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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…

Animals

TTNG

TTNG - Animals 7.7

Album review

Math Rock
The guitars draw attention almost constantly on Animals. Clear notes tumble over one another while the drums seem to keep choosing…

Contempt

Couch Slut

Couch Slut - Contempt 8.5

Album review

Metal
Sludge Metal
Contempt makes Couch Slut's music clearer without making it more comfortable. Guitars are heavy and rough, drums hit hard, and…

Lonely People with Power

Deafheaven

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power 9.1

Album review

Black Metal
Indie
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Shoegaze
Deafheaven bring the harsh vocals back to the front on Lonely People with Power, but the lessons from their softer music remain…

Neverworld's End

Xandria

Xandria - Neverworld's End 8.5

Album review

Symphonic Metal
Neverworld's End commits convincingly to large symphonic metal with a firm foundation of guitar, bass and drums. Manuela Kraller…

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…

Destroy Erase Improve

Meshuggah

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve 9.1

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Thrash Metal
The alarm-like guitar notes at the start of Future Breed Machine make a useful warning. On Destroy Erase Improve, Meshuggah take…

Secondhand Daylight

Magazine

Magazine - Secondhand Daylight 8.3

Album review

Post-Punk
Secondhand Daylight brings Magazine’s keyboards further forward and makes the surrounding music colder. Dave Formula’s playing can…

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…

Who Let the Dogs Out

Lambrini Girls

Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out 8.6

Album review

Post-Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Lambrini Girls don't spend much time preparing you for the point. Who Let the Dogs Out is loud, angry, funny and frequently rude…

Rise Radiant

Caligula's Horse

Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant 8.6

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Rise Radiant is strongest when Caligula's Horse concentrate their ideas. The Tempest opens with a sharply defined guitar figure…

Alive or Just Breathing

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing 9.2

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Alive or Just Breathing makes compassion sound forceful. Jesse Leach's voice can move from a raw shout to a much more exposed…

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