RökFlöte finds Jethro Tull tackling Norse Gods and somehow reborn as a viable contemporary outfit
Jethro Tull forsake the Bible of last year's The Zealot Gene in favour of the paganism of Norse mythology on RökFlöte
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Nobody but Ian Hunter has the power, at this point in their career, to sound so fresh, so new and so exciting
One of Britain's great songwriters Ian Hunter delivers a shining example of his craft on new solo album Defiance Part 1
Kerrang! Living Loud: an essential insider account of how 'The Rock Bible' shaped the global rock landscape
Nick Ruskell's Kerrang! Living Loud: Four Decades On The Frontline Of Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative Music is an eye-opening account of the magazine's storied history, featuring tributes from Metallica, Guns N' Roses and more
Can: Tago Mago - Album Of The Week Club review
Can's Krautrock masterpiece Tago Mago was an album that realigned rock, commencing countdown for 21st-century music
Argus by Wishbone Ash: the return of the greatest least-known million-selling rock album ever made
The fiftieth anniversary edition of Wishbone Ash's Argus is a class act, with an ear-opening remix and a brilliant half-minute of silence
David Bowie's Aladdin Sane: still better than 99% of all other pre-'77 rock
Aladdin Sane's fiftieth birthday celebrated via the medium of half-speed master and picture disc reissues
Overkill's Scorched: No ballads, no compromises, just pure, vicious thrash metal
Scorched is the gorgeously tawdry twentieth album from deathless thrash metal veterans Overkill
Mike Tramp ramps up the poignancy as he revisits the Songs Of White Lion
Songs Of White Lion finds Mike Tramp revisiting the group’s best-known songs with a muscular backing band
Black Diamonds by L.A. Guns contains no prog-jazz epics, just pure-blooded rock'n'roll
L.A. Guns' 14th album Black Diamonds wears its Sunset Strip heritage on the sleeve of its battered leather jacket
Warning: Joe Bonamassa's Tales Of Time guarantees serious gig envy
Recorded at Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the songs on Tales Of Time radiate with bluesy majesty
The Dio Album by Paul Gilbert reduces the originals to a jarring, overplayed jumbles
Paul Gilbert's misguided Ronnie James Dio tribute is more hell than heaven
Montrose: Paper Money - Album Of The Week Club review
After announcing their arrival with a stone-cold classic, Montrose returned to the studio in 1974 to record an underwhelming second album. Perhaps they should have released them in reverse order
Andy Fairweather Low continues as the master of nonsense titles on Flang Dang
High-pitched hitmaker and guitar sideman Andy Fairweather Low releases first solo studio album in a decade
35 years on, Mudhoney are as feral and incisive and sarcastic as ever
Plastic Eternity is the 11th studio album for Sub Pop’s flagship band Mudhoney
If you want immense melodies and uplifting choruses, Welshly Arms have got you
Irresistible choruses from start to finish on Welshly Arms' third album Wasted Words & Bad Decisions
The 20th anniversary edition of Linkin Park's Meteora is pure nu metal catnip
Linkin Park's second album Meteora has been lavishly expanded in celebration of its 20th birthday
Metallica 72 Seasons review: 2023’s most anticipated metal album is a ringing success
Metallica’s only concern is making the best Metallica album possible, irrespective of what’s going on around them... and they've succeeded
Heart: Heart - Album Of The Week Club review
In the 1980s Heart's music was retooled as super-slick AOR, the Wilson sisters rocked Dynasty hairdos and frilly corsets, MTV loved them, and they sold millions
Last In Line looser and grittier than before on the classy Jericho
Former Dio men Vivian Campbell and Vinnie Appice return with third album of thunderous hard rock, Jericho
