Geoff Barton
Geoff Barton is a British journalist who founded the heavy metal magazine Kerrang! and was an editor of Sounds music magazine. He specialised in covering rock music and helped popularise the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) after using the term for the first time (after editor Alan Lewis coined it) in the May 1979 issue of Sounds.
Latest articles by Geoff Barton

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Not yet ratedA full house for Chicago’s Melloton magic-makers.

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Not yet ratedA rather quiet riot from the impeccable Welsh crew

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Not yet ratedLive, from the annals: welcome to heaven

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Not yet ratedTales of mystery from an Italian prog team-up

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Rush’s career-saving and career-defining album, now with lacklustre bonus tracks

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Whitesnake's David Coverdale on being the comeback king, Deep Purple and how Muhammad Ali broke his heart

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Whitesnake’s David Coverdale looks back on his brief collaboration with Led Zeppelin’ Jimmy Page – and why the album they made together is an unsung classic

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The one time Trapeze and Deep Purple man on sobering up, Black Sabbath and going solo

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Cumbrian proggers Gandalf’s Fist are proving their worth with their new three-CD sci-fi-steampunk concept album The Clockwork Fable

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Alive! again: Kiss put the ‘hard rock’ into the Hard Rock Hotel in this Vegas extravaganza.

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Not yet ratedGeoff Barton on the latest releases from Airbag, Jack Ellister, Eveline’s Dust, Joshua Burnell and Øresund Space Collective

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Much more than alright, alright, alright.

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NWOBHM survivors Diamond Head are back with their first album in nearly 10 years.

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Strumpet with a trumpet.

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Not yet ratedGeoff Barton on the latest releases from Gandalf’s Fist, Proud Peasant, Aloft, Trettioåriga Kriget and Sunrunner

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Not yet ratedGeoff Barton on the latest releases from Big Big Train, Jade Vine, Axon-Neuron, Jump and Amphetamin

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Don’t let their dodgy moniker put you off – take vat and party...

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Geoff Barton on the latest releases from Headspace, Sendelica, Upon The Devil’s Request, ProgAtom and AngelSeed

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Not yet ratedRe-releases gather the Californian band’s many styles and personnel with varying results.

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Wigs, puke and burning effigies – how the ugliest Sisters created their own freaky fairy tale.
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