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Sep 12
Metallica
Death Magnetic
77
critic score
(25)
63
user score
(860)
Aug 26
Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone
65
critic score
(10)
66
user score
(799)
Sep 29
Bring Me The Horizon
Suicide Season
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(494)
Oct 13
Gojira
The way of all flesh
74
critic score
(9)
84
user score
(426)
Mar 7
Meshuggah
ObZen
84
critic score
(11)
81
user score
(307)
Jun 3
Opeth
Watershed
78
critic score
(11)
80
user score
(237)
Sep 30
Trivium
Shogun
65
critic score
(7)
82
user score
(186)
Oct 2
Hollywood Undead
Swan Songs
20
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(153)
Jun 3
Disturbed
Indestructible
60
critic score
(4)
60
user score
(139)
Jan 28
Bullet For My Valentine
Scream Aim Fire
60
critic score
(10)
68
user score
(126)
Sep 17
Amon Amarth
Twilight of the Thunder God
74
critic score
(6)
78
user score
(105)
Jul 29
Scars On Broadway
Scars on Broadway
66
critic score
(7)
71
user score
(94)
Aug 30
Underoath
Lost in the Sound of Separation
83
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(88)
Jan 29
Protest The Hero
Fortress
81
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(80)
Nov 12
Attack Attack!
Someday Came Suddenly
47
user score
(73)
Nov 17
Cynic
Traced in Air
78
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(73)
Apr 29
Boris
Smile
77
critic score
(11)
75
user score
(61)
Nov 11
Dir En Grey
Uroboros
85
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(61)
May 30
Darkspace
Dark Space III
83
user score
(61)
Apr 1
In Flames
A Sense of Purpose
71
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(59)
Oct 7
I Set My Friends On Fire
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
10
critic score
(2)
54
user score
(58)
Jun 13
Judas Priest
Nostradamus
54
critic score
(5)
52
user score
(56)
Jul 7
Slipknot
Psychosocial
91
user score
(52)
Feb 11
Dystopia
Dystopia
81
user score
(51)
Apr 29
Testament
The Formation of Damnation
80
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(46)
Jul 22
After The Burial
Rareform
80
user score
(46)
Mar 25
Leviathan
Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
80
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(45)
Mar 17
Septicflesh
Communion
84
user score
(44)
May 30
Sabaton
The Art of War
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(43)
Mar 3
Linkin Park
Given Up
90
user score
(43)
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Jul 8
Cult of Luna
Eternal Kingdom
85
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(42)
Mar 24
Coldworld
Melancholie²
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(41)
May 17
Amenra
Mass IIII
79
user score
(40)
Aug 13
Mgła
Groza
75
user score
(40)
Jun 24
Mötley Crüe
Saints of Los Angeles
52
critic score
(9)
41
user score
(40)
Jan 25
Alestorm
Captain Morgan's Revenge
79
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(40)
Nov 11
The Faceless
Planetary Duality
88
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(39)
Jul 8
Whitechapel
This Is Exile
65
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(38)
Oct 21
Escape The Fate
This War Is Ours
57
user score
(35)
Apr 8
Torche
Meanderthal
82
critic score
(7)
77
user score
(35)
Feb 19
Genghis Tron
Board Up The House
74
critic score
(5)
77
user score
(34)
Sep 16
All That Remains
Overcome
55
critic score
(4)
62
user score
(32)
Aug 26
DragonForce
Ultra Beatdown
71
critic score
(8)
68
user score
(32)
Dec 8
Deathspell Omega
Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(30)
Jul 11
Krallice
Krallice
76
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(30)
Aug 26
Motörhead
Motörizer
64
critic score
(9)
62
user score
(30)
Apr 7
Children of Bodom
Blooddrunk
64
critic score
(5)
64
user score
(28)
Oct 10
Lifelover
Konkurs
77
user score
(27)
Jul 23
Chelsea Grin
Chelsea Grin
77
user score
(26)
May 26
Cryptopsy
The Unspoken King
50
critic score
(1)
40
user score
(25)
Aug 2
Thy Art Is Murder
Infinite Death
73
user score
(25)
Jul 8
Melvins
Nude With Boots
75
critic score
(13)
67
user score
(25)
Nov 11
Pig Destroyer
Natasha
67
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(24)
Feb 15
Eluveitie
Slania
78
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(23)
Jun 24
Made Out of Babies
The Ruiner
83
critic score
(6)
81
user score
(23)
Jun 26
Esoteric
The Maniacal Vale
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(23)
Nov 18
Mudvayne
The New Game
40
critic score
(3)
52
user score
(23)
Oct 6
Bloodbath
The Fathomless Mastery
83
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(22)
Sep 30
In This Moment
The Dream
68
critic score
(4)
74
user score
(21)
Oct 20
Darkthrone
Dark Thrones and Black Flags
30
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(20)
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