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Typhoons

Royal Blood

Royal Blood - Typhoons 8.1

Album review

Alternative Rock
Hard Rock
Rock
Typhoons makes Royal Blood's riffs move differently. The drums often point toward the dance floor, the melodies are brighter, and…

Beastland

Author & Punisher

Author & Punisher - Beastland 8.0

Album review

Industrial Metal
Beastland draws its weight from machines Tristan Shone built himself. As Author & Punisher, he makes industrial music in which…

Dosage

Collective Soul

Collective Soul - Dosage 8.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Post-Grunge
Rock
Heavy is an admirably clear title for a song with a riff like this. Collective Soul don't spend much time explaining themselves…

Perihelion

Sungazer

Sungazer - Perihelion 8.0

Album review

Electronic
Jazz Fusion
Math Rock
Perihelion sounds remarkably cheerful for music in which so much happens at once. Sungazer combines jazz, electronic production…

We Are Not Alone

Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone 7.6

Album review

Alternative Metal
Metal
Post-Grunge
Rock
So Cold gives We Are Not Alone an unusually strong centre of gravity. The guitar figure has room to establish its uneasy…

The Mortal Coil

Polaris

Polaris - The Mortal Coil 8.5

Album review

Metal
Metalcore
Progressive rock/metal
The Mortal Coil makes a familiar musical language feel sharply performed. Polaris uses technical guitar figures, clean vocal…

Caipi

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel - Caipi 7.1

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
On Caipi, Kurt Rosenwinkel gives his songs more room than extended guitar solos. He plays many of the instruments himself…

You'll Be Fine

Hot Mulligan

Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine 8.0

Album review

Emo
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
The guitar parts on You'll Be Fine are often more patient than the voice above them. Hot Mulligan let small, winding melodies…

This is the Second Album of a band called Adebisi Shank

Adebisi Shank

Adebisi Shank - This is the Second Album of a band called Adebisi Shank 8.5

Album review

Math Rock
Adebisi Shank's second album shows how cheerful complicated music can be. The Irish trio pile sharp guitars, electronic sounds and…

I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me

Lorna Shore

Lorna Shore - I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me 8.5

Album review

Deathcore
Metal
Rock
Symphonic Metal
Lorna Shore make a fairly serious commitment to excess on I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me. The title is long, the songs…

Louder Than Love

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - Louder Than Love 7.7

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Subtlety is not the first thing Louder Than Love offers. Chris Cornell sings as if he is trying to get above the entire building…

Opposites

Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro - Opposites 8.0

Album review

Alternative Rock
Progressive rock/metal
Opposites gives Biffy Clyro room to explore a larger version of their melodic rock sound. Across two discs, the band combine sharp…

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