Latest articles by Johnny Sharp
20 year's on, the sonic universe of Opeth's Blackwater Park still sparkles
Out now: Scandinavian prog-metal eclecticists Opeth's flagship statement Blackwater Park reissued
Death-defying, Covid-defying, age-defying: Toto just keep getting bigger
Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams on their new live DVD and the future of Toto
Ayron Jones: the new sound of Seattle
Seattle guitar ace Ayron Jones is channelling a tough upbringing into a big, bad, grungy, bluesy rock noise, all the while battling racial stereotypes
Blackberry Smoke do Georgia proud once again
Out now: Atlanta rockers Blackberry Smoke blend rhinestones and rock’n’soul with reliable skill on seventh studio album You Hear Georgia
Frost* - Day And Age Review
Not yet ratedYou want it darker? Jem Godfrey’s modern prog mavericks return to gleefully rail at the world, dripping cynicism, contempt and some of the most galvanising tunes you’ll hear this year.
The making of IQ's Tales From The Lush Attic
Self-produced and chaotically mixed in five days, this is how 80s prog rockers IQ made their 1983 debut album
Is Laura Meade the most dangerous woman in America?
The Izz singer’s second solo LP is a captivating concept set – with a message open to your interpretation
Greta Van Fleet come into their own during The Battle At Garden's Gate
Out now: Much-hyped Michigan siblings Greta Van Fleet diversify successfully on second album The Battle At Garden's Gate
The Treatment double down on boogie-metal basics on Waiting For Good Luck
Cambridge rockers The Treatment have no qualms about signing up for some dumb fun on Waiting For Good Luck
The ego has landed: Inglorious singer Nathan James strikes back
Loved by some, loathed by others, Inglorious frontman/main man Nathan James is no stranger to being the brunt of verbal abuse. But is it deserved, or is he just another innocent victim?
Paid In Crisps: A short and salty history of Kitten Pyramid
Meet the Derbyshire pop-prog oddballs with bees in their bonnet – and their Jacuzzi
Saxon add fun to "these dark times" with lively covers collection Inspirations
NWOBHM veterans Saxon play us some favourite tunes on Inspirations
We Will Ride by Inglorious: breathing fresh life into an irresistible 70s rock template
Inglorious's difficult album number four We Will Ride is worth the trouble
Downes Braide Association's Halcyon Hymns is a welcome escape from a turbulent real world
MOR prog project Downes Braide Association gets dewy-eyed for old England on Halcyon Hymns
Curved Air's full mix of sonic identities celebrated on The Albums 1970-1973
The madly eclectic studio output of prog pioneers Curved Air, all boxed up
Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods album review
Not yet ratedMariusz Duda heads deep into the forest on seventh Lunatic Soul album
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis
Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
The Human Condition finds Black Stone Cherry returning to rock's heartland
Black Stone Cherry say Goodbye to Kentucky and hello to radio-friendly rock on The Human Condition
Sevendust's Blood & Stone is a sturdy slice of 21st Century rock
Unlucky Atlantans’ Sevendust remain defiant on thirteenth album Blood & Stone
The 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's Paranoid delivers visceral joy and rat's innards
Fiftieth-anniversary five-LP/four-CD edition of Black Sabbath's Paranoid metal landmark, expanded with live recordings
Roger Waters - Us + Them review
Not yet ratedTour spectacular boiled down to its musical essence
Nickelback's All The Right Reasons: expanded, with a faint whiff of Nashville
Marmite's very own Nickelback revisit their mega-selling fifth album All The Right Reasons
Fleetwood Mac's 1969 To 1974: a rousing last hurrah for the road not taken
Peter Green’s Mac swansong stands proud as Fleetwood Mac's entire pre-Buckingham-Nicks era gets boxed on 1969 To 1974
