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
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They've taken a long sidestep from Sabbath's alter.... One that sets them up to be able to go literally anywhere from here. [22 Aug 2015, p.52]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Immortalized isn't without its duffers. [22 Aug 2015, p.51]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Neck Deep are the most fully formed British rock band to rise to prominence in ages. And in Life's Not Out To Get You they haven't as much made a record as created a world. [15 Aug 2015, p.50]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Venom has injected a whole new life into the British metal heroes. [1 Aug 2015, p.50]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fear Factory continue to make the future sound dark and dangerous. [1 Aug 2015, p.52]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    24 tracks call into question the issue of quality control, but as short, sharp reminders of why all you need is three chords and something to say, there are few better examples than Teenage Time Killers' debut. [8 Aug 2015, p.52]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Aaron and mewithoutYou have authored what's possibly their best album. [25 Jul 2015, p.52]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a record that seethes with fury. [25 Jul 2015, p.50]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It plays out like a sulking child trapped in the seat of a supermarket trolley. [18 Jul 2015, p.52]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A record of grandstanding musical ambition. [18 Jul 2015, p.52]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hammer of The Witches finds these fiends in fine fettle. [4 Jul 2015, p.52]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Countless bands wish they could make music as blissfully abrasive as this. [11 Jul 2015, p.51]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    They're suspended in an airy updraft of synths and clean guitar lines that are so '70s prog-rock they should be wearing a Rick Wakeman from Yes-styled cape. [27 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's nothing ambitious or monumental here but a tight 50 minutes of call-to-arms rage. [27 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Thrilling, challenging, life-affirming rollercoaster of a record. [27 Jun 2015, p.50]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    They might nod to the past, but Creepoid's present is plenty bright. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's not perfect, but a once-a-decade check-in from Desaparecidos sounds perfectly acceptable to us. [20 Jun 2015, p.53]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wolf Alice have a great album in them, it's just not this one. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seventh album Luminiferous delivers every bit of HOF's expertise. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Year Of The Hare might need multiple listens, but if you can spare the time, you just might uncover it's secret. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
    • Kerrang!
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Every tracks leaves you wanting more (and not in a good way), and while Mates of State don't do anything wrong, they don't do much right, either. [6 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They exude so much confidence, you wouldn't be surprised if they ran for president next year. [6 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Though the grit they show on Where I Lie suits them well, it is in their more energetic moments, like Lonely As A Shark and Heroine that Gengahr shine. [13 Jun 2015, p.53]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With overwhelming heaviness tempered by blues and gospel vibes, this enthralling comeback soothes the soul even as Goatsnake crush your ears. [13 Jun 2015, p.52]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is still a challenging listen that churns and rages exactly where it needs to. [30 May 2015, p.52]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's not much of an evolution, but the revolutionary fire still burns. [6 Jun 2015, p.53]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Welcome back, Four Year Strong. [6 Jun 2014, p.51]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The result is a claustrophobic classic that sharpens the focus of what is possible in the name of high-minded rock. [6 Jun 2015, p.50]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It sounds like Ash have never been away. [30 May 2015, p.53]
    • Kerrang!
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It might well be that The Darkness' finest moments are not behind them, after all. [30 May 2015, p.54]
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