release roundup

Check out four highly-recommended albums that released in February, running the gamut from grinding madness to retro might.

Our picks for January: four must-listen albums recommended by our staff and three albums we reviewed this month that shouldn't be skipped.

December (and the last days of November) had plenty of releases worth checking out, end of year lists and their blindness be damned. Here's five albums from the waning days of last year.

Five of us teamed up to reflect on last month's spew of releases -- from gnarly death metal to lo-fi black metal, we scoured the realms for our favorites.

Here are four most excellent (and quite personal) selections from last month's onslaught of heavy releases.

Seven killer records from the seventh month of the year -- here's the staff's favorite records for July 2020.

Eight of us teamed up to collect our favorite heavy albums of June 2020 -- if you need a shortlist of new albums that will rocket your mind into the cosmos, look no further.

Here, four powerful albums released last month come together under our pens -- here's what we found to be most compelling from another month of truly top-shelf metal releases.

Seven of us teamed up to select our favorite releases from last month's insane whirlwind of new albums -- here, we include Ulcerate, Black Curse, and five more into our juicy halls of honor.

IO staffers and editors came together to assemble eight gnarly and heavy releases that hit shelves last month -- March 2020 brought us some of the most challenging and exciting heavy music to date, and here are our top favorites.