28 October 2026
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Third studio album from the Texas instrumental post-rock quartet
6.7
From a distance, it’s the kind of no-holds-barred heavy rock sound that Mogwai made their own, but This Will Destroy You take it a step further Read Review
Its nine songs all succinctly traveling through passages of bizarre echoes, blown-out explosions of sound, and the band's always airtight sense of dynamics Read Review
If this is post-rock, it’s in the purest sense of that prefix: it’s rock that goes beyond expectations for the genre, even while working within its confines, to somewhere that you sense its players aren’t quite accustomed to yet Read Review
The band makes unexpected dynamic pushes seem easy to pull off and easier to internalize as a listener, but on first listen, each comes as a surprise Read Review
Another Language is another good record that takes some risks, some more successful than others Read Review
Another Language goes smoothly, and rather quickly, into territory that freezes the fleeting so we can, if just for a few minutes, see it while we’re still alive Read Review
A solid entry for This Will Destroy You, but it doesn’t add much to the genre’s ouvre, or even the band’s mythos Read Review
There’s an ebb and flow of ambient synth across the tracks, coalescing with stunningly precise instrumentation and delicate harmonies Read Review
This is This Will Destroy You's third album and they've probably all sounded more or less like this Read Review
The sound of a band tentatively exploring new territories within instrumental music but it also feels like a work in progress Read Review
This Will Destroy You manages to create a sound wholly its own while still operating fully within the basic framework of the post-rock/instrumental rock genre Read Review
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This Will Destroy You: Another Language
Michael Kiwanuka Fudge
A mostly brilliant effort from Michael Kiwanuka that serves as a showcase for his improvements in songwriting, as well as his ear for great melodies Spill Magazine
Tony Iommi From The Dark
From The Dark is a strong, latter career highlight that sees Iommi seamlessly pickup from where he left off over a decade ago in what hopefully ignites the start of a new era for Iommi Spill Magazine
A portrait of an artist in-progress — still learning, still adapting and still evolving rather than staying complacent and safe once set Exclaim
This LP seems to have more of a hazy, late night essence. There is still an underlying melancholia but there is something lighter and hopeful. The strings are euphoric, the extended codas are extravagant and kaleidoscopic, stretching out for ever and ever in a glorious wall of sound, as on ‘Just Another Moment’ God Is In The TV
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Wishy Natures Pill
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Sheryl Crow Pick You Up
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Teaming with Norwegian vocalist Jørn Lande, the 78-year-old Black Sabbath guitarist gets back to heavy-metal basics on a proudly uncompromising new solo album Pitchfork
Doomheads may regret this new record isn't an experimental black mass of riffs. Fans of lacy-sleeved hard rock, however, will lean into the tuneful thunderstorm. Print edition only Uncut
The whole thing is biblically, sometimes exhaustingly epic, but a timely reminder of Iommi's pioneering musicianship. Print edition only Mojo
From The Dark is the sort of album where nothing is out of place - everything adds to its integrity, and to the brooding atmosphere of foreboding. Print edition only Record Collector
Considering that Tony Iommi is one of, if not the, most significant heavy metal figure in the current landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t believe From The Dark to be a deeply significant moment in his career Far Out
Iommi’s vision and intentions make for a seriously powerful set of tunes that will keep plenty of Metalheads more than happy The Arts Desk
This is a splendid album, brilliantly performed and recorded; it is forward-looking and completely able to hold its own in the contemporary metal world Louder Than War
A reaffirmation of the man’s elemental power and enduring importance Kerrang!
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