Shadow of the Horns

Our regular metal column, and your pipeline to darkness.

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6 Great new albums that are unconventionally heavy

This month is less about riffs than records that go hard in entirely different ways

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The Best Metal Albums of August: The Not-So-Calm Before the Storm

Before the fall schedule heats up, here are some outstanding metal albums you should hear

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6 Great New Metal Albums to Kick Spring Into High Gear

Living legends, heavyweights, and new breakthroughs.

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6 New Metal Albums for a Cathartic Purge

Including The Body & Dis Fig, meth., Spectral Voice and more

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6 of the Best Metal Debut Albums of 2023 So Far

I’m always finding a new metal band I love, only to discover that they’ve been…

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6 New Metal Albums That Make Feeling Bad Feel Good

The best metal albums of June/July, for a particularly mopey summer.

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6 Essential New Metal Albums for a Blistering Spring

With spring comes rebirth, and six albums that absolutely destroy

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6 Essential New Metal Albums That Get Satisfyingly Weird

A six-pack of heavy records that lean toward the psychedelic and the avant garde

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6 Essential New Metal Albums for Fans of Metal from the ’80s

Been listening to “Master of Puppets”? Here’s some new stuff you should dive into next