Life Of Agony: “We finally got to make the record we’ve been dying to make” By Stephen Dalton With their singer’s identity-related stress alleviated, the New Yorkers reckon they’re now hitting their stride
Body Count - Bloodlust album review By Stephen Dalton Rap-metal elder statesmen rage against the machine
Depeche Mode - Spirit album review By Stephen Dalton Essex electro-rock titans rage with the machines
Steel Panther - Lower The Bar album review By Stephen Dalton Metal porno-parodists take the filth amendment on their fifth
Steel Panther - Lower The Bar album review By Stephen Dalton Metal porno-parodists take the filth amendment on their fifth
The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody album review By Stephen Dalton Psychedelic veterans reset the controls for a starry synth-rock supernova
The Damned live review: The original punks show no signs of slowing down By Stephen Dalton Not yet rated Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and co rattle off 40 years of classics to a psyched crowd of both old and young fans
Vangelis - Delectus reissue album review By Stephen Dalton Thirteen remastered archive albums from the Greek maestro’s Olympian peak period
Black Grape - It’s Great When You’re Straight... Yeah: Deluxe Ed. album review By Stephen Dalton Expanded reissue for Shaun Ryder’s post-Happy Mondays masterpiece
Sixx: AM - Prayers for the Blessed, Vol.2 album review By Stephen Dalton Second album in nine months from Nikki Sixx’s productive post-Crüe crew
Leonard Cohen – September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016 By Stephen Dalton Classic Rock pays tribute to the late, great Leonard Cohen
Various Artists - The Bristol Heavy Rock Explosion album review By Stephen Dalton A welcome celebration of the West Country’s unsung hard rock scene
Steel Panther, live at Wembley By Stephen Dalton Not yet rated Heard the one about the ‘joke’ band that plays to bigger audiences than many of the big names they lampoon lovingly?
Rob Reed live in Wiltshire - review By Stephen Dalton Not yet rated Rob Reed's Mike Oldfield-inspired album makes a live appearance in Wilshire
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct album review By Stephen Dalton First album in eight years from the four hoarse men of the stadium-metal apocalypse
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition album review By Stephen Dalton Revisiting the Texan extremists at their volatile career peak
The Pretenders - Alone By Stephen Dalton Chrissie Hynde reveals her rootsy Americana side with help from some Nashville friends
Suede - Coming Up 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition album review By Stephen Dalton Expanded and repackaged bohemian rhapsodies from Suede’s imperial peak.
Freddie Mercury - Messenger Of The Gods: The Singles album review By Stephen Dalton Birthday present for Zanzibar’s most famous musical export
Barb Wire Dolls - Desperate album review By Stephen Dalton Life’s a bleach with these Lemmy-endorsed nostalgists' new album
Eppyfest 2016 live review - Stroud By Stephen Dalton Not yet rated Judy Dyble and William D Drake join a cast of innovative musical makers at this year's event.
Sabaton - The Last Stand album review By Stephen Dalton Stampeding Swedes prove understatement is overrated.
Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos album review By Stephen Dalton Expanded 20th-anniversary remaster finds 50 shades of black in the Metallica canon
Tarja Turunen: "music has no boundaries, it's about breaking borders" By Stephen Dalton Tarja Turunen is about two release two albums. At the same time. And they're both brilliant. We catch up with the queen of symphonic metal here
