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Spirit's Tent Of Miracles: expanded but still lean and illuminating
Expanded reissue of 1990 Tent Of Miracles set from Randy California’s slimmed-down trio version of Spirit
Snowy White's Lucky Star Anthology: a seductive and tasty collection
Six Snowy White solo selections celebrated on Lucky Star: An Anthology 1983-1994
Sir Lord Baltimore's Complete Recordings: revelatory, and endlessly entertaining
Gloriously untamed proto-metal unearthed on Sir Lord Baltimore's The Complete Recordings: 1970-2006
Dennis DeYoung's 26 East: Volume 1 - breathtaking in scope and sound
26 East: Volume 1 is a lavish, theatrical, inspired album from former Styx man Dennis DeYoung
Yngwie Malmsteen: Odyssey - Album Of The Week Club review
Yngwie Malmsteen's Odyssey was a deliberate attempt to pursue chart success, with former Rainbow man Joe Lynn Turner roped in to provide melodic ballast
Paradise Lost's Obsidian: turning bleakness into beauty
Power and beauty from Halifax’s finest Paradise Lost with 16th album Obsidian
Jason Isbell And the 400 Unit: Reunions - charging a tired format with passion and perception
Saviour of alt.country Jason Isbell is in fine form on Reunions, solo album number seven
Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74 - Album Of The Week Club review
Recorded during The Troubles, Irish Tour '74 finds Rory Gallagher at his electrifying best
Mark Lanegan's Straight Songs Of Sorrow: exorcising ghosts, one song at a time
Gripping true-life confessions on Straight Songs Of Sorrow from the ex-grunge warrior Mark Lanegan
Judas Priest: Stained Class - Album Of The Week Club review
Judas Priest's Stained Class catches the band on the cusp; the ultimate hybrid of unbridled, flamboyant creativity and refined, distilled commercial intent. It’s a true metal milestone
The Four Horsemen: Nobody Said It Was Easy - Album Of The Week Club review
The Four Horsemen knew how to to rock. Too often on Nobody Said It Was Easy they sounded like other rockers
Lucinda Williams' Good Souls Better Angels: documenting a world in crisis
Revered US songwriter Lucinda Williams in visceral, impassioned form on 14th studio album Good Souls Better Angels
Trivium's What The Dead Men Say: a multi-layered merging of melody and mania
Trivium provide fury and finesse in one package on ninth album What The Dead Men Say
Def Leppard: High 'N' Dry - Album Of The Week Club review
Nearly four decades afters its release, High ’N’ Dry remains a true rock classic and the springboard for all that followed
Testament's Titans Of Creation: a peerless example of thrash craft
Not yet ratedA titanic thrash statement from Testament on 13th album Titans Of Creation
Marillion's Script For A Jester’s Tear - a deluxe edition that tells a tale
Marillion's neo-progressive ground zero Script For A Jester’s Tear is dusted down and tidied up
Mastodon: Crack The Skye - Album Of The Week Club review
Mastodon's Crack The Skye: a sprawling prog metal masterpiece dealing with astral travel, wormhole theory, Rasputin and suicide