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Code Orange - Underneath
March 13, 2020
Metalcore
Score
100
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2
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Palm Reader - Sleepless
November 27, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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3
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Benediction - Scriptures
October 16, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
4
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Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
September 25, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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5
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Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
November 6, 2020
Post-Rock
Score
90
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6
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Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst
October 9, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
7
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Ingested - Where Only Gods May Tread
August 14, 2020
Brutal Death Metal
Score
90
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8
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Enslaved - Utgard
October 2, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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9
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Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
October 23, 2020
Doom Metal
Score
90
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10
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Oceans of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber
September 4, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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11
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Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
July 31, 2020
Avant-Garde Metal
Score
90
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12
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A.A.Williams - Forever Blue
July 3, 2020
Post-Rock
Score
90
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13
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Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
May 28, 2020
Industrial Hip Hop
Score
90
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14
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Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
April 24, 2020
Melodic Metalcore
Score
90
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15
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
April 17, 2020
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
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16
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Lamb of God - Lamb of God
June 19, 2020
Groove Metal
Score
90
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17
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Katatonia - City Burials
April 24, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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18
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Daniel Tompkins - Ruins
December 11, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
19
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Opium Warlords - Nembutal
December 4, 2020
Score
80
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Amazon
20
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Ondskapt - Grimoire Ordo Devus
November 27, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
21
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pg.lost - Oscillate
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
22
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Wytch Hazel - III: Pentecost
October 30, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
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23
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Tombs - Under Sullen Skies
November 20, 2020
Black Metal
Score
80
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24
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Hjelvik - Welcome To Hel
November 20, 2020
Heavy Metal
Score
80
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25
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Nibiru - Panspermia
November 13, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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