It's bold, atmospheric and destined to play havoc with the concept of playlists. [24 Sep 2016, p.52]

Winter Kills thrills with the same potency the band have wielded throughout their career. [24 Aug 2013, p.54]

Evergreen is a reminder of what an effective, emotive songwriter she can be.

This is an album that might make you bawl your eyes out, but it may also make you feel like things are gonna work out okay. The results will probably vary on every listen, and depending where your own head’s at.

A constantly-evolving monster of a record. [21 Jan 2017, p.52]

Who Will Look After The Dogs feels more intensely personal than anything the band have made before.

It's a bold, transitional statement from a band that's still reaching for their best. [21 May 2016, p.52]

This project began as the soundtrack to an art show, and was inspired by vistas streaming past windows on interminably long drives, so none of this was meant to be easy to enjoy. It’s music to accompany contemplative walks, light skies and dark moods. It’s hard work, but it will work on you.

[A] brilliant album. [18 Jun 2016, p.51]

This is another collection as thrilling as back catalogue classics like The Elephant Riders (1998) and Blast Tyrant (2004). [1 Sep 2018, p.54]

It's an important, thoughtful album that will serve to unite the grief-stricken with a new-found sense of purpose to find some form of healing. [9 Jun 2018, p.53]

They’re making bigger leaps than ever. Even their more familiar-sounding songs show signs of metamorphosis.

Not only is United We Stand a triumph, it's a thrilling love letter to nearly 30 years of alt-rock. [5 May 2012, p.53]

A thunderous, cathartic debut that remains subtly political and emotive while prioritising surface-level pandemonium. From top to bottom, it exists on the edge of a cliff.

There is a very good rock record waiting for you here – and certainly one that deserves to be appreciated by many more than nine people.

Atop these intoxicatingly addictive gems are the vocals of bandleader Kim Shattuck. [6 Sep 2014, p.54]

As a whole, this is BSC's dirtiest, heaviest outing yet. [27 Mar 2016, p.51]

As they get older and wiser, when they focus their songwriting skills like they do on Saviors, they are as sharp, bright and essential as they’ve ever been. And they still know who they, and you, are.

The sheer, unreconstructed manliness and testosterone that flows through every riff takes you right to the heart of whatever battle Amon Amarth are embroiled in. [2 Apr 2016, p.52]

For those who like black metal to creep up and slowly drain the light from the world like a suffocating nightmare, Myrkur are manna from Hell. [22 Aug 2015, p.53]

Ambitious and controversial, it's a creditable pass that's not perfect, but has flashes of brilliance. [29 Apr 2017, p.50]

This is the record that brands SWS as a very big deal indeed. [7 Mar 2015, p.52]

Throughout, layered vocals sit gloriously atop it all, like a doomed Bruce Dickinson. [16 Jun 2018, p.59]

Howling is full of venom, inspired by history and politics to create a dense mix of buzzsaw riffs and eerie atmospherics. [17 Jul 2017, p.52]

As Limerent Death gives you a one-two, you realise this will be the most chaotic funeral you've ever attended. [8 Oct 2016, p.51]

Behind every good DIY punk outfit, there's some smart songwriting in place. Boston;s Pile prove this and more here on their fourth full-length. [7 Mar 2015, p.53]

Music born of despair has rarely been as exhilarating as this. [15 Jun 2019, p.55]

This is not a giant sonic leap from her day job. Where it differs, though, is in the breadth and feel of the material. ... Lyrically, Laura is on blistering form. [10 Nov 2018, p.54]