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I Want to Disappear
The Story So Far
There is hardly a spare second at the start of I Want to Disappear. “All This Time” arrives with a sharp drum attack and Parker Cannon already pushing his voice forward. The S…
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Naveed
Our Lady Peace
Naveed has a voice that is difficult to mistake for anyone else's. Raine Maida bends and strains his lines, often making a melody feel as though it might suddenly break free o…
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The Death of Me
Polaris
Pray For Rain begins The Death of Me with an effective sense of anticipation. Echoing guitar notes leave room for Jamie Hails's voice before the rhythm becomes more physical. …
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The Finer Things
State Champs
Derek DiScanio is the reason The Finer Things rises above a crowded style. He gives State Champs' bright, fast songs a voice that can move from a rough edge to an open melody …
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Nucleus
Anekdoten
Nucleus combines a rough, forceful band sound with music that can become unexpectedly delicate. Anekdoten use distorted bass, guitar and changing rhythms to give their progres…
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The End
Mammoth
Wolfgang Van Halen does a lot on The End. He writes the songs, sings and plays the instruments, including the drums. The impressive part is how rarely the record feels like an…
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Metal Fatigue
Allan Holdsworth
Metal Fatigue combines a hard rock attack with guitar playing that moves far beyond familiar blues patterns. Allan Holdsworth's lines are fast and fluid, but the harmony is ju…
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Distant Satellites
Anathema
Distant Satellites changes its method partway through. Anathema first work with the open voices, piano and rising guitar arrangements that suit them so well, then let electron…
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Singularity
Northlane
Singularity gives its tightly repeated guitar figures room to breathe. Northlane surrounds the low rhythmic attacks with clean melodies and atmospheric passages, making the mu…
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Blink-182
Blink-182
Travis Barker's drums give Blink-182 its first invitation to pay attention. Feeling This opens with a rhythm that sounds physical and slightly strange, then makes room for Mar…
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Vs.
Pearl Jam
Go and Animal make a fairly clear opening statement: Pearl Jam have plenty of energy left after Ten. Vs. starts with the band pushing hard, with Eddie Vedder sounding angry en…
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Witness
VOLA
Straight Lines gives Witness an immediate physical attraction. The riff keeps circling with considerable weight, but VOLA allow the chorus to change the song's movement rather…
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Magma
Gojira
Grief gives Magma its emotional centre. Gojira retain their precise heavy grooves, but the songs make more room for clean singing, sustained melody and quieter reflection. The…
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Transit of Venus
Three Days Grace
The electronic weight on Transit of Venus gives Three Days Grace a useful change of texture. Thick synthesizer sounds sit beside the guitars instead of serving only as backgro…
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Sunnyland
Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade know their way around a sad song. On Sunnyland, they also remember that a bit of noise can be useful. The album moves between direct guitar rock and the softer, …
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Imperial
Soen
Illusion gives Imperial its clearest emotional focus. The song allows Joel Ekelöf's measured singing and Cody Ford's melodic guitar to carry the feeling without continually in…
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...And Justice for All
Metallica
There is very little comfort in ...And Justice for All. The guitars are hard and dry, the drums sound exposed, and the almost absent bass leaves an unusual gap beneath everyth…
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Futures
Jimmy Eat World
There is a heavier emotional pull to Futures than its clean guitar sound first suggests. Jimmy Eat World still write clear melodies, but these songs spend more time with regre…
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Razorblade Suitcase
Bush
Greedy Fly is the point where Razorblade Suitcase becomes more interesting than its reputation. The guitar parts have an uneasy movement, Gavin Rossdale's vocal sounds caught …
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Sunburn
Fuel
Shimmer is the song that makes Fuel's debut easy to recommend. It has a clear guitar opening, a melody that moves naturally towards the chorus and a vocal from Brett Scallions…
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden
The keyboards on Seventh Son of a Seventh Son change the light around Iron Maiden's music. They give the familiar guitar harmonies a colder, stranger setting, while the songs …
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Brave Faces Everyone
Spanish Love Songs
Brave Faces Everyone treats the cost of living as an emotional problem as well as a financial one. Rent, work, illness and exhausted friendships keep pressing against each oth…
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Eat the Elephant
A Perfect Circle
The piano changes the emotional temperature of Eat the Elephant. A Perfect Circle allow it to carry much of the album's weight, creating a more reflective setting for Maynard …
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Rituals of Shame
Warning
Five songs in forty-five minutes. Warning clearly haven't returned to make anybody's commute more cheerful. Rituals of Shame is their first studio album in twenty years, and i…
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