For a serious Pumpkins fan, this is a gold mine. [15 Dec 2012, p.49]

The overall effect is one of a versatile, diffuse, but somehow far more focused collection of songs than were present in Neighborhoods. [22 Dec 2012, p.68]

The result is jaw-dropping. [12 Jan 2013, p.52]

As with all of Bad Religion's albums, True North is music played in glorious technicolour. [12 Jan 2013, p.53]

Boys Like Girls have crafted a record simple and effective enough for mainstream ears. It's just a shame that absolutely no punk 101 is required. [8 Dec 2012, p.52]

The final album in the set is the best of the bunch, [8 Dec 2012, p.50]

Rage Against The Machine's debut is still a record that would shock and shake foundations were it released today. [1 Dec 2012, p .48]

A deeply unsettling, murky digital fog of a release. It's also brilliant. [24 Nov 2012, p.54]

True, some of the reggae songs a re a bit lightweight, but on the punk numbers, Bad Brains' righteous fevour remains undimmed. [24 Nov 2012, p.53]

This is a wonderful document of a great show. [24 Nov 2012, p.52]

Much of Death Is the Only Mortal is notable principally for the band's skill in explosive brutality. [13 Oct 2012, p.54]

Photo Of Photos retains a gloriously untethered and instinctive quality, but is brought into sharper focus by the occasional moment of clarity. [20 Oct 2012, p.54]

Grueling and utterly uncompromising, Widowmaker is a gift to humanity from a band that despises it. [17 Nov 2012, p.53]

Another quiet triumph, then, exclusively on their own terms. [17 Nov 2012, p.55]

In an era when so many classic bands return to tout but without risking new material, it's a delight to have Soundgarden take that gamble and win. [17 Nov 2012, p.52]

The fact that the real Black Sabbath are currently in the studio makes this fell more like a curtain-raiser than the real event. [10 Nov 2012, p.55]

There's nothing here that Cradle of Filth haven't done much better elsewhere. [10 Nov 2012, p.55]

They still deliver their challenging music with effortless ease. [[10 Nov 2012, p.54]

He goes from pretty ditties to outright tedium as songs drag on interminably and eventually, unlistenably. [10 Nov 2012, p.53]

Musical joie de vivre courses through Dos!, along with enough variety to ensure this is more than just, um, Uno! Part 2. [10 Nov 2012, p.52]

It's when they channel the early days of '70s metal on the Deep Purple-ish Endless Night that they're at their best.... A little more such magic, and Graveyard would be great. [3 Nov 2012, p.53]

Honor Found In Decay is another milestone in a catalogue which consists of nothing but milestones. [3 Nov 2012, p.53]

It's a little one-dimensional in places, but there's no denying the strength of feeling raging underneath. [3 Nov 2012, p.53]

Brilliant: like all the best bands in the world playing through one broken amp at maximum volume. [3 Nov 2012, p.53]

When it good, Music From Another Dimension! captures Aerosmith in all their shiny, glittering glory.... However, at over an hour in length, the party begins to sag after a while. [3 Nov 2012, p.52]

(Nasty) business as usual, then, from Anaal Nathrakh. [13 Oct 2012, p.54]

It's brighter, somehow more optimistic album, in which sweet melodies surface from growling, howling guitars and a storm of whirling noise. [1 Sep 2012, p.51]

Depth, emotion and spirit seem to infuse everything. [20 Oct 2012, p.52]