Two of the biggest and best metal releases of 2016 come from veterans. Deftones' atmospheric and lunging Gore is the band's first album since the death of bassist Chi Cheng and finest since "Change (in the House of Flies)" drifted across radio waves. As dense as it is urgent, Gore is rough and rich, with guitars that churn or stretch into sheets of feedback. And on "Doomed User" and "Rubicon," Chino Moreno unfurls some of the best hooks of his career. Similarly, Megadeth's Dystopia is the band's most pugnacious and streamlined album in at least a decade. It's an aggressive thrash record, all pummeling drums and sidewinding riffs. The 54-year-old Dave Mustaine barks his way through the verses...
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