MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of April 2025
In April’s best metal, Ancient Death tread into otherworldly death metal, Behölder stand firm on heavy ground, and Messa look beyond the doom confinements.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of March 2025
In March’s best metal, Imperial Triumphant’s technical ecstasy continues, Rwake reinstate the magic, and Teitanblood rage their war against all.
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2025
In February’s best metal, Pissgrave produce laser-focus disgust, Retromorphosis dazzle with technical prowess and Sleep Paralysis blur the lines between genres.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of January 2025
In January’s best metal, Dax Riggs unexpectedly returns, Sacrifice’s thrash shows no signs of rust and Necromaniac invoke proto-death/black nightmares.
Délirant Produce Monsters During the Sleep of Reason (premiere)
Spanish dissonant black metal act Délirant torture the mind through the mid-tempo exploration of the within in this new premiere track.
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of December 2024
In December’s best metal, Blackdeath explore off-kilter black metal, Misanthropy open gateways in death metal, and An Axis of Perdition make a return.
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The 20 Best Metal Albums of 2024
This has proved a fantastic year for heavy music and metal, with masters impressing and newer artists shining. These are the best metal albums of 2024.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of November 2024
In November’s best metal, the Body corrode all sound, Defeated Sanity balance immediacy and complexity, and Djevel relish the Scandinavian black metal spirit.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of October 2024
In October’s best metal, Blood Incantation explore the cosmos, the Bug disfigures the techno sound, and Oranssi Pazuzu contine to transform.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of September 2024
In September’s best metal, Pyrrhon reinvent themselves again, Ripped to Shreds accelerate their death/grind, and Spite return with blackened malice and ambition.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2024
In August’s best metal, Mamaleek defy categorization, Teeth evolve their dissonant death metal, and Vomitrot bounce between death/doom and black metal.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of July 2024
In July’s best metal, Wormed’s futuristic brutal tech-death is sovereign, Void Witch offer death-doom wickedness, and Malconfort’s off-kilter black metal shines.