It’s a ferocious, fearless record from one of Britain’s best.

With a raw energy that engrosses even the casual listener, this Manchester quartet simply take your attention without asking. [25 Jun 2016, p.52]

It sounds like Ash have never been away. [30 May 2015, p.53]

Great Divide is a tightly honed, 12-track collection. [16 Aug 2014, p.52]

Tomorrow Never Comes is more of a delight than really it has any right to be. Certainly, it’s a good deal more compelling than any of its authors’ more recent albums.

The music and lyrics the band supply to chronicle these periods of confusion and transition are more than enough to steal the show. [11 Jan 2014, p.52]

As compositionally impetuous as they are lyrically intelligent, Pissed Jeans are amongst rock's most uncompromising outfits. [16 Feb 2013, p.51]

Classic, classy, and it absolutely rocks. [25 Jun 2016, p.52]

What's undeniable is that Ceremony's sixth album is packed with more memorable tunes than many bands can manage in a whole six albums. [31 Aug 2019, p.54]

After two decades of creating influential music, the fact that this astonishing album features some of his best songs to date makes this as important as it is unfalteringly beautiful. [12 Mar 2011, p. 51]

The music remains a force to be reckoned with. [7 Jan 2017, p.54]

There’s catharsis and darkness, but they are of the most forward-looking variety, fringed at times with something approaching hopeful joy. In a time where Evanescence’s usual emotional touch could easily speak to feelings of isolation, fear, confusion, hopelessness, loss and fragility, The Bitter Truth gets on that frequency and interrupts it.

In an era when so many classic bands return to tout but without risking new material, it's a delight to have Soundgarden take that gamble and win. [17 Nov 2012, p.52]

The overall effect is one of a versatile, diffuse, but somehow far more focused collection of songs than were present in Neighborhoods. [22 Dec 2012, p.68]

There are a lot of records about the end of the world out there, vying for attention. This is one worth listening to. [6 Apr 2019, p.69]

Nakedly confessional or all dressed up, this is an album to cherish. [6 May 2017, p.51]

Kvelertak play rock'n'roll that's been distilled to its purest sense. [23 Mar 2013, p.53]

It's a long overdue return, but one that's been entirely worth the wait. [12 Feb 2011, p.52]

Attention to detail makes …So Unknown an involving listen, but emphatically doesn’t detract from the band’s primary intention of rearranging your skeletal structure through elastic, chugging riffs and neck-snapping beats.

Another quiet triumph, then, exclusively on their own terms. [17 Nov 2012, p.55]

For a serious Pumpkins fan, this is a gold mine. [15 Dec 2012, p.49]

The Mutt’s Nuts is the absolute dog’s bollocks, and well worth a sniff.

Chicago punks mark 10-year anniversary in characteristically fiery form. [12 Mar 2011, p. 51]

Each is very different, but they’re connected by a sense of the time and space they were crafted in. It’s a collection of postcards from the edge that we’ve all been walking and one that’s utterly engaging.

A record that's intelligent with its music, but played with an explosive level of nastiness that sounds like they'd burn your house down if you crossed them. [17 Sep 2016, p.52]

All Them Witches have conjured fresh landmarks all their own. [18 Feb 2017, p.52]

This is an important album, not only because it extends Gojira’s palette and cements their place as one of metal’s most skilled and uncompromising bands. They’re also one of the most inspiring as they call for strength, for action and above all for fortitude.

Those familiar with the band will be unsurprised that it’s an intense, at times overwhelming listen. ... Panorama is another outstanding release from a truly special band.