Album Reviews7/10
Paradise Lost Trade Riffs for Synth on Believe in Nothing, Mostly Rewarding Patience
A grim tale of Paradise Lost's strange departure from metal into shadowy, synth-wrapped gloom, with two songs worth remembering.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: metal
Album Reviews8/10
Paradise Lost Abandon Metal for Synth on Host, and Mostly Pull It Off
Paradise Lost's Host drops metal for synth, trading guitars for atmosphere. A brave, overlooked record worth your time.
Album Reviews6/10
Paradise Lost Chase Heaviness on Symbol of Life, Mostly Land
Paradise Lost's Symbol of Life trades keyboards for heavier metal, a mostly successful return to weight.
Album Reviews6.7/10
Ghost’s Infestissumam Trades Hooks for Atmosphere — and Mostly Loses Both
A review of Ghost's Infestissumam, a theatrical horror-rock album that aims high but falls short.
Sixteen Years On, Ghost’s Debut Still Sells Satanic Metal Short
A look back at Ghost's debut album Opus Eponymous, a theatrical metal record about the devil and the church.
Album Reviews8/10
Deafheaven’s Sixth Album Trades Genre for Ambition, and Mostly Delivers
A band of lonely ones, with power, seeks to build a record beyond one single kind of music, vast and strange in ambition.
Album Reviews8.2/10
Deafheaven Trade Screams for Dream-Pop on ‘Infinite Granite,’ and Mostly Succeed
A record of infinite granite wherein rage melts into sound, a meditation upon beauty and sorrow.
Album Reviews8.6/10
Russian Circles’ Empros Earns Its Ambition 15 Years On
A record of extremes, swinging from gentle calm to full force in seconds, tested against each other without pause.
Slipknot Unleash ‘Arsenal,’ Their First Song Since Sid Wilson’s Departure
Slipknot drop 'Arsenal,' their first song since Sid Wilson's exit, with a spooky video and Corey Taylor's screamed vocals. No album plans yet.
Album Reviews9/10
Deftones dig deeper, not wider, on ‘private music’ — and earn a 9/10
Deftones refine their signature sound on private music, a confident 11-track return that ranks among their best work.