It's a little formulaic, but that doesn't matter when it sounds so hard-hitting. [21 Dec 2013, p.70]

Wonderfully inessential as anything off their 2012 full-length, Self Entitled. [7 Dec 2013, p.54]

For its first half, Life, Love & Hope plays to Boston's strengths.... Sadly, from the insipid If You Were In Love onwards, the album loses its way catastrophically. [7 Dec 2013, p.53]

This is more Beige Flag--and would have been more aptly titled Why... [30 Nov 2013, p.54]

The tense atmospheres and '80s-strength songwriting neutralise the ever-present threat of lapsing into pastiche. [30 Nov 2013, p.53]

[Peace is] packed with well-crafted and thoughtfully arranged compositions. [28 Sep 2013, p.54]

It's too forgettable to be offensive. [23 Nov 2013, p.53]

It's a divergence from Green Day, certainly. But a good one. [23 Nov 2013, p.52]

Karnivool have made a record to enjoy as much as admire. [20 Jul 2013, p.54]

Metal may have become more extreme in Carcass' absence, but they still take 90 percent of the pack to (medical) school. [7 Sep 2013, p.51]

The downside is some songs stop and start abruptly, all dusted with Weiss' preferred up-and-down vocal melody. [2 Nov 2013, p.54]

It's business as usual, then--even with a manic cover of 99 Bottles Of Beer. [2 Nov 2013, p.53]

Aftershock proves that they can still produce the goods in the studio. [2 Nov 2013, p.52]

These masterfully cherry-picked tunes help explain why it's not always clear whether Ghost B.C. are a metal act with pop leanings or vice versa. [9 Nov 2013, p.52]

Bad Religion are still capable of holding on to their defiantly secular edge. [9 Nov 2013, p.53]

The heaviest moments are breathtakingly aggressive. [26 Oct 2013, p.55]

With tracks such as Clarity and Without Prejudice helping make this the most accessible Protest The Hero release to date, every one of these 11 tracks have enough substance to fulfill all your musical wants and needs. [26 Oct 2013, p.54]

Serpents Unleashed doesn't expand Skeletonwitch's armoury, but this band never disappoint. [26 Oct 2013, p.53]

After a few listens, you realise this was lurking in them all along. [19 Oct 2013, p.55]

Too many other songs fall victim to the eternal curse of the remix album: either going too far or not far enough. [26 Oct 2013, p.52]

Impressive act of defiance or not, when the dust has settled, this will also be rightly remembered as simply a great album. [19 Oct 2013, p.52]

Biting, poetic and awkward, this is music with brains to match its brawn. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]

Burials is an album that finds darkness everywhere. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]

The album sprawls between ferocity, relentless rhythms, and sombre moments. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]

The band's imperial phase might be long behind them, but MM-heads will gladly join this Last patrol. [19 Oct 2013, p.54]

The entire effort is catchy, feel-good and quite simply, pop-punk at its finest. [12 Oct 2013, p.52]

This is music with brains and bite. [12 Oct 2013, p.52]

The band sound as good as they ever have, hitting the pace they set with 2005 debut, Black Thunder. [12 Oct 2013, p.51]