A compelling, dizzying blend of chaos, commotion and beauty. [2 Jun 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.

While this is certainly different from anything they have released previously, it is unmistakably an Amenra album – they’ve lost none of their razor sharp edge and are every bit as crushingly oppressive as they’ve always been. However, De Doorn has allowed for them to explore a much wider range of the emotional spectrum that their music is skilfully able to express and, as such, breaks down the boundaries that they have spent decades expanding on and pushing the limits of.

Put simply, Vertikal is truly breathtaking. [26 Jan 2013, p.55]

Some of the best songs [Obituary] have penned, nearly 33 years after their inception. [18 Mar 2017, p.52]

This is a wonderful document of a great show. [24 Nov 2012, p.52]

Many outstanding moments on this. ... A vicious mix of grime, hip-hop and punk, Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life is an intersectional look at what it’s like to exist as a black person in Britain within a capitalist society.

There’s plenty to latch onto, whether it’s the neck-rending riffs, the snarling/soaring vocals or just wanting to vibe out and let the darkness envelope you; it’s a display of artistry.

There will be doubters and there will be haters, but Heaven :x: Hell is Sum 41 at their zenith and is, without any shadow of a doubt, the album of their career.

A supergroup that lives up to the hype. [1 Oct 2016, p.52]

There’s a gleaming shine on everything that fills it all with vitality. Far from a step back, or attempt to redress something, a return to heaviness is simply the next piece of the picture. That you can hear them fair running towards it with refreshed enthusiasm for such things only makes it sing all the louder.

Truly emphasising how far they’ve come since emo’s heyday, these songs have as much (or more) in common with alt.pop icons like HAIM, Alanis Morissette or Fiona Apple as even they do with even Paramore’s poppiest ‘rock’ contemporaries like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco.

Boasting darker, braver, more thrillingly complex compositions. [10 Oct 2015, p.52]

This is the sound of TesseracT getting even better. [25 May 2013, p.54]

A typically obdurate outing from an always captivating contributor. [15 Apr 2017, p.52]

It's a beast from start to finish. [7 Oct 2017, p.52]

This seventh record still offers plenty for those who want an aural assault. [30 Aug 2014, p.51]

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

It's BMTH's innate ability to stay one step ahead, like they do here, that means the future remains firmly theirs. [19 Jan 2019, p.54]

Sixteen years in, and it's clear Soilwork still have fertile imaginations. [9 Mar 2013, p.51]

Phillip and Down are on a roll from which there's no signs of them slowing down any time soon. [10 May 2014, p.52]

From the moment six-and-a-half-minute opener Almost Always shimmers into existence, it is a record that mesmerises without compromise, and which could not have come from anyone else.

The soft strummed title-track is saturated with heartbreak and rage. By the time the downbeat End Times Sermon dissolves into its ponderous parting sample, it’s hard not to feel drained and dejected, but also utterly connected to the chaos of the world falling apart around us.

What You Don't See holds up its end of the bargain, with rattlegun rhythms, sun-kissed melodies and enough grit in the guitars and frontman Parker Cannon's vocals to offset any saccharine edges. [16 Mar 2013, p.54]

Razzmatazz comes at just the right time and it was well worth the wait. iDKHOW might not be changing the game exactly, but they’re packing the kind of addictive, dopamine-like qualities that’ll make you want to keep pumping coins into the slot for another hit, time and time again.

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

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

There are grooves within grooves, epic 10-minute jams, and they're able to create a feeling of genuine disquiet simply by shifting a drumbeat. Absolutely mammut. [28 Mar 2015, p.54]