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For 235 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Relentless, Reckless Forever
Lowest review score: 30 Cattle Callin
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 185 out of 235
  2. Mixed: 49 out of 235
  3. Negative: 1 out of 235
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My Dinosaur Life
    While the album has its share of radio-friendly anthems like "A Lifeless Ordinary," the real standouts on the band's fourth full-length are the grittier, unexpected moments such as the sinisterly syncopated "Hysteria" or post-hard-core masterpiece "Disappear." [Mar/Apr 2010, p.90]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Relentless, Reckless Forever
    The year has only just begun, but if there is one metal album to purchase in 2011 so far, this is it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beast
    From start to finish, Beast is a return to form for DevilDriver, delivering their patented mix of pummeling and soaring melodic death metal soaked in a healthy vat of groove.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oddfellows
    It's a surprising, thoroughly consistent return-to-form, and it makes Oddfellows the first contender for hard-rock album of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Thousandfold Epicentre
    est in its execution and ambitious in its scope, The Thousandfold Epicentre is an otherworldly journey to spaces both familiar and alien.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monolith of Inhumanity
    Vocalist Travis Ryan fully comes out of his shell with his, ahem, "melodic" "singing" and the Jeff Walker–esque tone sounds great (see "Lifestalker"). Elsewhere, the band shred harder than ever but with lots of cool twists.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Failed States
    Tightly coiled shredfests like "Cognitive Suicide" and "Devil's Creek" demonstrate how much they've grown up (without mellowing out) since their early-'90s skate-rat days.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darker Handcraft
    Even at its worst, Darker Handcraft rips harder than almost anything else that has come out this year so far. And for that, it deserves any metal, hardcore, or punk fans' attention.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Abyss
    No matter how aggressive the instrumentation, the music always manages to push things forward, as showcased by the avant-orchestral finale, "The Abyss."
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ultraviolet
    In the end, Ultraviolet’s finest moments occur when Kylesa venture farthest from their proven strengths and step into the unknown.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wasting Light
    In all, Wasting Light is almost a summation of where the band has been, as well as a convincing statement of why, nearly 20 years since they came together, Grohl & Co. are yet a force to be reckoned with, still influential and still relevant.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Transcendence
    Transcendence, the seventh release by his group is a diverse, multi-hued, cinematic offering that incorporates elements of prog, psychedelia, orchestral, and operatic metal without ever losing grasp of the importance of strong melodies.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Our Own Masters
    Our Own Masters delivers all the hairy, sweaty, twin-guitar insanity of their live shows, yet also contains some of their most unabashedly sophisticated moments.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Leveler
    August Burns Red have set their own bar even higher on Leveler, and have done so for all of their scene in the process. The album is certainly among the most memorable releases so far this year.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reach Beyond the Sun
    With this latest (featuring the return of New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert on vocals), they prove it all still works in a big way, a sign that they’ve been doing it right all along.
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      • Posted Feb 20, 2013
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rancid [2000]
    Sometimes it sounds like someone grafted the Who's Live at Leeds and the first Minor Threat EP together. Yes, it's that good. [#2, p.103]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Standards
    Standards is a mature work in the best sense, an example of a rock band--yes, a rock band--that has grown into its sound and is now relaxed enough to have fun with it. [#4, p.107]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hammer of the Witch
    Cleveland metallic-hardcore heavyweights Ringworm have delivered what should stand as their finest entry in their catalogue.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Fire
    The Fire showcases an immense growth in both the band's songwriting and arrangements, proving that these scenes stalwarts are not about to rest on their laurels. [Nov/Dec 2010, p.98]
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      • Posted Nov 1, 2010
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Aftershock
    Aftershock is another worthy entry into Motörhead’s long discography, with 14 rollicking tracks of brawn, broads, and blazing riffs.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Temporal
    Aficionados will love picking out the differences between these early takes and the final album mixes.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    International Blackjazz Society
    Whether it’s the Nine Inch Nails-meets John Coltrane scree of “The Last Stand,” the avant-jazz experimentation of “House of Warship” or the trippy classic rock hooks and ominous ambient drones of “House of Control,” IBS makes Marilyn Manson sound as rebellious as Ed Sheeran.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sacred
    Sacred attaches sleazy biker blues, perilous fuzz rock and libidinous punk to swaggerin’ doom as age and experience channel youthful days, questionable decisions and collapsed veins while avoiding tragedy to kick ass like 1978 never went away.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Winter's Gate
    The result is the least Insomnium-sounding record of its discography.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Old Believer
    Guest appearances from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier and Subrosa violinists Sarah Pendleton and Kim Pack add extra nuance to an already dense masterpiece.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
    The tracks complement each other and build a cohesive piece of art. Between the Buried and Me are on a level of songwriting skill that few bands can hope to reach, and their new EP epitomizes the band's talent.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Violent Waves
    The band's fourth album sees them further stepping away from their Warped Tour roots to craft a disc that's teeming with emotion without falling on emo clichés.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Pedals
    Although it's been a full decade since their last release, United by Fate, Rival Schools don't miss a beat on this reunion disc. [Mar/Apr 2011, p. 88]
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      • Posted Mar 8, 2011
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sugar Daddy Live
    Frontman King Buzzo's guitar is searingly loud and untethered to studio tricks, more weapon than instrument, making 13 deadly songs even more venomous.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Autotheism
    What drives the music is the tightly synched interplay between drums and guitars, and that, particularly as sharpened by Wes Hauch's surgically precise lead work.
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