Muse's Manchester AO Arena show proves that whatever route their music may take, they'll always be one of the greatest live bands in all of music
Muse bring the hits, charm and a ton of showmanship to Manchester
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The Black Sabbath ballet shows Sabbath are still pushing heavy metal into unchartered territories after half a century
Black Sabbath - The Ballet isn't just a meeting of worlds, it's a celebration of one of metal's most iconic groups
Graveyard's 6: inward-looking and melancholy, but a masterclass in psychedelic light and shade
More psychedelic raves from the grave on Graveyard's enticingly titled sixth album 6
"All grinding desperation and lank-haired perspiration": the new album by KK's Priest confirms that they're not a viable alternative to the real thing
The apocalypse is nigh (part 182)
"It would be an obtuse listener who didn't grasp how splendid this record is": Steven Wilson's The Harmony Codex is a high-wire act that few artists could pull off
Solo album number seven The Harmony Codex finds Steven Wilson triumphing by not trying too hard
In Screamin' At The Sky, Black Stone Cherry have made the album where they remind us why we fell for them in the first place
On Screamin’ At The Sky, album number eight, Black Stone Cherry’s formula remains reassuringly simple: songs that pack a ferocious punch
"The album is guilty of attempting to appease people that Queen had no real business in trying to win over": Queen's News Of The World - Album Of The Week Club review
At a time when punk rock was new, Queen suddenly epitomised everything about the old rock aristocracy that the critics now held in contempt... so they released their most popular album yet
Paul Rodgers and run-of-the-mill band provide flashes of brilliance on new album Midnight Rose as the hyperbole rings hollow
The first new solo album from Paul Rodgers in quarter of a century was perhaps not worth the wait
"With a voice marked by weariness and loss, it's scarcely credible Tedeschi was in her twenties": Susan Tedeschi still sails and soars as Just Won't Burn turns 25
An expanded version of Susan Tesdeschi's breakthrough album Just Won't Burn, 25 years on
Starbenders: defiant, spooky and sexy, yet somehow more fun than graduation day at clown college
Androgynous Atlantans Starbenders add volume to melodic nous on album number three, Take Back The Night
"An uneven, faintly frustrating album, that falls the right side of enjoyable": Jethro Tull's Stormwatch - Album Of The Week Club review
Stormwatch largely ditched the ‘folk’ elements that had come to define Jethro Tull's sound in favour of a noticeably harder and more ominous edge
The final show on Ghost’s US tour is an absolute triumph - and one big question about Papa Emeritus IV's immediate future is answered
Ghost play to more than 30,000 people over two nights in Los Angeles – but did Cardinal Copia/Papa IV make it out alive?
"Ever wondered how Slipknot might sound if they brought Slash into the fold?": Corey Taylor's second solo album CMF2 is bolder, heavier and "utterly exhilarating"
Corey Taylor's second solo album CMF2 explores everything from glam and rap metal to country and punk
"All the things that made me feel alive, still make me feel alive”: Ash retain their infectious, joyous lust for life on Race The Night
Once proud teenage hellraisers, Ash slide into their fourth decade as a band with their wide-eyed excitement for rock'n'roll thrills still firmly intact
"A superb document of, and tribute to, a brilliant band in its prime": Whitesnake: Live... in the Heart of the City Album Of The Week Club review
Before all that hairspray, David Coverdale created Whitesnake as a blues-based hard rock band in the classic tradition – and this live album was their greatest moment
"Some now feel it was too heavy but it was in keeping with musical fashions of the day": Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning Album Of The Week Club review
As far as swansongs go, Thunder And Lightning crackles with undeniable zeal and energy, with new guitarist John Sykes helping to create what is Thin Lizzy's heaviest album.
Has Steven Wilson's remix of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time become the definitive version?
Steven Wilson's version of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time gets a vinyl release. Can we let him have a go at Hall Of The Mountain Grill too?
"Impeccable, clear and soulful in equal measure": Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson album review
Robbie Robertson hooked up with producer Daniel Lanois for his debut solo album, conjuring up a fashionably atmospheric twist to his ongoing fascination with American culture
Recorded between the gruelling Animals tour and the psycho-drama that was The Wall, the sentiments Richard Wright expressed in Wet Dream could apply to Pink Floyd as much as to his disintegrating marriage...
Richard Wright's Wet Dream album: The Pink Floyd keyboardist’s underrated solo debut remixed
"Purists who hate anything invented after the Mellotron might not like it. But if prog is to have a future beyond legacy acts, it needs fresh ideas": Voyager's Fearless In Love is the most energised music of their career
Voyager's Fearless In Love: They may not have won Eurovision, but the Australian keytar kings (and queen) have delivered the feelgood sound of the summer
