Acres’ profile has grown steadily in recent months, and on their second album, they’re making themselves known by taking a crowd-pleasing approach. It does, to an extent, work – after all, it’s hardly difficult to like anthemic guitar music with a good old soaring chorus. However, it’s also easy to win a game of Post-Hardcore Bingo with Burning Throne. Tortured lyrics? Yep. Big riffs? Yep. A bit of growling, to give it some edge? Congratulations, you’ve got a full house. This album is certainly good at what it does, particularly when it leans towards the heavier end of its spectrum. It’s slick, it’s focused, and its production is as glossy as anything, if occasionally cramped. Opener Nothing grinds slowly before shifting gears into one of the record’s stronge...