Kerrang!'s Scores

  • Music
For 1,700 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Yellow & Green
Lowest review score: 20 What The...
Score distribution:
1700 music reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    By the time this EP draws to a close, it’s fair to say that its creators haven’t really strayed too far from their core sound – something they’ll want to build on with future releases – but when the songs just work and everything sounds so fun, it feels rather greedy to ask for more.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Save Rock And Roll is bonkers, brilliant and it's Fall Out Boy like you've never heard them. [13 Apr 2013, p.58]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Aftershock proves that they can still produce the goods in the studio. [2 Nov 2013, p.52]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Remaining as distinctive, unique and bloody brilliant as ever. [30 Mar 2019, p.55]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Conduit may not be an album to please those who fell in love with Tales... but for anyone pining for a return to Funeral For A friend's earliest EPs, it's very exciting. [2 Feb 2013, p.53]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When Black Veil Brides have made an album as fist pumpingly anthemic and as downright fun as Set The World On fire is, you'd be incredibly foolish to bet against them doing just that. [18 Jun 2011, p.50]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Panic! At The Disco's latest offering is a good time, almost all the time. [5 Oct 2013, p.52]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's business as usual, then--even with a manic cover of 99 Bottles Of Beer. [2 Nov 2013, p.53]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They may not have subtlety in their arsenal but then again, with riffs this menacing, who needs it? [21 Jan 2012, p.52]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is an album full of stirring, stadium-sized melodies. [2 Feb 2013, p.53]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is punk at its most multifaceted and emotional, overflowing with desire and angst.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While their sloganeering remains simplistic, the courage of their convictions continues to drive them forward against an unforgiving world in style. [18 Jun 2011, p.51]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The album sprawls between ferocity, relentless rhythms, and sombre moments. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like all good follow-ups, this album retains the qualities you loved about the first installment. [2 Feb 2013, p.54]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With singer Lacey Sturm plastering every word in M-E-L-O-D-Y, she ensures that the choruses of Fire Fire, Cage On The Ground and the title track all pirouette around you brain for days. [13 Apr 2013, p.60]
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blood Incantation have created a contender for death metal album of the year here.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Burials is an album that finds darkness everywhere. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anyone who remembers Mike covering Italian pop songs from yesteryear ion his 2010 album Mondo Cane will know, strictly speaking, a few of his recent projects have sounded more interesting than they have incredible. Thankfully, Oddfellows is both. [2 Feb 2013, p.54]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The best thing about Paranormal is that it sounds exactly like an Alice Cooper album. [28 Jul 2017, p.50]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Brilliant, Melvins, brilliant. [18 Oct 2014, p.54]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Biting, poetic and awkward, this is music with brains to match its brawn. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is an album that feels as much like a series of compelling stories as it does a collection of fine songs. [21 Jan 2012, p.53]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Shadow Side reveals Andy Black as a creative force of his own, albeit one still finding his sound, his boundaries, his feet. [30 Apr 2016, p.66]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's daring and rarely less than dazzling. [6 Apr 2013, p.52]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You'll need to sit down when it's all over, but you'll soon be right back to the start, re-embracing that darkness. [28 Jul 2017, p.48]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fearless album, an absolutely banging document of the last two years that will resonate far beyond his existing audience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sure, not every song is something to write home about, and not everyone is going to be on board with a new singer, but as a piece of work, it’s a clear reminder of why Linkin Park reached the heights they did and continue to influence multiple generations of artists. Welcome back.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disarm The Descent is an overdue return, a prodigal son story and their best album since The End Of Heartache. [6 Apr 2013, p.53]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Musically there’s a touch more considered atmosphere than on predecessor AmeriKKKant, but this new Ministry line-up – featuring former Tool bassist Paul D’Amour and guest appearances from the likes of Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison and former Megadeth man David Ellefson – still knows how to rage.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Apocalyptic Love, the album, is at its best when Slash is operating within the team. [9 Jun 2012, p.52]
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