10 best metal albums of the month

Stereogum made a big job for us - they went through metal albums published in May and picked out 10 that stand out the most. What they recommend is: Chicago atmospheric dark metal Varaha, New York noise-math metal The Austerity Program, post-metal Sleepwalker, death metal Nocturnus AD, Canadian death-metal Tomb Mold, atmospheric black metal Falls of Rauros, New York black metal Yellow Eyes, sympho-black metal False, French black-metal metal Esoctrilihum, and, reserved for number one spot - prog-metal Arch / Matheos.