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Browse Dork's album & ep review coverage for Metal, plus artists and albums connected to the genre.

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Skeletá
Album Review4/5

Skeletá

Ghost

By this point, a Ghost album is a bonafide good time.

Tsunami Sea
Album Review5/5

Tsunami Sea

Spiritbox

Metal's most fascinating evolution story continues with glorious defiance, as Spiritbox return with a second album that treats expectations like fragile china, then hurls them against the wall just to hear the satisfying smash.

The Fear Of Fear EP
Album Review4/5

The Fear Of Fear EP

Spiritbox

New EP 'The Fear Of Fear' is as brutal as they come.

Album Review5/5

The Seventh Sun

Bury Tomorrow

Tasting ‘The Seventh Sun’ is a sensory experience, cinematic in its scope.

Album Review4/5

the classic symptoms of a broken spirit

Architects

Potentially massive.

Album Review4/5

The End, So Far

Slipknot

It may not suit all, but in over two-decades Slipknot have never stopped burning down boundaries.

Album Review5/5

Darker Still

Parkway Drive

Parkway Drive once again prove that they do nothing by halves. Massively impressive.

Down Tools
Album Review4/5

Down Tools

Mush

Mush keep their wit quick and their takes boiling hot.

Album Review4/5

Impera

Ghost

Ghost have never sounded this good.

Album Review3/5

Requiem

Korn

The blows come fast and heavy.

Album Review4/5

Bullet For My Valentine

Bullet For My Valentine

Bullet For My Valentine have provided a vigorous reinvention.

Album Review4/5

Eternal Blue

Spiritbox

'Eternal Blue' sits simultaneously familiar and fresh.

Album Review4/5

Sleeps Society

While She Sleeps

For a band already on the top of their game, it promises to be transformative.

For Those That Wish To Exist
Album Review4/5

For Those That Wish To Exist

Architects

The metallers are fully loaded with a determined snarl aimed squarely at the state of the world.

Lines Redacted
Album Review4/5

Lines Redacted

Mush

A retrospective for the last year of mayhem.

Album Review3/5

Like A House On Fire

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria are pulling out their anthemic stadium-grade of shredding.

Album Review4/5

Cannibal

Bury Tomorrow

Standing on the edge of something important, it’s the record that should tip the quintet over the edge and outside the confines of their scene.

Album Review4/5

Viva the Underdogs

Parkway Drive

An album that makes you feel like you’re in the middle of a swarming crowd on a hot Deutschland evening.

3D Routine
Album Review4/5

3D Routine

Mush

The debut record from Leeds-based Mush couldn't feel more perfectly timed.

Album Review

Day of the Gusano

Slipknot

★★★★

Artists in Metal

Metallic Technologies

Metallic Technologies

34,357,740 followers

Säd But Trüe

Säd But Trüe

34,345,209 followers

Metic

Metic

34,335,575 followers

Metalíza

Metalíza

34,302,689 followers

Metallica

Metallica

32,628,500 followers

System Of A Down

System Of A Down

15,375,728 followers

Terraco

Terraco

15,367,410 followers

Sistema De Muerte

Sistema De Muerte

15,359,013 followers

System 15

System 15

15,332,406 followers

M. System

M. System

15,332,406 followers

Eyeless

Eyeless

15,177,716 followers

Slipknot

Slipknot

14,318,825 followers

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

12,586,584 followers

AVENA

AVENA

12,586,584 followers

Ave

Ave

12,586,584 followers

Avenger

Avenger

12,586,584 followers

Opfer Rassenhass

Opfer Rassenhass

12,497,802 followers

Rammstein

Rammstein

11,954,510 followers

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold

11,896,883 followers

Rotten Bitch

Rotten Bitch

10,557,459 followers

Black Sabah

Black Sabah

10,493,966 followers

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

10,452,923 followers

Bat Sabbath

Bat Sabbath

10,356,791 followers

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

9,927,996 followers

Korn

Korn

9,885,276 followers

Disturbed (3)

Disturbed (3)

7,969,234 followers

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

7,747,415 followers

Five Fingers With Parasol

Five Fingers With Parasol

7,128,721 followers

Pantera

Pantera

6,695,458 followers

MEGA-TEC

MEGA-TEC

6,489,602 followers

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TANZNEID - Single

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DevilDriver

2026

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2026

Pre-Historic Metal - Single

Pre-Historic Metal - Single

Darkthrone

2026

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Broken Mirror / Everything Ends (Daniel Joseph Remix) - Single

Architects

2026

Hypercharged

Hypercharged

Electric Callboy

2026

Breaking Out of Heaven (2007 - 2009)

Breaking Out of Heaven (2007 - 2009)

Heaven & Hell

2026

Into Oblivion (Behind the Scenes Edition)

Into Oblivion (Behind the Scenes Edition)

Lamb of God

2026

Into Oblivion

Into Oblivion

Lamb of God

2026

Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) [Deluxe Version]

Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) [Deluxe Version]

Powerwolf

2026

Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) [Deluxe Version]

Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) [Deluxe Version]

Powerwolf

2026

overkill - Single

overkill - Single

Lamb

2026

Con Orquesta

Therion

2026

Krushers Of The World

Krushers Of The World

Kreator

2026

Into Oblivion

Into Oblivion

Lamb of God

2026

The wilted - EP

The wilted - EP

Paleface Swiss

2026

1000 MPH Or Death!

Slayer

2026

Aealo

Aealo

Rotting Christ

2026

Run To The Geisha

Iron Maiden

2026

Strong Arm Of The Law Tour

Saxon

2026