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9.4
"Sacred Rites & Black Magick" draws epic landscapes of grandeur Stormruler aptly invokes the cold chilling melodies of the second wave of black metal capturing the classic feel of bands like Dissection, Vinterland, and Dawn. Released via Napalm Records.
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9.6
Death metal forefathers Autopsy deliver a raw, ugly, yet inspiring performance on their 9th album 'Morbidity Triumphant' which mixes different tones and styles, thus keeping the songs atmospheric and brutal. It is the band’s most honed work to date. Out via Peaceville Records since September 30th.
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9
Thrash/heavy metal Juggernauts Megadeth returns with their 16th album 'The Sick, the Dying, and the Dead!'. Arguably his strongest and heaviest record since 'Countdown to Extinction', Dave Mustaine’s perceptive songwriting on the new album never strays from the old-school roots of thrash metal. Out on Universal Music Group.
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8.8
Finland's death metal act Cryptic Hatred has released one of the year's most brutal death metal albums, 'Nocturnal Sickness'. If you crave for some old Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation, then this is for you. Out on The Other Records.
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8.6
The eighth album from the Italian satanic coven Abhor brings dark morbid tunes of unholy mass with a great mixture of first-wave black metal sound that is similar to bands like Mortuary Drape, Mystifier, Death SS, and Samael, if you are into the occult style of black then you must check 'Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Anticristi)', released via Iron Bonehead Productions!
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8.8
“In Nomine Diaboli” shows the Texan quartet Imprecation in its strongest form, offering a slew of demonic brutal death metal. The new studio album is a demonic pandemonium that captures the hellish aesthetics of blackened/death metal, out on October 14 via Dark Descent Records.
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7.8
California-based retro death metal quartet Mortuous offers a feast of filthy riffs on the sophomore release 'Upon Desolation' which blends different styles from death and doom metal, similar to bands like Necrot, Autopsy and Vastum. Out on Carbonized Records.
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8.8
The U.S. Death/doom act Innumerable Forms avails new methods of mournful doom on the sophomore release 'Philosophical Collapse' with guitarist Justin DeTore (Dream Unending) writing some dark death/doom riffs. Out now on Profound Lore, the album comes highly recommended for fans of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride.
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