While they haven't exactly stretched the boundaries of three chords, these Wyoming punks have crafted another 14 tracks of fearless fun here. [28 Mar 2015, p.54]

There are grooves within grooves, epic 10-minute jams, and they're able to create a feeling of genuine disquiet simply by shifting a drumbeat. Absolutely mammut. [28 Mar 2015, p.54]

The Day Is My Enemy is the most exciting--and most angrily British--album of the year. [21 Mar 2015, p.52]

Their best record yet. [21 Mar 2015, p.54]

Just Like You is a good album, in that it contains many more good songs than bad ones. [21 Feb 2015, p.52]

When they're good, they are astounding, and almost impossible to adequately describe. When they miss the mark, though, this lot grate. [7 Mar 2015, p.54]

Most of it's the aural equivalent of a shoulder rub, but when it's good, it's very good indeed. [21 Mar 2015, p.54]

Nate and his crew are charming, more often than not. [7 Mar 2015, p.54]

Behind every good DIY punk outfit, there's some smart songwriting in place. Boston;s Pile prove this and more here on their fourth full-length. [7 Mar 2015, p.53]

This is the record that brands SWS as a very big deal indeed. [7 Mar 2015, p.52]

There's nothing on the album that's going to suddenly turn them into queen bees again, but Alien Ant Farm here prove themselves to be an enterprise running on more than just the fumes of nostalgia. [14 Mar 2015, p.53]

If you want to hear what will inevitable be one of the metal albums of the year, look no further than In Times. [14 Mar 2015, p.54]

This most powerful of trios churn up tumultuous fury not unlike tribal-metallers Neurosis. [14 Feb 2015, p.54]

Too countrified for you r average black metal fan, Blackberry Smoke are nevertheless as warming as rock gets. [7 Feb 2015, p.54]

It's adventurous, daring, different. [7 Feb 2015, p.54]

There's a certain dumb fun attached to the gonzo country rock of Drinking Beer With Dad, but, in truth, we'd be lion to you if we said First Kiss was good. [14 Feb 2015, p.53]

Less the raised middle finger of old, this is more a clicking one, trying to snap you out of whatever Big Brother fug you may have settled for. [14 Feb 2015, p.54]

It's a deceptively simple formula, but one that Torche continue to twist into intriguing and utterly addictive shapes. [31 Jan 2015, p.54]

It's an uneven album. [10 Jan 2015, p.53]

The Mindsweep is the most enjoyable album Enter Shikari have ever made. [3 Jan 2015, p.52]

Venomously good stuff. [10 Jan 2015, p.52]

The Pale Emperor doesn't repeat the in-your-face rebellion of Manson 1996. But it does share those old traits of being brave, smart and intriguing. [10 Jan 2015, p.52]

This, album number eight, is ample reward for anyone who kept the faith. [17 Jan 2015, p.53]

Only one [band] could still sound this savage 15 albums in. [17 Jan 2015, p.53]

It's an often thrilling listen. [17 Jan 2015, p.52]

Alpha and Rainbow Gravity are the sound of a band in complete control of their sonic destiny, reining in those djenty riffs for more cinematic musings that quickly unravel into modern metal anthems. [17 Jan 2015, p.54]

There's no fat. Here in abundance is evidence of Billy's enduring genius. [13 Dec 2014, p.52]

Million Miles An Hour is the kind of dumb, red-cup rock that only very clever people can write, while Get 'Em Up is the best song about erectile dysfunction (we think) ever written. [29 Nov 2014, p.52]