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Best Albums of 2021 so far

The 33 Best Albums of 2021 So Far

The year’s half over and it’s still hard to know what to make of it.…

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The Best Albums of March 2021

The best new albums, overlooked albums and reissues of the month.

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Mare Cognitum : Solar Paroxysm

Jacob Buczarski’s latest black metal saga is as intense as it is critically scathing.

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Shadow of the Horns: Going Through Changes

Our monthly metal column is changing. Kind of. For the better.

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Shadow of the Horns: Eagerly Anticipating Live Music’s Return

Jeff really, really, really misses live music.

Top 25 Metal Albums of 2020

The best of what was heavy in a truly trying year.

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Shadow of the Horns April: Home Sweet Dungeon

Some classic, black metal home-cookin’!

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The Best Albums of March 2020

The best albums from an extremely long month.

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Spectral Lore/Mare Cognitum : Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine

An epic conceptual double-album of black metal centering around the solar system.