7 October 2025
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Surprise release from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s cult industrial rock band with Ghosts V: Together also released at the same time
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross provide an appropriately cold brand of comfort in a trying time Read Review
Considering that the songs are much shorter on Locusts, there are a few interluding moments which allow for the lines to blur when listening to both albums back to back Read Review
Both albums work their way up to a crescendo, but the last thirty minutes or so of Ghosts VI: Locusts feels that little bit more cathartic and rewarding by the end of it Read Review
Ghosts VI: Locusts, is where it all starts to go downhill. If the album title ‘Locusts’ didn’t give any clue about this album’s overtones, the tracks certainly do Read Review
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released a volume of comforting music and another that captures the anxiety of the moment Read Review
Trent Reznor's surprise double album, despite its spatial beauty, eerily captures the mood of a world rocked by crisis Read Review
Ghosts VI is deliberately nightmarish and unsettling in the extreme Read Review
NIN have always excelled at conjuring thought-provoking and moody soundscapes that connect people to the present moment: both Together and Locusts are no different Read Review
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Snõõper Worldwide
Snooper are having a laugh, but you can tell they’re serious God Is In The TV
Worldwide is everything that a great rock album should be: chaotic, adrenaline-pumping, and infectious, but crucially, it isn’t pretending to be anything that it isn’t. For that, the Nashville group should be lauded among the most exciting rock and roll outfits out there at the moment Far Out
Snooper’s vision of egg punk is more hygienic; the full experience is still reserved for the stage. They’ve fantastically magnified a glimpse of that for larger crowds, but in the studio, Snooper aren’t as wild as we thought they were The Line Of Best Fit
The Nashville punk band shifts into high gear, expelling pent-up energy through warped instruments and tantalizing beats Paste Magazine
Snooper might not be having fun on Worldwide, but they make alienation served with an absurdist wink sound more entertaining than it has in some time All Music
Ash Ad Astra
An album brimming with hooks and energy, revealing a band that continues to embrace creative risks and push their sound forward even in the later stages of their career. XS Noize
Tim Wheeler's flair for crashing power-chord melodies and happy-sad lyrics remain undimmed. Print edition only Uncut
Ash balance the experimental and traditional like the seasoned pros they are. Ad Astra is a delight. Print edition only Record Collector
With ‘Ad Astra’, Ash are reflective yet revitalised, offering a colourful, charismatic, and cosmic offering that’s truly out of this world. Go grab a copy from a record store in a galaxy near you that is not too far, far away – you won’t regret it! Clash
Almost 30 years since Ash named their debut album 1977, after the year that Star Wars was released, the Force is still strong with these ones Kerrang!
Rocket R is for Rocket
Confident, strident guitar music, it’s a record that blends hugely effective songwriting with wicked production values, granting their work a crisp 90s-adjacent sheen that refuses to sacrifice their raw live endeavours Clash
Give it a few years, and they could be a force; their first album is just the start off the blocks in that journey Far Out
The band is definitely testing its boundaries and learning what it can hold. By the close, the record is less a declaration than a promise: Rocket is not flawless but they are compelling, and you kinda want to follow wherever they go next Northern Transmissions
With its bold twists and tones but grounded themes and songcraft, the LA band’s debut is in league with other fully realized guitar-hero debuts, like Guppy and Triple Seven Paste Magazine
Los Angeles four-piece Rocket deliver a promising debut album that’s got more going for it than nostalgia NME
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange