Noizze’s 41 album reviews that count toward Breakdowns, going back to 2021, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
Top critics
- Huw Eggington 4 reviews
- Rowan Bruce 3 reviews
- Liam True 3 reviews
- Will Marshall 3 reviews
- Zavier Pike 2 reviews
5 reviews with no named critic yet.
What it reviews
- Metal & Punk 78%
- Rock 14%
- Indie & Alternative 6%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 3%
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By the numbers
76average score it gives, on the 0 to 100 scale (41 reviews)
59%of its reviews score an album 75 or higher
16points: how far a typical review lands from its own average score
4albums given a perfect score (9.8% of its reviews)
2A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
23different critics with a byline on its reviews here
46%of its scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (39 albums)
13points, on average, between its release-week reviews and where the other critics ended up (34 reviews)
How its scores spread
- 0–492
- 50s1
- 60s4
- 70s10
- 80s12
- 90+12
Its top scores
GodfleshDecay 100 Ellie McGee
Emma Ruth RundleThese Killing Times 100 Niall Creane
Sleep TokenTake Me Back to Eden 100 Bennie Osborne
Sleep TokenThis Place Will Become Your Tomb 100 
UnderdarkO Come Forth Annihilation 90 Andy Calderbank
EnslavedMið 90 Huw Eggington
EstuaryWolves In The Throne Room 90 Huw Eggington
Lorna ShoreI Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me 90 Liam True
Every review
| Critic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Future StaticOrnaments & Memories | Rowan Bruce Read the review | 80 8/10 | not yet | Nov 7, 2026 |
 Cult of LunaIn the Shadow of Your Shadow | Kevin Ashburn Read the review | 80 8/10 | 85 | Nov 5, 2026 |
| UnderdarkO Come Forth Annihilation | Andy Calderbank Read the review | 90 9/10 | not yet | Nov 5, 2026 |
 thrownUNWANTED | Zavier Pike Read the review | 30 3/10 | 62 | Nov 5, 2026 |
| EnslavedMið“35 years into their careers and the Norwegians are still finding ways to push their sound into unexpected areas, and unlike the namesake this album is anything but mid.” | Huw Eggington Read the review | 90 9/10 | 82 | Oct 31, 2026 |
| EstuaryWolves In The Throne Room“The wilds of the Pacific Northwest are calling once again. Familiar themes with less familiar surroundings, the sound of the natural world taking over being pushed to its greatest moments…” | Huw Eggington Read the review | 90 9/10 | 79 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| GodfleshDecay | Ellie McGee Read the review | 100 10/10 | 81 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Emma Ruth RundleThese Killing Times | Niall Creane Read the review | 100 10/10 | 83 | Sep 14, 2026 |
 At the GatesThe Ghost of a Future Dead | Liam True Read the review | 80 8/10 | 83 | Apr 21, 2026 |
 ExodusGoliath | Zavier Pike Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | Apr 7, 2026 |
 Lamb of GodInto Oblivion | Ez Luscombe Read the review | 70 7/10 | 81 | Mar 12, 2026 |
 KreatorKrushers of the World | Huw Eggington Read the review | 80 8/10 | 87 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Lorna ShoreI Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me | Liam True Read the review | 90 9/10 | 86 | Sep 29, 2025 |
 Paradise LostAscension“Pride of West Yorkshire and legendary misery merchants, Paradise Lost, show on album seventeen that they can still bring the doom and gloom, mammoth riffs and soaring vocal hooks with…” | Huw Eggington Read the review | 70 7/10 | 82 | Sep 25, 2025 |
 DeftonesPrivate Music“Deftones return with a slow growing rosebud of their particular brand of shoegazey nu metal.” | Rob Bown Read the review | 80 8/10 | 86 | Aug 20, 2025 |
 SpiritboxTsunami Sea | Shannon Harewood-Malone Read the review | 80 8/10 | 89 | 2025 |
 Lacuna CoilSleepless Empire | Ez Luscombe Read the review | 70 7/10 | 76 | 2025 |
 Killswitch EngageThis Consequence | Chris Earl Read the review | 60 6/10 | 71 | 2025 |
 Dream TheaterParasomnia | Sam Hall Read the review | 30 3/10 | 60 | 2025 |
 Sum 41Heaven :x: Hell | Rowan Bruce Read the review | 60 6/10 | 77 | 2024 |
 AmarantheThe Catalyst | Liam True Read the review | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2024 |
 Neck DeepNeck Deep | Kris Pugh Read the review | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2024 |
 FutureFuture | Rowan Bruce Read the review | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2023 |
 Taking Back Sunday152 | Harry Shiels Read the review | 50 5/10 | 65 | 2023 |
 The UsedToxic Positivity“Twenty three years deep into their career, emo royalty The Used are all fired-up on their ninth full-length album, ‘Toxic Positivity’.” | Ryan Ward Read the review | 60 6/10 | 70 | 2023 |
| Sleep TokenTake Me Back to Eden | Bennie Osborne Read the review | 100 10/10 | 81 | 2023 |
 WaterparksIntellectual Property | Becton Simpson Read the review | 70 7/10 | 83 | 2023 |
 In FlamesForegone | Chris Earl Read the review | 70 7/10 | 81 | 2023 |
 ObituaryDying of Everything“Raw, unbridled emotion with a noticeably hectic and barbaric approach; death metal legends Obituary bring it all and more on their 11th release to date, Dying of Everything.” | Nathaniel Maure Read the review | 90 9/10 | 80 | 2023 |
 Bruce SpringsteenOnly the Strong Survive“It's been an interesting few years for Bruce Springsteen. Despite not playing a live set with the E Street Band for several years, the last tour a pre-pandemic romp in…” | Sam Lewis Read the review | 70 7/10 | 69 | 2022 |
 Lorna ShorePain Remains“Lorna Shore placed down a gauntlet with the release of their first EP with new vocalist Will Ramos “And I Return To Nothingness”.” | Jasper Harmer Read the review | 60 6/10 | 82 | 2022 |
 SlipknotThe End, So Far | Will Marshall Read the review | 70 7/10 | 72 | 2022 |
 Electric CallboyTekkno | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 65 | 2022 |
 Parkway DriveDarker Still“From metalcore underdog icons to stadium-sized legends. Darker Still solidifies Parkway Drive’s ascension to heavy metal royalty.” | Jasper Harmer Read the review | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2022 |
 AmorphisHalo“For over thirty years, Finnish melodic metal troupe Amorphis have carved out a name for themselves as one of the most vibrant groups of storytellers in the metal scene. Their…” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 92 | 2022 |
 MastodonHushed and Grim | Will Marshall Read the review | 90 9/10 | 87 | 2021 |
 TriviumIn the Court of the Dragon | Will Marshall Read the review | 90 9/10 | 89 | 2021 |
| Sleep TokenThis Place Will Become Your Tomb | not named Read the review | 100 10/10 | 83 | 2021 |
 CarcassTorn Arteries | James Davenport Read the review | 70 7/10 | 83 | 2021 |
 TurnstileGlow On | not named Read the review | 90 9/10 | 90 | 2021 |
 At the GatesThe Nightmare of Being | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 81 | 2021 |