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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui u.x.o
Constellation
Epic Instrumental Rock
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95 / 100
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As the Poets Affirm - The Jaws that Bite, The Claws that Catch
Independent
forward-thinking instrumental majesty
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95 / 100
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Empyrium - Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays
Prophecy
Dark Acoustic Folk
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95 / 100
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Darkest Hour - Undoing Ruin
Victory Records
New Wave of American Metal
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95 / 100
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The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma
Metal Blade
New Wave of American Death/Thrash
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90 / 100
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Arena - Live & Life
SPV
Neo-Progressive Power Metal
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no quote
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The Red Chord - Clients
Metal Blade
Extreme/ Technical/ Brutal Deathcore
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85 / 100
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Born From Pain - In Love With The End
Metal Blade
Metallic Hardcore
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60 / 100
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Neaera - The Rising Tide of Oblivion
Metal Blade
Thrashy Melodic Deathcore
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73 / 100
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Forest of Shadows - Departure
Firebox Records
Slow, Depressive Doom Metal
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70 / 100
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The Red Death - External Frames of Reference
Metal Blade
Death/ Thrashcore
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80 / 100
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Into the Moat - The Design
Metal Blade
Brutal Dillinger-esque Technical Metalcore
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85 / 100
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Winter Solstice - The Fall of Rome
Metal Blade
Metalcore
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65 / 100
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Requiem Aeternam - Philosopher
ICorp
Progressive/ Black/ Death laced with acoustics
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88 / 100
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Neal Morse - One
Radiant Records
A colorful mix of styles rooted in Progressive Rock
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93 / 100
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Mastodon - Remission
Relapse Records
Heavy Metal
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93 / 100
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Agalloch - Pale Folklore
The End Records
Dark/ Atmospheric/ Acoustic-laced Metal
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90 / 100
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Stormrider - First Battle Won
Karmageddon Media
Mediocre Death/ Thrash Metal
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55 / 100
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Satureye - Where Flesh And Divinity Collide
Karmageddon Media
Old School Thrash
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70 / 100
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Neal Morse - Testimony Live DVD
Radiant Records
Progressive Rock
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no quote
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The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
Relapse Records
Dillinger Metal
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92 / 100
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Slumber - Fallout
Karmageddon Media
Not your average Gothic/Doom Metal
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85 / 100
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Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination
Skyscraper Music
Technical Death Metal with Melodic and Progressive tendencies
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88 / 100
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Mastodon - Leviathan
Relapse Records
Heavy Metal
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88 / 100
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