The Top 7 Darkest Albums award is not like the other accolades. Is it something its recipients should carry as a source of pride? We don’t score these albums out…
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The experimental impulse in metal is essential to the genre. Without it, the conservative traditions would dominate, and the music would become stale. Innovators over the years like Celtic Frost,…
Progressive metal is in a period of flux once more now the Meshuggah-inspired boom has ended. Five years ago, you had a queue of artists from Haken to Periphery and…
It’s no secret that we enjoy the slower forms of heavy guitar music at Scream Blast Repeat. We created this accolade after excluding post-metal from the avant-garde category. That made…
It was another quiet year for death metal, with few big-name releases to whet the appetite. As a genre, it continues to subsist on a large underground support base and…
2025 was a strong year for thrash metal. Two of the “Teutonic Big Four” released albums, and there’s no reason for Sodom and Destruction fans to dislike the new records…
Which of the debutant pack stood out for you in 2025? We created a shortlisted of twenty-two artists based on those that scored a 7 out of 10 or above.…
It’s that time of year again to choose the outstanding EPs of 2025 across the extreme metal, prog, and dark alternative spectrum. And let’s not forget about hardcore, where we…
Greek academic, Chrysa Tsaltampasi, is an extreme vocal coach and singer/songwriter. She’s also the brains behind one of 2024’s darkest metal records under the moniker of Spineless. We called it…