Alternative Metal Album reviews - Page 3

GenresAlternative Metal

Post Human: Survival Horror

Bring Me the Horizon

Bring Me the Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Metalcore
Rock
Post Human: Survival Horror moves quickly between panic and release. Bring Me the Horizon packs electronic noise, direct rock…

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Stone earns its name before the singing begins. The low riff has a blunt physical presence, while the vocal melody seems to lean…

The Death of Peace of Mind

Bad Omens

Bad Omens - The Death of Peace of Mind

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Metalcore
Rock
The most interesting heavy sounds on The Death of Peace of Mind often arrive late in a song. Bad Omens lets a beat, a close vocal…

Life Starts Now

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace - Life Starts Now

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Life Starts Now sounds strongest when Three Days Grace allow a little energy to break through the grievance. “The Good Life” has a…

Take Me Back to Eden

Sleep Token

Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
The most effective surprise in Take Me Back to Eden arrives when The Summoning seems to have finished its main work. After its…

private music

Deftones

Deftones - private music

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
Deftones have a sound you can recognise very quickly. The low guitars, the space around Chino Moreno's voice, the way a song can…

Fear Inoculum

Tool

Tool - Fear Inoculum

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Fear Inoculum leaves the instruments a great deal of room to speak. Maynard James Keenan often steps back after establishing a…

Koi No Yokan

Deftones

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
The transition from the quiet opening of Leathers into its full guitar attack is one of the strongest moments on Koi No Yokan…

Black Gives Way to Blue

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
The bend in the guitar riff on Check My Brain is a small detail with a big job. It makes the song sound familiar and slightly…

The Surface Seems So Far

Seether

Seether - The Surface Seems So Far

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Seether haven't lost their taste for a heavy guitar and an unhappy thought. The Surface Seems So Far keeps that combination at the…

Toxicity

System of a Down

System of a Down - Toxicity

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Nu Metal
Rock
Toxicity can change direction several times inside a short song and still leave you with a tune to remember. That balance is its…

Superunknown

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Black Hole Sun is an odd song to become a huge hit. The tune is inviting, the mood is deeply wrong, and Chris Cornell sounds…

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