SPIN's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015

This kind of raw, atmospheric black metal harkens back to when the genre was still wet with afterbirth.

What remains Bruun’s strongest suit is the way she juxtaposes the extremity of her influences.

Like all of High on Fire’s efforts, Luminiferous is an extravagance, no doubt, but it’s their most refined. And everyone can afford a few of those every now and again.

Every note sounds instinctual, every moment fluid; this is what happens when good friends come together to watch the world burn.

It’s their most conscious rejection of grandiosity yet, a turn toward nervous and gnarled instrumentals that bear little resemblance to what’s come before. 

New Bermuda both expands their range and sees them coming further into their own.