9 November 2026
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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The title of the masked metalheads' fifth album - their first without drummer Joey Jordison - pays tribute to deceased bassist Paul Gray
6.7
There are some huge choruses lurking within the repurposed death metal riffs and tribal clatter Read Review
One of the strongest albums of their career Read Review
They have once again achieved a sound that cannot be replicated and only continues to mature with each release Read Review
The production work is astounding and this glossy sheen is how Slipknot have made some inroads into the mainstream. Some will see that as a bonus, others will cite it as Slipknot's biggest fault Read Review
A solid platform from which Slipknot can build upon in the future Read Review
There have been more impressive metal records released during 2014 that won’t garner a modicum of the attention, but .5… indicates this new era sans Gray and Joey Jordison could yield substantial dividends Read Review
A lovely eulogy to their fallen comrade Read Review
The Slipknot of 2014 are a reinvigorated unit. Pain and angst are still worn as badges of honour, but there's considerable weight attached now Read Review
There is life left in the nine-headed beast. Print edition only
Corey Taylor has a voice that sounds like the apocalypse Read Review
At 14 tracks that play for more than an hour, it goes on too long, and the extra tracks sap momentum Read Review
The energy slowly wanes as the record progresses Read Review
Quite the heavy-duty emotional enema Read Review
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Slipknot: .5: The Gray Chapter
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways