As I Lay Dying has outlasted and outshone nearly all of their peers. Their bulletproof formula of sharp riffs and intermittent clean vocals is on display here.
The 2012 version of Accept barrels ahead with “Stalingrad,” the title cut from their new album, a powder keg of wartime heroism, misery, and brotherhood.
Finnish symphonic metal powerhouse Nightwish continue their planetary domination (they’re the most successful Finnish band in the world) with Imaginaerum.
Pop punk/screamo singing over Avenged Sevenfold guitarwork? Yeah, we’re in. Former Escape the Fate vocalist Ronnie Radke returns after his incarceration.