Accessible Aussie proggers Karnivool may sound a lot like the antipodean A Perfect Circle on Sound Awake, but that doesn’t make it a bad album by any stretch.

Mis-billing themselves badly as grunge revivalists, Starseed’s debut album Peace Machine would do quite well in the pop-metal arena… if it were half as long.

Darlings of US rock radio Shinedown try to crack the European market with a re-release of their third album, The Sound of Madness. It’ll probably work, sadly.

South African post-grungers Seether are still painting by numbers on the same old canvas with new (or rather not so new) single “Breakdown”.

This is Sevendust’s seventh album – what an auspicious number! Bit of a shame that Hope & Sorrow sounds seven years too late, then, isn’t it?

British four-piece Sizen seek to bring metal back to its home-grown roots, but despite solid musicianship What Do You See? just doesn’t have that special magic.

Shinedown return with a beefed-up sound for new single “Devour”… as heard on every manly sports channel in the USA, apparently.

Canada’s Finger Eleven deliver thirteen tracks of solid radio-friendly alt-rock on their latest album Them Vs. You Vs. Me.

Floridian post-grungers Shinedown got a lucky break – they’re supporting the inexplicably popular Disturbed on their UK tour in October.

The sassy tough-girl power-pop-rock of Rocky Na$h shoots wide of the goal with average songs and dreadful production.