In a world of uncertainty, Saxon's Carpe Diem is reliably certain
Carpe Diem is business as usual for British metal institution Saxon, and business is good
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Rolo Tomassi show genre-shattering ambition on Where Myth Becomes Reality
Free-ranging British rockers Rolo Tomassi head out on an epic journey through sound on sixth album Where Myth Becomes Reality
Coney Hatch: Coney Hatch - Album Of The Week Club review
Coney Hatch's 1982 debut album featured an underlying eccentricity that set them apart from the early 80s hair metal pack
Big Big Train find beauty and transcendence on Welcome To The Planet
Big Big Train's Welcome To The Planet is a collection of startlingly life-affirming music released amid tragic circumstances
The Zealot Gene is light, bright, tight and recognisably Jethro Tull
Donald Trump. 9/11. The Bible. These are just some of the ingredients that make up The Zealot Gene, Jethro Tull's first album of new material since 2003
Eric Gales crafts blues of various hue on emotive Crown album
Blues survivor Eric Gales takes a title shot with masterful Joe Bonamassa-produced album Crown
Mark Everett continues to perfect the sound in his head on Eels' Extreme Witchcraft
The brilliance continues on Eels' 14th album Extreme Witchcraft
Lawnmower Deth: the kings of knob-gag thrash-parody are back
Nottinghamshire stupidcore veterans Lawnmower Deth return after 28-year tea break with Blunt Cutters
Scarlet Rebels add fun to the art of political dissent on See Through Blue
See Through Blue is a convincing album of hook-laden rebel rock from Welsh firebrands Scarlet Rebels
Wille & The Bandits have made the British blues-rock album you need in your life right now
When The World Stood Still by Cornish rockers Wille & The Bandits finds the band finding inspiration in closure
Steve Vai's Inviolate proves he's still in a class of his own
Guitar wizard Steve Vai returns with more magic spells, on the eye-popping Inviolate
Marshall Tucker Band: Where We All Belong - Album Of The Week Club review
The Marshall Tucker Band's third album Where We All Belong was part rock, part country, part jazz, half studio and half live; an altogether different take on southern rock
Billy Talent sail uncharted waters on Crisis Of Faith
Crisis Of Faith finds Canadian veterans Billy Talent supplying diversely energetic release
Tokyo Blade's Fury is a pulverising and satisfying return to form
Forty years on and it’s still the Night of the Blade
Keb' Mo' shines across the styles on Good To Be
Good To Be by veteran bluesman Keb' Mo' is a carefully blended brew
Diamond Dogs brim with boozy joie de vivre on spectacular comeback album
Swedish rockers Diamond Dogs turn the amps up to 11 with a riotous glam-rock return, Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous
Chicago: Chicago II - Album Of The Week Club review
14-legged juggernaut Chicago changed their name and forged ahead with this energetic double album that took in free jazz, hip-shaking R&B and an Abbey Road-like six-song suite
The Monster Roars by Magnum: genuinely lovely, with a silky-smooth underbelly
Brummie veterans Magnum continue to put songcraft first on The Monster Roars, their best album for some time
