Was listening to Autopsy's "Macabre Eternal" and Gorguts' "Coloured Sands" this morning, and thinking they are absolute stormers in their own right, with a dash of extra special due to the considerable gap between the bands' previous full lengths (Autopsy's "The Tomb Within" EP is a banger too).
Anything else? I'd put the new Coroner up there for sure.
Monotheist
I'd take Cynic's Traced in Air over Focus
Atheist's Jupiter is every bit as good as their early run. Crazy to think it's nearly been as long between that release and now, as there was between Elements and it coming out
Forbidden's Omega Wave and Exodus' Tempo of the Damned are my favourites from them too
We've Come For You All
Black Gives Way To Blue
Anthrax hadn't split before WCFYA though, had they? I was fairly out of the loop when that came out TBH.
I'd ageee on Autopsy (can't stabd the pre-split stuff but the reformation-era material is mighty) and Monotheist, I'd also mention Carcass and Surgical Steel, not to everyone's taste maybe but I rate it higher and higher with every listen.
Satan - Life Sentence definitely. Fits perfectly into their back catalogue but a great album in its own right.
Definitely agree with Surgical Steel. Great album. The true successor to Heartwork.
I'd put Belus by Burzum up there. Really enjoyed it
Gorguts was a good call too
Hopefully we can add Gates of Ishtar to this list, entered the studio this week after 28 years outta da game.
That new Neurosis is a mighty comeback. Godflesh's "A World Lit Only By Fire" too.
Quote from: Slaughterday on May 12, 2026, 07:51:32 PMSatan - Life Sentence definitely. Fits perfectly into their back catalogue but a great album in its own right.
Absolute contender. Hell's comeback was fun, and I still listen from time to time, but Life Sentence is a stone-cold (or fiery hot?) classic.
I didn't realise they'd had a comeback album before Atom By Atom, I thought was their return. I must give it a listen.
Kreator-Violent Revolution. Terrorizer said it all when they described it as an album with artwork eerily reminiscent of Coma of Souls and a title which could easily be Terrible Aggression or Extreme Certainty. The fact that the first song is called "Reconquering the Throne" tells us all we need to know.
Engram.
The new Neurosis in monstrous. I can't wait for the CD to arrive.
The new Warning is shaping up nicely too. I just listened to the second single which is really good.
Life Sentence was the first thing that came to mind for me. What a great album. The Autopsy shouts are valid but with the volume of them that have come since, I feel the gloss has kind of come off Macabre Eternal, which wasn't as good as the EP that came after it, can't remember the name.
Engram was the first one that came to mind for me, I still rate it.
Brace New World was a incredible return to form after a run of shocking run of duds, does that count as a comeback??
I've stupidly never listened to Engram, and had forgotten it existed until this thread.
Engram is cool. It's probably safe to say that Beherit will never again be able to capture the strangeness and magical incompetence of DDTM, and Engram doesn't really come close. But that said, it is a really good album in its own right. There are elements that call back to DDTM here and there, more so in the experimental noise details, but it's quite a full bodied album with loud, dominating guitars. Having gone back to it recently for the first time in years I realise that the second half is where the more oddball and intriguing songs are, the first half being more like the 'hits'. Well worth a listen says me.
Brave New World? Heaven and Hell? I'd be tempted to say Formation of Damnation as well, I loved it when it came out.
RATT - Infestation
Accept - Blood Of The Nations
Quote from: The Great Cull on May 12, 2026, 07:43:47 PMBlack Gives Way To Blue
This.
Also Painkiller and the 2000s Maiden albums qualify. Probably Dehumanizer as well. The early 2010s Accept albums are another one. Also Sleep - The Sciences, and Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65.
Surely you have to go away in order to come back?
Making a good album after putting out shit ones isn't a comeback, it's the lazy journalist's favourite, the return to form!
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
Also Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels. This album really surprised me. Some amazing guitar playing on this.