This is a true work of art in songwriting execution of a band at the top of their game and imagination. – By Andrew Rawlinson

This release is clever with it’s incorporation of popular rock and progressive elements. The songs are both catchy and enjoyable, whilst being interesting with a short dash of self-indulgency, a confidence needed for progressive rock. By Aidan Clucas

The covers just rule on this record. No only originals are real here, fuckers. Keep an open mind and get slammed by Abyssus doing a hell of a job refreshing your taste for some classic metal. – By Al Necro

It would be a shame for this album to be tossed aside because the story is lost on a casual first-time listener. If you’re a fan of As Seas Exhale’s previous work, you will enjoy this latest record. Otherwise, wait until you have that hour and a half – the time investment is worth it. By Ginnia Cheng

Eight Bells shrug off the meandering bluesy psychedelia of their début in favour of a sound that is darker, more mature, and more atmospheric, sounding less like a jam and more like a crafted narrative. – By Peter Meinertzhagen

If you have any yearning for delightful pop songs full of melody but also tinged with sadness and regret then Sunflower Bean are the band for you. By Martyn Coppack

I can’t wait for a full-length record. I really, really can’t. I’d really love to hear this group expand their ideas and their sound into an album length odyssey. – By Stuart Benjamin

For those familiar with Slabdragger from ‘Regress’, their début five long years ago, you know what to expect – long, sludgy songs with throat-searing vocals and a hint of psychedelia. But this album is bigger, thicker, with longer, more relentlessly repetitive riffs. – By Matt Butler

It’s a stunning entry into the canon of modern hardcore and truly representative of their live show – given the kinetic fury of the Grieved live experience, this is the highest accolade that I can think of. – By Andy Price

It would be perverse to say that Piano Mating is good or bad; the key to the album is that it has the power to reflect the listener’s mood; it can be intense, powerful, oppressive or a boring endurance test. While it’s playing it simply is, in a way that’s probably best appreciated by fans of extreme, non-dramatic noise. By Will Pinfold

It’s been a long and interesting road for Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O. ‘Are You Land or Water’ suggests they’re still travelling – a collection of stylistically different but individually excellent tracks that don’t quite make for a coherent album. – By Jamie Jones

‘The Astonishing’ lives up to its title. It is an album that was anything but a safe choice and it is to the band’s eternal credit that, as always, they have followed their muse and made the record that they wanted to make with no compromise to expectations. A triumph, then, but destined to be as polarising as ever. – By Dave Cooper

‘Winter Thrice’ comes across as Borknagar’s most polished album to date; the song writing is excellent. – By Tristan Lathey

This is one of my favorite splits with Primitive Man, and now I am a Sea Bastard fan. I highly recommend this split if you have enjoyed these bands recorded or live, and of course, if you like blackened doom with a hint of sludge. – By Kara Chavez

Modular Glitchtar Soundscapes Vol.1 is a really impressive experiment by ƘɸƴԼ and I was fascinated by not only the sound of Koyl’s music but, the method by which he created it. By Chad Murray

While curious fans who remember Demilich might scoff at Le Dernier Crépuscule’s inadequacies, fans who’ve never listened to Demilich, could end up becoming big fans of Chthe’ilist. – By Al Necro

The last time I heard a new shoegaze or “nugaze” if you will (I won’t) release I enjoyed this much it was the debut of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and weirdly enough LSD and The Search For God actually released their first EP around the same time but, have gestated this release for a number of years in a Kevin Shields-esque deep sleep stasis before awakening like a phoenix shining bright like a forehead into the heavens. By Chad Murray

If the debut album had you cracking open the liquor to strut around the living room, then the follow up should continue the party. Every track feels, sounds, like they will ensure the T.M. live experience continues to be a stylish and entertaining Rock n Roll night out, no matter which century we are in. By Andy Little

The whole album is a fitting tribute to Genesis, of course, as the band never stood still, and one hopes their fans still favour conceptual innovation over faithful recreations of their hero’s original ideas. – By Gaz Cloud

Like some long lost relic from the Age of Aquarius, Astrodome are a band out of time yet perfectly in tune with the new psychedelic mood. By Martyn Coppack

Sure, it’s complex, fist-pumping, spit-in-the-eye music, but the brilliant control of dynamics and arrangement expose lots of other layers for exploration and appreciation. – By Russell Emerson Hall