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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 That's the Spirit
Lowest review score: 20 Bright Black Heaven
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 435 out of 497
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 497
  3. Negative: 2 out of 497
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Every Where Is Some Where
    Every Where Is Some Where is in turns intimate, expansive, confessional and inviting--thoroughly addictive on the dark, pulsing and urgent ‘Blood In The Cut’, woozily euphoric on ‘High Enough’, playfully political on ‘The President Has A Sex Tape’ and swirling and sultry on ‘You Felt Right’.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thank You, Happy Birthday
    Front-loaded with jagged riffs and the squalls of Matt Shultz, this is storming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Attention Please
    Stunning.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Only Ghosts
    It’s the driving energy and urgency of hook-filled bangers like ‘Flies’ and ‘Not For You’ that makes this memorable.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Home Inside My Head
    There may be fewer hooks and a lack of a real fist-in-the-air anthem, but on The Home Inside My Head, these sad boys become men. Gracefully.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heavy Rocks
    Said record does exactly what it says on the tin, veering between fuzzed-up garage rock stomp and mesmeric psychedelic sprawl in a manner that's sure to delight fans of 09's Smile.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yuck
    It's a brilliant, timeless debut and a must-listen.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sever the Wicked Hand
    Crowbar were always more reflective. And that's kind of what Sever The Wicked Hand is all about, corpulent down-tuned riffs and a sense of grizzled resignation articulated through Windstein's taut songwriting and sorrowful croon.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stage Four
    Intimate, impressive, and ultimately cathartic, Stage Four is well worth your time.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gore
    Dragging their new wave and post-punk influences to the fore, the Sacramento crew have produced their most dynamic, adventurous and downright strange album in years.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mechanize
    Mechanize is without doubt their heaviest and most powerful, and considering the stark, foreboding lyrical subject matter it seems totally relevant that it should be. A truly emphatic return.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beast
    Ruthlessly combining technical brutality and pure fucking class, DevilDriver have finally come of age.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Paradigm Shift
    Korn’s follow up to ’11’s dubstep-infused ‘The Path Of Totality’ is a completely different monster to its predecessor, and for all the right reasons.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rave Tapes
    Rave Tapes is a diverse and supremely confident record.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Wilderness
    The Wilderness is the perfect title, too; the album’s nine songs exploring an expansive, evocative range of sounds, grooves, peaks and valleys. Which is to say, this is something really quite special.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Youth Authority
    Youth Authority is a sun-drenched delight that sees the quintet firmly reconnecting with their roots.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Night People
    Crammed with skyscraping melodies and moments of spine-tingling poignancy, it stands them in the best possible stead for packing out stadiums and headlining festivals in the near future. They’ve fulfilled their side of the bargain with these 10 songs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
    Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky displays that Damian Kulash and co are perfectly capable of writing more grown-up, experimental material.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tear The World Down
    While the 12 tracks here are built around conventional nu metal structures, what unexpectedly rolls out is a stubbornness and increasing force never present with Evanescence.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mania
    This is brave, baffling, bonkers and most importantly, absolutely brilliant. Strap yourselves in, it’s a hell of a ride.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fever Hunting
    The post-hiatus band are still angry and have something to say.... Welcome back, gang.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DREAMCAR
    Bearing the smart but dark pop hallmarks of bands like The Cure and Echo And The Bunnymen, it’s astonishing how the L.A. foursome’s fusion of disco, funk and hot gothic takes sounds so fresh in 2017, 30-odd years after that stuff’s heyday.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Shadow Gallery
    Fusing hardcore with metal and occasionally veering off on deranged, druggy tangents, this is an ambitious blend of sounds.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Human Romance
    The Human Romance is how metalcore should be: layered, dynamic, passionate. Easily the best Darkest Hour have been since "Undoing Ruin."
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Eternity, In Your Arms
    The songs soar in unison with the band’s grand vision. Those songs are a riot, too.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paul Walker
    It sees the band sounding tighter and more confident than ever on the likes of ‘Reading Youtube Comments’ and probable live favourite-to-be ‘Donny’s Woods’.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Devour
    Philly troubadour Dave Hause’s sophomore platter manages to stand proud while casually dipping into drive-time radio (‘Same Disease’) and blue collar balladry (‘Before’).
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Bells
    Possessing a grandeur that never descends into pomposity and a restraint that could never be mistaken for bland aural wallpaper, this is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful releases you’re likely to hear over the coming months.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Royal Blood
    With barely a weak song in sight, the Brighton duo have delivered a collection of tracks of taut, visceral quality.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All In My Head [EP]
    Though it’s still very early doors, Seaway could have just put in a strong claim as the first pop-punk breakthrough of 2015.
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