Metallica's Black Album reissue reinforces its place as one of rock's greatest albums By Stephen Dalton Metallica's The Black Album reissue goes from landmark to landmass in mammoth collection of over 24 hours' studio outtakes and a 53-track covers record
Deep States by Tropical F**k Storm is an unpredictable and thrilling mess By Stephen Dalton Deep States contains more filthy, hilarious, freeform ramblings from Australian avant-punks Tropical F**k Storm
Black Honey's Written & Directed: sugar-coated badass swagger with a problem By Stephen Dalton Sassy Brighton pop-punks Black Honey make a familiar but fun racket on second album Written & Directed
Art-rock fops Japan predict the future on deluxe version of third album Quiet Life By Stephen Dalton Japan's post-glam synth-rock classic Quiet Life, now remastered and expanded into three-disc set
The Cure: a guide to their best albums By Stephen Dalton The Cure's albums have gone from sullen outsider anthems to stadium-sized riff monsters and all points in between. All hail the ‘goth Led Zeppelin’
The Besnard Lakes thrill on gorgeous baroque psych-prog collection By Stephen Dalton Canada's answer to the Flaming Lips, The Besnard Lakes, commit to beauty and scale on sixth album The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings
Rob Halford's autobiography Confess is the heavy metal book of 2020 By Stephen Dalton Rob Halford's book Confess is packed with salacious revelations from the Midlands metal god
Public Enemy: urgency returns on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? By Stephen Dalton Public Enemy: Still fighting the power, with help from some famous friends on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Blues Pills attain post-millennial neo-hippy nirvana on Holy Moly! By Stephen Dalton Swede soul music with a pungent psych-blues kick on Blues Pills' third album Holy Moly!
Absolute Beginners Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: fully restored and still suave By Stephen Dalton First full CD reissue for Bowie-powered retro-jazz mix-tape musical Absolute Beginners
Be-Bop Deluxe's Axe Victim box set is lavish and charmingly overblown By Stephen Dalton Lavish reissue for Bill Nelson and Be-Bop Deluxe's ambitious art-glam debut Axe Victim
Sparks' new album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip refines and amplifies their weirdness By Stephen Dalton Veteran avant-glam baroque-pop duo Sparks continue their autumnal resurgence on 24th album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
The story of Rammstein: porno-punk cabaret and pyromania By Stephen Dalton Over the past 25 years, Rammstein have defied conventional wisdom and become superstars. This is their story
David Bowie - Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988) album review By Stephen Dalton Bowie’s most critically derided period, remixed, remastered and partially rehabilitated.
Halestorm - Vicious album review By Stephen Dalton Lzzy Hale channels her inner Joan Jett on US band’s ass-kicking fourth album.
The 7 best scenes from the Decline Of Western Civilization By Stephen Dalton Director Penelope Spheeris reveals her favourite scenes from the three Decline Of Western Civilization films
Manic Street Preachers - Resistance is Futile album review By Stephen Dalton Welsh rockers return to stadium-sized anthemics on their thirteenth album
Napalm Death - Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs album review By Stephen Dalton Juicy off-cuts and blood-soaked rarities from the avant-metal abbatoir
The Lovely Eggs - This Is Eggland album review By Stephen Dalton Alt.rock legend helps Lancashire indie pranksters expand their horizons
Ruby Boots - Don’t Talk About It album review By Stephen Dalton Full-throated country-rock diva puts another dime in the jukebox
Black Moth - Anatomical Venus album reviewed By Stephen Dalton Yorkshire grit meets goth-metal glamour
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters - Live At David Lynch’s...review By Stephen Dalton Not yet rated Roots-rocking lion king shares his appetite for disruption
Laura Jane Grace: I want music to have more diversity By Stephen Dalton She may be Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, but the Against Me! singer’s public transsexual transformation gives her a unique view of sexuality in today’s music industry
Skids - Scared To Dance (Expanded) album review By Stephen Dalton Scottish art-punks 1979 debut, now as a three-disc box set
