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Home
Sevendust
Home gets much of its character from the space between Sevendust's heavy instruments and Lajon Witherspoon's voice. The guitars are low and tightly controlled, the drums push …
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Blindfaller
Watchhouse
Blindfaller gives Mandolin Orange a fuller band sound while keeping their close singing at the centre. The extra instruments create more room for changes in rhythm and texture…
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Notes on a Conditional Form
The 1975
The 1975 give themselves a lot of space on Notes on a Conditional Form. Their fourth album moves through guitar pop, harsh punk, quieter acoustic songs and several kinds of el…
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Pageant Material
Kacey Musgraves
Pageant Material gives Kacey Musgraves a soft, traditional country setting for songs about being comfortable with yourself. Steel guitar, strings and easy rhythms create a war…
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Hopium
Kingcrow
Hopium moves Kingcrow towards a more atmospheric form of progressive rock. The Italian band keep enough guitar weight to give the songs force, but rhythm, vocal melody and car…
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Raise
Swervedriver
Raise gives Swervedriver's layered guitars a strong connection to hard rock. The music has the blurred edges associated with shoegaze, but the rhythm section keeps it moving w…
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Inviolate
Steve Vai
Inviolate finds Steve Vai turning unusual guitar ideas into a varied instrumental record. There is plenty of demanding playing, but melody, rhythm and changes of texture give …
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We're Not Here To Be Loved
Fleshwater
Fleshwater fit a great deal into a short debut. We're Not Here To Be Loved brings heavy alternative rock, shoegaze and a harder rhythmic edge into nine songs, keeping the melo…
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Rat Saw God
Wednesday
Rat Saw God joins loud guitar music to stories that feel close to ordinary life. Wednesday draw from country, shoegaze and alternative rock, with Karly Hartzman's voice moving…
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The Burden of Restlessness
King Buffalo
The Burden of Restlessness gives King Buffalo's heavy psychedelic rock a tighter, more anxious shape. The songs still have room to stretch, but the repeated riffs feel purpose…
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Rest Inside the Flames
36 Crazyfists
Rest Inside the Flames gives 36 Crazyfists' mixture of melody and heavy playing a more confident shape. The guitars have a stronger presence, and Brock Lindow moves between hi…
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Grimspound
Big Big Train
Grimspound gives Big Big Train another rich setting for their stories, combining progressive rock with folk detail and carefully arranged voices. Violin, flute and acoustic gu…
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Desolation Rose
The Flower Kings
Desolation Rose gives The Flower Kings' melodic progressive rock a darker setting. The guitars have more weight, the mood is often uneasy, and recurring musical ideas connect …
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Promise Everything
Basement
Promise Everything is easy to get into, and sometimes a little too comfortable. Basement keep the heavy guitars and emotional singing of their earlier work, but the songs lean…
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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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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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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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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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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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