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Closer

Joy Division

Joy Division - Closer 9.2

Album review

Post-Punk
Closer stretches Joy Division’s sound without making it easier to enter. The firm basslines and insistent drums are still there…

The Enduring Spirit

Tomb Mold

Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit 8.7

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
Progressive rock/metal
The Enduring Spirit gives Tomb Mold more room for clean guitars and melodic detours. The death metal remains heavy, but the band…

Ashes of the Wake

Lamb of God

Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake 8.9

Album review

Groove Metal
Metal
A Lamb of God riff rarely travels in a straight line on Ashes of the Wake. The guitars turn sharply around the beat, then lock…

Arcadia

Smash Into Pieces

Smash Into Pieces - Arcadia 7.5

Album review

Electronic
Pop
Rock
Arcadia is built around a voice and a beat more often than a guitar riff. Smash Into Pieces make electronic textures carry much of…

Dissonance Theory

Coroner

Coroner - Dissonance Theory 8.9

Album review

Metal
Progressive rock/metal
Thrash Metal
A thirty-two-year gap between studio albums gives people plenty of time to decide what a band should sound like. Coroner don't…

Attention Attention

Shinedown

Shinedown - Attention Attention 7.9

Album review

Hard Rock
Rock
DEVIL gives Attention Attention a sharp opening after its brief introduction. The riff has a restless bounce, the vocal sounds…

Soma

Windhand

Windhand - Soma 8.0

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Soma finds its character in the contrast between heavy guitars and Dorthia Cottrell's singing. Windhand create a dense, distorted…

Impulse Voices

Plini

Plini - Impulse Voices 8.6

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
The harp solo in The Glass Bead Game captures the open character of Impulse Voices. Plini allows an unexpected instrument to…

Left Hand Path

Entombed

Entombed - Left Hand Path 9.0

Album review

Death Metal
Metal
The guitar sound on Left Hand Path makes an immediate impression: low, rough and thick enough for the riffs to seem almost piled…

A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

The 1975

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 8.5

Album review

Electronic
Indie
Pop
Rock
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships is most interesting when its musical warmth complicates what the words are saying. The…

Phobia

Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin - Phobia 8.2

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
The drums make a strong first impression on Phobia. Once the short introduction gives way to The Diary of Jane, Breaking…

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. 9.4

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Routine is the moment when the distance in Hand. Cannot. Erase. becomes painfully human. Steven Wilson and Ninet Tayeb move…

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