| 4.0 excellent |
| Amusement Parks On Fire Amusement Parks On Fire |
| Armed For Apocalypse The Road Will End |
| Astronoid Radiant Bloom |
| Between the Buried and Me Alaska |
| Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus |
| Blanket Ceremonia |
| Bleeding Through NINE |
| Blood Youth Visions Of Another Hell |
| Breaking Benjamin We Are Not Alone |
| Breaking Benjamin Dark Before Dawn |
| Breaking Benjamin Ember |
| Breaking Benjamin So Cold |
| Chevelle NIRATIAS |
| CHVRCHES Screen Violence |
| Chvrches have a new fan after Screen Violence embraces a darker, more mature approach to their songwriting. Standouts include the relentlessly catchy "He Said, She Said", the soaring and bleak "Violent Delights", and the sweet "Lullabies". |
| Code Orange Forever |
| THIS IS REAL NOW MOTHERFUCKER |
| Coheed and Cambria Vaxis III: The Father of Make Believe |
| Cold The Things We Can't Stop |
| Deftones Deftones |
| Demon Hunter Storm the Gates of Hell |
| Dream the Electric Sleep American Mystic |
| Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown |
| Every Time I Die The Big Dirty |
| Fightstar Grand Unification |
| Finch Back to Oblivion |
| Basically, this is Finch taking on 90's alternative rock. It's a surprisingly fresh spin on their sound, but is it what the majority of Finch fans are expecting? |
| Fit for an Autopsy The Great Collapse |
| Fit for an Autopsy Absolute Hope Absolute Hell |
| Fit for an Autopsy Oh What the Future Holds |
| Frost* Day and Age |
| Gideon More Power. More Pain. |
| Glassjaw Worship and Tribute |
| Glassjaw Our Color Green (The Singles) |
| Greet Death New Hell |
| Greet Death Die In Love |
| Greywind Severed Heart City |
Here's an incredibly solid pop rock album that has come out of nowhere for me. I wasn't familiar
with Greywind until about four days ago. Apparently this is their second full length album in
nine years. Anyways, I gave a few of their songs a chance and I am pleased to say I found my
first unexpected great album of the year. Severed Heart City is a collection of ten "all killer,
no filler" songs. The Irish duo's songwriting reminds me of Riot-era Paramore while able to get a
little bit darker at times. I would describe the songwriting more generally as smartly written,
catchy, energetic, dynamic, and rather concise in nature. Overall, it's better not to overthink
an album like this. Pop it on for a half hour, find yourself headbanging to "I.K.A.M.F.", catch
yourself singing along to Waterfall's massive chorus, hold yourself for comfort during the
stripped and stirring "The Scarecrow", and don't be surprised when you're itching to start it
over again as "Cope In The Coma" comes to a euphoric and rousing close. Bravo, Greywind. Bravo. |
| Haken Fauna |
| He Is Legend Endless Hallway |
| Hopesfall Arbiter |
| Islander Violence and Destruction |
| Jinjer Duél |
| Killswitch Engage Incarnate |
| Kings of Leon Because Of The Times |
| Kings of Leon Only By The Night |
| Kings of Leon Can We Please Have Fun |
| Korn Requiem |
| Lower Than Atlantis Changing Tune |
| Mae Destination: Beautiful |
| Many Eyes The Light Age |
| Moodring Stargazer |
| Narrow Head Moments of Clarity |
| Norma Jean All Hail |
| Norma Jean Wrongdoers |
| Norma Jean Redeemer |
| Northlane Obsidian |
| Numenorean Adore |
| Oceansize Frames |
| Paramore Paramore |
| Periphery Periphery IV: Hail Stan |
| Periphery Periphery III: Select Difficulty |
| Periphery Juggernaut: Omega |
| Poppy Empty Hands |
| Poppy EAT (NXT Soundtrack) |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Dillinger Escape Plan = This release. Poppy continues to evolve in a heavier, less commercial direction with surprisingly captivating and menacing results. |
| Red (USA) Of Beauty and Rage |
| Red (USA) Innocence and Instinct |
| Red (USA) Rated R |
| Seether Disclaimer II |
| SeeYouSpaceCowboy The Romance of Affliction |
| Slipknot The End, So Far |
| Story of the Year Page Avenue |
| Teenage Wrist Still Love |
| Teenage Wrist Earth Is A Black Hole |
| The Used In Love and Death |
| The Xcerts There Is Only You |
| Thirty Seconds to Mars This Is War |
| Thornhill Heroine |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance (Revisited) |
| Thy Art Is Murder Hate |
| Twin Atlantic Vivarium |
| Underoath Voyeurist |
| Underoath Ø (Disambiguation) |
| Underoath Define The Great Line |
| Vexes Ancient Geometry |
| Weston Super Maim See You Tomorrow Baby |
| Whitechapel Kin |
| 3.0 good |
| Alexisonfire Otherness |
| Asking Alexandria See What's On the Inside |
| Baroness Gold And Grey |
| Beartooth Below |
| Atreyu actually wrote the best Beartooth album of 2021. |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect |
| Chevelle The North Corridor |
| Chevelle Vena Sera |
| Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Gone Are The Good Days |
| Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow |
| Coheed and Cambria Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind |
| Counterparts A Eulogy for Those Still Here |
| Deftones Gore |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Demi Lovato Holy Fvck |
| Demon Hunter The World Is a Thorn |
| Every Time I Die Hot Damn! |
| Glassjaw Material Control |
| Greg Puciato Mirrorcell |
| Greyhaven Empty Black |
| He Is Legend Heavy Fruit |
| Hopesfall A Types |
| InMe Trilogy: Dawn |
| Johnny Booth Moments Elsewhere |
| Lauren Daigle Look Up Child |
| My rating is based on the strength of "Love Like This" alone. Incredible song. |
| Lower Than Atlantis World Record |
| Lower Than Atlantis Safe in Sound |
| Northlane Alien |
| Unfortunately, I thought I was going to like Alien more than I did. The ideas here are intriguing and the experimentation shown across these eleven songs offers an interesting route forward for the band, but the execution falls flat. |
| Periphery Periphery |
| Poison the Well The Tropic Rot |
| Poison the Well Tear From the Red |
| Seether Poison The Parish |
| Sevendust Truth Killer |
| Softcult Year Of The Snake |
| Static Dress Rouge Carpet Disaster |
| Taproot Blue-Sky Research |
| Taproot The Episodes |
| The Used Heartwork |
| The Used Lies for the Liars |
| The Xcerts Learning How to Live and Let Go |
| Thornhill The Dark Pool |
| Thrice Palms |
| Trapt Someone in Control |
| Twin Atlantic Great Divide |
Twin Atlantic's Great Divide is a polished, sugary sweet faint attempt by these Scots to land on the airwaves
both at home and across the pond. Tracks like the pretty, piano driven "Ones That I Love", the poignant and
tender "Be A Kid", and the rowdy "Actions That Echo" capture the most attractive parts of the band's charming
brand of alternative rock. However, tracks like "Heart And Soul" and "Brothers And Sisters" come across
sickeningly sweet and feature cliche lyrics that are sure to induce an eye roll or two.
While the record still maintains some of the snappy, creative songwriting found on the band's past releases,
listeners are left in an awkward position listening to a once fresh sounding band subtly caving into the
homogenous trends and songwriting tropes that surround them. It remains to be seen what will happen to
Twin Atlantic as they begin to cross the great divide. Hopefully they won't lose themselves in the process. |
| Underoath Lost In The Sound Of Separation |
| Zao The Funeral of God |
