Tony Martin retains Black Sabbath power on new album Thorns
Thorns is a sharp comeback from former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin
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Ratt: Out Of The Cellar - Album Of The Week Club review
Ratt's Out Of The Cellar was a tidy serving of arena-baiting pop metal, often to be found soundtracking the heart of a Saturday night
Twin Atlantic's Transparency: euphoric, funk-flecked, irrepressible
Glaswegian rockers Twin Atlantic look inwards and get funky for a lockdown special
David Bowie: Hunky Dory - Album Of The Week Club review
David Bowie found his voice on Hunky Dory, the kaleidoscopic pop collection that truly announced his arrival and began a streak of landmark albums
MC5: High Time - Album Of The Week Club review
High Time is the third and final album from Detroit firebrands and proto punks the MC5. Brothers and sisters, are you ready for some testimonials?
Chuck Berry goes back to basics but thrills on Live From Blueberry Hill
Late legend Chuck Berry in excellent form on the club recording Live From Blueberry Hill
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II - Album Of The Week Club review
Described as a "perfect album" by no less an authority than Chris Jericho, Helloween's Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part II, has a lot to answer for
The Band's Cahoots successfully reheated for its 50th birthday
Box-set reissue of The Band’s 1971 album Cahoots, with alternative mixes, bootleg concert, Blu-ray audio disc
Neil Young & Crazy Horse light up the darkness on the delightfully organic Barn
Barn is album number umpteen from grizzled veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young and his old friends Crazy Horse
The Doors celebrate L.A. Woman's 50th birthday via the medium of diminishing returns
Jim Morrison's boozy, bluesy Doors finale L.A. Woman reloaded with outtakes and unreleased tracks
Skid Row's Atlantic years: from wild youth to burst bubbles
Skid Row's Atlantic Years (1989-1996) features everything from Sebastian Bach-era Skid Row: three albums and two EPs, spread across five CDs or seven slices of vinyl
Ozzy Osbourne: Diary Of A Madman - Album Of The Week Club review
Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album Diary Of A Madman has lived in the shadow of Blizzard Of Oz for decades: does it deserve better?
Volbeat open up an exciting future with Servant Of The Mind
Danes Volbeat take their style to a fresh level on Servant Of The Mind
Wolftooth's mighty Blood & Iron conjures up heavy metal’s illustrious past
Midwestern metal mavens Wolftooth channel the greats on third album Blood & Iron
Black Oak Arkansas: High On The Hog - Album Of The Week Club review
Black Oak Arkansas: perhaps more famous for introducing the world to frontman Jim ‘Dandy’ Mangrum than for their own albums, like 1973's High On The Hog
Bernie Marsden's tribute to Chess crackles with youthful energy
Veteran guitarist Bernie Marsden revisits tracks released on Chicago’s famous Chess label
The 30th anniversary edition of Roxette's Joyride: proof that less really is more
Joyride shows how pop-rock stars Roxette lost their mojo
The Temperance Movement's Covers & Rarities: a worthwhile mopping-up exercise
Top-notch odds and sods from The Temperance Movement assembled on Covers & Rarities
