Alcest Burrow Beautifully Into Their Aesthetic on New Album
With their Les Chants De L’Aurore, the legendary French metal outfit Alcest weave together light and darkness in a characteristically compelling fashion.
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Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell on Facing the Inevitable
For metal stalwarts Pallbearer, death and inevitability are themes that run through their work, but perhaps no more prominently than on their piercing new record Forgotten Days.
Nightwish Go in a Folk Direction on Their Double LP ‘Human. :||: Nature.’
In the curious case of Nightwish's Human. :||: Nature., the whole is ultimately less compelling than the individual parts it comprises.
Alcest Deliver Exceptional Blackgaze Catharsis on ‘Spiritual Instinct’
Everything that fans could want—and everything that makes blackgaze stand out—is contained within Alcest's Spiritual Instinct.
Opeth Achieve Gothic Greatness with ‘In Cauda Venenum’
In Cauda Venenum is Opeth’s most wicked record of the decade, signifying that their earlier evilness is still wonderfully intact.
Khemmis Joins the Heavy Metal Elite with ‘Desolation’
Confidence oozes from Khemmis' Desolation . It's a six-song, 41-minute battle cry of triumph—and that's exactly what you want from doom-brandishing heavy metal.
Opeth: Sorceress
This third entry in Opeth's newest phase doesn't quite match Pale Communion, but it's still a wonderfully multifaceted journey.