Ultimately, with 'Young New England', Transit feel like a band unsure of how to properly progress. Ideas feel like they're yet to be worked to their full potential, and the overall lack of vigour drag down the album - particularly given how enjoyable and interesting the band's last couple efforts have been. At the end of the day, 'Young New England' is simply an 'okay' record, which - as a follow up to 'Listen and Forgive' - simply feels like a step backwards.

‘Disarm the Descent’ contains nothing glaring or concerning. It is another album that sits comfortably. It won’t deter fans and might just bring in some new ones. Say what you will about metalcore, there’s still a spot for it when done right.

This self-titled album shows a wide exploration into different sounds for the band from rock to acousitc and electronic elements. While the album reaches different ends of the music spectrum, one things for sure, Paramore sure know how to make a catchy song filled with emotion. Althought if you were on the look out for the next 'Misery Buisness' to jump around and sing to you might be out of luck on this one.

With 'Great North', Fourteen Nights at Sea prove themselves more than capable of constructing vivid sonic landscapes that capture a range of moods and environments. Evocative, strong and focused, the thematic images of solitude found in freezing desolation make the album's release date apt - prime listening as we head into colder months of the year.

‘Meir’ achieves its primary external objective – it continues and justifies the praise and reputation studio album number one created. Maybe there could’ve been a bit more on offer here, but the band sound comfortable and the music closely matches.

With 'Cost of Living', Incendiary deliver a very solid, ferocious metallic hardcore record with a distinct sound drawn from a variety of influences. Along with Nails' most recent effort 'Abandon All Life', 'Cost of Living' ultimately proves one of the more hard-hitting hardcore records to be released so far this year.

With 'My Shame Is True', Alkaline Trio inject a much needed dose of the harsher edginess sorely missed from the past couple records, pairing it with a sense of maturity. It's no 'Goddamnit!', and fans hoping for a straight-up nostalgia trip are likely to be disappointed – but, catchy and acerbic, it's distinctly Trio.

Perhaps as an avid fan in my adolescence of songs like ‘Damn Regret’ and ‘Face Down’ I’m being too harsh on Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and new listeners and old fans may have an entirely different outlook on 'Et Tu Brute?' While the band must be given credit for the 10 years they have been consistently producing music, 'Et Tu Brute?' fails to provide listeners with a reason to want to see the band keep going.

'Know Hope' establishes The Color Morale as a band that have achieved much since their last release, having advanced and polished their sound, and may just elevate them into the status they deserve.

Unlike most new bands, Gold Fields seem as though they have no need to grow. Their sound is already diverse and experimental, creating endless possibilities, and above all, extremely well executed. The fact that the recordings can match the intensity of their live show is just another big tick for this impressive outfit.