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10.0
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10.0 |
Record Collector
Their third album is a larger-than- life declaration of intent, as indefatigable and audacious as Muhammed Ali at times. Print edition only
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9.0
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9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Bewildering and brilliant
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9.0
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Exclaim
It takes immense skill to know what to keep while being one step ahead of the modern musical landscape, and Hellfire accomplishes both
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Though many of the band's distinct hallmarks show face – heavier than ever, even – somehow their latest record sounds miraculously and hideously new, proving their aversion to any mindless repetition
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9.0
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9.0 |
Spectrum Culture
The London trio creates and solves their own puzzle by weaving intriguing and imaginative narratives
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9.0
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9.0 |
God Is In The TV
Ultimately, Black Midi make music for themselves and don’t give a shit what the critics think about it
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8.7
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8.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Hellfire is deeply British music! Similarly to David Bowie’s Outside, it reconfigures American genre aesthetics into the apocalyptic context of the class-based structure of the United Kingdom
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8.6
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Paste Magazine
The London band’s third album is a grotesque carnival of human misery that you’ll never want to turn away from
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8.5
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Northern Transmissions
Many of Black Midi’s old songs are like endurance exercises, but trimming the fat to pull stronger focus has helped the band execute a stronger concept, resulting in Black Midi’s most consistent, fully realized, adventurous, and even daring effort yet
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8.0
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The Irish Times
It may not be good for your blood pressure, but this is an extraordinarily compelling album
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
The album engages with rock’s history while simultaneously taking it in imaginative new directions
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
No-one could accuse Black Midi of landing on a style and sticking with it
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8.0
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Gigwise
Their most theatrical yet
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8.0
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NME
Building on the dynamic intensity of 2021's ‘Cavalcade’, the UK trio's third album further expands their intrepid musical universe
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8.0
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DIY
Halfway between unhinged madness and art rock precision
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8.0
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Uncut
They’ve managed to make tonal inconsistencies feel like an actual consistency, rather than being a jarring and detracting experience. They’ve wrangled chaos into submission, and currently sound like no other band out there. Print edition only
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8.0
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Mojo
Hellfire, for all its sporadic intensity, is less harsh than previous Black Midi records. Print edition only
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8.0
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The FT
The Londoners’ twisty, noisy songs were at once unruly and technically precise at this hometown gig
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8.0
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The Observer
The Londoners freely cram genres and ideas into their concept album about death
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8.0
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Clash
‘Hellfire’ is at once goofy and high brow. A volcanic eruption of serious silliness
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8.0
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musicOMH
Third album from London trio adds another gem to the crown of a band who are fast becoming one of the very best of their era
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8.0
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PopMatters
With their third LP Hellfire, Black Midi continue to put out adventurous and challenging music that keeps listeners on the tips of their toes
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8.0
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Crack
Hellfire is absurd, self-indulgent, restless, ambitious and brutal. But it never feels forced
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7.8
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Pitchfork
The preposterously talented English band’s third record is pitched between clinical precision and crazed abandon
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6.6
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6.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
I doubt that Hellfire will have much staying power: for the palatability it draws from its pulp aesthetics, it also inherits that medium’s disposition for binge-no-repeat consumption. It’s shallow and fleeting and momentarily gripping - and then it’s over
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
From cocktail-lounge piano to thrashing drums, the British prog band make musical handbrake turns that are thrilling but hard to love
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