Metal Hammer (UK)'s Scores
- Music
For 25 reviews, this publication has graded:
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84% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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12% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 79
Highest review score: | MMXII | |
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Lowest review score: | A Different Kind of Truth |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 25
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Mixed: 2 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
25
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Songs as instantly gratifying as these don't come along every day. [May 2012, p.105]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Jul 26, 2012 -
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The truly standout moments come throughout in the form of Emma Ruth Tundle's brittle and breathy vocals.- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Jul 3, 2012 -
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Posted May 24, 2012 -
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Quality tracks like Standards And Practices and Residential Disaster could have been all the more excellent had the frontman shown as much adventure as his bandmates. [May 2012, p.103]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted May 11, 2012 -
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Posted May 9, 2012 -
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With The Power Within, they've carried it off with their usual cocky assurance. [May 2012, p.96]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted May 2, 2012 -
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This set celebrates a band whose arcane atmospherics continue to resonate with wonder. [Apr 2012, p.104]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Apr 26, 2012 -
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Posted Apr 24, 2012 -
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Smoother production and the further improvement in the overall quality of the material--not to mention evidence of a genuine dedication to his vocal performance from Steve Brooks--put Harmonicraft in a different league. [May 2012, p.104]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Apr 24, 2012 -
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Posted Apr 12, 2012 -
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It's heavy, it's catchy, it's relentlessly brilliant and, above all else, it's still quite unlike anything else you're likely to hear this year. [May 2012, p.94]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Apr 10, 2012 -
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Nastier, harder and more devastating than 2009's Evisceration Plague, Torture attacks with savage precision from the opening seconds of the aptly titled Demented Aggression and never lets up. [Apr 2012, p.101]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Apr 6, 2012 -
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Relapse is Ministry's most varied (and interesting) album in years. [May 2012, p.98]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Apr 6, 2012 -
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If it ain't broke, why fix it? And the results speak for themselves. [Apr 2012, p.108]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 28, 2012 -
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Posted Mar 26, 2012 -
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While Noctourniquet sits at the more accessible end of their sonic spectrum, it still walks a fine line between visionary and indulgent with no little skill. [Apr 2012, p.105]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 22, 2012 -
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Blood For The Master veers expertly from bleak, blasting extremity to crazy-eyed thrash to ruinous punk rock, often all within the same song but never to the detriment of the band's core malevolent oh-so-metallic aggression. [Apr 2012, p.105]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 20, 2012 -
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Even though it's good to see Van Halen up and around, A Different Kind Of Truth is not the resurrection that we all dared to dream of. [Apr 2012, p.102]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 19, 2012 -
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Anti-Flag's eighth album is a reinvention of the Pennsylvanian punks' standard template. [Apr 2012, p.101]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 19, 2012 -
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They simply don't put a foot wrong, from start to finish. [Mar 2012, p.104]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Mar 7, 2012 -
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Posted Feb 29, 2012 -
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After three decades of machine-gunning holy cows and hypocrites, Napalm Death remain on target. [Mar 2012, p.103]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Feb 28, 2012 -
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A brief Crack of Light sees Northern Irish noise rock trio Therapy? delve further the rabbit hole to deliver a potentially game-changing opus. [Mar 2012, p.107]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Feb 24, 2012 -
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The Great Fire should reestablish Bleeding Through as trailblazing scene leaders as they hit veteran status. [Mar 2012, p.98]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Feb 24, 2012 -
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Attack Attack! may still be a way behind the big boys, but given what's come before it, This Means War is a real triumph. [Mar 2012, p.99]- Metal Hammer (UK)
Posted Feb 17, 2012