Album Reviews8/10
Liturgy’s The Ark Work Stretches Black Metal Into Something Dense and Ambitious
Litrgy's 'The Ark Work' blends clean singing, classical instrumentation, and harsh vocals into a dense, ambitious record.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: metal music
Album Reviews7.8/10
Ozzy’s Return to Form: ‘Ordinary Man’ Stands Strong on Its Own Terms
A record of a man once nobody, now a name of weight — a return to form, though not without its lesser moments.
Album Reviews7.9/10
Gojira Tear Down The Wall Between Metal And Everything Else On Magma
Gojira's Magma tears down the wall between metal and everything else, blending melodic immediacy with brutal death-metal teeth.
Album Reviews7/10
Gojira’s ‘The Link’: Heavy Metal That Breathes Between the Blows
Gojira's 2003 debut blends brutal death metal with atmospheric post-metal, earning a 7/10 score.
Album Reviews8/10
Melvins and Napalm Death Split Sludge and Noise on Savage Imperial Death March
A brutal death-metal statement and a loose rock record collide in Savage Imperial Death March.
Album Reviews2/10
Paradise Lost’s ‘In Requiem’: Heavy Metal That Never Finds Focus
A heavy requiem that fails to raise the dead, eleven tracks of noise that never quite find their soul.
Album Reviews8/10
Paradise Lost Return to Their Roots on Faith Divides Us
Paradise Lost's 2009 album Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us returns to death metal roots with ten tracks of crushing heaviness.
Album Reviews8/10
Paradise Lost Return to Form With Medusa, a Heavy But Not Punishing Doom Metal Record
A grim return to form: Paradise Lost's Medusa blends doom's crushing weight with melodies that stick.
Album Reviews8.2/10
Mastodon Honor Fallen Brother on Heavy, Direct Marrow Deep
Mastodon's Marrow Deep honors fallen brother Brent Hinds with mournful, direct metal; a fitting, heavy tribute.
Album Reviews6.3/10
Metallica’s Load: A Heavy Record That Drags in Places
A heavy record of metal, family, and loss, wherein the band presses past its own bounds, succeeding and failing in equal measure.