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Feb 28, 2012Sleigh Bells may have topped themselves here, but it's a case of more being less.
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Feb 17, 2012Boy-girl group pop-rock that's polished and pleasing.
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Feb 22, 2012Mark Reign of Terror down as a fairly successful, but ultimately transitional work.
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Feb 21, 2012That's not to say that the siren-squeal guitars and drum-machine breakbeats aren't still a blast; but on Reign of Terror, Sleigh Bells have started thinking about what happens underneath them.
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Feb 21, 2012With Reign of Terror Sleigh Bells proves they've got more than one formula they can tear apart.
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Mar 5, 2012Sleigh Bells take one of the most confident and surefooted steps forward a band could take for a follow-up album, eschewing the storied sophomore pitfalls in favor of a sharper, fuller sound.
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Feb 28, 2012Sleigh Bells' sophomore LP is unlikely to be met with the same peerless adulation as its predecessor, but Reign of Terror still seduces with an uncanny knack for extracting a pioneering spirit out of musty source material.
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Feb 23, 2012Whereas Treats was chopped and spat,Reign Of Terror galumphs like the proverbial leviathan it is.
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Feb 16, 2012Reign of Terror, their follow-up, features all the cheap boom-box beats and Guitar Hero riffs that made their debut such a head rush.
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Feb 28, 2012Reign of Terror builds on the success of Treats without breaking from it, establishing Krauss and Miller as masters of their craft.
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Mar 5, 2012Elsewhere it's just sweet sensation. Succumb‑-succumb.
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Feb 21, 2012Extremely loud, snarling and exciting, it takes the duo's signature mash-up of '80s metal, '50s girl-group and '70s arena-rock sensibilities and cranks up the tension to Adderall-overdose levels.
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Kerrang!Mar 12, 2012It's impressive to hear how Sleigh Bells rock so hard with so little. [19 Feb 2012, p.52]
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Feb 21, 2012Nuance and volume are tough to pull off, and though Reign of Terror at times sacrifices the former for the latter, it's nevertheless an often thrilling experience.
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MojoFeb 27, 2012An effortless conflation of over-amped belligerence and feisty pop mellifluousness. [Mar 2012, p.94]
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Feb 23, 2012While Reign Of Terror may not possess anything quite as startlingly infectious as Infinity Guitars, Sleigh Bells' return shows that they are more than a one-trick pony.
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Feb 22, 2012The way they've leapfrogged their contemporaries in terms of ambition and scope is terrifying. Sleigh Bells are, once again, in a league of their own.
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Feb 27, 2012While it can feel like juvenilia, it's in a very endearing way, a catalogue of the catharsis of a high-school misfit.
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Feb 21, 2012Reign of Terror plays like a band with original ideas who got stuck in quicksand.
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Feb 21, 2012Sleigh Bells pull off this more sophisticated and nuanced approach without calling attention to their improved craft or maturity.
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Feb 21, 2012While Reign of Terror may not yield results that are as instantly and consistently compelling as Treats did, the latest album has the potential to grow on you.
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Feb 17, 2012Reign is more nuanced and varied in sound than Treats was.
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Q MagazineFeb 21, 2012Stunning. [Mar 2012, p. 96]
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Feb 21, 2012Heavy-breathing sex chants with a heart of darkness.
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Feb 21, 2012Unsurprisingly, the album sounds best when it goes for broke; the more looped, harmonizing Krausses and miniature guitar solos, the better.
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Mar 21, 2012Reign of Terror is evidence that these kids never stopped Armageddonit even once they got punk cool.
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Feb 21, 2012To put it simply where Treats was the party soundtrack, Reign of Terror is the entire party.
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Feb 21, 2012Reign of Terror is way awesomer [than Treats].
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Under The RadarMar 21, 2012Packs a visceral wallop, at moments far more bruising than anything on their predecessor. [Mar 2012, p.86]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 70
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Mixed: 9 out of 70
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Negative: 3 out of 70
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