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Cryptic Shift
Cryptic Shift turn technical extremity into a vast, hostile environment, though the scale sometimes obscures the point.
ANGUS McSIX
A 42-minute plastic siege engine of dead hooks, synthetic blare and jokes that arrive already embalmed.
Motorpsycho
Motorpsycho compress their progressive instincts into a focused, mobile record where arrangement serves momentum rather than excess.
Children Of Bodom
Children of Bodom turn neoclassical flash, blackened aggression and irresistible hooks into a fast, reckless and enduring melodic metal record.
Blackwater Holylight
Blackwater Holylight drift through doom, psychedelia and dreamlike rock with patience, though the album sometimes dissolves into mist.
In Flames
A transitional record with undeniable hooks, but one whose streamlined attack often trades depth for repetition and blunt impact.
Edge Of Sanity
An ambitious single-piece death metal work whose melodic continuity impresses even when its long-form pacing occasionally loosens.
Sylosis
Sylosis deliver precision and muscle, but too many songs mistake heaviness for drama and technical control for momentum.
Ronker
Ronker bring noise, pressure and attitude, but the record’s blunt-force momentum rarely develops into a lasting identity.
Aborted
A lean, aggressive death-metal record whose sharp pacing and riff-first writing still land with force.
Revocation
Revocation turn technical death metal into focused violence, combining rhythmic intelligence, memorable riffs and well-placed stylistic disruptions.
Alestorm
Alestorm balance blunt-force pirate-metal hooks with darker detours and an enormous closing epic on their most ambitious recent album.