ALBUM-REVIEW
9 stories on Metal Mantra
Black Veil Brides 'Vindicate' Review: Revenge, Resilience and Big Hooks
Black Veil Brides sharpen the drama on Vindicate, a hook-heavy album about revenge, resilience and surviving your own mythology.
Sevendust ‘One’ Review: The 7D Army Gets the Record It Needed
Sevendust’s One is not a reinvention. It is ten tracks of groove, hooks, and hard-earned chemistry from a band that still sounds alive. 8/10.
Corrosion of Conformity — Good God / Baad Man Review: Eight Years Was Worth the Wait
Eight years, two lineup losses, and a pandemic later — COC return with a double album that covers the full range of what this band can do.
Resistor — BITE THIS! Review: Long Island Sends a Message and Means It
Resistor's debut full-length is exactly what nu-metal needs — raw, genuine, built on actual turntables, and unconcerned with being polished. 8/10.
Black Label Society — Engines of Demolition Review: The Record Zakk Had to Make
Engines of Demolition is BLS at full output — 15 tracks, no filler, closing with 'Ozzy's Song.' Zakk Wylde made a grief record without calling it one. 8/10.
Exodus — Goliath Review: Rob Dukes Returns and the Beast Is Fed
Exodus return with Goliath and Rob Dukes back at the mic. Forty-plus years in and the Bay Area titans still know how to draw blood.
Review: Kreator — 'Krushers of the World'
Kreator's 16th album is a direct line back to the thrash that made them legends — and they're still drawing blood in 2026.
Rob Zombie — The Great Satan | Review
Five years is a long time to wait. The Great Satan is Rob Zombie's most focused record in over a decade — a 38-minute chainsaw rip that earns every second.
Parabellum — 'Behold a Pale Horse' Review: Sacramento Thrash With Something to Say
Sacramento's Parabellum make their sophomore statement with a concept album drawn from Revelation. The ambition is real. So are the riffs.
