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
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's hard to shake the feeling that this is music more learned than lived. [12 Nov 2016, p.52]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once again, Arctic Thunder sees Darkthrone doing something different, without doing much different than usual. [22 Oct 2016, p.69]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's no softness or subtlety here. Just venom-tipped steel. [29 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The popping candy melodies remain firmly in place, but this new-look outfit are edgier, gobbier and endearingly post-adolescent. [30 Jan 2016, p.51]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    This is Metallica galvanised, refreshed, refocused and rediscovering themselves. Best thing they've done since The Black album? Yep. [5 Nov 2016, p.48]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The title-track harks back to the spirit of golden-era Bon Jovi, though, and there are dashes of it scattered throughout. [22 Oct 2016, p.68]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    He's reached a new creative peak. [29 Oct 2016, p.50]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a soft, frail album Jimmy Eat World have here, but one that hits right in the feels. Hard. [29 Oct 2016, p.51]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a step forward lyrically and also musically. [29 Oct 2016, p.53]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crucially, it captures some of the magic of their debut, and will satiate those who've waited so patiently. [22 Oct 20163, p.68]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Korn haven't reinvented their own here, but it's still a worthy addition to their canon. [22 Oct 20163, p.67]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chemical Miracle is as good as chlorine smell. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mostly, though, Red Fang rock, with pile-driving riffs and monstrous grooves that you can't simply laugh off. [15 Oct 2016, p.53]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's bold, atmospheric and destined to play havoc with the concept of playlists. [24 Sep 2016, p.52]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Maintaining their business-as-usual ethic it's nonstop Americana-a-go-go. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It finds them rocking even harder than usual. [1 Oct 2016, p.51]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's execution is what makes it Sum 41's finest offering to date. [15 Oct 2016, p.50]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's reliably puzzling and brain-meltingly good. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Kodama is one of 2016's most arresting releases. [15 Oct 2016, p.53]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When an album imbued with the spirit of heroism, the opening track has to boldly throw down the gauntlet. Job done. [15 Oct 2016, p.51]
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    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Their debut has hooks sharper than new scissors. [10 Sep 2016, p.52]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is NOFX at their leanest, and it absolutely rips. [8 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sometimes angry, regularly ferocious, occasionally beautiful. [8 Oct 2016, p.53]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A supergroup that lives up to the hype. [1 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Classically Yellowcard in sound, all violins and driving drum rolls, it's a fitting tribute to their two decades on the job. [1 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The 12 songs that comprise the svelte but satiating Revolution Radio are among the finest to which Green Day Have put their name. [1 Oct 2016, p.50]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's initially odd that the songs lack the immediacy the band are known for, but once the new-found intricacies reveal themselves and the lengthier structures click, the pay-off is huge. [8 Oct 2016, p.52]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Two albums into their 21st century reunion, and the unhinged genius of early albums Surfer Rosa and Doolittle is largely lacking, replaced by the not unpleasant sound of old friends having a blast. [8 Oct 2016, p.52]
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