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Dave Mustaine reaches thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace
No filler or flab on one of the most obscenely thrilling moments in all of recorded metal history
Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album
While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed
Praying Mantis fail to surf the NWOBHM wave on Time Tells No Lies
Life at the melodic end of the hard rock spectrum was not always kind
Four decades down the line, Fastway's debut album falls short of classic status
Combining Eddie Clark’s in-your-face guitar, Dave King’s high-register vocals and Jerry Shirley’s gut-rumbling drumming, Fastway peaked early
Wolfgang Van Halen finds his voice and sets a high bar on third Mammoth album
The third Mammoth album feels like the work of a musician settling comfortably into his own space and comfortable with all that attention
Review: Ace Frehley annoys Gene and Paul by releasing the most successful of the Kiss solos
Kiss famously released four solo albums on the same day. Just as famously, only one of them was truly worthy of the Kiss name - Ace Frehley's
The Moody Blues attain peak psychedelic whimsy on In Search Of The Lost Chord
Join the Moody Blues for a psychedelic voyage through mysticism, melody, and late-60s cosmic curiosity
Night Ranger's place in rock history settled by first album Dawn Patrol
Night Ranger hit the ground running with their platinum debut Dawn Patrol
Fields Of The Nephilim take 80s goth to its logical extreme on The Nephilim
Fields Of The Nephilim's second album blends mysticism and the occult, referencing Aleister Crowley and HP Lovecraft
Lindsey and Stevie invent the future on long-lost, now-found Buckingham Nicks album
The album that took Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks away from their day jobs into the belly of the Fleetwood Mac beast
Rick Davies takes control on Supertramp's first album without Roger Hodgson
With Roger Hodgson departed for solo pastures, Rick Davies augmented Supertramp's lineup with a couple of very special guests
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band mix it up on Nightingales & Bombers
For a band frequently pigeonholed as a singles act, Nightingales & Bombers proved Manfred Mann’s Earth Band could deliver depth and daring in equal measure
The Alice Cooper Band conjure up a twisted classic on Killer
With Bob Ezrin behind the desk and a pocketful of rollicking, quality tunes, Killer – in tandem with Alice’s shlock-horror image – just couldn’t fail
Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage
Mirage: a flute-heavy mix of symphonic sweep, jazz fusion and melodic subtlety
Black Country Communion's debut album is a heartfelt homage to 1973
Original it ain't, but Black Country Communion's debut ticks all the right boxes for anyone who can't get enough of that classic early-70s sound
Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit
With Metallica's Black album bringing them a huge new audience, Exodus clambered aboard the experimental bandwagon
Golden Earring sharpen their sound and score an MTV hit on Cut
Proof that there's more to Golden Earring than Radar Love
Black Sabbath tweak the formula on Master Of Reality, invent even more genres
Black Sabbath: now heavier, denser and doomier than before
Electric Light Orchestra hit the right formula on A New World Record
A New World Record added Olympian levels of commercial success to Jeff Lynne's mix of melodic craft and production nous
Keith Richards goes solo on Talk Is Cheap
The polar opposite to Mick Jagger’s synthesised solo clatter, Keith Richards' Talk Is Cheap brimmed with soul
Filler rears its head on Lenny Kravitz's breakthrough album Are You Gonna Go My Way
Everyone seems to love that title track. The rest? Your mileage may vary
Garbage's classic electro-grunge-pop debut, revisited
Combining Massive Attack with Nine Inch Nails and the Smashing Pumpkins was always a great elevator pitch
Motörhead ring the changes on Another Perfect Day, initial dismay now a distant memory
Joined by Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson, Motörhead's Another Perfect Day has increased in stature over the years – just don't mention the shorts
