The Top 50 Metal, Rock, & Noise Albums of 2016
The top 50 Best Metal / Rock / Noise / Whatever albums of 2016. This includes all the essential heaviness that came out this year.
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Metallica: Hardwired… To Self-Destruct | Still Hardwired… To Rule The Metal World?
Despite what Hardwired...To Self-Destruct turned out to sound like, Metallica is still a legendary band that can pretty much do whatever they want.
Halfyear Haze: 10 Heavy / Psychedelic Albums that Shouldn’t Fly Under the Radar in 2016
10 psychedelic albums that are in danger of being overlooked and deserve a better fate. Also, tips to which psychedelic stimulant to turn to while listening.
KLS – Superpop: Short And Face-Meltingly Sweet
If KLS live is anything like the high-energy paroxysm captured on Superpop, they must be on the shit list of every venue in Spain.
Record Review: He Whose Ox Is Gored – Vulse//Static 7″
Site favorites, He Whose Ox Is Gored, are back with a small sample into their musical expertise.
Deftones – Gore: A Long-term Relationship
Your relationship with Deftones' Gore will be just as vast and complex as mine is, or perhaps it won’t make you feel anything at all. I'm still deciding.
Mariner: An Open Letter From Cult Of Luna to Julie Christmas
Please Julie Christmas! As Cult of Luna we beg you, make another album with us. Mariner was a life-altering experience for us and we do not wish to go back.
Album Review: The Body – No One Deserves Happiness
The Body's No One Deserves Happiness gets my stamp of approval for barely being safe for human consumption. However, this album is not puppy-approved.
Album Review: Inverloch – Distance | Collapsed
Inverloch's Distance | Collapsed manages to be its own monster while maintaining an aura of classical Death-Doom and Funeral Doom acts.
Doomsday Double Feature: Bloodiest – S/T vs. Sinistro – Semente
Bloodiest and Sinistro are two prophets of post-doom that have already created one HELL of a soundtrack with their new albums…enjoy it while you still can!