Finally adding a bassists to PD's ranks has robbed them of some of their personality. [8 Sep 2018, p.53]

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

An album peppered with strong and vibrant songs. [1 Sep 2018, p.53]

Killer stuff. [1 Sep 2018, p.55]

Dissolution is entirely convincing in its maturity and intelligence. [25 Aug 2018, p.55]

It's prime Alice In Chains, and the work of a band still managing to hit new peaks of their powers. [25 Aug 2018, p.53]

It's bleak, it's far from fun, and it's not for everyone, but Dance On The Blacktop is unfailingly honest, raw and uniquely stunning. [18 Aug 2018, p.53]

It's a softly stirring soundtrack for a drift into somewhere deep, immersive and dreamy. [11 Aug 2018, p.71]

Rituals is a bold, yet ultimately auspicious step forward. [4 Aug 2018, p.53]

A record that is surprisingly flat and unremarkable. [21 Jul 2018, p.55]

It's bigger, louder and better in almost every department. [28 Jul 2018, p.53]

Fifteen years into their career, the Witch have never sounded more spellbinding. [21 Jul, p.54]

The Proverbial Bellow could almost be all that this chapter comprised and not irk their faithful. The other three tracks deliver too, but were destined to always pale by comparison. [14 Jul 2018, p.55]

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

Deafheaven have flourished magnificently here. Not just by making a god album, but by creating something that perfectly captures what they have become--a genuinely brilliant creative force unencumbered by genre, going wherever they will. [7 Jul 2018, p.53]

Have You Considered Punk Music feels like a missed opportunity to drip the verbal shields and let people all the way in. [30 Jun 2018, p.55]

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

It feels harsh to criticise a Panic! At The Disco record for being bold and exploring its brash nature to the fullest. ... But there's no getting around the fact this one feels like it could have done with a defter touch and some sonic restraint. [30 Jun 2018, p.53]

Justice For None is an album that delivers Five Finger Death Punch's wallop adequately. 19 May 2018, p.53]

This remastered package in all its various formats is worth buying for the absolute bonanza of extra stuff include wit it. ... At the cene of it all still sit 12 of the most charged, arrogant, piss-and-vinegar songs ever written, perfectly captured, and played by a gang of reprobates genuinely out to take on the entire world. [23 Jun 2108, p.54]

[Trent has] ended up somewhere unique, exciting, and genuinely of his own making. [16 Jun 2018, p.57]

The concentrated excellence on offer should placate any disappointment about the meagre portions. [23 Jun 2018, p.55]

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]

In the resultant dizzying whirl of kaleidoscopic guitars and life moving at 100 miles a minute, Culture Abuse sound right at home. [16 Jun 2018, p.58]

A compelling, dizzying blend of chaos, commotion and beauty. [2 Jun 2018, p.55]

The cloud of heaviness that hangs over the whole thing is matched only by the emotion on display, and the momements of beauty once again reveal YOB to be not just another doom outfit, but one of the finest heavy bands on earth. [9 Jun 2018, p.55

From gritty social commentary to '80s metal cheese and retro-futuristic space rock, this is an album that sees Ghost spreading their dark wings. [2 Jun 2018, p.53]

Black Labyrinth is an interesting, if flawed distraction from this icon--though it doesn't justify a 10-year wait. [26 May 2018, p.53]