"Last fall, as I was driving my daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, "daddy is there going to be a war?" My heart sank in my chest as I looked into her innocent eyes, because I realized that she was now living under that same dark cloud of a hopeless future that I had felt 40 years ago... This song was written for my daughter, Harper, who deserves a future, just as every child does." - from the email Foo Fighters sent out with the song

With this in mind, the song ... read more

There's a rave in my head and it's being curated by an aquatic, living dead predator. I don't like raves that much. People scare me. This album is pretty cool tho.

Man, is this thing Paul Walker? Cause godDAMN is it alive...

It's also rather fast and furious

This record is not necessarily some masterfully innovative work of art by any means; most of what they're doing here has been done by plenty of other greats such as The Suicide Machines, Operation Ivy, and Mr. Bungle (namely the guitar riffs are eerily reminiscent of some of Trey Spruance's heavier work). What this IS, however, is an endlessly exhilarating skacore record that boasts a magnificent blend of entrancing, catchy melodies and ska rhythms with some brilliantly violent sections of ... read more

Every bit as good as its predecessor, but with more edge and less songs about skate shoes

Honestly, as far as vocal performances go this is one of the best Mike Patton has ever released, full of all the weird noises - from the gurgling, demonic lows to the tortured, frenzied screeches - that made me fall in love with him as a vocalist in the first place. The songs on here feel less like songs and more like exercises in creativity, which the album greatly benefits from. Not necessarily something I'd jump to listen to all the time but, when I'm in the mood for something relentless in ... read more

Listening to this album takes me back to being a high school freshman in 2013, which in this case (unlike most of the time when I think back to high-school and shudder) is a good thing. I stumbled upon The Suicide Machines by chance while listening to Pandora on the marching band bus and was immediately hooked; I needed more. Even years later, this album still feels anthemic and fun without relying on middle school humor. It goes hard without feeling like a blatant Op Ivy ripoff and the Minor ... read more

It's hard hitting and aggressive and noisy as all hell. Clipping.'s latest work is an utterly brilliant and captivating performance, quite possibly their most overwhelmingly genius work of art yet.

While the vocals are pretty insufferable throughout the greater part of the album's duration, there's enough memorable hooks and riffs on here to keep this record afloat without it feeling like a clone of Cold's peers in the nu metal and post-grunge scenes. Ross Robinson deserves a lot of credit (as always) for making this record sound truly amazing on the production end of things; you can hear EVERYTHING coming through crystal clear in all departments without the album feeling like an ... read more

Avant-greatness

Better than White Bronco

While not nearly as urgent as its predecessors, Age Of Unreason is about as good an album as should be expected from an aging punk band 17 albums into their storied career. More often than not, the songs on this release do feel somewhat recycled, which sometimes is a bad thing and other times is part of its charm. Worth the listen.

Better than the last single by a lot - this one's actually a fuckin banger.

The first Bad Religion album I ever experienced in full and still one of my favorites. Maybe I'm biased, but this thing still sounds so fresh and exciting even years after its release.

On "Wrong Generation" Fever 333 continue to be disappointingly generic (especially considering the bands they all come from) and their message continues to be as vague as ever. If nothing else, Jason's vocals sound as furious as ever and the musicianship is definitely there (although the riffs are still uncomfortably reminiscent of Limp Bizkit trying to sound Korn trying to sound like Rage Against the Machine). I'm still hoping that one day this band actually manages to be as good as ... read more

A thoughtfully crafted compositional masterpiece

It's not perfect but it's nice hearing Oli scream a bit again. Brings me back to first hearing Sempiternal when I was 15.

Favorites: Dear Diary, the one with Amy Lee, Ludens, Teardrop

Too fuckin real

HEAVY
NOISY
DOG
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Sonderland is the greatest song Neck Deep has ever written, but it's not enough to carry this album of mostly bland, formulaic, pseudo-alternative, nostalgia-driven pop-punk.

Favorites: Sonderland, Fall, Pushing Daisies
Least Favorites: What Took You So Long, Telling Stories, Sick Joke