Forever is sufficiently overloaded with both information and mystique to keep you coming back, well, forever. [28 Jan 2017, p.50]

Here, he's finally harnessed the fury coursing through his foundation, channeling and unleashing it with streamlined precision. [28 Jan 2017, p.48]

The music remains a force to be reckoned with. [7 Jan 2017, p.54]

You better get ready to start your "Best Albums of 2017" list--a serious contender has arrived. [7 Jan 2017, p.52]

Throughout, NIN strike a masterful balance between drilling industrial assaults and eerie ambience. [14 Jan 2017, p.52]

There's a monochrome coolness to everything and a slick, minimal production. There's a newfound calmness and thoughtfulness noticed in the band's songwriting. [14 Jan 2017, p.50]

It's the essential elegy of everything that was and a moving reminder of all that could have been. [26 Nov 2016, p.53]

A mostly sluggish record. [8 Oct 2016, p.52]

Badmotorfinger is a masterclass in amplification, intelligence and artistic chutzpah. [3 Dec 2016, p.52]

Some songs float by without leaving much of a mark, but Balance And Composure's dedication to reinvention should be lauded. [5 Nov 2016, p.52]

A very impressive album. [26 Nov 2016, p.51]

It doesn't eclipse any of its members' day-job bands, but Surveillance is worth scoping out. [26 Nov 2016, p.52]

A dozen svelte and self-assured songs that are ear-catching in terms of being both highly accessible while being imaginatively arranged. [3 Dec 2016, p.53]

A grandiose and ambitious album. [5 Nov 2016, p.50]

It's hard to shake the feeling that this is music more learned than lived. [12 Nov 2016, p.52]

Once again, Arctic Thunder sees Darkthrone doing something different, without doing much different than usual. [22 Oct 2016, p.69]

There's no softness or subtlety here. Just venom-tipped steel. [29 Oct 2016, p.52]

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]

This is Metallica galvanised, refreshed, refocused and rediscovering themselves. Best thing they've done since The Black album? Yep. [5 Nov 2016, p.48]

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]

He's reached a new creative peak. [29 Oct 2016, p.50]

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]

It's a step forward lyrically and also musically. [29 Oct 2016, p.53]

Crucially, it captures some of the magic of their debut, and will satiate those who've waited so patiently. [22 Oct 20163, p.68]

Korn haven't reinvented their own here, but it's still a worthy addition to their canon. [22 Oct 20163, p.67]

Chemical Miracle is as good as chlorine smell. [15 Oct 2016, p.52]

Mostly, though, Red Fang rock, with pile-driving riffs and monstrous grooves that you can't simply laugh off. [15 Oct 2016, p.53]

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