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3D Country
Geese
3D Country takes a restless approach to guitar rock. Geese move through country, gospel, post-punk and heavier noise with enough confidence to make the changes feel part of th…
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Velvet Darkness They Fear
Theatre Of Tragedy
Velvet Darkness They Fear develops the contrast between light singing and heavy music. Theatre of Tragedy give Liv Kristine's clear voice a dark foundation of slow guitars, pi…
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Vena Sera
Chevelle
Vena Sera puts Chevelle's familiar loud and quiet contrasts inside a firm, rhythm-led sound. The guitars stay heavy, while Pete Loeffler's voice gives the choruses their melod…
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Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors makes a strong impression through the range inside its small scale. Dolly Parton moves between ballads, sharper relationship songs and more welcoming count…
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Mezcal Head
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head makes a strong case for Swervedriver as a melodic rock band as well as a forceful guitar group. The riffs remain rough and substantial, but the songs have clear ho…
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The Ethereal Mirror
Cathedral
The Ethereal Mirror gives Cathedral much more movement. The enormously heavy guitars remain, but the band now put the riffs to work as grooves. The music can consequently be d…
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This Consequence
Killswitch Engage
This Consequence is most convincing when Killswitch Engage push their familiar sound harder. Their ninth album still places heavy verses next to clean, melodic choruses, but i…
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Passion and Warfare
Steve Vai
Passion and Warfare gives Steve Vai's guitar playing more to do than demonstrate speed. The music moves between heavy rock, reflective melodies and unusual sounds, with the ar…
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SKIN
Ho99o9
On SKIN, Ho99o9 make music that can change direction at any moment. Punk, rap and electronic noise collide, but the record remains recognisably the work of one group. Yeti Bon…
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Soft Hell
Closure In Moscow
Soft Hell takes Closure In Moscow towards a smoother kind of progressive rock. The sharp changes and restless energy are still there, but funk rhythms, pop melodies and warm v…
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Higher
Chris Stapleton
Higher gives Chris Stapleton's voice a warm, flexible setting. Country remains part of the sound, but soul rhythms and blues-based guitar playing shape much of the record. The…
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Phototroph
Moon Tooth
Phototroph makes a good case for progressive rock that gets straight to the song. Moon Tooth fill these tracks with unusual rhythms and busy guitar parts, but the choruses are…
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The Dreaming I
Akhlys
The Dreaming I builds tension from a sound which is difficult to see through immediately. Akhlys layer rough guitars, reverberating vocals and dark background textures. The mu…
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Thousand Mile Stare
Incendiary
Thousand Mile Stare makes a strong impression through the weight and control of its playing. Incendiary build their hardcore around firm rhythms, metallic guitar riffs and a v…
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The Greatest Mistake of My Life
Holding Absence
The Greatest Mistake of My Life gives Holding Absence's dramatic rock sound the songs it needs. Lucas Woodland's voice is large and expressive, but the album does more than pl…
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Vol. I
Hurt
Vol. I gives Hurt's heavy rock a restless, dramatic shape. Acoustic guitar, dense electric parts and orchestral textures sit around J. Loren Wince's shifts from quieter singin…
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A Place in the Queue
The Tangent
A Place in the Queue is a generous, sometimes overgenerous, collection of progressive rock. The Tangent stretch two compositions past twenty minutes and fill the space between…
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Gish
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gish brings a strong psychedelic character to the Smashing Pumpkins' guitar rock. The sound is heavy, but its appeal comes from the different layers and changes in intensity w…
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Dimensional Bleed
Holy Fawn
Dimensional Bleed makes its strongest impression through small changes inside a large sound. Holy Fawn still use heavy guitar and rough vocals, but electronic textures, softer…
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Heavener
Invent Animate
Heavener is strongest when Invent Animate let a clear melody guide their technical metalcore. The guitars can be dense and demanding, but Marcus Vik's singing gives the arrang…
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Pink Flag
Wire
Pink Flag wastes almost nothing. Wire take the speed and directness of punk, then question how much a song actually needs. Some tracks stop before a familiar verse and chorus …
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Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai
Alien Love Secrets gives Steve Vai's guitar a direct, energetic setting. The seven-track EP has plenty of unusual effects, but the playing also moves through clear changes of …
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When the Kite String Pops
Acid Bath
When the Kite String Pops moves easily between sounds that seem difficult to combine on paper. Acid Bath connect dragging sludge with hardcore, aggressive metal and dark balla…
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Ashes Are Burning
Renaissance
Ashes Are Burning places the voice and piano at the centre of Renaissance's progressive rock. Annie Haslam's clear singing gives the music much of its character, while John To…
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