Sanctuary is Evanescence grappling with the politically divisive hellscape that is our present-day reality. The band refer to the self-destruction and active annihilation of society in its familiar form, the record serving as a cautionary omen warning its listeners of the treacherous path that we are collectively embarking down. If we are not careful, flames and imminent apocalypse will be in our midst, the band surmises, and while it may strike some as relatively hyperbolic, it requires only a ... read more

Dea Matrona's sophomore iteration into their discography is a rather intriguing one. The duo adopt a western ambiance, instrumentals rooted further in ragweed, saloons, and six shooters compared to the general setting ambiguity of their debut. While the girls allow these details to escape their periphery, often allowing their lyrics to elude the focal point they have established for themselves (through modern references to ancient television or mythical sirens songs that, while working in ... read more

Did Muse just go... disco???

There are few that can successfully bridge the metallic gore with the electronic glamour, but DeathbyRomy exceeds what many artists can achieve. One of the extraordinary front women in contemporary metal and hard rock with ease

Well this felt rather tame

This is merely the beginning of the absolute pinnacle that Britney Spears exemplified she could achieve. Her self-titled predecessor was excellent in its own right, indeed, but Britney continues with the distinct progression that was catalyzed with her debut. Each record has introduced a plethora more from many different perspectives. In the Zone ushers in dosages of simplistic sensuality on tracks like Breathe on Me and Early Mornin', something she would opt to expand on in the not so ... read more

Britney's eponymous third entry into her discography is a movement of established independence concurrent with her frequent glimpses through lustfully promiscuous spectacles. The self-reflective bouts on this record are lyrically the most impressive, with Spears vocalizing the often unspoken conflicts of her transition from childhood to womanhood in a patriarchal society, along with the complex that is derived from such a purgatory considering the burdens placed atop her shoulders. Her ... read more

Oops!... I Did It Again signals an attempt at maturation from those who attempted to carefully curate the image that Britney Spears personified. Perhaps her representation figured that the childhood innocence (from a legitimate teenager, need you be reminded) wouldn't sell records, thus they thrusted her into the role of the temptress at eighteen years of age. While the idea of sexualizing an eighteen year old girl remains abhorrent on the tongue, this record does offer a glimpse into the ... read more

...Baby One More Time marks the debut of Britney Spears, the pop princess herself, and, quite frankly, one of the most unnecessarily scrutinized celebrities that western media has ever pulverized. In retrospect, it's no wonder that a mere teenage Spears would succumb to the harsh treatment that the music business habitually employs against its musicians akin to a parasite that sucks the blood of its source for life. It regularly finishes in disaster when these artists have their youth ... read more

It's unfortunate that some interesting instrumentation and thoughtfully reminiscent lyricism is suffocated beneath some honestly horrendous vocal instances. I honestly would have preferred to listen to a version of McCartney that was left sonically untouched — it could have contributed to the recollection of yesteryear to have one of the most prolific celebrities in human history recount his trials, tribulations, and experiences with a complete embrace of his elderly age and wisdom. ... read more

I would hardly consider myself an avid hater when it comes to Shinedown. In fact, there are actually many tracks within their discography that I enjoy. I cannot speak for their records as a whole (for which I will certainly review in full, at some point), and while I may seem excessively harsh (which could be a symptom of my actively deteriorating mental health, which could be a motive for my distaste at nearly everything I've listened to lately), I can certainly vouch that this is one of ... read more

Amidst the plagues of biblical proportions that encompass our contemporary existence, with dehumanizing political movements, isolationist behaviour en societal masse, and mental illness ravaging a plethora of the populace, Saint Agnes seek to both combat and embrace these tribulations through the inverted invocation of the religious institution itself. A sonic rebellion that aims to thwart the apathetic treatment by governments toward the people they have sworn on a supposed sacred doctrine to ... read more

It's a bit less interesting than anything she did on the vibrant Film Noir, truth be told

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Beneath the metaphorical lyricism, Flux is a record that captures Poppy's psyche in a period of both adaptation and realized independence. It effectively grapples with the complications of an abusive relationship, recognizing the hierarchical and violent tendencies that characterized behaviours of such manipulation. While her songwriting focuses intensely on societal shortcomings on I Disagree, Flux witnesses a more introspective dosage of lyricism, with plentiful iterations of comparative ... read more

Once removed from her debut effort, ROSALÍA's El Mal Querer reads as a series of anthems conceived as a deck of tarot cards. Each track offers particular glimpses into a relationship filled to the brim with toxicity, presented in the capacity of chapters that accompany the titles. Not only does this assemble the environment in a pristine fashion, but like an assortment of the aforementioned tarot cards, the tracks serves as cautionary depictions, fateful omens pertaining to the ... read more

Marmozets embrace the chaos on CO.War.Dice., but perhaps they underestimate the ability for it to slip from their grasp, at least to an extent. Make no mistake, there are some tracks on this record with palpable energy, with some rhythmic ambiance and some intriguing penmanship, but there are certainly fissures in the written process that produced this record. The thematic focal point would have benefitted from increased refinement. At first, it did hone the realistic qualities of the ... read more

Part of what made Ferto, Akylas' Eurovision entry that is also included on this record, as endearing as it was chaotically energetic was his ability to unapologetically incorporate aspects of Greek culture into a medium that would appear otherwise incapable of supporting the sparse disparity of its properties from electropop. Those cultural inclusions are essentially non-existent on his debut record, and eliminates an irreplaceable aspect of charm. The tracks do little separate themselves ... read more