Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Music: Metal

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Ranking

  1. Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner) {66}: AMG:*, BPM:47*, BV:1, Ch:20, Cl:54*, CS:5, Db:9, DiS:*, DIY:*, DS:17, Ex:8, Fld:4, Gl:++, K:10*, LBF:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Ne:25*, NME:*, NT:18, P:+, PM:*, Ri:9, RS:*+, Sg:26, Sk:*, Sl:44, Spk:*, Tr:2, UR:75; am:*, am_k:+, ap:+, sg_m:2 -- A:83/19, TH:*
  2. Deftones: Private Music (Reprise) {63}: Al:16, BB:34, BPM:*, BV:5, Ch:1, Cl:33*, ClR:*, CS:20*, D:47*, DIY:*, DiS:*, DJ:11, DS:25, Ex:31, Fld:13, G:14, GTV:42, HP:22, K:2*, LBF:35*, LW:*, MH:*, NME:21*, NT:29, RS:76, Sg:31, Sk:20, Spk:*, Tr:8, UR:91*, XSN:*; am:+*, am_k:+, ap:+, bb6:+, vu:2 -- A:87/10, TH:B-
  3. Agriculture: The Spiritual Sound (The Flenser) {29}: AMG:*, BPM:6, BV:10, Db:32, Ex:21*, Fld:29, G:*, K:*, MH:*, Ne:29, P:41*, Qt:7, Sg:20, Spk:*, Tr:6, UR:53*; ap:+ -- A:87/8
  4. Militarie Gun: God Save the Gun (Loma Vista) {20}: BPM:*, Cl:*, D:60, DIY:*, DW:**, Fld:15, K:37*, LBF:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, P:*, RT:70, Sg:28, StL:*, UR:*; ap:+ -- A:82/12
  5. Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea (Rise/Pale Chord) {20}: AD:*, Blb:*, Ch:10, CS:38, D:45*, DiS:*, Ex:35, G:*, K:7*, MH:*, NME:31*, Sp:*; ap:+ -- A:89/11
  6. Ghost: Skeletá (Loma Vista) {16}: Blb:*, ClR:*, D:63*, K:3*, MH:*, NME:*, P:*, Spk:*; am:+*, am_k:+ -- A:71/13
  7. Sleep Token: Even in Arcadia (RCA) {15}: -- AD:*, Cl:*, D:*, Em:*, K:8*, MH:*, NME:*+, RSUK:++; am:*, am_k:+
  8. The Callous Daoboys: I Don't Want to See You in Heaven (MNRK) {14}: Alt:16, D:*, DiS:*, DS:3, G:*, K:40*, MH:*, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:85/8
  9. Messa: The Spin (Metal Blade) {14}: AMG:*, Db:2, DiS:*, Qt:91, Sg:49, Sp:*, Spk:*, Tr:22; sg_m:3 -- A:80/5
  10. Imperial Triumphant: Goldstar (Century Media) {13}: AMG:*, Db:13, DiS:*, DW:**, K:*, MH:*, Ne:5* -- A:83/6
  11. La Dispute: No One Was Driving the Car (Epitaph) {13}: BPM:*, D:69*, DIY:*, Fld:41, K:*, LBF:*, NR:26, NT:25*, RC:*, StL:*; ap:+ -- A:82/11
  12. Die Spitz: Something to Consume (Third Man) {12}: Cl:*, CS:44, DIY:*, Fld:44, GTV:*, K:*, L:*, LBF32, MH:*, NT:*, Sp:*; ap:+ -- A:82/10
  13. Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo: In the Earth Again (Computer Students) {11}: BPM:42*, Ex:*, Ne:45*, SC:*, Sg:34, Tr:11, U:*, UR:89 -- A:79/7
  14. Deadguy: Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse) {11}: Db:1, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, PM:*, UR:*; sg_hc:6 -- A:84/6
  15. Creeper: Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death (Spinefarm) {10}: Cl:*, ClR:*, D:*, DiS:*, DIY:*, K:6*, MH:* -- A:83/8
  16. Paradise Lost: Ascension (Nuclear Blast) {10}: Blb:*, ClR:*, Db:3, DiS:*, K:*, Spk:*; am_k:+ -- A:79/7
  17. Rwake: The Retun of Magik (Relapse) {10}: Blb:*, Db:5, DiS:*, MH:*, Tr:+; sg_:5 -- A:87/3
  18. Sharp Pins: Radio DDR (K/Perennial/03-21) {10}: A:85/3, TH:*
  19. Architects: The Sky, the Earth & All Between (Epipath) {9}: AD:*, Blb:*, Cl:*, DiS:*, G:+, K:16*, MH:* -- A:73/9
  20. Castle Rat: The Bestiary (King Volume) {9}: ClR:*, Db:19, K:35, MH:*; am:+*, am_k:+, npr_lg:+ -- A:75/6
  21. Babymetal: Metal Forth (Capitol) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, D:*, DIY:*, K:23*, MH:*I, P:* -- A:74/13
  22. Cryptopsy: An Insatiable Violence (Season of Mist) {8}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:7, DiS:*, MH:*, UR:* -- A:80/6
  23. Halestorm: Everest (Atlantic) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:31*, MH:*; am:*;am_k:+ -- A:82/5
  24. Malevolence: Where Only the Truth Is Spoken (Nuclear Blast) {8}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:5*, MH:* -- A:90/4
  25. Conjurer: Unself (Nuclear Blast) {7}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:22*, MH:*, Spk:*; dc:15 -- A:84/5
  26. Lamp of Murmuur: The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Wolves of Hades) {7}: Blb:*, BV:50, Db:10; sg_m:4 -- A:72/3
  27. Lorna Shore: I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media) {7}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:21*, MH:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:86/5
  28. Thrice: Horizons/West (Epitaph) {7}: Alt:17, Ch:3, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:73/3
  29. Ancient Death: Ego Dissolution (Profound Lore) {6}: BV:39, Db:4; sg_m:6 --
  30. Blackbraid: Blackbraid III (self-released) {6}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:20, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/5
  31. Alice Cooper: The Revenge of Alice Cooper (EarMusic) {6}: AD:*, Blb:*, ClR:*, RC:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:76/11
  32. Dayseeker: Creature in the Black Night (Spinefarm) {6}: Blb:*, K:14*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:83/2
  33. Dream Theater: Parasomnia (InsideOut/Ytse Jams) {6}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Prg:*, Spk:* -- A:76/8
  34. Sleep Theory: Afterglow (Epitaph) {6}: Blb:*, K:18*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:85/2
  35. Wardruna: Birna (Music for Nations/Sony) {6}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Mj:*, Prg:*, S:+ -- A:80/7
  36. Coroner: Dissonance Theory (Century Media) {5}: Blb:*, Db:23, MH:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:83/3
  37. Employed to Serve: Fallen Star (Spinefarm) {5}: DiS:*, DIY:*, K:27*, MH:* -- A:76/5
  38. Havukruunu: Tavastland (Svart) {5}: AMG:*, Db:30, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:82/5
  39. Hot Milk: Corporation P.O.P. (Music for Nations) {5}: D:*, DiS:*, K:19* -- A:78/4
  40. Igorrr: Amen (Metal Blade) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, SC:* -- A:83/5
  41. Jinjer: Duél (Napalm) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:76/8
  42. Killswitch Engage: This Consequence (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*MSuk:*, Sp:* -- A:75/8
  43. Landmvrks: The Darkest Place I've Ever Been (Arising Empire) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:29*, MH:* -- A:81/5
  44. Melvins 1983: Thunderball (Ipecac) {5}: Blb:*, K:*, LW:67*, RC:* -- A:73/12
  45. Sanguisugabogg: Hideous Aftermath (Century Media) {5}: Blb:*, Db:35, MH:*, TO:16 -- A:69/5
  46. Stick to Your Guns: Keep Planting Flowers (SharpTone) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:83/5
  47. Testament: Para Bellum (Napalm/Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, Db:28, MH:*, Spk:*; sg_m:9 -- A:76/5
  48. Whitechapel: Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:79/6
  49. Born of Osiris: Through Shadows (Sumerian) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:80/4
  50. Cradle of Filth: The Screaming of the Valkyries (Napalm) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:76/6
  51. Der Weg Einer Freiheit: Innern (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:85/5
  52. Divide and Dissolve: Insatiable (Bella Union) {4}: CS:37, DiS:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:70/3
  53. Dying Wish: Flesh Stays Together (SharpTone) {4}: DiS:*, K:33*; ap:+ -- A:80/3
  54. Epica: Aspiral (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/6
  55. Evoken: Mendacium (Profound Lore) {4}: Db:6, Spk:* -- A:71/2
  56. Fallujah: Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:83/5
  57. The Great Old Ones: Kadath (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, BV:+, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:78/4
  58. Helloween: Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: BlB:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:81/5
  59. Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire (Century Media) {4}: -- Blb:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*
  60. Love Is Noise: To Live in a Different Way (Century Media) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
  61. Mantar: Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:* -- A:76/5
  62. Orbit Culture: Death Above Life (Century Media) {4}: Blb:*, K:49*, MH:* -- A:75/4
  63. Pelican: Flickering Resonance (Run for Cover) {4}: K:*, MH:*, PM:+, Spk:* -- A:83/3
  64. Pupil Slicer: Fleshwork (Prosthetic) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:36* -- A:82/3
  65. Scarab: Burn After Listening () {4}: Sg:33; sg_hc:1 --
  66. Split Chain: Motionblur (Epitaph) {4}: DiS:*, K:32*, RT:71 -- A:80/2
  67. Stray From the Path: Clockworked (SharpTone) {4}: DiS:*, MH:*, K:26* -- A:80/3
  68. Teitanblood: From the Visceral Abyss (Norma Evangelium Draboli) {4}: AMG:*, Db:14, Spk:* -- A:81/2
  69. Thornhill: Bodies (UNFD) {4}: DiS:*, K:44*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  70. Wren: Black Rain Falls (Church Road) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, Tr:+ -- A:80/3
  71. Avatarium: Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead (AFM/Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:78/6
  72. Behemoth: The Shit ov God (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:71/6
  73. Beyond Extinction: Where They Gather () {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  74. Bloodywood: Nu Delhi (Fearless) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:75/6
  75. Bury Tomorrow: Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience (Music for Nations) {3}: K:42*, MH:* -- A:77/3
  76. Cryptosis: Celestial Death (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, SpL:* -- A:75/4
  77. A Day to Remember: Big Ole Album Vol. 1 (Fueled by Ramen) {3}: K:17* -- A:64/4
  78. Decrepisy: Deific Mourning (Carbonized) {3}: Db:16, DiS:* -- A:80/1
  79. Great American Ghost: Tragedy of the Commons (SharpTone) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
  80. Haggus: Destination Extinction (Tankcrimes) {3}: Blb:*, Db:18 -- A:80/1
  81. The Halo Effect: March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:77/6
  82. Harakiri for the Sky: Scorched Earth (AOP) {3}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:78/5
  83. Marko Hietala: Roses From the Deep (Nuclear Blast) {3}: AMG:*, K:*, Prg:* -- A:75/5
  84. Hooded Menace: Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration (Season of Mist) {3}: Blb:*, Db:27, Spk:* -- A:744
  85. Jonathan Hultén: Eyes of the Living Night (Kscope) {3}: Blb:*, MH:*, Prg:* -- A:77/3
  86. Ihlo: Legacy (Kscope) {3}: Blb:8, DiS:*, Prg:* -- A:79/4
  87. I See Stars: The Wheel (Sumerian) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/3
  88. Jaye Jayle: After Alter (Pelagic) {3}: ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:78/4
  89. Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway: Addicted to the Violence (Scarred for Life) {3}: K:*, MH:*, Sp:* -- A:80/3
  90. Neptunian Maximalism: Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu (LSDSI) (I, Voidhanger) {3}: LW:*, Qt:89; dc:11 -- A:100/1
  91. The Night Flight Orchestra: Give Us the Moon (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:* -- A:77/5
  92. Nite: Cult of the Serpent Sun (Season of Mist) {3}: Blb:*, Db:26, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  93. Pentagram: Lightning in a Bottle (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: ClR:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:74/5
  94. Pinkshift: Earthkeeper (Hopeless) {3}: K:46*; ap:+ -- A:75/2
  95. Psychonaut: World Maker (Pelagic) {3}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  96. Retromorphosis: Psalmus Mortis (Season of Mist) {3}: AMG:*, Blb:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  97. Rivers of Nihil: Rivers of Nihil (Metal Blade) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:74/5
  98. Sigh: I Saw the World's End - Hangman's Hymn MMXXV (Peaceville) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, RC:* -- A:87/3
  99. Silverstein: Antibloom (UNFD) {3}: Ch:25, Ex:*, Sp:* -- A:74/5
  100. Silverstein: Pink Moon (UNFD) {3}: Ch:16, Sp:* -- A:90/1
  101. Soulfly: Chama (Nuclear Blast) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:76/5
  102. SpiritWorld: Helldorado (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
  103. Terror Corpse: Ash Eclipses Flesh (Dark Descent) {3}: AMG:*, Blb:*, Db:24 -- A:83/2
  104. Tetrarch: The Ugly Side of Me (Napalm) {3}: Sp:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:78/4
  105. Tower: Let There Be Dark (Cruz Del Sur) {3}: Db:8 -- A:70/2
  106. Unreqvited: A Pathway to the Moon (Propecy Productions) {3}: MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:79/4
  107. The Vintage Caravan: Portals (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  108. Vukovi: My God Has Got a Gun (SharpTone) {3}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  109. The Wildhearts: Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts () {3}: ClR:*, K:*, RC:* -- A:83/3
  110. Wyatt E.: Zamā Ultu Qeber Ziqquratu, Pt. 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) {3}: AMG:*, MH:*, Spk:* -- A:80/5
  111. Yellow Eyes: Confusion Gate () {3}: BV:32; sg_m:3 --
  112. Abhorrent Expanse: Enter the Misanthropocene (Amalgam Music) {2}: W:16 -- A:20/1
  113. Allegaeon: The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:80/3
  114. Amorphis: Borderland (Reigning Phoenix) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:78/3
  115. . . . And Oceans: The Regeneration Itinerary (Season of Mist) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:82/3
  116. Between the Buried and Me: The Blue Nowhere (Sumerian/InsideOut) {2}: Blb:*, Prg:* -- A:73/4
  117. Biohazard: Divided We Fall (BLKIIBLK) {2}: ClR:*, Db:36 -- A:71/4
  118. Blackbriar: A Thousand Little Deaths (Nuclear Blast) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:77/3
  119. Blessthefall: Gallows (Rise) {2}: Blb:*, D:* -- A:73/3
  120. Blut Aus Nord: Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti) {2}: Blb:*, Db:25 -- A:80/1
  121. Christian Mistress: Children of the Earth (Cruz Del Sur Music) {2}: DW:*; sg_m:7 --
  122. Combust: Belly of the Beast (Triple-B) {2}: DiS:*; sg_hc:8 -- A:80/1
  123. Cytotoxin: Biographyte (Blood Blast) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:72/4
  124. Dead Heat: Process of Elimination (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, Db:37 -- A:80/1
  125. Death Goals: Survival Is an Act of Defiance (-EP) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  126. Eternal Darkness: Eternal Darkness () {2}: Db:15 --
  127. Faithxtractor: Loathing & the Noose (Reaper Metal Productions) {2}: AMG:*, MI:* -- A:80/2
  128. Forlorn: Aether (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:80/2
  129. Grave Digger: Bone Collector () {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:71/4
  130. Green Carnation: A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia (Season of Mist) {2}: MH:*, Pr:* -- A:77/3
  131. Grief Ritual: Collapse (Church Road) {2}: DiS:*, K:* -- A:85/2
  132. Grima: Nightside (Napalm) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:80/2
  133. Hangman's Choir: Saddiction (Nuclear Blast) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  134. Hierarchies: Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity) {2}: Blb:*, Spk:* -- A:74/3
  135. Hirax: Faster Than Death (Armageddon) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:67/3
  136. I Prevail: Violent Nature (Fearless) {2}: K:34* -- A:75/2
  137. Knives: Glitter (Marshall Amplification) {2}: LW:65* -- A:90/1
  138. Maud the Moth: The Distaff (The Lavarium) {2}: AMG:*, DiS:* -- A:90/2
  139. Mean Mistreater: Do or Die (self-released) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*
  140. Memphis May Fire: Shapeshifter (Rise) {2}: Blb:*Sp:* -- A:74/4
  141. Mutagenic Host: The Diseased Machine (Dry Cough/Gurgling Gore) {2}: AMG:*, MH:* -- A:80/2
  142. Novembers Doom: Major Arcana (Prophecy Productions) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:73/3
  143. One of Nine: Dawn of the Iron Shadow (Profound Lore) {2}: Db:12 -- A:70/1
  144. Paleface Swiss: Cursed (Blood Blast Distribution) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:72/5
  145. Patriarkh: Prophet Ilja (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:85/2
  146. Revocation: New Gods, New Masters (Metal Blade) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:78/3
  147. Røry: Restøration () {2}: DiS:*, K:41*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  148. Signs of the Swarm: To Rid Myself of Truth (Century Media) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:65/5
  149. Slaughter to Prevail: Grizzly (Sumerian) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:80/2
  150. Sodom: The Arsonist (Steamhammer) {2}: Blb:*, Db:40 -- A:70/3
  151. Stormo: Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:73/3
  152. Thundermother: Dirty & Divine (AFM) {2}: Blb:*, ClR:* -- A:73/4
  153. Today Is the Day: Never Give In (Supernova) {2}: LW:50* -- A:82/3
  154. Tremonti: The End Will Show Us How (Napalm) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/6
  155. Tribunal: In Penitence and Ruin (20 Buck Spin) {2}: Db:11 -- A:70/1
  156. Underoath: The Place After This One (MNRK Heavy) {2}: Ch:27; am:* -- A:70/3
  157. Vacuous: In His Blood (Relapse) {2}: Blb:*, MH:* -- A:85/2
  158. Volahn: Popol Vuh () {2}: Db:17 --
  159. Warbringer: Wrath and Ruin (Napalm) {2}: DiS:*, MH:* -- A:74/5
  160. We Came as Romans: All Is Beautiful . . . Because We're Doomed (Sharp Tone) {2}: Blb:*, K:* -- A:80/2
  161. Wode: Uncrossing the Keys (20 Buck Spin) {2}: Db:31, DiS:* -- A:65/2
  162. 16: Guides for the Misguided () {1}: -- Db:22
  163. Abduction: Existentialismus (Spinefarm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  164. An Abstract Illusion: The Sleeping City (Willowtip) {1}: A:80/1
  165. The Acacia Strain: You Are Safe From God Here (Rise) {1}: Blb:* -- A:85/1
  166. Acid Magus: Scatterling Empire () {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  167. Aephanemer: Utopie (Napalm) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  168. Alien Weaponry: Te Rā (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/3
  169. Apocalypse Orchestra: A Plague Upon Thee () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  170. Aran Angmar: ORdo Diabolilcum () {1}: AMG:* -- :A:80/1
  171. Arch Enemy: Blood Dynasty (Century Media) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/4
  172. Avantasia: Here Be Dragons (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/5
  173. Balefire: Balefire (Iron Bonehead -EP) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  174. Barrens: Corpse Lights (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  175. Benediction: Ravage of Empires (Nuclear Blast) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  176. Bergthron: Neu Asen Land () {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  177. Black Spiders: Cvrses () {1}: RC:* -- A:80/1
  178. Blacktoothed: Headway (Arising Empire) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  179. Bleeding Through: Nine (SharpTone) {1}: K:* -- A:75/3
  180. Bong-Ra: Black Noise (Debemur Morti) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  181. Bonnie Trash: Mourning You (Hand Drawn Dracula) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  182. Burna Boy: No Sign of Weakness}Spaceshjip/Bad Habit/Atlantic (07-10) {1}: A:66/8
  183. Burning Witches: Inquisition (Napalm) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  184. Calyces: Fleshy Waves of Probability (Dry Clean) {1}: DiS:* -- A:70/2
  185. Caskets: The Only Heaven You'll Know (SharpTone) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  186. Caustic Wound: Grinding Mechanism of Torment (Profound Lore) {1}: BV:+ --
  187. The Caution Children: Appropriate Music () {1}: Alt:44 --
  188. Cave Sermon: Fragile Wings (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  189. Chepang: Jhyappa (Relapse) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  190. Cruce Signatus: II () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  191. Dark Watcher: The Law of Bone and Sinew (self-released) {1}: Spk:* -- A:82/1
  192. Dawn of Ouroboros: Bioluminescence (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:74/5
  193. Deathless Legacy: Damnatio Aeterna (Scarlet) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  194. Destruction: Birth of Malice (Napalm) {1}: MH:* -- A:71/4
  195. Disrupted: Stinking Death () {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  196. Domain: Philosophy of the Blade (Daze -EP) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  197. Dormant Ordeal: Tooth and Nail (Willowtip) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  198. Dorothy: The Way (Roc Nation) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/2
  199. Drudkh: Shadow Play (Season of Mist) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
  200. Dunes: Land of the Blind () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  201. Dynazty: Game of Faces (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  202. Falling Leaves: The Silence That Binds Us (Meuse Music) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  203. False Reality: Faded Intentions (Hassle) {1}: K:45* -- A:75/2
  204. Flummox: Southern Progress (Needlejuice) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  205. Frayle: Heretics & Lullabies (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  206. Ghost Bath: Rose Thorn Necklace (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:80/3
  207. Glixen: Quiet Pleasures () {1}: sg_s:10 -- A:75/!
  208. God Alone: The Beep Test (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  209. God Complex: He Watches in Silence (SharpTone -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  210. Gràb: Kremess (Prophecy Productions) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  211. Guiltless: Teeth to Sky (Neurot) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  212. Hail the Sun: Cut. Turn. Fade. Back. (Rude) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  213. Hands Like Houses: Atmospherics (Civilians) {1}: K:* -- A:70/2
  214. Häxkapell: Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  215. Hedonist: Scapulimancy () {1}: sg_m:8 --
  216. Hellacopters: Overdriver (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/4
  217. Heretoir: Solastalgia (ADP) {1}: MH:* -- A:73/3
  218. Hexrot: Formless Ruin of Oblivion (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  219. Hypermass: Apparition Day (Seek & Strike -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  220. Idle Heirs: Life Is Violence (Relapse) {1}: Ne:* -- A:80/1
  221. Industrial Puke: Alive to No Avail (Suicide) {1}: DW:* --
  222. Ingrown: Idaho () {1}: sg_hc:9 --
  223. In Mourning: The Immortal (Supreme Chaos) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  224. Jivebomb: Ethereal (Flatspot) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  225. Larcenia Roe: Extraction (Unique Leader) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  226. Lastelle: Exist Vol. 2 (-EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  227. Lik: Necro () {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  228. Machine Girl: PsychoWarrior: MG Ultra X (Future Classic) {1}: DW:* --
  229. Mammoth: The End (BMG) {1}: ClR:* -- A:70/4
  230. Månegarm: Edsvuren (Napalm) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/3
  231. Massa Nera: The Emptiness of All Things () {1}: -- Alt:30
  232. Mechina: Bellum Interruptum (self-released) {1}: Spk:* -- A:90/1
  233. Menace Ruine: The Color of the Grace Is Green (Union Finale) {1}: LW:* -- A:80/1
  234. Midnight: Steel, Rust and Disgust (Metal Blade) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  235. Mizmor & Hell: Alluvion (Gilead Media) {1}: Tr:+ -- A:65/2
  236. Morbikon: Lost Within the Astral Crypts (Tankcrimes) {1}: Db:33 -- A:60/1
  237. Mors Principium Est: Darkness Invisible (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  238. Motherless: Do You Feel Safe? (Prosthetic) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  239. Museum of Light: Diviner (Spartan) {1}: ClR:* -- A:80/1
  240. Necrotic Gore Beast: Brute (Comatose -EP) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  241. Nevertel: Start Again (Epitaph) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  242. Nexion: Sundrung (Avantgarde Music) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  243. Ninkharsag: The Black Swords of Winter (Vendetta -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  244. Novarupta: Astral Sands () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  245. Nuclear Dudes: Truth Paste (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  246. NyreDolk: Barndommens Hjem () {1}: Db:38 --
  247. Obscura: A Sonication (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  248. Obscure Sphinx: Emovere (self-released -EP) {1}: Spk:* -- A:80/1
  249. Onslaught: Origins of Aggression (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  250. Ossuary: Abhorrent Worship (Me Saco Un Ojo) {1}: -- Db:39
  251. Pain of Truth & Sunami: Coast to Coast Split (Daze/Triple B -EP) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  252. Pendulum: Inertia (Mushroom/Virgin Music) {1}: MO:* -- A:80/1
  253. Phrenelith: Ashen Womb (Dark Descent/Me Saco Un Ojo) {1}: Spk:* -- A:75/2
  254. Pissgrave: Malignant Worthlessness (Profound Lore) {1}: BV:+ --
  255. Pop Evil: What Remains (MNRK Heavy) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  256. Pothamus: Abur (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  257. Primal Fear: Domination (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: Blb:* -- A:68/2
  258. Primitive Man: Observance () {1}: Qt:69 -- A:70/1
  259. Pulse: Body Is Reality () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  260. Purified in Blood: Primal Pulse Thunder () {1}: Blb:* -- A:78/2
  261. Pyres: Yun () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  262. Buried Realm: The Dormant Darkness () {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  263. Dax Riggs: 7 Songs for Spiders (Fat Possum) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  264. Ritual Ascension: Profanation of the Adamic Covenant (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  265. Sabaton: Legends (Better Noise Music) {1}: -- A:74/5
  266. Sanhedrin: Heat Lightning (Metal Blade) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  267. Saor: Amidst the Ruins (Season of Mist) {1}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:83/3
  268. Sarcator: Swarming Angels & Flies (Century Media) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  269. Say Anything: Is Sleazy (Rory -EP) {1}: DW:* --
  270. Scare: In the End, Was It Worth It? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  271. Scour: Gold (Nuclear Blast) {1}: MI:* -- A:90/1
  272. Set It Off: Set It Off (self-released) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  273. Seudo Youth: Nobody Gets Down Like . . . () {1}: sg_hc:10 --
  274. Shadow of Delirium: Imperium Delirium (self-released) {1}: Blb:* -- A:90/1
  275. Shepherds of Cassini: In Thrall to Heresy (self-released) {1}: AMG:* -- A:90/1
  276. Shrieking Demons: The Festering Dwellers (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  277. Sometime in February: Where Mountains Hide () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  278. Species: Changelings () {1}: Db:21 --
  279. Starset: Silos (Fearless) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  280. Still in Love: Recovery Language (Church Road) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  281. Stinky: Solace () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  282. Tayne: Love (Inside Job/MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  283. Ten56.: IO (Out of Line) {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  284. Thecityisours: Will You Still Love Me? () {1}: DiS:* -- A:60/3
  285. Three Days Grace: Alienation (RCA) {1}: Sp:* -- A:73/3
  286. Thron: Vurias (Listenable) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  287. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: I'm Done With Self Care, It's Time for Others' Harm (Prosthetic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:70.2
  288. Tiberius: Singing for Company (self-released) {1}: DiS:* -- A:90/1
  289. Tiktaalika: Gods of Pangaea (InsideOut) {1}: DiS:* -- A:65/2
  290. Tómarúm: Beyond Obsidian Euphoria (Prosthetic) {1}: AMG:* -- A:84/2
  291. Torso: Annihilation Day () {1}: DiS:* -- A:80/1
  292. Trauma Bond: Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone. () {1}: sg_m:10 --
  293. Vicious Rumors: The Devil's Asylum (Steamhammer) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  294. Vigljós: Tome II: Ignis Sacer () {1}: LW:41 --
  295. Vildhjarta: + Där Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Granar + (Century Media) {1}: -- A:80/2
  296. Vintersong: Vattenkrafternas Spel (Hammerheart) {1}: MH:* -- A:75/3
  297. Voidfallen: The Rituals of Resilience () {1}: MH:* -- A:75/2
  298. Witchcraft: Idag (Heavy Psych Sounds) {1}: Blb:* -- A:70/2
  299. Wrath of Logarius: Crown of Mortis (Season of Mist) {1}: K:* -- A:80/1
  300. Wrekmeister Harmonies: Flowers in the Spring (Thrill Jockey) {1}: am:* -- A:71/3
  301. Zatokrev: Bring Mirrors to the Surface (Pelagic) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2