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Steven Wilson
Ghost stories give The Raven That Refused to Sing a reason to look backward. Its Mellotron, flute and elaborate instrumental passages belong to a familiar progressive rock tra…
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Fall Out Boy
Patrick Stump sounds delighted by the possibilities on Infinity on High. Fall Out Boy give him strings, choirs, piano and a wider range of rhythms, and he treats the expanded …
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Strapping Young Lad
The move from Shitstorm into Love? explains much of Alien's appeal. One song pushes Strapping Young Lad towards almost continuous rhythmic and vocal overload; the next gives t…
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Larkin Poe
The guitar playing on Bloom is very good. That will probably surprise nobody who knows Larkin Poe. The more useful thing to say is that the songs give the playing somewhere to…
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains make heaviness feel strangely patient on their self-titled third album. The guitars still have plenty of force, but the songs often move as though they are rel…
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The Menzingers
Getting older is not presented as a useful achievement on After the Party. The Menzingers' characters have more experience, but not necessarily more money, stability or good j…
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Trivium
Alex Bent's drumming gives What the Dead Men Say much of its character. Fast passages remain precise, but the changing accents and sudden bursts of double bass also give Trivi…
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Nirvana
Nevermind comes with a lot of history attached. It changed rock, changed the charts, changed what people wore. Fine. Put all that aside for a moment, because the record itself…
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Audioslave
Audioslave sound less like a meeting between famous previous bands on Out of Exile. The parts fit together more naturally, especially when Chris Cornell relaxes into a melody …
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Mayday Parade
A Lesson in Romantics depends on two voices making familiar feelings sound urgent. Derek Sanders and Jason Lancaster move around each other with enough contrast to give Mayday…
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Deftones
Abe Cunningham's drums make the heaviness of Around the Fur feel unusually flexible. The snare has a sharp, immediate sound, while the groove keeps moving inside Stephen Carpe…
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Architects
Architects sound determined to get a reaction on The Sky, the Earth & All Between. The heavier songs push hard, the choruses reach for bigger spaces, and Sam Carter moves betw…
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Larkin Poe
Self Made Man gives Larkin Poe's blues-based rock a strong melodic outline. Rebecca and Megan Lovell build the songs around clear rhythms, distorted guitars and voices that ca…
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Leprous
Coal makes repetition feel unstable. A vocal phrase may return several times while the rhythm beneath it shifts, changing the pressure without replacing the melody. Leprous us…
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Bad Religion
Bad Religion sound particularly focused on The Empire Strikes First. The familiar ingredients are all present: quick guitars, clear vocal harmonies and Greg Graffin delivering…
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The Record Company
All of This Life gives The Record Company's blues rock a fuller sound without losing the simple appeal of the trio. The bass and drums keep the songs moving, while Chris Vos a…
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Bullet for My Valentine
The Poison makes its strongest impression through the guitars. Bullet for My Valentine combines fast, sharply articulated riffs with harmonized leads and vocal melodies that a…
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Neck Deep
There is a lot to be said for a band remembering what it does well. Neck Deep's self-titled album gets straight back to fast drums, bright guitars and choruses that do most of…
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Our Lady Peace
There is a useful contradiction in Clumsy: the songs are easier to follow than Raine Maida's voice is to predict. Our Lady Peace write clear, memorable alternative rock, then …
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The Dear Hunter
Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional gives The Dear Hunter's theatrical rock a darker setting without reducing its melodic appeal. Orchestral passages, jazz colours and…
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Rise Against
Rise Against sound more certain than their songs always justify on Appeal to Reason. The guitars are full, the rhythms are firm, and Tim McIlrath delivers the words with a fam…
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Sepultura
The percussion is the most compelling voice on Roots. Sepultura give the drums enough presence to shape the whole record, while the lowered guitars provide weight and friction…
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Spiritbox
Fata Morgana is a fairly blunt way to start an album. Heavy guitars, harsh vocals and very little interest in making a polite entrance. Then Courtney LaPlante switches to clea…
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Weather Report
Birdland makes Heavy Weather welcoming from the start. Joe Zawinul's keyboards, Wayne Shorter's saxophone and Jaco Pastorius' bass each have a recognisable role, but the tune …
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