Album Reviews - This Day In Metal (Page 2)

Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzmosis: The Prince of Darkness Faces the Mirror

Ozzmosis is the calm after the storm — a reflective, powerful statement from a legend still standing after the fire burned out. It’s dark, heartfelt, and deeply human beneath its heavy exterior.

Ozzy Osbourne 4 min read

King Diamond – Abigail: Falsetto, Fire, and the Funeral of Love

Abigail isn’t just a classic — it’s a cornerstone. A perfect storm of concept, performance, and execution. It’s gothic metal as it was meant to be: haunting, heavy, and deeply human beneath the horror.

King Diamond 4 min read

King Diamond's The Puppet Master: Macabre Melody in Motion

King Diamond’s The Puppet Master didn’t modernize his sound — it reaffirmed his role as metal’s most theatrical storyteller

King Diamond 4 min read

Deicide – Serpents of the Light: Blasting Through the Flames of Faith

Serpents of the Light is not flashy. It’s not experimental. It doesn’t push boundaries. But that’s exactly what makes it so effective. It’s a half-hour of unfiltered Deicide — punishing, unapologetic, and locked in.

Deicide 4 min read

Carcass' Heartwork: Death Metal Redefined with a Scalpel

Heartwork isn’t just a classic — it’s a blueprint. A turning point in metal where extremity met execution, where anger found melody, and where one of the gnarliest bands of the ’80s proved they could grow without compromising who they were.

Carcass 4 min read

Judas Priest’s Jugulator: Rusted Steel and Digital Screams

Jugulator is a weird record. A hard record. A divisive record. And, if we’re being honest, a bold one.

Judas Priest 4 min read

Corrosion of Conformity’s Wiseblood Still Bleeds Power and Purpose

Wiseblood is more than just a great Corrosion of Conformity record. It’s a masterclass in how to evolve without selling out, how to channel your roots without being stuck in them

Corrosion of Conformity 4 min read

Hooded Menace’s Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration: a Temple of Sorrow and Sludge

Hooded Menace haven’t just built another death-doom record. They’ve carved a monument — one that weeps slowly, elegantly, and eternally in the dark.

Hooded Menace 3 min read

My Dying Bride's 34.788%... Complete — When Doom Meets Detachment

If you want comfort, look elsewhere. But if you want to sit with discomfort, doubt, and raw humanity, this album doesn’t just provide a soundtrack—it invites you to live inside it.

My Dying Bride 3 min read

Alice in Chains’ Dirt – Grunge’s Darkest Masterpiece

If you’re looking for an album that actually feels something—anger, regret, sorrow, defiance—Dirt delivers it in spades. And if you’ve ever been in a dark place yourself, chances are this album knows exactly how you felt.

Alice in Chains 4 min read

Paradise Lost – Ascension: Gloom With Grace

This is an album for listeners willing to lean into shadow, to let the heaviness settle, and to be haunted by melody. It’s elegant, it’s mournful, it’s potent.

Paradise Lost 3 min read

Metallica’s ...And Justice for All: Thrash with a Thinking Man’s Trigger

More than three decades later, Justice still stands tall—not just as a product of its time, but as a timeless example of metal at its most daring.

Metallica 4 min read