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I truly fail to see what the "mainstream" critics are seeing here. Architects try the BMTH revamp playbook and produce something jarringly generic. The label "metalcore" doesn't accurately describe what this is. This sounds more like what Linkin Park would have produced if they were actually much worse at being catchy than they were. It teeters dangerously close to buttrock at times, the instrumentals are so watered down they wouldn't sound out of place backing Imagine ... read more

Carnage finds Nick Cave where we left off on Ghosteen (a monumental album in it's own right). The trilogy of Push The Sky Away, Skeleton Tree, and Ghosteen has found it's fourth act and it's just as serene and devastating as the rest. Lyrically, Nick's poetry glides over Warren's lush and occasionally downright industrial(!) melodies, but don't go in expecting The Downward Spiral. It's just a bit of fuzz and clank here and there to create atmosphere. The album really kicks into gear with the ... read more

It's not often that a death metal album comes along that is so disorienting, so off the wall, that it actually manages to make you remember why the genre earned the title of "extreme" to begin with. These gargantuan songs are technically magnificent, flying from your grind and blast beat meat and potatoes to sudden jazzy interludes and influences from neo-classical music. There are some very experimental ideas and some wild time signatures to chow down on with this and it keeps the ... read more

NME is right. This album is a rare achievement. I've never seen a UK rap record with such a split personality. On the same album you can have a grimey, clever, absolute banger like Crud...when a few tracks before you have an absolutely garbage sadboy crooner with fucking Ed Sheeran of all people. Conflict of Interest, Ghetts? Is that why you named your album that? Because if so, this ain't it chief. Go back into the lab and bring more bars and less cringe on your next go.