Kerrang!'s Scores

  • Music
For 1,714 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 1.9 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:
1714 music reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Handwritten is The Gaslight Anthem's finest and most authoritative album. [28 Jul 2012, p.52]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Somewhat surprisingly, it lacks some of the droning, distorted fuzz of yore. [21 Jul 2012, p.53]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This glossy but bland procession is likely to be a weakening experience. [14 Jul 2012, p.53]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    They deliver 18 tracks of timeless, gimmick-free and inventive rock. [14 Jul 2012, p.52]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you like metal so underground, it stinks of the sewer, this one's for you. [2 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is one of the finest pure punk releases of the year. [ 30 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's an energetic debut that certainly shoes that this band is full of--as yet untapped--potential. [11 Feb 2012, p.52]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Ghost Inside still smack like a wrecking ball. [16 Jun 2012, p.53]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The open-minded will find that Harmonic is a journey well worth making. [12 May 2012, p.54]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    They may tick all the metalcore boxes, but do so with aplomb. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    life Cycle is the sound of [their] potential exploding into being. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    They've not skipped a beat, picking up where they left off. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A fine album from an often overlooked band. [30 Jun 2012, p.53]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    L'Enfant Sauvage is staggering. [30 Jun 2012, p.52]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not only is United We Stand a triumph, it's a thrilling love letter to nearly 30 years of alt-rock. [5 May 2012, p.53]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is as exciting as heavy music gets in 2012. [23 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too often, Living Things is the sound of a band with vast talent, but also one that hasn't figured out where to go next. [23 Jun 2012, p.52]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    These songs gleam like freshly polished diamonds. [ 23 Jun 2012, p.53]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a study in twisted instrument abuse. [10 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On Oceania, Smashing Pumpkins finally sound like a band with an idea of where they're going. [10 Jun 2012, p.52]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's not what you came in for, but quite pleasant all the same. [10 Jun 2012, p.53]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Industrialist doesn't quite live up to the band's former glories. [[9 Jun 2012, p.53]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rest assure, few bands combine hilarity and ferocity as well as Future Of The Left. [9 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bryce's masterful way with a melody shines through once again. [9 Jun 2012, p.54]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Apocalyptic Love, the album, is at its best when Slash is operating within the team. [9 Jun 2012, p.52]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They sound more surefooted. [26 May 2012, p.52]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Th songs are reductive, redundant, unimaginative, and dull. [26 May 2012, p.54]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a stunning return to form from a band whose best years, until now, had looked to be behind them. [26 May 2012, p.54]
    • Kerrang!
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For every ELO-meets-Panic!-At-The-Disco pop gem that makes you think Fun. are great, there's also an Auto-Tuned-to-buggery vocal or irksome trumpet riff that simply grates. [26 May 2012, p.53]
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