Hellfire

Pitchfork 7.8/10 The preposterously talented English band’s third record is pitched between clinical precision and crazed abandon.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 On the theatrically devilish Hellfire, Black Midi are more maniacal than ever

NME 4/5 Building on the dynamic intensity of 2021's ‘Cavalcade’, Black Midi's third album expands their intrepid musical universe

DIY 4/5 Halfway between unhinged madness and art rock precision.

Clash 8/10 “And this is how I sometimes think of myself, as a great explorer who has discovered some extraordinary land from which he can never return to give his

The Observer 4/5 The Londoners freely cram genres and ideas into their concept album about death

Loud and Quiet 9/10 Hellfire, the extraordinary new Black Midi album, is absolutely full of wrong'uns. It's wry, exhilarating and frenetic stuff

Slant 4/5 Black Midi's 'Hellfire' engages with rock’s history while simultaneously taking it in imaginative new directions.

Pop Matters 8/10 With their third LP Hellfire, Black Midi continue to put out adventurous and challenging music that keeps listeners on the tips of their toes.

The Guardian 3/5 From cocktail-lounge piano to thrashing drums, the British prog band make musical handbrake turns that are thrilling but hard to love

The Telegraph 3/5 Lizzo extols the virtues of self-love, Mabel hits the dancefloor, Beabadoobee rehashes the Nineties and Black Midi revel in the grotesque

The Irish Times 4/5 An extraordinarily compelling third album by the experimental London trio

Uncut 8/10 Unique London outfit wrestle with chaos on their explosive third album and achieve precise mayhem