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
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amid all the feedback and echoes here, there's something wonderfully ominous about Locrain's music. [29 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Teresa Suarez's voice, naked and vulnerable amid woozy sounds and intricate soundscapes, is the real focus of Bosnian Rainbows. [22 Jun 2013, p.52]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rescue & Restore is a dove with singed wings, then--a monument more to what metalcore should be than what it all too often is. [29 Jun 2013, p.53]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Deceiver Of the Gods is bold, manly metal with a beard, a beer belly and a big old cry to it. [22 Jun 2013, p.51]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With only the occasional chorus in English, singing along is tricky for us gaijin, but melodically these might be Rivers' catchiest songs since The Green Album. That makes this a hit in anyone's language. [25 May 2013, p.53]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
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    They deliver an eclectic thrashterclass here. [25 May 2013, p.54]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite the myth that Anvil simply can't make a decent song, Hope In Hell is actually good. [18 May 2013, p.53]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Scale The Summit are forging their own path, hitting a creative peak which perfectly echoes their name. [15 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Maine sound like a band who've finally found their happy place. [8 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's far from bad. Sadly, though, Everblack's also far from The Black Dahlia Murder at their best. [8 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yes, it ultimately makes for predictable stuff, but Black Star Riders play bullshit-free unpretentious rock. [15 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The resulting shift in sound not only suits Lemuria, it sets them apart from the indie pack. [15 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like Clockwork may have been wrought from turmoil, what it delivers is the sound of Queens Of The Stone Age back at the top of their game. [15 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a bloody good CoB album. [8 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It'll be too sappy for anyone who likes their rock raw, but if simpler pleasures tickle your pickle, there are few bands in this sphere pulling it off as expertly as the veteran Buffalo trio. [8 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's not for the light-hearted, but Deafheaven have delivered a deranged, damaged, majestic treat here. [8 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Damage finds them rejuvenated. [8 Jun 2013, p.53]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sure, the band haven't exactly come up trumps on originality here, but at least they're delivered some huge songs. [25 May 2013, p.54]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What emerges from the new City And Colour album, then, is the sound of a man with frailties who makes sense of it all through song. [1 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It works and then some. [1 Jun 2013, p.54]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Under Brian Sella's smartypants lyrics and eye-catching admissions is a beating heart and a rare honesty. [1 Jun 2013, p.53]
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    • 41 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Most of Super Collider feels half-hearted and rushed. [1 Jun 2013, p53]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
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    In its eight track, Ozzy, Tony, and bassist Geezer Butler have managed to once again capture that special essence which makes them so magical. And it's bloody fantastic. [1 Jun 2013, p.52]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once again, Kylesa have made a humdinger without repeating themselves. [1 Jun 2013, p.53]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's boisterously nostalgic noise. [18 May 2013, p.55]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Though it might fail to inspire at first, it will do eventually. A grower, then. But a genuine one. [25 May 2013, p.52]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tears On Tape isn't bad, then--it's just not as seductive as HIM can be. [25 May 2013, p.53]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is the sound of TesseracT getting even better. [25 May 2013, p.54]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a brilliant mix of heaviness and The Wicker Man-esque oddness. [25 May 2013, p.54]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Very occasionally, they come a school uniform away from actually impersonating their forefathers, but it's a formula they execute wit the same kick-ass conviction that earned them support slots with Iron Maiden. [18 May 2013, p.53]
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