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]

Devour is a rock record, full of fine songs--gimmick- ,pretention- and affectation-free. [5 Oct 2013, p.53]

It sees SYB keeping up with US counterparts such as The Story So Far, while marking their territory as bright lights of the genre in the UK. [5 Oct 2013, p.54]

An album that proves that Trivium have much life in them yet. [12 Oct 2013, p.51]

Too many songs utilise the same plodding, mid-paced grooves and simple, one-line refrains. [5 Oct 2013, p.54]

Panic! At The Disco's latest offering is a good time, almost all the time. [5 Oct 2013, p.52]

This is a more organic effort. [28 Sep 2013, p.52]

Fever Hunting finds MLIW back at their best. [31 Aug 2013, p.53]

Bed & Bugs is an erratic and abrasive effort that'll delight those who prefer their rock to wander without a map. [21 Sep 2013, p.54]

It's fast, It's slow, It's mature, without being boring; it rocks, even when it's doesn't. It's also one of the best albums of 2013, if not the best. [12 Oct 2013, p.50]

It was a given that Hesitation Marks would provide Nine Inch Nails with a future. But what's so impressive here is that it's given then a future every bit as promising as their illustrious past. [31 Aug 2013, p.52]

The chaotic metalcore drums and vocals effortlessly play host to hulking, Skrillex-sized basslines, early Linkin Park turntablism and violent, Prodigy-style synths, as their sound aggressively morphs from track to track. [31 Aug 2013, p.53]

This is straight-up post-hardore. [14 Sep 2013, p.53]

Touche are still gonna pull at heartstrings, but now they'll suffocate and strangle you with them, too. [21 Sep 2013, p.53]

Fortress is Alter Bridge's most aggressive album to date. [21 Sep 2013, p.52]

Winter Kills thrills with the same potency the band have wielded throughout their career. [24 Aug 2013, p.54]