
  86. Unreqvited: A Pathway to the Moon (Propecy Productions) {3}: MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:79/4
  87. The Vintage Caravan: Portals (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  88. Vukovi: My God Has Got a Gun (SharpTone) {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  89. The Wildhearts: Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts () {3}: ClR:*, K:*, RC:* -- A:83/3
  90. Wyatt E.: Zamā Ultu Qeber Ziqquratu, Pt. 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: AMG:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:80/5
  91. Abhorrent Expanse: Enter the Misanthropocene (Amalgam Music) {2}: W:16 -- A:20/1
  92. Allegaeon: The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  93. Amorphis: Borderland (Reigning Phoenix) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:78/3
  94. . . . And Oceans: The Regeneration Itinerary (Season of Mist) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:82/3
  95. Between the Buried and Me: The Blue Nowhere (Sumerian/InsideOut) {2}: Blb:*, Prg:* -- A:73/4
  96. Biohazard: Divided We Fall (BLKIIBLK) {2}: ClR:*, Db:36 -- A:71/4
  97. Blackbriar: A Thousand Little Deaths (Nuclear Blast) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:77/3
  98. Blessthefall: Gallows (Rise) {2}: Blb:*, D:* -- A:73/3
  99. Blut Aus Nord: Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti) {2}: Blb:*, Db:25 -- A:80/1
  100. Bury Tomorrow: Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience (Music for Nations) {2}: K:*, MH:* -- A:77/3
  101. Cytotoxin: Biographyte (Blood Blast) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:72/4
  102. Dead Heat: Process of Elimination (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, Db:37 -- A:80/1
  103. Death Goals: Survival Is an Act of Defiance (-EP) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  104. Eternal Darkness: Eternal Darkness () {2}: Db:15 --
  105. Faithxtractor: Loathing & the Noose (Reaper Metal Productions) {2}: AMG:*, MI:* -- A:80/2
  106. Forlorn: Aether (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/2
  107. Grave Digger: Bone Collector () {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:71/4
  108. Green Carnation: A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia (Season of Mist) {2}: MH:*, Pr:* -- A:77/3
  109. Grief Ritual: Collapse (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:85/2
  110. Grima: Nightside (Napalm) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:80/2
  111. Hangman's Choir: Saddiction (Nuclear Blast) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  112. Hierarchies: Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity) {2}: Blb:*, Spk:* -- A:74/3
  113. Hirax: Faster Than Death (Armageddon) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:67/3
  114. Maud the Moth: The Distaff (The Lavarium) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:90/2
  115. Mean Mistreater: Do or Die (self-released) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*
  116. Melvins: Thunderball (Ipecac) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:70/7
  117. Memphis May Fire: Shapeshifter (Rise) {2}: Blb:*Sp:* -- A:74/4
  118. Mutagenic Host: The Diseased Machine (Dry Cough/Gurgling Gore) {2}: AMG:*, MH:* -- A:80/2
  119. Neptunian Maximalism: Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu (LSDSI) (I, Voidhanger) {2}: LW:*; dc:11 -- A:100/1
  120. Novembers Doom: Major Arcana (Prophecy Productions) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:73/3
  121. One of Nine: Dawn of the Iron Shadow (Profound Lore) {2}: Db:12 -- A:70/1
  122. Paleface Swiss: Cursed (Blood Blast Distribution) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:72/5
  123. Patriarkh: Prophet Ilja (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:85/2
  124. Revocation: New Gods, New Masters (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:78/3
  125. Signs of the Swarm: To Rid Myself of Truth (Century Media) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:65/5
  126. Silverstein: Antibloom (UNFD) {2}: Ex:*, Sp:* -- A:74/5
  127. Slaughter to Prevail: Grizzly (Sumerian) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:80/2
  128. Sleep Theory: Afterglow (Epitaph) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:85/2
  129. Sodom: The Arsonist (Steamhammer) {2}: Blb:*, Db:40 -- A:70/3
  130. Stormo: Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:73/3
  131. Tetrarch: The Ugly Side of Me (Napalm) {2}: Sp:*; am:* -- A:78/4
  132. Thundermother: Dirty & Divine (AFM) {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:73/4
  133. Tremonti: The End Will Show Us How (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/6
  134. Tribunal: In Penitence and Ruin (20 Buck Spin) {2}: Db:11 -- A:70/1
  135. Vacuous: In His Blood (Relapse) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  136. Volahn: Popol Vuh () {2}: Db:17 --
  137. Warbringer: Wrath and Ruin (Napalm) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:74/5
  138. We Came as Romans: All Is Beautiful . . . Because We're Doomed (Sharp Tone) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:80/2
  139. Wode: Uncrossing the Keys (20 Buck Spin) {2}: Db:31, DiS:* -- A:65/2
  140. 16: Guides for the Misguided () {1}: -- Db:22
  141. Abduction: Existentialismus (Spinefarm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  142. An Abstract Illusion: The Sleeping City (Willowtip) {1}: A:80/1
  143. The Acacia Strain: You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) {1}: Blb:* -- A:85/1
  144. Acid Magus: Scatterling Empire () {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  145. Aephanemer: Utopie (Napalm) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  146. Alien Weaponry: Te Rā (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/3
  147. Apocalypse Orchestra: A Plague Upon Thee () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  148. Aran Angmar: ORdo Diabolilcum () {1}: AMG:* -- :A:80/1
  149. Arch Enemy: Blood Dynasty (Century Media) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/4
  150. Avantasia: Here Be Dragons (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/5
  151. Balefire: Balefire (Iron Bonehead -EP) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  152. Barrens: Corpse Lights (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  153. Benediction: Ravage of Empires (Nuclear Blast) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  154. Bergthron: Neu Asen Land () {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  155. Black Spiders: Cvrses () {1}: RC:* -- A:80/1
  156. Blacktoothed: Headway (Arising Empire) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  157. Bleeding Through: Nine (SharpTone) {1}: K:* -- A:75/3
  158. Bong-Ra: Black Noise (Debemur Morti) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  159. Bonnie Trash: Mourning You (Hand Drawn Dracula) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  160. Burna Boy: No Sign of Weakness}Spaceshjip/Bad Habit/Atlantic (07-10) {1}: A:66/8
  161. Burning Witches: Inquisition (Napalm) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  162. Calyces: Fleshy Waves of Probability (Dry Clean) {1}: DiS:* -- A:70/2
  163. Caskets: The Only Heaven You'll Know (SharpTone) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  164. Caustic Wound: Grinding Mechanism of Torment (Profound Lore) {1}: BV:+ --
  165. Cave Sermon: Fragile Wings (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  166. Chepang: Jhyappa (Relapse) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  167. Christian Mistress: Children of the Earth (Cruz Del Sur Music) {1}: DW:* --
  168. Combust: Belly of the Beast (Triple-B) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  169. Cruce Signatus: II () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  170. Dark Watcher: The Law of Bone and Sinew (self-released) {1}: Spk:* -- A:82/1
  171. Dawn of Ouroboros: Bioluminescence (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:74/5
  172. Dayseeker: Creature in the Black Night (Spinefarm) {1}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:83/2
  173. A Day to Remember: Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled by Ramen) {1}: K:* -- A:64/4
  174. Deathless Legacy: Damnatio Aeterna (Scarlet) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  175. Destruction: Birth of Malice (Napalm) {1}: MH:* -- A:71/4
  176. Disrupted: Stinking Death () {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  177. Domain: Philosophy of the Blade (Daze -EP) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  178. Dormant Ordeal: Tooth and Nail (Willowtip) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  179. Dorothy: The Way (Roc Nation) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/2
  180. Drudkh: Shadow Play (Season of Mist) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
  181. Dunes: Land of the Blind () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  182. Dying Wish: Flesh Stays Together (SharpTone) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  183. Dynazty: Game of Faces (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  184. Falling Leaves: The Silence That Binds Us (Meuse Music) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  185. Flummox: Southern Progress (Needlejuice) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  186. Frayle: Heretics & Lullabies (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  187. Ghost Bath: Rose Thorn Necklace (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  188. God Alone: The Beep Test (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  189. God Complex: He Watches in Silence (SharpTone -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  190. Gràb: Kremess (Prophecy Productions) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  191. Guiltless: Teeth to Sky (Neurot) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  192. Hail the Sun: Cut. Turn. Fade. Back. (Rude) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  193. Hands Like Houses: Atmospherics (Civilians) {1}: K:* -- A:70/2
  194. Häxkapell: Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  195. Hellacopters: Overdriver (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/4
  196. Heretoir: Solastalgia (ADP) {1}: MH:* -- A:73/3
  197. Hexrot: Formless Ruin of Oblivion (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  198. Hypermass: Apparition Day (Seek & Strike -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  199. Idle Heirs: Life Is Violence (Relapse) {1}: Ne:* -- A:80/1
  200. Industrial Puke: Alive to No Avail (Suicide) {1}: DW:* --
  201. In Mourning: The Immortal (Supreme Chaos) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  202. I Prevail: Violent Nature (Fearless) {1}: K:* -- A:75/2
  203. Jivebomb: Ethereal (Flatspot) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  204. Larcenia Roe: Extraction (Unique Leader) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  205. Lastelle: Exist Vol. 2 (-EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  206. Lik: Necro () {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  207. Machine Girl: PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X (Future Classic) {1}: DW:* --
  208. Mammoth: The End (BMG) {1}: ClR:* -- A:70/4
  209. Månegarm: Edsvuren (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/3
  210. Mechina: Bellum Interruptum (self-released) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
  211. Menace Ruine: The Color of the Grace Is Green (Union Finale) {1}: LW:* -- A:80/1
  212. Midnight: Steel, Rust and Disgust (Metal Blade) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  213. Mizmor & Hell: Alluvion (Gilead Media) {1}: Tr:+ -- A:65/2
  214. Morbikon: Lost Within the Astral Crypts (Tankcrimes) {1}: Db:33 -- A:60/1
  215. Mors Principium Est: Darkness Invisible (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  216. Motherless: Do You Feel Safe? (Prosthetic) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  217. Museum of Light: Diviner (Spartan) {1}: ClR:* -- A:80/1
  218. Necrotic Gore Beast: Brute (Comatose -EP) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  219. Nevertel: Start Again (Epitaph) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  220. Nexion: Sundrung (Avantgarde Music) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  221. Ninkharsag: The Black Swords of Winter (Vendetta -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  222. Novarupta: Astral Sands () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  223. Nuclear Dudes: Truth Paste (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  224. NyreDolk: Barndommens Hjem () {1}: Db:38 --
  225. Obscura: A Sonication (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  226. Obscure Sphinx: Emovere (self-released -EP) {1}: Spk:* -- A:80/1
  227. Onslaught: Origins of Aggression (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  228. Ossuary: Abhorrent Worship (Me Saco Un Ojo) {1}: -- Db:39
  229. Pain of Truth & Sunami: Coast to Coast Split (Daze/Triple B -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  230. Pendulum: Inertia (Mushroom/Virgin Music) {1}: MO:* -- A:80/1
  231. Phrenelith: Ashen Womb (Dark Descent/Me Saco Un Ojo) {1}: Spk:* -- A:75/2
  232. Pinkshift: Earthkeeper (Hopeless) {1}: K:* -- A:75/2
  233. Pissgrave: Malignant Worthlessness (Profound Lore) {1}: BV:+ --
  234. Pop Evil: What Remains (MNRK Heavy) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  235. Pothamus: Abur (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  236. Primal Fear: Domination (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/2
  237. Pulse: Body Is Reality () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  238. Purified in Blood: Primal Pulse Thunder () {1}: Blb:* -- A:78/2
  239. Pyres: Yun () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  240. Buried Realm: The Dormant Darkness () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  241. Dax Riggs: 7 Songs for Spiders (Fat Possum) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  242. Ritual Ascension: Profanation of the Adamic Covenant (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  243. Røry: Restøration () {1}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  244. Sabaton: Legends (Better Noise Music) {1}: -- A:74/5
  245. Sanhedrin: Heat Lightning (Metal Blade) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  246. Saor: Amidst the Ruins (Season of Mist) {1}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  247. Sarcator: Swarming Angels & Flies (Century Media) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  248. Say Anything: Is Sleazy (Rory -EP) {1}: DW:* --
  249. Scare: In the End, Was It Worth It? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  250. Scour: Gold (Nuclear Blast) {1}: MI:* -- A:90/1
  251. Set It Off: Set It Off (self-released) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  252. Shadow of Delirium: Imperium Delirium (self-released) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  253. Shepherds of Cassini: In Thrall to Heresy (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  254. Shrieking Demons: The Festering Dwellers (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  255. Silverstein: Pink Moon (UNFD) {1}: Sp:* -- A:90/1
  256. Sometime in February: Where Mountains Hide () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  257. Species: Changelings () {1}: Db:21 --
  258. Starset: Silos (Fearless) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  259. Still in Love: Recovery Language (Church Road) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  260. Stinky: Solace () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  261. Tayne: Love (Inside Job/MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  262. Ten56.: IO (Out of Line) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  263. Thecityisours: Will You Still Love Me? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:60/3
  264. Three Days Grace: Alienation (RCA) {1}: Sp:* -- A:73/3
  265. Thrice: Horizons/West (Epitaph) {1}: MH:*, Spk:* -- A:73/3
  266. Thron: Vurias (Listenable) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  267. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: I'm Done With Self Care, It's Time for Others' Harm (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:70.2
  268. Tiberius: Singing for Company (self-released) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  269. Tiktaalika: Gods of Pangaea (InsideOut) {1}: DiS:* -- A:65/2
  270. Tómarúm: Beyond Obsidian Euphoria (Prosthetic) {1}: AMG:* -- A:84/2
  271. Torso: Annihilation Day () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  272. Underoath: The Place After This One (MNRK Heavy) {1}: am:* -- A:70/3
  273. Vicious Rumors: The Devil's Asylum (Steamhammer) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  274. Vildhjarta: + Där Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar + (Century Media) {1}: -- A:80/2
  275. Vintersong: Vattenkrafternas Spel (Hammerheart) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/3
  276. Voidfallen: The Rituals of Resilience () {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  277. Witchcraft: Idag (Heavy Psych Sounds) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  278. Wrath of Logarius: Crown of Mortis (Season of Mist) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  279. Wrekmeister Harmonies: Flowers in the Spring (Thrill Jockey) {1}: am:* -- A:71/3
  280. Zatokrev: Bring Mirrors to the Surface (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2