The Rock ‘n’ Roll Rulebook? Forget it! ‘Loloismo’ at once lurches from industrial math-rock to rap, from Arabic influenced Spanish guitar to hardcore, with enough odd time-signatures to keep all you outsider music freaks happy. – By Stuart Benjamin

All said and done, the album belts and Conan is in an interesting place right now, creatively. Where do they go from here? I don’t want to know. Hail Conan! – By Anoop Bhat

‘Hidden City’ by The Cult sees the band playing to their strengths and it’s a mighty fine addition to their ongoing legacy. – By Raymond Westland

The Lion’s Daughter are a band on the path to contributing a refreshing take on the underground of heavy music. This latest record may not be their full capacity yet, but it is a solid release nonetheless. – By Sam Robinson

Wray have taken a definitive and possibly unexpected step in the direction of hook-laden post punk, imbued with a dark energy but bursting forth with crystalline guitars. By Rich Buley.

A short yet explosive release that will leave you salivating for more. – By Thomas Laycock

There is a hell of a lot of musical ground covered on here, much more than people would expect. Each subsequent listen seems to bring out more and more of it too, which can never be a bad thing. Not what you’d expect, but quite a pleasant surprise. – By Steve Fallows

This is a fantastic release from a mature band, drawing on different influences, but combining them in a style that is decidedly their own. Strongly, strongly recommend. – By Arnald Stotch

On the whole this is a great compilation with a consistent sound and some really promising tracks. I hope all of the bands continue to play and develop and find new success going forward. By Chad Murray

Plenty to enjoy overall especially when they break out into the metallic RIFFING as they can blast with the best of them, however the over reliance of ambient interludes stalls any momentum they create over the album. – By andrew Rawlinson

The voice on here makes the songs on ‘Kōfuku’ something else entirely. And that ‘something else’ is an enigma, which you feel compelled to return to, but you’re not sure why. – By Matt Butler

Grindcore often falls into either a more crust punk sound, or full on metal, whereas this one sits nicely between both and offers something for fans of all things noisy. – By Steve Fallows

Shearwater never once falter and stay completely true through this quite wonderful album. Emotional, exciting and simply beautiful, Jet Plane And Oxbow may yet be regarded as their classic. Miss this at your peril. By Martyn Coppack

This first record doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but it certainly delivers some immensely satisfying heaviness. Recommended. – By Russell Emerson Hall

‘Corporeal’ is a strong exercise in intense, even at its slowest. The piece is so stuffed with effective atmosphere it’s amazing they managed to press it on only one cassette. – By Christopher Luedtke

Recording albums should be fun, and if you care to take a stab at this album, reward the short-lived project with a salute, then remember that your CD isn’t going down easy in your commode, so if you picked this up, treat it as keepsake and hope that Rogga Johansson and Lasse Pyykko never do this again. – By Al Necro

This album feels something like a return to form, rather than a startling new phase; which is perhaps just another way of saying ‘one for the fans’. No bad thing though, not a completely unqualified triumph perhaps, but things are back where they should be; when the Richie Hawtin album you most want to hear is his next one. By Will Pinfold

It’s been a while since I’ve listened to an album of such intensity. There’s not one second on this album that is not executed to perfection. – By Mark Martins

In short, the new Textures album is as solid as they come, but it doesn’t see any profound changes in the band’s established musical format. – By Raymond Westland

Cosmic Revelations should be an important album to Kindler; here is a body of work to be proud of, and for a listener to embrace. By Aidan Clucas

Overall, although I know it’s only January, Wildernessking has set the bar very high for any other black atmospheric albums I will listen to for the rest of this year. – By Patrick Thompson