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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…

Insurgentes

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes 8.6

Album review

Post-Punk
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Shoegaze
Insurgentes is full of beautiful sounds that refuse to stay comfortable. A melody can establish a calm surface, then distortion or…

The Strange Case Of...

Halestorm

Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... 7.9

Album review

Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Four songs into The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm have already made a convincing argument for excess. The guitars are forceful…

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…

Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop 9.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop is a wonderfully odd title for an album that makes so much of its music immediately…

No Joy

Spanish Love Songs

Spanish Love Songs - No Joy 8.6

Album review

Emo
Indie
Punk rock
Rock
The title No Joy sets up a harsher experience than Spanish Love Songs actually deliver. Their writing still has plenty of dread…

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…

Thirteenth Step

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step 9.0

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Thirteenth Step understands the tension in a quiet voice. Maynard James Keenan often sings close to a whisper, but the music…

-!-

Dead Poet Society

Dead Poet Society - -!- 8.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Dead Poet Society build much of -!-'s appeal around a striking difference in register. Jack Underkofler can move easily into a…

Guided Tour

High Vis

High Vis - Guided Tour 8.8

Album review

Indie
Post-Punk
Punk rock
Rock
High Vis make an interesting kind of invitation. The guitars on Guided Tour can be bright enough to welcome almost anyone in…

Lightbulb Sun

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun 8.8

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
A song as restrained as Feel So Low can be a more unsettling ending than a grand finale. Lightbulb Sun closes by reducing its…

Cavalier Youth

You Me at Six

You Me at Six - Cavalier Youth 6.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Punk rock
Rock
You Me at Six make their intentions easy to hear on Cavalier Youth. The choruses are large, Josh Franceschi sings clearly above…

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