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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From the breakneck belligerence of ‘Balance The Odds’ to the nostalgic groove of ‘Step To You’, this is the purest strain of hardcore you could possibly mosh your life away to.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 3, 2017
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Drew’s definitely been reunited with his fury again, and it feels so good.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 26, 2017
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It's taken Title Fight a good while to release a full album, but it's been worth the wait.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 6, 2011
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Recitation finds the band at their genre-bridging best, sounding, if anything, even more euphoric and life-affirming than before.- Rock Sound
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Philly troubadour Dave Hause’s sophomore platter manages to stand proud while casually dipping into drive-time radio (‘Same Disease’) and blue collar balladry (‘Before’).- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 30, 2013
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With beautifully harmonised vocals sitting alongside pared-down guitar lines, their lyrical themes of love and loss will hit nerves you never knew you had.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 16, 2012
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The Baltimore hardcore crew follow up their beloved 2015 debut full-length 'Nonstop Feeling' with an equally intense 13 tracks, dragging the best elements of 20th Century punk into the modern world.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 21, 2018
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While it’s not the career-defining milestone that some were anticipating, this album still offers up enough melancholy mayhem to keep ADTR ahead of the chasing pack.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 12, 2016
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- Posted Mar 1, 2017
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The post-hiatus band are still angry and have something to say.... Welcome back, gang.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 29, 2013
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Dragging their new wave and post-punk influences to the fore, the Sacramento crew have produced their most dynamic, adventurous and downright strange album in years.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 7, 2016
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A relentlessly insistent, unexpectedly danceable record which manages to be as engaging as it is wilfully bizarre.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 12, 2012
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- Posted Feb 28, 2011
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Though ‘The Powerless Rise’ only signifies progression within strict genre parameters, AILD have stuck to their guns with flair.- Rock Sound
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Die Without Hope shows them at their most uncompromising, bleak and arse-splittingly heavy.- Rock Sound
- Posted Mar 24, 2014
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It may not be pushing the boundaries, keeping much of the stylisations of the band's debut, but the sum really is as great as all of its parts.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 19, 2012
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Common Courtesy is not the end of this band. If anything, it’s their new beginning.- Rock Sound
- Posted Nov 19, 2013
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Frantic opener ‘Praise Poison’ feels like the heaviest song they’ve penned in years, while elsewhere the slow, heavy-hitting riff of ‘Lock & Load’ and the desperate, raking soar of ‘Flyover States’ make this a versatile, and interesting album that manages to combine everything that’s great about this band’s rich back catalogue.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 6, 2016
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The Wilderness is the perfect title, too; the album’s nine songs exploring an expansive, evocative range of sounds, grooves, peaks and valleys. Which is to say, this is something really quite special.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 7, 2016
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This is a grower not a shower but persevere because White Silence has been worth the wait.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 24, 2011
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Monolithic, streamlined and straight from the underworld, Snakes For The Divine is High On Fire's finest hour thus far.- Rock Sound
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Lyrics largely consist of nostalgic references, in-jokes and arch observations, but with a bummed-out charm that invites rather than excludes. If you’ve played the classics to death and want a fresh fix, this is among the best of the new breed’s offerings.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 22, 2017
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Five Serpent's Teeth is 100 per cent square in the Evile MO: twisted kinetic riffs from the Brothers Drake push the needle into the red before resolving themselves in anthemic choruses.- Rock Sound
- Posted Nov 1, 2011
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Beloved is both a reincarnation of old and a lesson in modern metalcore that makes IKTPQ the oldest newcomers to stake their claim for 2014.- Rock Sound
- Posted Mar 11, 2014
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Some of his vocal lines seemed rushed and out-of-sync with the American metal chug, but he proves his pipes on a fair number of spots.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 29, 2011
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For all its bluster, There Is A Hell is far more than the story of a man battling his self-perpetuated inner turmoil; it is the sound of a remarkable band establishing themselves as one of the finest of their generation.- Rock Sound
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Clouded is possibly the most beautiful record about heartbreak you’ll hear all year.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 9, 2014
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Beach Slang’s second full-length does a stellar job of building on frontman James Alex’s knack for storytelling.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 22, 2016
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As soulful and finely crafted as their debut of sorts, II is a glorious record.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 13, 2011
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