Naturally, those married to traditional song structures need not apply, but if you fancy feeling like your brains in a pinball machine, then Mothership will take you out of this world. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]

Gwen and co. prove that, when it comes to state-of-the-art, good-time punk-dance, they're still the fairest of them all. [29 Sep 2012, p.54]

This is the best album You Me At Six have made. [1 Oct 2011, p.50]

Funny and poignant, it marks Max out as one of the most intriguing songwriters of his scene. [12 Jan 2019, p.55]

In amongst their sleeker, poppier, but still hard-hitting grooves, they're not afraid to tackle big issues, either. [26 Jan 2013, p.55]

Despite Daylight's unapologetically retro vibe, this is one of 2013's standout debuts so far. [27 Apr 2013, p.53]

This latest offering is as uncorrupted a rock album as any released this year, 33 minutes of breakneck, tyre-screeching anthems.

This is a splendid return. [7 Jul 2018, p.55]

It's simply heavy metal: proud, fearless, loud. [19 Jul 2014, p.52]

Priorities is chock-full off gargantuan tunes. [11 Aug 2012, p.52]

Once again, Enslaved have produced music that kicks slavish notions of genre limitations into touch. [29 Sep 2012, p.54]

At the point where most bands start to slow down, Pissed Jeans have hit the accelerator.

This is the sound of Coliseum growing up without getting old and boring. [27 Apr 2013, p.54]

One of the best albums of 2013. [13 Jul 2013, p.54]

Impera is among Ghost’s very best and sure to push them even closer to those heavenly heights.

What Radiosurgery proves beyond any doubt is that New Found Glory are as fired up now in 2011 as they were when they first emerged in 1997. [1 Oct 2011, p.53]

Admittedly, without Trent's voice and lyrics it lacks the sense of introspection that defines classic NIN albums, but that doesn't matter; the master is back at work. [16 Oct 2010, p.52]

Beautifully arranged and commandingly composed, Be More Kind is a great work from an expert in his craft. [5 May 2018, p.55]

For the most part though, this is The Ghost Inside getting back to the largely straightforward, undeniably powerful mix of metal and hardcore they have always done so well.

Taken as a whole, it’s the hardest and heaviest album they’ve ever made, and across its 10 tracks, it’s also Sum 41 at their most creative and willing to explore their frontiers.

Truth Decay is an album that sees You Me At Six grabbing elements from 2014’s Cavalier Youth and 2010’s Hold Me Down. Then it wraps them up into a time capsule of what it means to be a young adult in the ever-difficult 2020s.

So Much (For) Stardust does have a foot in a past FOB, but where they're taking you is somewhere you weren't expecting, and it's equally welcome. Just as importantly, they sound like Fall Out Boy again.

The confidence with which these 10 tracks are delivered is proof this is just the beginning. There’s some growing up to be done, but right now, The Linda Lindas are revelling in the joys of youth, and it sounds great.

An excellent comeback. [15 Oct 2011, p.51]

The quartet have concocted an irresistibly anthemic collection of songs. [2 Apr 2011, p.51]

It crucially all gels properly into something all of its own, rather than disparate parts that won't mix no matter how hard they're shaken. [26 Oct 2019, p.54]

With overwhelming heaviness tempered by blues and gospel vibes, this enthralling comeback soothes the soul even as Goatsnake crush your ears. [13 Jun 2015, p.52]

The Essex four-piece rarely put a foot wrong. [1 Sep 2012, p.50]