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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 That's the Spirit
Lowest review score: 20 Bright Black Heaven
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 435 out of 497
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 497
  3. Negative: 2 out of 497
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    That's the Spirit
    It’s a 43-minute blast of ingenious, future-proof rock, virtually flawless but from a band that--importantly--are still flawed like the rest of us. This is the best album you’ll hear this year and more significantly, it’s the most important rock album of the decade.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Summer Bones
    The Ohio pop-punks are on their finest form in years here.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Magic Mountain
    e – BSC are at their best with a sledgehammer riff and Magic Mountain is full of them.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ixora
    Ixora is an impressive revival that shows there’s life in these stalwarts yet.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bloodstone & Diamonds
    Even after 20 years in the game, there are still few better. Welcome back, sirs.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Between the Stars
    Unfocused and indistinct, this is an awkward transition that skews towards by-numbers radio-rock.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Dream Walker
    Although parts of the album’s lower key, electronica-laced back end get a little overawed by the grandeur of the project they accompany, for the most part this is Angels & Airwaves at their most ballsy and creative.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monuments to an Elegy
    While not everything works--‘Dorian’ goes nowhere in particular and the assorted amateurish synths on show grate on the nerves and feel like an afterthought--this is rarely less than compelling.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    White Noise
    This album is a fine introduction to one of the scene’s most exciting and original new bands. Keep an eye on this lot.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dear Youth
    Topping 2012’s ‘Get What You Give’ wasn’t going to be easy, but The Ghost Inside have kept up the momentum at the very least.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's Nothing Wrong with Me
    Though it doesn’t boast the bounce, style or solid gold hooks that we’ve come to expect from this lot, it’s the raw honesty found on There’s Nothing With Me that exhibits a level of songwriting and maturity that’s slowly pushing them ahead of their peers.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All In My Head [EP]
    Though it’s still very early doors, Seaway could have just put in a strong claim as the first pop-punk breakthrough of 2015.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The New Sidewalk
    While this may not be the straight-up punk that fans of 2012’s ‘Two Year Plan’ know and love, Such Gold are showing a thirst for progression, and that’s not something to be sniffed at.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At War with Reality
    Occupying a middle-ground between the thrashy, riff-a-minute assault of ’95 and the Gothenburg band’s earlier, darkly atmospheric releases, these 13 tracks form a cohesive and consistently evocative whole.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Duality
    Duality is a full-blown orchestral dance-pop masterpiece that will make you throw your arms in the air with glee, even if you think you should know better.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Absent Sounds
    Nobody does dreamy indie patter quite like this.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Coma Witch
    They’ve succeeded in making a devastatingly heavy record that, bar the odd predictable breakdown, manages to steer clear of deathcore clichés and sets them apart from their peers.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I'll Keep You In Mind, From Time to Time
    A lofty debut effort indeed.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Negative Qualities
    Negative Qualities might be uncomfortable listening, but it’s also entrancing, from the scrawny punk rock jams to the Nirvana-esque ‘Feel Shame’ or the surprisingly tuneful late-’90s emo of ‘Money’.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reincarnate
    Motionless In White’s third full-length sees them firming up the sound they settled on with last album ‘Infamous’, but with varying degrees of success.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stomachaches
    Born of isolation and introspection, Stomachaches is hugely likeable, and leaves everything on the table.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Back to Oblivion
    This is a lethargic, dull attempt at writing an album from a band that sound like they’ve forgotten how to do just that.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everything Will Be Alright in the End
    Is ninth record ‘Everything Will Be Alright In The End’ in the same league as 1994’s Blue Album or its follow up ‘Pinkerton’? Not quite, but it gives it a good go.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fair Youth
    While it might leave your average post-rock fan will crave a bit of misery, Fair Youth is an undeniably engaging listen.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Blood & Lemonade
    There’s hope in bouncy standout ‘Carry The Sorrow’, but this album is okay, and not much else.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Royal Blood
    With barely a weak song in sight, the Brighton duo have delivered a collection of tracks of taut, visceral quality.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I Am King
    The almost unbearably intense ‘Slowburn’ and ambient ‘My World’ are just two cuts of an album littered with highlights, meaning by the end of this 33-minute pummeling, you’ll only need one word: breathtaking.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways
    As flashy as ever, the band have shaped their jumble of ideas into a more coherent, if eccentric whole.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reign of Terror
    Reign Of Terror will filter into the middle ground of obscurity amid countless other albums from bands of a similar ilk.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wovenwar
    The fact that this album is full to bursting with ideas means there are almost certain to be missteps, but the likes of acoustic-led snorefest ‘Father / Son’ are thankfully few and far between on this bracing debut.
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