Alternative Metal Album reviews - Page 2

GenresAlternative Metal

Isolate and Medicate

Seether

Seether - Isolate and Medicate 7.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Same Damn Life sounds almost cheerful until Shaun Morgan starts singing. That friction is useful. Isolate and Medicate lets…

Headspace

Pulse Ultra

Pulse Ultra - Headspace 7.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Headspace brings a more restless instrumental approach to a familiar alternative metal sound. Pulse Ultra use substantial guitars…

Diamond Eyes

Deftones

Deftones - Diamond Eyes 8.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
Shoegaze
The title track of Diamond Eyes gives Deftones a clear melodic centre without reducing the weight around it. A low, deliberate…

Transit of Venus

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace - Transit of Venus 7.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
The electronic weight on Transit of Venus gives Three Days Grace a useful change of texture. Thick synthesizer sounds sit beside…

Morning View

Incubus

Incubus - Morning View 8.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Metal
Rock
Morning View is comfortable with open space. Incubus can still make a guitar riff hit hard, but they also allow a song to settle…

One-X

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace - One-X 8.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Three Days Grace use plain language on One-X, and it suits them. Adam Gontier doesn't hide the frustration or dress every feeling…

An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity

Nothingface

Nothingface - An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity 7.9

Album review

Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity gives Nothingface's heavy sound a useful melodic edge. The riffs and drums provide plenty of…

I Want Blood

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Cantrell - I Want Blood 8.8

Album review

Alternative Metal
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Jerry Cantrell's guitar tone and vocal harmonies can make a song feel uneasy before the words have really started. I Want Blood…

14 Shades of Grey

Staind

Staind - 14 Shades of Grey 7.1

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
So Far Away is a useful surprise on 14 Shades of Grey. Aaron Lewis sounds willing to recognise some progress, and the melody gives…

White Pony

Deftones

Deftones - White Pony 9.4

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Rock
The opening of Digital Bath makes a small amount of sound feel remarkably deep. A measured drum pattern and softly detailed guitar…

The End Will Show Us How

Tremonti

Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How 8.4

Album review

Alternative Metal
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Mark Tremonti's name on an album gives you a fairly good idea of where the guitars will sit. The End Will Show Us How has plenty…

Karma and Effect

Seether

Seether - Karma and Effect 8.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
Remedy is a very efficient Seether song. A firm riff, Shaun Morgan's strained voice and a chorus that arrives with enough lift to…

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