A sonic gem that's both immediate and visceral in its delivery, as well as remaining a genuinely exciting prospect. [25 Aug 2012, p.54]

It's a good album, but one undone by its more extreme moments. [25 Feb 2012, p.52]

It's a bleak, nihilistic affair, but dynamic enough never to lose its focus. [25 Feb 2012, p.52]

It's a lean, mean metallic assault from a band who only seem to get better with age. [11 Aug 2012, p.53]

If you can look beyond this band's inherent safe-ness, there's plenty her for fans of the sugar rush offered by Paramore, All Time Low, Simple Plan et al to enjoy. [11 Aug 2012, p.53]

Priorities is chock-full off gargantuan tunes. [11 Aug 2012, p.52]

After listening to Ascent, you'll be hard-pressed to locate a better batch of mesmerising mind-expanding jams this year. [25 Aug 2012, p.54]

Dig deeper and beguiling melodies emerge while the intriguingly sinister edge to Cacie Dalager's lyrics is exposed. [25 Aug 2012, p.53]

Hot Cakes may tail off a bit, but, ultimately, it proves as capable of suspending your belief and blowing your mind as any blockbuster. [18 Aug 2012, p.52]

It lacks a little cohesion and substance beneath all of the surface clatter. [18 Aug 2012, p.53]

This is a raw, vicious and churning blast of a record. [25 Aug 2012, p.52]

They're back with a glorious melange of influence that borrows from everywhere but combines to sound like no-one else on earth. [1 Aug 2012, p.54]

Just as Emperor expanded and grew with each album, becoming ever more grandiose and sophisticated, so it is with Ihsahn's solo material that he never repeats himself. [16 Jun 2012, p.54]

This is unashamed brooding, biker rock. [28 Jul 2012, p.54]

This is Testament doing what they do best--serving a trashterclass in malevolent metal. [28 Jul 2012, p.53]

Handwritten is The Gaslight Anthem's finest and most authoritative album. [28 Jul 2012, p.52]

Somewhat surprisingly, it lacks some of the droning, distorted fuzz of yore. [21 Jul 2012, p.53]

This glossy but bland procession is likely to be a weakening experience. [14 Jul 2012, p.53]

They deliver 18 tracks of timeless, gimmick-free and inventive rock. [14 Jul 2012, p.52]

If you like metal so underground, it stinks of the sewer, this one's for you. [2 Jun 2012, p.54]

This is one of the finest pure punk releases of the year. [ 30 Jun 2012, p.54]

It's an energetic debut that certainly shoes that this band is full of--as yet untapped--potential. [11 Feb 2012, p.52]

The Ghost Inside still smack like a wrecking ball. [16 Jun 2012, p.53]

Perhaps a little of the sparkle the absent Alkaline Trio two bring is missing here, yet pleasingly little else is. [12 May 2012, p.54]

The open-minded will find that Harmonic is a journey well worth making. [12 May 2012, p.54]

They may tick all the metalcore boxes, but do so with aplomb. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]

life Cycle is the sound of [their] potential exploding into being. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]

They've not skipped a beat, picking up where they left off. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]