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Mutter

Rammstein

Rammstein - Mutter 8.8

Album review

Industrial Metal
Mutter makes Rammstein's appeal easy to understand. Heavy riffs and firm rhythms carry melodies that stay in the memory…

Songs of Blood and Mire

Spectral Wound

Spectral Wound - Songs of Blood and Mire 8.7

Album review

Black Metal
Metal
Songs of Blood and Mire draws its strength from the pleasure Spectral Wound take in making their riffs move. The music stays sharp…

Dreams on Toast

The Darkness

The Darkness - Dreams on Toast 7.9

Album review

Hard Rock
Rock
The Darkness are still very good at being ridiculous. The important part is that they can also write songs. Dreams on Toast has…

Valentine

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell - Valentine 8.6

Album review

Folk
Jazz
On Valentine, the space between the notes feels as important as the notes themselves. Bill Frisell lets melodies linger while…

Milliontown

Frost*

Frost* - Milliontown 9.0

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Frost* begin Milliontown with a piano figure and then let an instrumental track make the introductions. Hyperventilate is a bold…

Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

Periphery

Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal 8.4

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
A clean guitar line or a short vocal phrase can be more important than the most complicated riff on Periphery II: This Time It's…

Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place

Anberlin

Anberlin - Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Rock
Space is one of the most important instruments on Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place. Anberlin let delayed guitar notes spread…

Emerald Seas

Seven Spires

Seven Spires - Emerald Seas 9.0

Album review

Symphonic Metal
The orchestral sound sits right inside the music on Emerald Seas. The arrangements follow a song's tension instead of simply…

Infinite Illumination

Spirit Adrift

Spirit Adrift - Infinite Illumination 8.6

Album review

Doom Metal
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
Infinite Illumination is a heavy goodbye. Spirit Adrift's final album moves back towards the slower doom sound that helped define…

Idle Moments

Grant Green

Grant Green - Idle Moments 8.9

Album review

Blues
Jazz
The title track of Idle Moments lasts almost fifteen minutes and never sounds hurried. Grant Green gives the melody space and lets…

Close to the Edge

Yes

Yes - Close to the Edge 9.7

Album review

Progressive rock/metal
Rock
Close to the Edge asks for a full side of attention before it has finished its first song. Yes make that invitation convincing…

Holy Hell

Architects

Architects - Holy Hell 8.7

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Grief gives Holy Hell a clear emotional center, but the songs do more than state that grief. Architects turns it into changes of…

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