Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Metal

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Ranking

  1. Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media) {78}: AMG:*, Bc:+, BV:5, Cl:*, CS:9, Db:2, DiS:*, Ex:12, K:16*, MH:1*, MI:*, Ne:31*, NPR:+, NR:36, NT:30*, OC:25, Oo:10, Pf:34*, Pf_r:40, PM:53, Pu:25, Qt:65, Sg:26, Spk:11, TO:11, Tr:4, U:*, Up:+, UPC:47, W:16, Yb:26; am:+*, am_m:+, gw:11, rs_m:6, ti:7, tr_m:3, vabe:3, vcjs:5, vjku:10, vjpk:10, vksh:9, vpl:1, vtjk:7 -- A:86/11, TH:*
  2. Knocked Loose: You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise) {68}: Alt:14, BV:16, C:27, Ch:12, CS:43, DiS:*, Ex:41, G:42*, K:1*, LBF:15*, MH:4*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:7*, NME:27, P:54, Pf:*, Pf_r:59, Pu:2, Rf:18, RkS:3, Sk:*, Sp:*, Spk:12, Up:+, UPC:43, Yb:8; am:*, am_m:+, ap:+, gw:6, ny_c:11, rs_m:13, vcpa:1, vhj:2, vjku:2 -- A:88/14, TH:B
  3. Chat Pile: Cool World (The Flenser) {66}: Blb:*, BPM:11*, BV:37, C:44, Ch:10, CS:19, Db:27, DiS:*, DW:20, Ex:7*, Fld:35, G:49, K:*, LBF:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Ne:25*, NT:6*, OC:39, Pf_r:52, PM:75*, Pu:20, Sg:21, Spk:6*, Tr:1; am:*, am_m:+, ap:+, pm_ph:4, rs_m:9, tr_m:1, vabe:6, vbc:1, ver:4, xjao:7 -- A:83/17, TH:**
  4. Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (Columbia) {38}: Blb:*, ClR:2*, CS:45, Db:4, DiS:*, Gl:+, K:26*, MH:2*, MI:*, MO:*, PO:141, Qt:80, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, UCR:7, W:36; am:*, am_m:+, rs_m:7, tr_m:21, vabe:7, vjo:8 -- A:83/14, TH:*
  5. Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human: Nex Gen (Sony) {26}: Cl:57*, D:*, DiS:*, G:*+, K:2*, MH:17, NME:49*, Pu:10, RkS:5, RSUK:*; am:*, am_m:+, ap:+ -- A:77/9
  6. Sumac: The Healer (Thrill Jockey) {25}: AMG:*, BV:36, DiS:*, DW:68, Ex:33, LW:*, MH:*, Pf:*, Pf_k:13, PM:26*, Spk:16, Tr:8; am:*, am_m:+, pm_m:18, rs_m:12, sg_x:+, tr_m:4, vbb:+ -- A:79/9
  7. Thou: Umbilical (Sacred Bones) {25}: AMG:*, BV:31, DiS:*, Fld:44, G:*+, K:*, LW:*+, MH:33*, MI:*, P:59, Qt:78, Spk:47*, Tr:15; am:*, am_m:+, rs_m:10, tr_m:2, tgl:+, vpl:6 -- A:85/10
  8. Opeth: The Last Will and Testament (Reigning Phoenix) {24}: AMG:*, Blb:*, CE:78, ClR:40*, CS:37, MH:6*, MI:*, PM:*, Spk:31, WM:13; am:+*, am_m:+, gw:15, pm_k:6, rs_m:2, vabe:5 -- A:84/10
  9. Touché Amoré: Spiral in a Straight Line (Rise) {24}: Ch:2, D:*, DiS:*, DIY:*, Fld:49, GTV:*, LBF:*, MH:30*, NT:18*, PM:*, Pu:15, RI:14, RkS:22, Tr:36; ap:+, pm_ph:9 -- A:80/14
  10. Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (BMG) {20}: Blb:*, ClR:4*, DiS:*, K:45*:MH:5*, MI:*, RC:*, UCR:20; rs_m:5 -- A:77/12
  11. High on Fire: Cometh the Storm (MNRK) {19}: BV:45, CS:15, Db:34, DiS:*, DW:9, K:*, MI:*, MH:29*, MSuk:*, Ne:*, SpL:*, UCR:22; gw:23, rs_m:4 -- A:77/11
  12. The Jesus Lizard: Rack (Ipecac) {19}: Cl:*, ClR:*, CM:+, DiS:*, FO:*, LW:29, Mj:*, O:*, Pf_k:17, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, UR:*; am:*, am_k:+, gw:12, so_k:13, vbc:6 -- A:83/11
  13. Linkin Park: From Zero (Machine Shop/Warner) {19}: AD:*, Blb:*, D:*, G:*, I:*, K:7*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, RkS:4, T:*; ap:+, rx:+ -- A:75/16
  14. Poppy: Negative Spaces (Sumerian) {18}: Cl:*, DW:66, G:*, K:6*, MH:*, RkS:2, Spk:14; ap:+, tmr:+, vjrg:4 -- A:80/4
  15. Metz: Up on Gravity Hill (Sub Pop/Dine Alone) {17}: BV_i:16, Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, NR:42, NT:46*, PM:*+, Qt:+, Tr:22; am:*, am_k:+, pm_ph:3 -- A:80/9
  16. Gatecreeper: Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast) {15}: BV:28, Cl:*, Db:7, Ex:*, K:8*, MH:12, Spk:*; am:*, am_m:+ -- A:81/6
  17. Crypt Sermon: The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent) {13}: AMG:*, Db:1, DiS:*, MI:*, S:*; rs_m:3, vabe:4 -- A:85/5
  18. Heriot: Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Century Media) {13}: DiS:*, K:14*, LBF:*, MH:7*, Pu:3 -- A:88/4
  19. Oranssi Pazuzu: Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast) {13}: BPM:*, Db:38, DiS:*, DW:87, MH:11*, Qt:9, Spk:*, Tr:24; tr_m:6 -- A:78/7
  20. Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God (Debemur Morti) {13}: AMG:*, Blb:*, BV:+, Db:16, MH:14*, MI:*, Spk:8; tr_m:8 -- A:90/4
  21. Uniform: American Standard (Sacred Bones) {13}: BPM:39*, DiS:*, LW:*, MH:*, Ne:*, NT:*, P:31, Qt:61, S:*, SC:*, Sl:*; tr_m:19 -- A:87/11
  22. Ihsahn: Ihsahn (Candlelilght) {12}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:8*, MI:*, MSuk:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:85/9
  23. Sum 41: Heaven :x: Hell (Rise) {12}: AD:*, Ch:23, D:*, K:21*, RkS:6, Sp:*, Spk:*; am:*, ap:+ -- A:82/10
  24. Alcest: Les Chants de l'Aurore (Nuclear Blast) {11}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, PM:*, SC:*, Spk:19* -- A:80/11
  25. Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible (SharpTone) {11}: -- Blb:*, Cl:*, DiS:*, K:28*, MI:*, Pu:1
  26. Body Count: Merciless (Century Media) {11}: Blb:*, LW:*, MH:*, Mj:*, XCI:52**; rs_m:20 -- A:69/5, TH:***
  27. Speed: Only One Mode (Flatspot/Last Ride) {11}: BV:29, DiS:*, K:10*, LBF:*, NME:*; ap:+, sg_hc:4 -- A:83/4
  28. Infant Island: Obsidian Wreath (Secret Voice) {10}: BPM:30*, MSuk:*, Sg:+, Spk:*; am:*, am_m:+, sg_hc:5, tr_m:14, vpl:7 -- A:83/4
  29. Inter Arma: New Heaven (Relapse) {10}: AMG:*, Db:9, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Qt:+, Tr:+; tr_m:7 -- A:80/4
  30. Nightwish: Yesterwynde (Nuclear Blast) {10}: Blb:*, ClR:46*, DiS:*, K:36*, MH:16*, MI:* -- A:86/7
  31. Slift: Ilion (Sub Pop) {10}: FN:41, K:*, MH:26, RC:*, Spk:37*; am:*, am_k:+, pm_ps:7, vbc:;8 -- A:81/7
  32. 200 Stab Wounds: Manual Manic Procedures (Metal Blade) {9}: Blb:*, Db:13, DiS:*, K:23*, MH:*, MI:*, UR:* -- A:83/7
  33. Big | Brave: A Chaos of Flowers (Thrill Jockey) {9}: CS:++, Ex:36*, MH:35, Qt:57, Spk:*, Tr:28, U:* -- A:81/8
  34. The Body & Dis Fig: Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey) {9}: G:*, LQ:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Qt:21, W:12; pm_m:7, tr_m:10 -- A:75/9
  35. Julie Christmas: Ridiculous and Full of Blood (Red Creek) {9}: Bc:+, Db:8, MH:15*, Pu:12 -- A:72/4
  36. Kerry King: From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenix) {9}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:32*, RS:93*; rs_m:1 -- A:71/9
  37. The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei (Tirty Tigers/Martha's) {9}: BPM:*, Cl:*, K:*, NR:*, UCR:16; am:+*, am_k:+ -- A:73/8
  38. Tribulation: Sub Rosa in Æternum (Century Media) {9}: Blb:*, Db:5, K:*, MH:41*, MI:* -- A:79/6
  39. Undeath: More Insane (Prosthetic) {9}: Blb:*, BV:47, Db:20, DiS:*, K:*, MH:45*; tr_m:25 -- A:83/6
  40. Couch Slut: You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda) {8}: BPM:50, DiS:*, DW:79, Sg:39, Sl:*; sg_m:2, tr_m:23 -- A:76/5
  41. Leprous: Melodies of Atonement (Inside Out) {8}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:21*, MI:*, Spk:26* -- A:79/6
  42. Orange Goblin: Science, Not Fiction (Peaceville) {8}: -- AD:*, Blb:*, ClR:18*, K:*, MH:28*
  43. Spectral Voice: Sparagamos (Dark Descent) {8}: AMG:*, Db:15, DiS:*, Fa:41, Qt:+; pm_m:4 -- A:90/2
  44. Spectral Wound: Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore) {8}: AMG:*, Db:3, DiS:*, Ex:*, MH:* -- A:83/4
  45. Tzompantli: Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (20 Buck Spin) {8}: Db:6, MI:*; pm_m:5, rs_m:19, tr_m:24 -- A:75/2
  46. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Nell' Ora Blu (Rise Above) {8}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:+*, am_m:+ -- A:77/9
  47. Unto Others: Never, Neverland (Century Media) {8}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:10*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:86/5
  48. The Warning: Keep Me Fed (Lava/Republic) {8}: DiS:*, K:19, RkS:11; am:*, am_m:+, atw:+ -- A:77/3
  49. Zeal & Ardor: Greif (self-released) {8}: D:*, DiS:*, K:41*, MH:23, Pu:24; am:*, am_m:+ -- A:73/9
  50. Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood (Double J Music) {7}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MH:*, Sp:*; am:*, am_k:+ -- A:79/7
  51. Hulder: Verses in Oath (20 Buck Spin) {7}: AMG:*, Db:12, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:*; tr_m:26 -- A:90/4
  52. Job for a Cowboy: Moon Healer (Metal Blade) {7}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:38*, MI:*, MSuk*, Spk:28 -- A:84/7
  53. Myles Kennedy: The Art of Letting Go (Napalm) {7}: Blb:*, ClR:12*, DiS:*, K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/5
  54. Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) {7}: C:18, G:*, Qt:+, Tr:+; pm_m:10, tr_m:9 -- A:75/3
  55. Lucifer: Luciver V (Nuclear Blast) {7}: CE:146, ClR:*, Db:30, K:*, MH:19, Spk:* -- A:79/8
  56. Nails: Every Bridge Burning (Nuclear Blast) {7}: Blb:*, Db:25, DiS:*, K:*, MH:25, MI:*, Ne:36 -- A:78/6
  57. Necrot: Lifeless Birth (Tankcrimes) {7}: Blb:*, Db:10, DiS:*, MI:*; tr_m:27 -- A:80/4
  58. Oceans of Slumber: Where Gods Fear to Speak (Season of Mist) {7}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:27*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:85/6
  59. Rotting Christ: Pro Xristou (Season of Mist) {7}: DiS:*, MH:20*, MI:*, MSuk:*, SC:* -- A:76/7
  60. State Faults: Children of the Moon (Deathwish) {7}: BV:34, Spk:2*; atw:+ -- A:100/1
  61. While She Sleeps: Self Hell (Spinefarm) {7}: Cl:*, DiS:*, K:38*, MH:46, Pu:14 -- A:75/6
  62. Bad Omens: Concrete Jungle [The OST] (Sumerian) {6}: K:*, MH:*, RkS:7; ap:+ -- A:80/2
  63. The Black Dahlia Murder: Servitude (Metal Blade) {6}: Blb:*, Db:22, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*MSuk:* -- A:79/6
  64. Candy: It's Inside You (Relapse) {6}: BV:35, DiS:*, K:*; ny_c:3, sg_hc:8 -- A:77/3
  65. Deep Purple: =1 (EarMusic) {6}: Blb:*, ClR:9*, Sp:* -- A:74/8
  66. Grand Magus: Sunraven (Nuclear Blast) {6}: Blb:*, CE:96, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:43* -- A:78/6
  67. Graphic Nature: Who Are You When No One Is Watching? (Rude) {6}: DiS:*, K:25*, MH:*, RkS:12 -- A:83/3
  68. Hamferð: Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk (Metal Blade) {6}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:49*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:86/5
  69. Lowen: Do Not Go to War With the Demons of Mazandaran (Church Road) {6}: K:29*, MH:9* -- A:90/2
  70. Melvins: Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) {6}: Blb:*, MH:*, PM:*, U:*, UCR:13 -- A:76/10
  71. Pijn: From Low Beams of Hope (Floodlit) {6}: DiS:*, MH:39*, Pu:9 -- A:85/2
  72. Black Country Communion: V () {5}: ClR:5; gw:19
  73. Black Curse: Burning in Celestial Poison (Supulchral Voice) {5}: AMG:*, Db:23, DiS:*; pm_m:3 -- A:80/2
  74. The Body: The Crying Out of Things (Thrill Jockey) {5}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*; am:*, am_m:+ -- A:80/5
  75. Borknagar: Fall (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/6
  76. Cassyette: This World Fucking Sucks (23) {5}: DIY:*, K:34*, MH:*, Sk:* -- A:75/7
  77. Civerous: Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) {5}: DiS:*, MI:*, Ne:11* -- A:88/4
  78. Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (Peaceville) {5}: Db:37, DiS:*; am:*, am_m:+, rs_m:17 -- A:59/3
  79. Dödsrit: Nocturnal Will (Wolves of Hades) {5}: Blb:*, Db:19, MH:31* -- A:80/3
  80. Earthtone9: In Resonance Nexus () {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:*, K:* -- A:80/5
  81. Fleshgod Apocalypse: Opera (Nuclear Blast) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:87/5
  82. Frail Body: Artificial Bouquet (Deathwish) {5}: Spk:20, Tr:+; tr_m:5 -- A:60/1
  83. Fu Manchu: The Return of Tomorrow (At the Dojo) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, K:*, MI:*, RC:* -- A:79/6
  84. Megafauna: And So I Watch You From Afar (Pelagic/Velocity) {5}: Cl:*, DiS:*, IT:*, K:*, MH:* -- A:79.6
  85. Midnight: Hellish Expectations (Metal Blade) {5}: Db:31, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:78/5
  86. My Dying Bride: A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:76/8
  87. Necrophobic: In the Twilight Grey (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:84/5
  88. Scene Queen: Hot Singles in Your Area (Hopeless) {5}: D:*, DiS:*, MH:*, K:48* -- A:80/5
  89. Stand Atlantic: Was Here (Hopeless) {5}: D:*, DiS:*, K:30*, RkS:23 -- A:80/3
  90. Terminal Nation: Echoes of the Devil's Den (20 Buck Spin) {5}: Db:17, DiS:*, Sg:+; sg_hc:9 -- A:90/1
  91. Devin Townsend: PowerNerd (HevyDevy/InsideOut) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MH:22, MI:* -- A:78/6
  92. Uboa: Impossible Light (The Flenser) {5}: Spk:21; tr_m:12, vksh:1
  93. Vitriol: Suffer & Become (Century Media) {5}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:84/6
  94. Winterfylleth: The Imperious Horizon (Candlelight) {5}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:42*, MSuk:* -- A:85/4
  95. Zetra: Zetra (Nuclear Blast) {5}: DiS:*, K:18*, MH:34 -- A:73/3
  96. 1349: The Wolf and the King (Season of Mist) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, SC:* -- A:82/5
  97. Aborted: Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, K:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/7
  98. Anciients: Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist) {4}: AMG:*, Bob:*, Db:40, MH:* -- A:76/5
  99. Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: ClR:22, MH:*, UCR:12 -- A:68/4
  100. Caligula's Horse: Charcoal Grace (InsideOut) {4}: DiS:*, MH:48*, MI:* -- A:80/5
  101. Cnts: Thoughts & Prayers () {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, PM:+; pm_k:18 -- A:73/3
  102. Defeated Sanity: Chronicles of Lunacy (Season of Mist) {4}: AMG:*, MI:*, MSuk:*; pm_m:9 -- A:83/4
  103. Dvne: Voidkind (Metal Blade) {4}: DiS:*, MH:18* -- M:83/3
  104. Ace Frehley: 10,000 Volts (MNRK) {4}: Blb:*, S:*, UCR:18 -- A:73/4
  105. Krallice: Ingorganic Rites (self-released) {4}: Ne:47*; tr_m:22, vbb:+ -- A:79/2
  106. Meth.: Shame (Prosthetic) {4}: BPM:36, Spk:*, Tr:+; tr_m:15 -- A:82/6
  107. Moggs Motel: Moggs Motel (SPV) {4}: Blb:*, ClR:27*, RC:* -- A:80/3
  108. Mork: Syv (Peaceville) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
  109. The Obsessed: Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music) {4}: DiuS:*, MH:36*, MSuk:* -- A:77/5
  110. Paysage d'Hiver: Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen) {4}: AMG:*, Db:29, MI:*; rs_m:11 -- A:77/3
  111. Pest Control: Year of the Pest (Quality Control HQ -EP) {4}: DW:45 -- TH:***
  112. Ripped to Shreds: Sanshi (Relapse) {4}: AMG:*, Db:14, MI:* -- A:83/2
  113. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Of the Last Human Being (Avant Night) {4}: AMG:*, ClR:*, Ex:*, Qt:76 -- A:78/4
  114. Wheel: Charismatic Leaders (Inside Out) {4}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
  115. Wormed: Omegon (Season of Mist) {4}: pm_m:1, sg_m:9
  116. Mimi Barks: This Is Doom Trap (Silent Cult) {3}: DiS:*, K:39* -- A:80/3
  117. Coffin Storm: Arcana Rising (Peaceville) {3}: HM:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:76/5
  118. Counterparts: Heaven Let Them Die (Pure Noise -EP) {3}: Alt:46, DiS:*Spk:* -- A:87/2
  119. Cower: Celestial Devestation (Human Worth) {3}: Qt:59; vsar:2
  120. Dark Tranquililty: Endrtime Signals (Century Media) {3}: Blb:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:73/7
  121. Dissimulator: Lower Form Resistance (20 Buck Spin) {3}: AMG:*, DiS:*; pm_m:20 -- A:80/2
  122. Enterprise Earth: Death: An Anthology (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MI:* -- A:82/5
  123. Fever 333: Darker White (Century Media/333 Wreckords Crew) {3}: D:*, DIY:*, MH:50 -- A:66/5
  124. Ben Frost: Scope Neglect (Mute) {3}: G:*+; vu:+ -- A:66/7
  125. Full of Hell: Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities) {3}: BV:+, Db:21, Tr:+ -- A:81/5
  126. Glacial Tomb: Lightless Expanse (Prosthetic) {3}: AMG:*, Db:28, DiS:* -- A:80/2
  127. Hellbutcher: Hellbutcher (Metal Blade) {3}: Db:24, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/4
  128. Kalandra: A Frame of Mind (Norse Music) {3}: DiS:*, MH:40* -- A:90/2
  129. Kanonenfieber: Die Urkatastrophe (Century Media) {3}: AMG:*DiS:*; pm_m:19 -- A:90/2
  130. Kati Rán: Sála (Svart) {3}: DiS:*, MH:47* -- A:83/3
  131. Mother of Graves: The Periapt of Absence (Profound Lore) {3}: Db:11, DiS:* -- A:90/1
  132. Nile: The Underground Awaits Us All (Napalm) {3}: Blb:*, DiS:*, MH:* -- A:79/7
  133. Oxygen Destroyer: Guardian of the Universe (Redefining Darkness) {3}: AMG:*, Db:32, MH:* -- A:80/2
  134. Saxon: Hell, Fire and Damnation (Silver Lining) {3}: ClR:44, MI:*, RC:* -- A:72/7
  135. Siamese: Elements (Long Branch) {3}: Blb:*, K:*, Pu:21 -- A:77/3
  136. Sleepwalker: Delirium Pathomutageno Adductum (self-released) {3}: sg_m:1
  137. Sólstafir: Hinj Helga Kvöl (Century Media) {3}: MH:24*, MI:* -- A:70/5
  138. Accept: Humanoid (Napalm) {2}: ClR:*, Sp:* -- A:79/6
  139. Battlesnake: The Rise and Demise of the Motorsteeple () {2}: MH:*; rs_m:18 -- A:80/1
  140. Bedsore: Dreaming the Strife for Love (20 Buck Spin) {2}: CE:67; tr_m:11 -- A:70/2
  141. Bilmuri: American Motor Sports (Columbia) {2}: RkS:20
  142. Commoner: A Commoner's Quest () {2}: K:*, LW:+ -- A:80/1
  143. Concrete Winds: Concrete Winds (Sepulchral Voice) {2}: sg_m:5
  144. Convulsing: Perdurance (self-released) {2}: sg_m:3
  145. Envy: Eunoia (Temporary Residence/Pelagic) {2}: DiS:*, Fa:39 -- A:75/2
  146. Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan: Scraping the Divine (Closed Casket Activities) {2}: MH:*; tr_m:30 -- A:78/2
  147. Future Palace: Distortion (Arising Empire) {2}: DiS:*, Sp:* -- A:80/3
  148. Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] () {2}: am:*, am_m:+
  149. Gigan: Anomalous Abstratcigate Infinitessimus (Willowtip) {2}: Spk:*; tr_m:20 -- A:80/1
  150. Glassing: From the Other Side of the Mirror (Pelagic) {2}: Tr:+; tr_m:17 -- A:70/1
  151. Hand of Juno: Psychotic Banana () {2}: am:*, am_m:+
  152. Haunted Plasma: I () {2}: AMG:*; pm_m:15 -- A:80/1
  153. Iress: Sleep Now, in Reverse (Church Road) {2}: Spk:*; tr_m:29 -- A:77/2
  154. Kittie: Fire () {2}: am:*, am_m:+
  155. Make Them Suffer: Make Them Suffer (Greyscale/SharpTone) {2}: Alt:42, MH:* -- A:72/3
  156. Malconfort: Humanism () {2}: pm_m:2
  157. Massive Wagons: Earth to Grace () {2}: ClR:14
  158. Mitochondrion: Vitriseptome (Profound Lore) {2}: AMG:*; pm_m:6 -- A:80/1
  159. Noxis: Violence Inherent in the System (Rotted Life) {2}: AMG:*; pm_m:17 -- A:80/1
  160. Obliti Devoravit: Under My Michigan Sky (Colloquial Sound) {2}: sg_m:4
  161. Pallbearer: Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast) {2}: K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/8
  162. P.O.D.: Veritas () {2}: am:*, am_m:+
  163. Prisoner: Putrid | Obsolete (Persistent Vision) {2}: DiS:*; tr_m:13 -- A:80/1
  164. Prize Horse: Under Sound (New Morality Zine) {2}: Fa:43, Sg:+
  165. Public Acid: Deadly Struggle (Beach Impediment) {2}: AV:+; sg_hc:10
  166. Pyrrhon: Exhaust (Willowtip) {2}: AMG:*; pm_m:12 -- A:90/1
  167. Satan: Songs in Crimson (Metal Blade) {2}: MH:44* -- A:70/3
  168. Slimelord: Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (20 Buck Spin) {2}: DiS:*; pm_m:16 -- A:80/2
  169. Thrown: Excessive Guilt (Arising Empire) {2}: K:*, Pu:23 -- A:63/3
  170. Velvet: Romance () {2}: pm_sh:5
  171. Vicious Blade: Relentless Force (Redefining Darkness) {2}: Db:35, MH:* -- A:80/1
  172. Vola: Friend of a Phantom (Mascot) {2}: Blb:*, DiS:* -- A:74/4
  173. Yoth Iria: Blazing Inferno (Edged Circle Productions) {2}: Db:36, MH:* -- A:80/1
  174. Your Arms Are My Cocoon: Death of a Rabbit (self-released) {2}: A:33; up_emo:+
  175. 156/Silence: People Watching (Sharp Tone) {1}: DiS:*, Spk:* -- A:81/3
  176. 40 Watt Sun: Little Weight (Fisher's Folly/Cappio) {1}: AMG:* -- A:80/1
  177. Apparition: Disgraced Emanations From a Tranquil State (Profound Lore) {1}: Db:26 -- A:60/1
  178. Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: UCR:+
  179. Balwezo Westijiz: Tower of Famine (Profound Lore) {1}: pm_m:14
  180. Bewitcher: Spell Shock (Century Media) {1}: CE:85
  181. Brat: Social Grace (Prosthetic) {1}: K:* -- A:78/5
  182. Brodequin: Harbinger of Woe (Season of Mist Underground Activist) {1}: Spk:40
  183. Cane Hill: A Piece of Me I Never Let You Find (Out of Line) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
  184. Contention: Artillery From Heaven (Daze) {1}: sg_hc:6
  185. Darkest Hour: Perpetual Terminal (MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/6
  186. Deceased . . .: Children of the Morgue (Hells Headbangers) {1}: Db:33
  187. Departure Chandelier: Satan Soldier of Fortune (Nuclear War Now!) {1}: Db:39
  188. Djevel: Natt Til Ende () {1}: pm_m:8
  189. Effluence: Necrobiology (Putrefactive) {1}: sg_m:7
  190. Falling in Reverse: Popular Monster (Epitaph) {1}: Blb:* -- A:49/4
  191. Fír: De stilte van God () {1}: pm_m:13
  192. Fórn: Repercussions of the Self () {1}: tr_m:16
  193. Giant Walker: Silhouettes () {1}: -- Pu:22
  194. God Is an Astronaut: Embers (Napalm) {1}: DiS:* -- A:75/2
  195. Huntsmen: The Dry Land (Prosthetic) {1}: AMG:*, Blb:*; rs_m:8 -- A:83/3
  196. Immortal Bird: Sin Querencia (20 Buck Spin) {1}: sg_m:8
  197. Kill the Thrill: Autophagie (Season of Mist) {1}: CE:83
  198. Mefitis: The Skorian//The Greyleer () {1}: pm_m:11
  199. Morvigor: De Spiegel (Vita Detestabilis) {1}: sg_m:6
  200. Peeling Flesh: The G Code (Unique Leader) {1}: Blb:* -- A:75/2
  201. Persher: Sleep Well (Thrill Jockey) {1}: Qt:53+ -- A:70/1
  202. Regional Justice Center: Freedom Sweet Freedom (Closed Casket Activities) {1}: sg_hc:7
  203. Resin Tomb: Cerebral Purgatory (Transcending Obscurity) {1}: tr_m:28 -- A:70/1
  204. Sadness: I Want to Make Something as Beautiful as You (self-released) {1}: sg_m:10
  205. Skillet: Revolution (self-released) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
  206. Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary (Live at London Bridge Studio) (self-released) {1}: S:* -- A:83/2
  207. Unholy Altar: Veil of Death! Shroud of Nite () {1}: rs_m:14
  208. Vuur & Zijde: Boezem () {1}: tr_m:18
  209. Whores.: War. (Ghost Is Clear) {1}: rs_m:15 -- A:70/1
  210. Wintersun: Time II (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1