albumPaper TigerArch Enemy4.5★Took three spins before I stopped filing this under 'not for me'. It's a gallop, it never gets clever about it, and Amott has said these are the riffs he actually enjoys playing. You can hear that. The fill that kicks off the last chorus is…Sep 2
albumHive Mind (feat. Denzel Curry)Knocked Loose4.5★First standalone thing since You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To and it turns up with a rapper on it, which usually means somebody sanded the guitars down to make room. Nobody did. The riff writing is straight-ahead by my standards, most…Aug 18
albumHeaven and HellBlack Sabbath4.5★Geezer flew home to sort out his divorce, Craig Gruber tracked the bass, and then Geezer came back and re-cut the whole thing before it shipped, and you can hear what that bought them. The bass is a lead instrument on Neon Knights, not a sh…Aug 6
