Rock Sound's Scores
- Music
For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
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67% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | That's the Spirit | |
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Lowest review score: | Bright Black Heaven |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 435 out of 497
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Mixed: 60 out of 497
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Negative: 2 out of 497
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Though Makes Me Sick is still a fun listen--complete with some brilliant lyrical put-downs, genuinely touching moments and echoes of past glories--it doesn’t quite capture NFG at their life-affirming best.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 28, 2017
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On his latest solo effort, System of a Down man, Serj Tankian, continues to stride further and further away from the sound that was once his bread and butter.- Rock Sound
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There's been a noticeable progression in sound over the years, but whether it's for the better is debatable. You see, Disguises is neither brilliant or dreadful.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 8, 2011
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This is a lethargic, dull attempt at writing an album from a band that sound like they’ve forgotten how to do just that.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 26, 2014
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Furiosity is crass, it’s rowdy, and it’s totally unoriginal but in the best kind of way.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 20, 2013
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This is the band’s 10th studio album, and it’s chock full of chugging, anthemic rock songs, torn straight from the ’80s airwaves. That’s no bad thing, even if in places, The Trigger Complex does sound lost in time.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 9, 2017
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- Posted Apr 10, 2017
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While the spacious (and slightly dreary) prog textures remain, the lurching riffs of ‘Resurge’ and melodic highs of ‘Ornament’ hit the bullseye; showing how talented these four musicians truly are.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 6, 2017
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[The production by Danger Mouse] doesn’t make much difference--they still sound exactly the same.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 17, 2016
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Amoral proves that Violens will stand proud knowing they can give a name to their organized mess, even if they don't know what it is yet.- Rock Sound
- Posted Nov 5, 2010
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The Constant does what it says on the, er, CD; constantly good, but with more focus it could have been brilliant.- Rock Sound
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It’s a disappointing, day and night affair compared to the soaring triumph of last year’s ‘Joy, Departed.’- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 22, 2016
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Frontman Dave King's vocal approach now presents itself as one of jaded disinterest, the defiant cries replaced by a sense of wistful reminiscence.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 31, 2011
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Some Kind Of Hate is at its best when it doesn't take itself too seriously.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 1, 2011
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For those unfamiliar with the band’s at times world-class back catalogue, this disc is a fine--if fleeting--new entry point.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 2, 2017
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One can’t help wish for less social commentary, and more hands-in-the-air/ feet-in-the-moshpit bangers.- Rock Sound
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There are enough early anthems included to warrant picking this up, if only as a gateway to their back catalogue.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 27, 2012
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Suffice to say, the once-beloved Kansas City quintet are not Radiohead, and whilst they may have left their pioneering, emo-infused pop-punk behind over a decade ago, nothing quite prepares the listener for the insipid snooze-a-thon they've concocted here.- Rock Sound
- Posted Mar 1, 2011
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It doesn’t deviate much from the well-worn blueprint that the band have stuck to throughout their career, but when your music is this deliciously punishing why would you change?- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 5, 2017
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Reign Of Terror will filter into the middle ground of obscurity amid countless other albums from bands of a similar ilk.- Rock Sound
- Posted Aug 18, 2014
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For an album that led the charge in early-’00s pop-punk, it’s worth a spin or two, if only for the memories it’ll bring back.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 5, 2013
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Expect polished fare awash with slick harmonies, clean guitars, heavy drumbeats, giant hooks and an unadulterated wall of gleaming pop.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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Murdered Love is a perfectly enjoyable and easily digestible slice of rap-metal.- Rock Sound
- Posted Aug 1, 2012
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Ghost B.C.’s first effort at a covers EP is another difficult, tedious listen.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 9, 2013
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What this means is that if you find this band annoying, you'll probably hate them 10 times more after hearing Wonders Of The Younger. For the rest of us, there's no denying that 'Rhythm Of Love' and 'Killer' are guilty pleasures in the making--consider us thoroughly killed with kindness.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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At times, the quintet deliver the solid grooves and renowned, catchy singalong choruses that have engaged their adoring fan base, but for too much of the time Ungrateful sounds a bit flat and tired.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 16, 2013
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It is with frightful ease that one can declare 'Days Go By' as a parody of the efforts which came before.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 9, 2012
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Overall, it’s a decent summer barbecue soundtrack, but hardly vintage Sublime.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 9, 2013
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Sure, the relative absence of co-frontman Mike Shinoda saps some of the band’s unique character and they get bogged down in sluggish, downcast dirges in the final stretch, but there’s also a sense of liberation running through these 10 tracks; the mark of artists unshackled from their past, stepping into the unknown.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 17, 2017
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While not quite as cack as recent efforts by Bad Brains or DYS, it still defies belief that this should ever see the light of day.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 13, 2013
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