That first album wasn't a one-off, and here The Temperance Movement have once again proved themselves masters of their craft. [2 Jan 2016, p.52]

For the most part, this is an awkward journey that sounds like no-one else. Try it but don't expect an easy ride. [9 Jan 2016, p.52]

Dystopia does see Megadeth come within hailing distance of their dazzling best. [16 Jan 2016, p.50]

The album is one long ambient jam and precisely as exciting as that sounds. [16 Jan 2016, p.53]

You can hear where he's heading with ideas, but, for the most part, these are more sketches than fully-formed songs. [16 Jan 2016, p.52]

Like the soundtrack to a wedding reception, DOAB is Panic! At The Disco turnt up, both musically and lyrically. [9 Jan 2016, p.50]

Occasionally songs hand around a little too long, but all the bruises Black Breath leave linger in the best kind of way. [10 Oct 2015, p.41]

A positive and uplifting album, and one that marks the most hard-fought comeback of the year. [12 Dec 2015, p.50]

Like Sabbath on an especially mellow day. [14 Nov 2015, p.52]

You get exactly the sort of greasy grooves you'd expect, but with a whole lot of Cuban cool thrown in as well. [14 Nov 2015, p.52]

It's an epic journey, and one that both requires and repays immersion and patience. [14 Nov 2015, p.53]

The slo-mo mantras of this three-part suite successfully blast the divisions between high and low culture to smithereens. [5 Dec 2015, p.52]

With a demo-like production, it's not as good as the Ramones' similarly sourced Acid Eaters, but hearing him Danzig-up these tunes is still highly entertaining. [5 Dec 2015, p.52]

It's almost perfect in its imperfection. [5 Dec 2015, p.50]

Essential? For completists. Worth hearing? Absolutely. [7 Nov 2015, p.50]

It's a collection of suitably mixed results, but Fall Out Boy should be applauded for continuing to do whatever the hell they feel like. [7 Nov 2015, p.52]

Obviously, we'd much prefer to have a new Tool album, but in the interim, Money Shot won't leave you feeling short-changed. [31 Oct 2015, p.54]

Brilliantly delirious or deliriously brilliant, International Blackjazz Society is the mark of a band that are losing their minds in the best possible way. [7 Nov 2015, p.52]

From the meandering opener, Weave, it's a record that's entirely absorbing. [31 Oct 2015, p.54]

They continue to blast out their post-punk hymns to the end of the world with a wild-eyed mania that's genuinely scary. [31 Oct 2015, p.54]

Too late to be the sound of the summer, Beach Slang will instead warm your hearts all winter--and far beyond. [31 Oct 2015, p.54]

5 Seconds To Summer are clearly at their best when drummer Ashton is let loose behind his kit and the band are powering through huge, catchy choruses. [17 Oct 2015, p.52]

Back On Top never loses sight of something very important: trying something new. [24 Oct 2015, p.52]

There's a maturity--or at least a noticeable growth--in the band's sound and abilities. [10 Oct 2015, p.50]

It's all formula though, and fresh ingredients are few and far between. [3 Oct 2015, p.52]

A surprisingly coherent batch of soured psychedelia. [3 Oct 2015, p.52]

It's a hell of a return, better than you might have expected. [17 Oct 2015, p.52]

A surprisingly concise, but still collates the quartet's strengths into a mostly satisfying whole. [10 Oct 2015, p.52]