★★★★★
Welcome Reality is subtle as a brick, but that's where its charm lies. It is a big, dumb, loud bit of dubstep, the genre everyone seems to be ready to let die now that Britney Spears has had the audacity (the nerve!) to use it in one of her singles. The album has been out since August, and features singles that have been floating around since 2010, but it is just now attracting attention due to its highly successful execution of a full-on front-to-back original dubstep experience...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-01-12
★★★★★
"Are you Ready!" - 2011 saw the production of some massive albums and the release of some hard hitting dance tunes with Nero's 'Me And You' being one of the hardest. The duo from London have not only proved with this track that dubstep does not necessarily need to be entirely enveloped in electronics but that the incorporation of sound more mechanical can broaden the range of a track and appeal to a wider demographic...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-11-24
★★★★★
Despite being nominated as one of this year's "promising new artists" on the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll, Nero have actually been making music since as early as 2002. In the nine years it's taken to release their debut album, the duo's sound has evolved significantly from underground drum and bass to epic, melody-driven dubstep...
- www.noripcord.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
London dance duo Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray, better known as Nero, have built up their following in the past 12 month culminating with being the current number 1 single in the UK, displacing Cher Lloyd (which should in itself be enough to commend them). Following on from hits like ?Me & You?, ?Guilt? and ?Promises?, they have just delivered their first debut album, creating a bridge between the underground dubstep and drun?n?bass scene and the commercial charts...
- www.music-news.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
Summary: And what a sad reality it is... As far as first impressions go, Nero's late-out-of-the-gate debut long player Welcome Reality displays all the hallmarks of a futuristic mish-mash of bang and clatter. Alongside the Bladerunner-esque album cover, recent publicity shots have seen the English duo decked out like a pair of low-rent Daft Punk idolizers: all black amidst a sterile backdrop of sparkly neon, adorned in their cover-all wraparounds...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
The sound of dubstep is rapidly becoming no longer the 'Sound of the Future' but very much of the present. As its driving force sweeps its way into the charts, one of the most eagerly anticipated dubstep albums of the year is finally upon us. Nero have been at the helm of this tour du force of dubstep for quite some time, and after many setbacks and delays 'Welcome Reality' is finally here and ready to unleash an awe inspiring sound...
- www.gigwise.com
2011-08-22
★★★★★
"I dont know where were going," coos Alana Watson on this English dubstep duos single "Guilt"; but thats just a setup for the air-sucking dropout and explosion of ugly, bass-driven bluster that follows. Watson gives Neros robotic skronk a rare injection of humanity, and the U.K...
- www.spin.com
2011-08-22
★★★★★
Since their feted 2009 remix of ' Blinded by the Lights, London dance duo have built themselves a steady reputation as producers operating at the commercial end of dubstep and drum'n'bass. Now, some six years after their first release, the pair of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray have finally realised their own album. The time, therefore, is right to evaluate where they stand amongst the genuine stars and almost-there also-rans of their assigned genre. And the verdict...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
2011 has seen an escalation for Daniel Stevens and Joe Ray. The London-based duo had already cornered the market on remixes, but the real challenge was make it in their own right. The BBC has a lot to do with their present ubiquity - A-listing their singles, naming them as one of the Sounds of 2011, and even fixing them up with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for THAT once-in-a-lifetime collaboration. And the album, too, demonstrates Nero's ability to step up to the plate and deliver...
- www.musicomh.com
2011-08-15
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