 | Thrice Horizons/West
Thrice put their best foot forward and deliver an improvement on Horizons/East in every way. |  | Raphael Weinroth-Browne Lifeblood
A heavy contender for Album of the Year, and the most ambitious album of Weinroth-Browne's career. |
 | Hooded Menace Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
Who doesn't love Halloween metal? |  | Post Heaven The Space That's In Between
The Space That’s In Between is an electrifying, awe-inspiring EP that provides all the proof you need that Post Heaven deserves a major breakthrough. |
 | Old Sorcery The Escapist
True escapist haven. |  | Geese Getting Killed
There is only dance music in times of war |
 | Amorphis Borderland
A picture of consistency |  | Wednesday Bleeds
Wednesday expand their palette even further with yet another masterpiece. |
 | Paradise Lost Ascension
Despite a couple issues with pacing and some weaker tracks, Ascension provides the same high-quality songwriting we've come to expect from the band. |  | Motion City Soundtrack The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
Just wait and see—one day I’ll disappear and you’ll be just like me. |
 | Der Weg Einer Freiheit Innern
Der Weg Einer Freiheit are masters of consistency and excellency within black metal. |  | Crippling Alcoholism Camgirl
I'm just a user, craving your abuse. |
 | Grenadier Wolves of the Trench
The Charge of the Light Brigade |  | Hayley Williams Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Hayley finally breaks through her glass ceiling and delivers her strongest solo effort to date. It might even be her best release, period. |
 | In Mourning The Immortal
Magic and Mayhem |  | Hot Mulligan The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still
Monica Lewinskibidi Toilet |
 | The World Is a Beautiful Place... Dreams Of Being Dust
Hands on an empty globe, the illusion of place. |  | Ethel Cain Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Love is not enough in this world, but I still believe in Nebraska dreaming |
 | The Exit Bags A Fear of Open Water
What is there to know? |  | Centuries of Decay A Monument to Oblivion
Brutal and beautiful. |
 | Clipse Let God Sort Em Out
So Be It, So Be It. |  | Laura Stevenson Late Great
It's hard to love me back |
 | Moving Mountains Pruning of the Lower Limbs
You crash and fall in the sky like a shooting star |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Phantom Island
King Gizz get extra brassy and extra breezy, bringing the soulful summer vibes you didn't know you were missing |