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Candlebox

Candlebox

Candlebox - Candlebox 8.2

Album review

Hard Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Candlebox put a bluesy hard-rock voice inside a thick nineties guitar sound, and their debut gets a lot of mileage from that…

I Let It In and It Took Everything

Loathe

Loathe - I Let It In and It Took Everything 9.2

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Rock
Shoegaze
The quiet music on I Let It In and It Took Everything can feel as disorienting as the heaviest passages. Loathe lets soft guitar…

Inmazes

VOLA

VOLA - Inmazes 8.6

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rock
A soft vocal can make a very heavy riff sound stranger. On Inmazes, VOLA repeatedly place calm, inviting melodies against guitars…

Burn It Down

The Dead Daisies

The Dead Daisies - Burn It Down 7.8

Album review

Blues
Hard Rock
Rock
Burn It Down has a convincing weight in the space between its instruments. The Dead Daisies give the riffs room to settle, let the…

Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs 8.8

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs has a reassuringly unpleasant title. Alkaline Trio haven't become a particularly cheerful band, but the…

Take as Needed for Pain

Eyehategod

Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain 8.8

Album review

Metal
Sludge Metal
Take as Needed for Pain turns a filthy guitar sound into a surprisingly mobile form of metal. Eyehategod keep pushing blues riffs…

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…

Spiderland

Slint

Slint - Spiderland 8.9

Album review

Post-Rock
Spiderland finds much of its tension in what Slint delay. The guitars play separate, closely connected patterns and the drums…

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…

Ghost Reveries

Opeth

Opeth - Ghost Reveries 9.3

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
A keyboard can change the temperature of a heavy song without becoming its main attraction. Per Wiberg's playing does that…

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