The Arctic Monkeys hit the streets with their exhilarating sophomore album “Your favorite worst nightmare,” following up last year’s successful debut “Whatever you say that I am, that’s what I’m not.”

The Arctic Monkeys latest album is a menacing train-wreck of a record, visceral, epic and hard hitting. Big words, especially ‘epic,’ but this is the sound of a band going to war.

“Your favorite worst nightmare” argues a strong case that heavy and fast music doesn’t have to be boxed up and square. Instead it is kinetic and full of motion, yet still managing to keep its strong melodies intact.

“Florescent adolescent” is the catchiest song on the record, sporting and old-school guitar and witty lyrics about bedtime activities never getting better than they were in your golden youth.

“Do me a favor” has a build up, slowly reaching the boiling point where at it completely explodes in a storm of guitars and drums.

Alex Turner’s vocals are good, he’s got the knack for sneering cool sounding and well-written lyrics right in your face.

“Old yellow bricks” is a dirty snarl of a song. The song mixes the tough and nasty with the slick and cool to great affect.

One of the things that make the Arctic Monkeys sound so explicit is the manner of which they weave in and out of different melodies, ultimately creating a very rich wave of indie-rock.

The Arctic Monkeys follow up their critically celebrated debut in a solid manner, but is it just more of the same?

If you want to take a sour stance, then yes, it is just more of the same. On the other hand, the song material is still good, and the execution is better.

“Your favorite worst nightmare” isn’t as cutting edge as “Whatever you say that I am, that’s what I’m not,” but nonetheless it still stands on its own merits.

“Your favorite worst nightmare” was released on April 23 by Domino.