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Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
February 4, 2022
Post-Metal
Mathcore
,
Metalcore
,
Post-Rock
,
Alternative Metal
,
Dream Pop
Critic Score
86
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
Bandcamp
2
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The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist
September 2, 2022
Mathcore
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Alternative Metal
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Sasscore
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Immolation - Acts of God
February 18, 2022
Death Metal
Dissonant Death Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
86
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
4
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Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
February 11, 2022
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Post-Rock
Critic Score
85
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
Bandcamp
5
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Wormrot - Hiss
July 8, 2022
Grindcore
Powerviolence
,
Deathgrind
Critic Score
86
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
6
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Kardashev - Liminal Rite
June 10, 2022
Post-Metal
,
Deathcore
Progressive Metal
,
Doomgaze
,
Shoegaze
,
Blackgaze
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
July 15, 2022
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Post-Metal
,
Avant-Prog
,
Black Metal
,
Chamber Music
Critic Score
90
4
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
8
.
Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection
April 1, 2022
Heavy Metal
,
Speed Metal
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
Amazon
Music
Bandcamp
9
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Architects - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
February 15, 2022
Progressive Metalcore
,
Djent
Alternative Metal
,
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
Amazon
10
.
Wilderun - Epigone
January 7, 2022
Progressive Metal
Melodic Death Metal
,
Symphonic Metal
,
Folk Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
April 29, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
12
.
Alter Bridge - Pawns & Kings
October 14, 2022
Alternative Metal
,
Hard Rock
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Goatwhore - Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven
October 7, 2022
Blackened Death Metal
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
Bandcamp
SoundCloud
14
.
Halestorm - Back From The Dead
May 6, 2022
Hard Rock
,
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Amorphis - Halo
February 11, 2022
Progressive Metal
Melodic Death Metal
,
Folk Metal
,
Symphonic Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
16
.
Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
March 18, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
17
.
Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
October 14, 2022
Deathcore
,
Symphonic Metal
Blackened Death Metal
,
Symphonic Black Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
18
.
Moon Tooth - Phototroph
May 13, 2022
Alternative Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
88
4
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
19
.
Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
May 20, 2022
Alternative Metal
,
Stoner Metal
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
,
Progressive Metal
,
Stoner Metal
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Grunge
Critic Score
82
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Chat Pile - God’s Country
July 29, 2022
Sludge Metal
,
Noise Rock
Industrial Metal
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Pigfuck
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
Bandcamp
21
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Ithaca - They Fear Us
July 29, 2022
Metalcore
Alternative Metal
Critic Score
85
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
22
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Venom Prison - Erebos
February 4, 2022
Metalcore
,
Melodic Death Metal
,
Deathcore
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Vinyl
Bandcamp
23
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Persefone - Metanoia
February 4, 2022
Progressive Metal
,
Melodic Death Metal
,
Symphonic Metal
Critic Score
86
4
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
24
.
Autopsy - Morbidity Triumphant
September 30, 2022
Death Metal
Death Doom Metal
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
Bandcamp
SoundCloud
25
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A.A.Williams - As The Moon Rests
October 7, 2022
Post-Metal
,
Post-Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
82
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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