"Despite the rocky vocal performances, Depp and Perry make up for their shortcomings on the guitar. "The Boogieman Surprise" has a woozy, sea-sickening riffs that give way to a big Cooper chorus, and "New Threat" is all blues-rock swagger with the sort of solo that harks back to Aerosmith's Seventies peak. The mix of songs is a little uneven (closing track "Congratulations" is a bizarre slam poem recited by Cooper, Depp, and Perry) but Rise shows where the band's three stars' personalities unite in a Venn diagram and work together well. It's just that these Vampires sound best when they're sharing the same blood source"

"Not only were there not many musicians hanging in the studio this time, but all of Rise seems stitched together on the computer, with each of the three core members doing their part when they cleared time in their schedule. The result is a drag, the sound of a revelers who have no idea that it's well past time for them to head on home"