This is classic ATG with freshness and vigour to spare. [25 Oct 2014, p.54]

Songs that brood on record become grand and celebratory live and that's what captured here. [21 Aug 2010, p.52]

Think Jimmy eat World's last two albums and you'll get the general gist; an aching yet catchy anti-pop that tugs at the heartstrings while simultaneously making you want to dance. [12 Mar 2011, p.52]

As far as sludgy, frenzied noise rock is concerned, there are few who do it better than Melvins, and Working With God is tangible proof.

Only Iron Maiden know if this is their last hurrah. But if it is, they're going out the same way they came in: fearless, adventurous, and with a record that'll still bowl you over in a decade's time. [7 Aug 2010, p.50]

Some of the hookiest hooks and riffiest riff in his catalogue. [30 Apr 2016, p.67]

In the resultant dizzying whirl of kaleidoscopic guitars and life moving at 100 miles a minute, Culture Abuse sound right at home. [16 Jun 2018, p.58]

The rock'n'roll spirit is just as potent as the kind you get from a bottle in a sleazy LA watering hole. [19 Sep 2015, p.52]

They exude so much confidence, you wouldn't be surprised if they ran for president next year. [6 Jun 2015, p.52]

There's a lot going on, but once again Opeth have crafted something special here. [24 Sep 2016, p.51]

There's a quivering blues element to the sludgy stomp of Whether Terrified Or Unafraid, while elsewhere they twist the lo-fi fuzz into jarring alt.rock shapes, as Josh continues to serve up the deliciously unexpected. [10 Jun 2017, p.52]

Nightmare marks the point which the Huntington Beach crew put away childish things and became men. [24 Jul 2010, p.50]

The result is a superb, invigorated record that invites you to wake up, as they have done, in a brave, bold and beautiful new world.

What YONAKA have made here is one of 2019’s best breakthrough rock albums. Put simply, Don’t Wait ‘Til Tomorrow is the birth of a new band of rock stars. [25 may 2019, p.54]

It may have taken five years and three albums, but Circa Survive are finally living up to their potential, and Blue Sky Noise might just signal the start of something really interesting. [24 Jul 2010, p.51]

While only the heads-down opener King Of Rome is presented in a radio-friendly three-minute format, there is much here that could lure newcomers into the twisted soundworld of the Melvins – as long as they don’t expect the next record to sound much like this one.

A set of excellent songs. It’s a cohesive, largely understated collection, too.

This sharper, steelier focus simply ensures that every aural blow is fatal. [24 May 2014, p.54]

While pulling no punches in discussing anxiety or uncertainty, their sparky indie punk still evokes sunny days and exhilarating nights. [16 Sep 2017, p.52]

It's a step forward lyrically and also musically. [29 Oct 2016, p.53]

Major/Minor is an unusually conventional and yet glorious statement from a band characterised by fearless experimentation and exquisite music. [24 Sep 2011, p.53]

As painful and draining Korn III undoubtedly must have been to create, there's no doubt that it re-asserts the quartet's status as one of metal's most innovative bands. [10 Jul 2010, p.50]

It is a bold, best foot forward tribute to where they've come from, what they are capable of and, perhaps most importantly, where they're going next. [28 Aug 2010, p.52]

High Crimes is both energetic and spontaneous. It sounds like its members had a ball making it, and that sense of unconstrained fun and creativity bleed through it brilliantly. [4 May 20129, p.53]

When Agalloch's majesty comes, the slow unfolding is more than worth the wait. [17 May 2014, p.53]

Chemical Miracle is as good as chlorine smell. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]

An epic adventure that is, in every single way, truly astonishing indeed. [16 Jan 2016, p.51]

Harmonicraft still brings the heft and thick cut distortion, but never wastes a single moment's breath on anything superfluous. [28 Apr 2012, p.53]