It's an utterly loveable album which truly says more in those 13 minutes than some bands manage in entire careers. [19 May 2012, p.54]

In allowing their imaginations to run riot in a gloriously self-indulgent way, they've made a record possessed of an extremity all of its own. [5 May 2012, p.53]

It's chaotic, panic-inducing and downright delirious. [5 May 2012, p.53]

Twelve years puts the emotion back into emo. [5 May 2012, p.54]

The fury here comes from an ominous intensity and oppressive claustrophobia. And that makes this album raw, anarchic, bleak and enjoyably nasty. [45 May 2012, p.53]

In the larger context of the lack of musical progression and creative imagination, the inertia that is Off!'s modus operandi is nothing less than depressing. [5 May 3012, p.53]

Weather Systems is entirely devoid of death growls and contains only the barest hint of volume and aggression. What it does have is lush instrumentation and a sense of drama without the use of distortion. [28 Apr 2012, p.53]

Harmonicraft still brings the heft and thick cut distortion, but never wastes a single moment's breath on anything superfluous. [28 Apr 2012, p.53]

Perhaps it's too monochrome, too arty. [28 Apr 2012, p.52]

A band who've proven that 21st century thrashers can give their predecessors a run for their money. [14 Apr 2012, p.54]

These four pieces make a case for Pelican's future being far brighter than expected. [14 Apr 2012, p.54]

Slave To The Game shows that they've made no attempt to advance from the tedious, well-worn and weary chug, breakdown and death growl routine. [14 Apr 2012, p.54]

This continues to be the same DragonForce you either love or laugh at, but on The Power Within they've honed their sound to absolute perfection. [14 Apr 2012, p.53]

Dead Set On Living is raw, visceral and an antidote to the glossy sounds and polished looks that abound right now. [114 2012, p.52]

It's truly impressive stuff, and a reminder of just how good they are. [7 Apr 2012, p.51]

Relapse finds them wielding those familiar sledgehammer beats and streamlined thrash riffs in a most effective fashion. [7 Apr 2012, p.52]

It finds the band sounding leaner and more direct than ever before, [11 Feb 2012, p.52]

It packs a ferocious, formidable bite. [3 Mar 2012, p.54]

It's weighty and impressive in places, but without Pepper's howl it also sounds curiously incomplete. [3 Mar 2012, p.53]

Ex Lives should help them join the big boy's table. [3 Mar 2012, p.52]

The result is an album that's constantly looking for new ways to kick your teeth in, reasserting Napalm Death's status as national treasures of the homegrown extreme music scene. [25 Feb 2012, p.51]

It's impressive to hear how Sleigh Bells rock so hard with so little. [19 Feb 2012, p.52]

The result is the band's most consistently exciting release to date. [19 Feb 2012, p.51]

This is sparse, atmospheric and utterly compelling. [19 Feb 2012, p.51]

The production is big on bluster and stadium-sized punch, but, sadly all of the passion's also been squeezed out here. [19 Feb 2012, p.51]

On the evidence of their third full-length, this Scranton four-piece posses not one, but two examples [of good lyricists]. [19 Feb 2012, p.50]

The result is one their most confident, consistent and cohesive record in 10 years. [11 Feb 2012, p.50]

It's not bad but Bleeding Through have proved they're capable of a lot, lot more. [11 Feb 2012, p.51]