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Megadeth – United Abominations: When the Riffs Argue Back Released: May 15, 2007 United Abominations leaves few dots for the listener to connect. Dave Mustaine names governments, wars, weapons, media outlets, and the United
Judas Priest – Ram It Down: Metal in Capital Letters Released: May 13, 1988 How do you prove you’re still Judas Priest after Turbo? Ram It Down answers by turning everything up: faster tempos,
Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness: Finding Shape Inside the Chaos Released: May 12, 1989 How does music this unruly leave such clear shapes behind? Altars of Madness rarely stays with one riff for long. Pete
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Testament – The New Order: Between the Pit and the Dirge Released: May 10, 1988 Most of The New Order’s best-known songs were built to set a room off: “Into the Pit,” “Trial by
Fear Factory’s Digimortal: Precision Metal for a Post-Human Age Digimortal stands as one of Fear Factory’s most accessible yet ambitious releases—a cyber-metal statement that balances aggression with introspection.
LIK – Necro: Keeping the Corpse Moving Released: April 18, 2025 How much room does LIK have to move when the band’s identity depends on Stockholm death metal sounding unmistakably like
Amorphis – Circle: The Damage Stays Audible Released: April 19, 2013 Survival stories can turn cheap in a hurry. Once the damaged outsider discovers his strength, the story can start treating every
Black Label Society – Catacombs of the Black Vatican – When the Guitar Answers to the Song Released: April 8, 2014 Nobody came to a Black Label Society record wondering whether Zakk Wylde could play. By 2014, the solos, squeals, and bulldozer
Mastodon – Emperor of Sand – Every Riff Counts the Clock It’s an album that hits hard both musically and emotionally, offering a cathartic, deeply personal journey wrapped in Mastodon’s signature heaviness and complexity.
Venom – Metal Black: The Dirt Was Part of the Sound Released: March 27, 2006 Venom invited the comparison themselves. Twenty-four years after Black Metal, they reversed the words, put the goat back on the
