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Second Life Syndrome

Riverside

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome 9.2

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Conceiving You needs only a small piano figure to make its emotional position clear. Riverside allow the song to grow around that…

Korn

Korn

Korn - Korn 9.0

Album review

Metal
Nu Metal
Rock
The bass on Korn's debut sounds almost like another percussion instrument. Its dry clicks push against low guitar notes, while the…

So Much (for) Stardust

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy - So Much (for) Stardust 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Pop
Punk rock
Rock
The strings at the beginning of So Much (for) Stardust suggest that Fall Out Boy have arrived with a large statement to make. Then…

Day and Age

Frost*

Frost* - Day and Age 8.9

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Frost* gave themselves a useful restriction for Day and Age: no solos. For a progressive-rock band with this much instrumental…

Bleach

Nirvana

Nirvana - Bleach 8.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Punk rock
Rock
About a Girl is the giveaway. Between the grinding guitars and Kurt Cobain's roughest singing, a small, beautifully shaped pop…

Take Me Back to Eden

Sleep Token

Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden 8.7

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…

Never Hungover Again

Joyce Manor

Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again 8.8

Album review

Emo
Indie
Punk rock
Rock
Nineteen minutes can hold a surprising amount of indecision. Never Hungover Again races through ten songs, but Joyce Manor keep…

Ricochet

Rise Against

Rise Against - Ricochet 7.6

Album review

Hardcore Punk
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Rise Against have made enough records to know how their songs usually work. Ricochet keeps that identity, but changes the setting…

Disciplined Breakdown

Collective Soul

Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown 7.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
For an album with breakdown in its title, this is remarkably controlled music. Collective Soul turn personal strain into sharply…

American Idiot

Green Day

Green Day - American Idiot 9.0

Album review

Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Green Day make a useful discovery on American Idiot: a song can get much bigger without losing its basic urgency. The record…

Fortress

Alter Bridge

Alter Bridge - Fortress 8.8

Album review

Hard Rock
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Fortress makes a six-minute opening song feel like a sensible place to begin. Cry Of Achilles has enough melody and internal…

After Laughter

Paramore

Paramore - After Laughter 8.9

Album review

Indie
Pop
Rock
The cheerful rhythm of Hard Times does not make its subject any easier. That is the central achievement of After Laughter…

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