metal
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A list of all the artists Anthony is hoping to hear new music from in 2019.
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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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ZillaKami and SosMula bring a ton of bark and not too much else to this debut City Morgue album.
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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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Prequelle may be slightly less edgy than Ghost’s previous work, but is one of the band’s most well written and produced batches of songs to date, and its loose concept keeps things just fresh enough.
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Overthrown by Oh Sees San Francisco rock band Oh Sees (previously Thee Oh Sees and other variations) are back after last year’s Orc and Memory of a Cut Off Head, the latter of which was released under the OCS moniker. The band has become known for its prolificness, so
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The two-disc Scars of Man finds Panopticon separating the black metal and American folk elements of his music, rendering it generic.
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Eat the Elephant gets off to a strong start, but begins tanking in quality at the midway point.
