Nevermind is, without a doubt, a masterpiece of a grunge album. Not only did a lot of the good elements from Nirvana’s previous album Bleach carry over, including its raw energy and strong instrumental work, it's one of (if not) the catchiest rock albums of all time. Nevermind also popularized the “quiet verse, loud chorus” songwriting formula that a lot of rock bands still use, and overuse, today. Dave Grohl’s drumming brings even more groove and punch to the riffs ... read more

Not the most mind blowing or original country album, but Chris Stapleton’s songwriting is catchy and well performed enough to make it enjoyable. When you put this album next to other simple, and easy going country albums, it’s like a piece of silver surrounded by grains of sand.

Greyhaven unfortunately don't manage to deliver an album that was as good as its singles teased it to be.

While I do think the vocal performance can be strong on Keep It Quiet, a lot of the chorus melodies on this album sound like they're inspired by generic radio rock songs from the 2000s and it leaves them sounding too flashy, simple, and unimaginative to really enjoy. Not to mention the instrumental department across the album feels and sounds like it's being benched and ... read more

The mixing still leaves a lot to be desired from their last single. I liked how the clean vocals were utilized and performed more than any clean vocal moment off of their last album. The big bass boosted breakdowns, especially the one in the middle of the track, I thought were really goofy and unnecessary.

Bleach by Nirvana is a standard grunge album that I think the band plays it a bit too safe with its repetitive and simple songwriting to where it can be hard to distinguish some songs from each other. Despite that, debut rock albums are rarely this raw and emotionally unstable. Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing, and Jason Everman all bring a lot of insane energy and animalistic performances on Bleach that make up for the lack of diversity in the tracklist. Songs like Negative Creep ... read more

Voices sees Wormrot going in some different stylistic directions with their songwriting.

It is cool to hear more variety from Wormrot, however I feel that in the process they lost a little bit of their consistent and captivating intensity that made their previous albums, Abuse and Dirge, so memorable. It's still a good album with some great moments, but I definitely don't come away from Voices as satisfied as I think I could’ve been.

I really like the vocal hook on this single. Probably one of their catchiest songs of recent times. The guitar riffs are great and remind me of some of the slower riffs off of All We Love We Leave Behind with their southern rock twang.

One of the best metalcore EPs of 2025. If you haven't heard this yet, and you're a massive fan of the genre, you're missing out.

A big decline in pretty much every aspect of che’s music that I enjoyed off his previous album REST IN BASS. The last song is the only one on here I could see myself coming back to. If che ever wants to bounce back from this, he needs to never use that ridiculous voice ever again.

A motivational poster converted into a hardcore punk song

A fun collab between Lady Gaga and Doechii. I honestly enjoy it more than most of the material off of both of their last albums.

Che, why are your vocals like that?

A very well produced and catchy brostep DJ mix by Space Laces. A lot of these beats go insanely hard.

Otoboke Beaver’s ITEKOMA HITS is an album that I thought I might enjoy, but at the same time didn’t have super high expectations for it. However, after listening to it for the first time (and the multiple times since then), I found it to be incredible enough to be one of my favorite hardcore punk albums I’ve heard in my life.

The instrumentation is super tight and chaotic across the entire album giving it this unstoppable drive with no dragging whatsoever. Both individual and ... read more

I'm very pleased that this single (and album announcement) wasn't an April Fools joke.

The song is maybe a little too repetitive instrumentally, but I still found a lot of enjoyment out of it as it is still very well performed. Listening to the way the song starts and ends, it sounds like it would be a bridge between two different tracks on the album. Those being It Used to Matter and Nothing is Over.

Moodring release a generic alternative ‘metal’ album that cares more about trying to appeal to radio stations than write actual compelling songs with memorable vocal melodies and production work that doesn’t leave guitar riffs sounding so dead. The only thing I’ll remember about this album is its terrible cover and title.

1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues, despite being all over the place in terms of quality, is an interesting remix album where we get to hear a range of artists and groups that no one would never expect to see on the same album add their own sound and execution to the songs off of the original 1000 gecs. Some remixes I would say are even better than the original songs like ringtone (Remix) and xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (Remix).

While I think this album could've had a bit more range to it especially in terms of song structures, Chamber continues to write tight, hard hitting, and unpredictable instrumentals in their songs that make their album this is goodbye… more memorable than it would've been without them.

This goes even harder than their last single. That vocal callout is so good.

I like the instrumental and vocal performance from Jessie Ware a lot, but I feel like this song is missing something. I think if it was longer and went through another phase or section it would’ve taken it to the next level.