On a double album featuring a rejigged line-up and some big, diversifying swings, Corrosion Of Conformity show exactly why they’ve stuck around as one of sludge- and stoner-metal’s premier names.
Tag: Nuclear Blast Records
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a host of flawed but solid albums, spanning a beatdown from Varials; an exercise in alt-metal opulence from Lost Society; and an indie-rock overreach from snake eyes.
The broadening of Sylosis’ metal palette is inconsistent and messy, but buoyed by enough solid ideas that are clearly all their own.
In the first Review Round-Up of 2026, The Cribs get off to a bad start, but at least Beyond The Black and especially I Promised The World are setting a higher bar.
In this Review Round-Up, Conjurer soar from self-discovery; Heavensgate test the waters on their breakthrough; and PENGSHUi…just kinda stay where they’ve always been.
In this Review Round-Up, Perturbator’s new album shows little advancement, but thankfully, there’s a lot more promise coming from Greyhaven and Beauty Sleep.
Although it could do with a bit more worth revisiting, Mélancolia’s blackened nu-metal is still one of the most exciting developments their scene has made in a while.
In this Review Round-Up, We Came As Romans once again prove mind-numbing, but thankfully there’s some more interesting fare from Blackbriar and Joe & The Shitboys.
It’s business as usual for Malevolence, which means another world-class metal album from one of the UK’s absolute best.
Behemoth’s newest step at spearheading black-metal arrives here, on an album that’s condensed, intense, messy, and altogether engaging.