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Knights of the Abyss: The Culling of Wolves
So many bands are trying to leave deathcore behind them, but so few are succeeding at doing it. This album is the best example yet of success in that endeavor.
21 Oct 2010
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Sybreed: The Pulse of Awakening
Swiss industrial metal group offers a middle-of-the-road release that expands their sound and has plenty of upside.
11 Oct 2010
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Murderdolls: Women and Children Last
After a long break between albums, the horror-punk duo returns with more hair-metal influence and stronger imagery than before.
28 Sep 2010
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The Spill Canvas: Formalities
Pop rockers put together the best of their two EP's from this year, throw in some other new tracks, and result in a decent full-length to keep fans appeased.
08 Sep 2010
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Norma Jean: Meridional
After four albums of not being able to pick a style, Norma Jean settle for using a little bit of everything, and it works surprisingly well.
04 Aug 2010
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Nonpoint: Miracle
Ft. Lauderdale's pride and joy have shed their nu-metal roots and finally delivered a solid, pure rock album that's easily one of their best releases to date.
03 Aug 2010
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Judas Priest: Setlist: The Very Best of Judas Priest Live
Greatest hits albums don't offer much that's exciting to longtime fans. Greatest live hits albums offer even less, especially for fans of a band with as much recorded live material as Judas Priest.
29 Jul 2010
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Landmine Marathon: Sovereign Descent
On their third album, Landmine Marathon distinguish themselves from their peers by delivering a seamless homage to the early American death metal creators.
27 Jul 2010
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Haste the Day: Attack of the Wolf King
The Indiana metalcore quintet is still going strong despite losing more members. But they're starting to lose their core sound as well.
26 Jul 2010
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Parkway Drive: Deep Blue
The Australian group is still flying high on their third album, but it falls far short of their previous success.
15 Jul 2010
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Coliseum: House With a Curse
Is it hardcore? Is it stoner rock? Is it something else entirely? You won't figure it out by only listening to it once, that's for sure.
11 Jul 2010
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The Austerity Program: Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn
Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn by The Austerity Program is many things, but it is not punk, and it is not interesting.
Chris Colgan
11 Jul 2010
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Eyes Set to Kill: Broken Frames
Led by the Rodriguez sisters and a new screamer, Eyes Set to Kill has hit its stride once again with Broken Frames.
Chris Colgan
08 Jul 2010
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Nachtmystium: Addicts: Black Meddle, Part II
Taking a new approach to their style of psychedelic black metal, Nachtmystium bring in the old to create something new.
05 Jul 2010
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Nevermore: The Obsidian Conspiracy
It's been five years since the release of Nevermore's last album. The Obsidian Conspiracy is the result, and it was entirely worth the wait.
22 Jun 2010
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Armored Saint: La Raza
Veteran thrashers return after an eight-year hiatus with an album that will surprise fans at first, but will grow into a sure classic over time.
14 Jun 2010
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Heaven Shall Burn: Invictus (Iconoclast III)
With one of the most intelligent, well-composed albums released in the past decade, Heaven Shall Burn set a new standard of greatness in the metal scene worldwide.
10 Jun 2010
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Woe of Tyrants: Threnody
Ohio-based quintet Woe of Tyrants craft a magnificent album with a unique genre-fusing sound, proving that they have staying power beyond many of their peers.
02 Jun 2010
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Sevendust: Cold Day Memory
The reunion of Sevendust's original lineup has reinvigorated the band and led to one of the best albums of their career.
31 May 2010
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Bleeding Through: Bleeding Through
The Orange County six-piece is finally free of their contract with Trustkill Records, but their newest album lacks the cohesion of their final release on their old label.
26 May 2010
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Bullet for My Valentine: Fever
This album shows the Welsh metalcore group at their best and their worst. Ultimately, though, the biggest problem is that they still aren't reaching the quality level of their debut album.
12 May 2010
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The Bled: Heat Fetish
Back from near-breakup with new members and a new label, the Bled deliver a frenzied, technical album that's not always memorable, but will definitely hold the interest of post-hardcore and mathcore fans.
10 May 2010
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Cancer Bats: Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
This Canadian quartet plays punk with plenty of influence from Southern rock and hardcore. Their third album offers further proof that variety is the spice of life in heavy music.
04 May 2010
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Carnifex: Hell Chose Me
This California-based quintet are lost in the pack of deathcore bands that are popular right now -- and with nothing to distinguish their sound, this new album only helps them stay lost.
03 May 2010
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Immolation: Majesty and Decay
New York death metal veterans continue to deliver relentlessly heavy music, but also show growth and expansion in their sound.
25 Apr 2010
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Arsis: Starve for the Devil
Arsis delivers their latest opus of technical death metal. It's more of the same, and more of what the fans love.
21 Apr 2010
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Cathedral: The Guessing Game
Cathedral's first double album splits the extremes of their sound onto each disc. The contrast shows listeners exactly what makes the band so unique.
19 Apr 2010
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Living Sacrifice: The Infinite Order
After a three-year hiatus, Christian metal elders Living Sacrifice return in excellent form on The Infinite Order, their seventh studio album.
15 Apr 2010
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Ov Hell: The Underworld Regime
Black metal supergroup gives us a mediocre debut that will lose its appeal quickly.
14 Apr 2010
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Crematory: Infinity
Still going strong on their 11th album, Crematory serve up another helping of dark and powerful gothic metal.
12 Apr 2010
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Dommin: Love Is Gone
These new gothic rockers show a lot of promise, and with some work on their sound, they can definitely achieve greatness.
06 Apr 2010
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Dark Tranquillity: We Are the Void
The Gothenburg innovators return on their ninth studio album, maintaining their high level of excellence, but lacking growth and innovation.
05 Apr 2010
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Kalmah: 12 Gauge
The Finnish masters of "swamp metal" continue to impress on their sixth album. Surpassing all of their contemporaries in their stylistic consistency, Kalmah still stand out from the crowd of mediocrity in their genre.
04 Apr 2010
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Mutiny Within: Mutiny Within
Rising stars of metalcore deliver an album that reinvigorates the entire scene and sets an impossibly high standard for future bands to follow.
29 Mar 2010
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Triptykon: Eparistera Daimones
Tom Gabriel Fischer of Celtic Frost returns with his latest extreme metal project, which has the potential to surpass Celtic Frost in fame and influence within the world of metal.
24 Mar 2010
Music
Borknagar: Universal
Borknagar deliver a masterpiece album, proving why they are leaders of the progressive black metal sub-genre.
23 Mar 2010
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