loud rock
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Songs for the Firing Squad is a relentless roller coaster of aggression and absurdity.
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An out-and-out masterpiece of alternative metal, System of a Down’s sophomore album was a breath of fresh air amid an ocean of cringeworthy rap rock verses and down-tuned two-note riffs.
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Daughters return with the most effectively terrifying album I’ve heard all decade.
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Apart from the slightly improved production quality and a couple of stylistic risks, Electric Messiah is a pretty standard High on Fire album.
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Horrendous takes a mighty step forward with the visceral and multi-faceted compositions that make up Idol.
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I Loved You at Your Darkest is a solid blackened death metal album that’s occasionally marred by Behemoth overextending itself, or treading the water it waded with The Satanist.
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Magus is Thou’s best produced album yet and is, like Heathen, admirably ambitious in scope. However, the band’s sound still isn’t dynamic or enthralling enough to warrant the 75 minute runtime.
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Imperial Triumphant effectively conveys the decadence and decay of the Big Apple with a unique blend of blackened death metal and avant-garde jazz.
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Rife with post-rock cliches, Deafheaven’s fourth album contains the band’s least inspired genre-blending to date.
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Zeal & Ardor’s unique blend of black metal and slave spirituals comes together in an exciting and blasphemous display on Stranger Fruit.
