★★★★★
Sound: I'm really surprised no one's reviewed this on here yet, then again this band has always been incredibly underrated. King's X is a three piece that whose unique sound has influenced many bands, especially those on the Grunge scene in the 90's. Some, like Pearl Jam, have acknowledged their influence, while others are sometimes unaware of how trendsetting this band's sound has been. Their songs are very technicalm, but not for the sake of being showboaters...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2011-03-20
★★★★★
"The thing that sets apart King's X from other bands is that the fans know the material so well that they can sing for a minute without the band playing, drunk on the energy the band gives them." When you have twelve studio albums out and you've only cracked the US top 100 charts twice, your next thoughts should be on how to convince people that your live shows are righteous despite your sales figures...
- www.metalunderground.com
2011-01-03
★★★★★
Although 1990's Faith Hope Love, thethird album by King's X, was the group's weakest, it somehow managedto break the band into the mainstream. So the group's newfound fanswill be doubly pleased with the latest offering, simply titled King'sX. This trio of latter-day heavy-metal hippies, with theirBeatlesque harmonies, continue to show a darker side to the dreamyutopias they so often sing about. But now they seem to have growninto it...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
musicOMH.com has shouted louder than most about the unfairly overlooked credentials of Texan rock trio King's X. However, even we have to confess that you to have go back to 1998's Tape Head for a King's X studio album that was truly worth getting hot under the collar about.Their new effort, Ogre Tones, goes a long way towards rectifying this situation. Most similar in feel to the relaxed, textured feel of Ear Candy (an album that vocalist/bassist Doug Pinnick once admitted to musicOMH...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
It doesn't seem credible that King's X - aka one of the most underrated rock bands ever, aka leading inspirations to Pearl Jam and every other group who used drop-D guitar tuning post-1990 - are only releasing a live album now, nearly a quarter of a century after first forming, and 16+ years after their debut studio album, the seminal Out Of The Silent Planet...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
I love this job. I am constantly getting turned on to new bands and sometimes listening to music I would have otherwise never heard. With King's X "XV," I was given another chance to listen to a band that I knew I should love but had been having trouble with. I have heard songs like "We Were Born to Be Loved" that I really liked... I have heard those whose opinions I respect greatly sing their praises... I have even tried the odd CD or two that I never got into...
- www.geocities.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
With album No. 6, Texas trio
King's X finish trimming away most of the prog-rock cellulite of
their youth. What's left is a lean, metallic frame, fleshed out
with sumptuous psychedelia and solid songwriting. Though the
band's Rush-loving roots peek through in places, on the whole,
Ear Candy's sweet, crunchy melodies stick in your head, not in
your craw. A-...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
A thinking man's metal band? That may be a ludicrous concept tosome, but it's the only way to describe King's X. The group blends aNew Age mentality with sonic crunch, psychedelia, folk, and funk ? asurprising combination that made its past two albums adventuresomeromps through a higher state of mind. However, there's a fine linebetween transcending the material world and getting lost in theether. The fragmented sounds of Faith Hope Love show a need for thegroup to get back to planet Earth...
- ew.com
2009-06-12