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Blues of Desperation
Joe Bonamassa
Blues of Desperation puts a substantial band behind Joe Bonamassa's guitar, giving the record a heavier character than its title alone might suggest. The songs use blues as th…
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All Rights Removed
Airbag
All Rights Removed gives Airbag plenty of room to develop their atmospheric rock. The Norwegian band's second album uses long guitar lines, restrained singing and supportive k…
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The Fire Is Mine
Seven Kingdoms
The Fire Is Mine gets much of its momentum from the guitars. They play tightly and quickly, set melodies alongside one another and leave enough room for Sabrina Valentine's cl…
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Time Well
Cloakroom
Time Well finds Cloakroom making more room for the softer side of their music. The distorted guitars remain substantial, but quieter singing, acoustic details and slower devel…
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Remind Me
Jakub Zytecki
Remind Me puts Jakub Zytecki's guitar playing inside a much broader pop and electronic sound. The technical skill is still clear, but the Polish musician gives melody, vocals …
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Midnight Blue
Kenny Burrell
Much of Midnight Blue's strength comes from the space Kenny Burrell leaves. His guitar sounds warm and clear, using short melodic phrases that do not need constant filling. Th…
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Stage Four
Touché Amoré
Stage Four is built around a painful absence. Jeremy Bolm writes about the death of his mother, working through grief, guilt and memories that refuse to settle into a simple s…
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Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull
Thick as a Brick asks for a full album's attention, then makes that commitment feel worthwhile. Jethro Tull build one continuous piece from acoustic folk, harder rock and chan…
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Voice of the Void
Anciients
Voice of the Void gives Anciients' progressive metal a darker, more forceful character. The guitars remain central, moving between thick riffs, melodic leads and more elaborat…
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Outsider
Three Days Grace
Outsider gives Three Days Grace's familiar melodic rock a more obvious electronic background. The guitars remain substantial and the choruses easy to grasp, with Matt Walst so…
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Echo Street
Amplifier
Echo Street gives Amplifier's guitar music more room to breathe. The album favours gradual builds, spacious production and vocal harmonies, allowing the quieter parts to becom…
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13.0.0.0.0
TTNG
Henry Tremain's higher voice gives 13.0.0.0.0 an identity of its own. TTNG's guitars and drums still trace complicated patterns, but the singing more often finds a clear melod…
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Celebrity Mansions
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Celebrity Mansions puts a grin on Dinosaur Pile-Up's heavy guitar sound. The riffs remain thick, but the songs bring in brighter power-pop melodies, pop-punk energy and a deli…
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The Whirlwind
Transatlantic
The Whirlwind gives Transatlantic's large-scale progressive rock a continuous shape. Its twelve sections share musical ideas across an album-length composition, moving between…
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Hubris
Ravenous E.H.
Hubris gives power metal enough drive to stand up without a huge pile of keyboards. Calgary's Ravenous E.H. play fast, with firm riffs and vocal melodies that are easy to pick…
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Heroes Of Mighty Magic
Twilight Force
Twilight Force enter their fantasy world without hesitation on Heroes Of Mighty Magic. Keyboards, choirs and fast drums fill the songs, with Christian Eriksson's high voice ab…
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Change the Way You Think About Pain
Incendiary
Change the Way You Think About Pain keeps Incendiary's familiar hardcore framework and gives its details more attention. The heavy guitar sound and Brendan Garrone's sharp voc…
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Every Country's Sun
Mogwai
Every Country's Sun finds Mogwai working confidently across the different parts of their sound. Guitars can still become enormous, but keyboards and smaller melodic details ma…
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Shot Forth Self Living
Medicine
Shot Forth Self Living makes reaching its melodies difficult. Medicine place sharp distortion and persistent noise firmly at the front, with soft voices behind them. Yet these…
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Southeastern
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell keeps the sound of Southeastern close to the songs. Acoustic guitar, restrained playing and clear melodies leave plenty of room for his voice and the people in hi…
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Death Mask
Lord Mantis
Death Mask keeps sludge's heavy groove under constant pressure from black metal's aggression. Lord Mantis can play slowly and threateningly, but rarely let the music settle. S…
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And the War Came
Shakey Graves
And the War Came gives Shakey Graves a fuller setting while preserving the small details that make his songs distinctive. Folk and country remain part of the sound, but the ar…
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Reflections of a Floating World
Elder
Reflections of a Floating World gives Elder's heavy psychedelic rock a wider range of sounds. There are still plenty of thick guitar riffs, but keyboards, softer passages and …
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Solar Paroxysm
Mare Cognitum
Solar Paroxysm gives every song plenty of time, but rarely leaves that space unused. Mare Cognitum build five long pieces from fast guitars, harsh vocals and melodies which se…
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