The 10 Best Metal Albums
Carcass, ‘Torn Arteries’: On their 2013 reunion LP, Surgical Steel.
Tribulation, ‘Where the Gloom Becomes Sound’: Mysterious, malevolent, and thrillingly cinematic.
Skepticism, ‘Companion’: In the center of the Venn diagram between last rites.
Portal, ‘Avow’: Extreme experimental-metal outfit Portal may hail from Australi.
Panopticon, ‘…And Again Into the Light’: For over a decade now.
King Woman, ‘Celestial Blues’: During the 40 gripping minutes of Celestial Blues.
Iron Maiden, ‘Senjutsu’: As much as Maiden fans may wish the band would rehash warhorses like.
Gojira, ‘Fortitude: There are moments on Fortitude when noise overwhelms the melody.
Converge, ‘Bloodmoon: I’: In the works since 2016, this stunning collaboration between hardcore legends.
Mastodon, ‘Hushed and Grim’: Mastodon’s last few albums sounded like dispatches from a mid.