Now I like unintelligible noise, in fact some of my favourite records consist entirely of unintelligible noise but this is, well this is frankly unlistenable. They've decided to essentially meld black and doom Metal and create a form of white noise that has no point and no passion.
Read MoreThis is a messy hardcore punk album that seems to think that hardcore punk’s only virtue is to be noisy and shouty. It misses any of the subtlety or emotional depth that makes good hardcore so engaging.
Read MoreMetalcore pioneers Atreyu’s first post Alex Varkatzas record sees them venture even further from their roots and even closer to Nickelback territory. This is a slick soulless arena rock album and dispenses with any of the charm or originality that they once had. A sorry state for such an influential band.
Read MoreWhat is it with once great Metalcore acts losing their pizzazz? This feels so formulaic and so lacking in any form of inventiveness or ingenuity. It is identikit arena rock designed to do nothing more than sell records.
Read MoreThis is meant to sound ethereal and brooding. It is meant to stretch the definitions and confides of metalcore. It ends up feeling diluted and dull. It doesn’t seems to have the conviction to make the obvious genre splicing work and in the end feels messy and directionless.
Read MoreThey have had five years to come up with ideas and what we get this is this. It’s a flimsy pop oriented album that smacks of “will this do?”. It is bereft of ideas and instead feels a weak attempt to smuggle themselves onto pop radio.
Read MoreThere is a viking folk bandwagon riding through town and Nytt Lands are making a stirling effort to jump on it. This feels cold and it feels calculated. It brings nothing new to the stark nordic ambient world and feels like a cynical cash in.
Read MorePrior to Volbeat, Pretty Maids were Denmark’s biggest heavy rock export. Ronnie Atkins is their frontman and this is his first ever solo record. Recorded in-between his ongoing treatment for stage four Cancer, it is meant to be his opportunity to produce an album that captures his exuberant personality. Not wanting to kick a man whilst he is down but this nothing more than a run of the mill rock album. It has nothing at all that makes it stand out from the crowd.
Read MoreI found this really rather insipid and formulaic. Most of the tracks started with a bang and then retreated back into a very run of the mill structure of restrained versus and bouncy choruses. It was all very one dimensional and found myself not remembering much about it once it had finished.
Read MoreComplete and utter proof that 50 year old millionaires should not be allowed to make records. This has no flair or self-awareness. It is a bloated and creatively bankrupt set of songs that essentially recycle ideas and riffs that they have used countless times before.
Read MoreWhat the hell happened here? I remember a time when Garbage made terrific records, I remember a time when they were one of the most innovative and exciting bands out there. This is horrible. It is nothing but a substandard St. Vincent record.
Read MoreYou need to be bringing the goods if you are going to name yourself after perhaps Pantera’s greatest moment. This is a shouty record that lacks any sort of definition or uniqueness. It goes through it motions without really understanding that to combine punk and Metal you need to do far more than just play a bit of punk and then a bit of Metal. For such an energetic record it is remarkably dull.
Read MoreEarlier I accused Garbage of making awful St. Vincent albums. Never one to shun the limelight here is St. Vincent herself with an awful St. Vincent record. The last couple of albums were nothing short of ground-breaking. Sexy and sassy, but very much on her terms. This is as about as sensual as a pencil. It is trying to be her “serious” “issue” record and in doing so it removes all the things that made her unique. We are left with stripped back tracks that feel devoid of passion or piazza.
Read MoreReally boring Heavy Metal that lacks any spark or level of creative songwriting. Seems to think that Metal is all about fast repetitive riffs and lots of Woahoos. Awful!
Read MoreIn my eyes Foo Fighters are rock music for people who don't like rock music. “Medicine at Midnight” is so inoffensive that your gran would like it. Safe corporate rock without the remotest level of ingenuity.
Read MoreBad Wolves take a break from the ongoing soap opera that is their relationship with their former frontman Tommy Vext, to release a new record. They needn’t have bothered as this is a sub-standard rock album that offers nothing new at all. It sounds exactly like their previous records (even if Tommy is not around anymore) which in turn were poor facsimiles of Five Finger Death Punch records. Pointless.
Read MorePsychedelic rock from Finland that seems to forget that to make this sort of stuff work you need to have the songs. This feels samey and never finds its groove.
Read MoreTo my horror this is described as Goth. It shares no level of DNA with the Goth that I know. This is pop and not even good pop. It is that strain of modern that tries to take it self seriously and forgets that pop is about being sugary and fun.
Read MoreWorthing based White Stripes plagiarists go disco. Yes it is as awful as it sounds.
Read MoreIn “Demanfacture”, Fear Factory made one of the best and most innovative Heavy Metal albums ever. Twenty six years later that are trying to emulate the formula that worked so well for them and failing miserably. This feels cold, calculated and just a complete waste of everyone’s time.
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