Classic Rock Reviews

The 2016 Early Years box, now in six affordable chunks

Seven-volume box set including DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl and memorabilia

Meet the new Megadeth, same as the old Megadeth (and that’s a good thing) on 16th album The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!

180g vinyl reissues covering Maiden’s late-90s slump and their subsequent return to the top of the metal pile

The best bits of the band’s mammoth tour, boiled down to 15 tracks across two discs

Expansive remasters documenting the birth of a heavy metal institution.

A cut-and-paste job for hardcore fans only

Vinyl reissues of 1981 compilation and 1988 live album

After years of ups and downs playing live, the thrash pioneers are back in startling form

Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother marked the point where the band found their way out of their post-Barrett malaise

Turn-of-the-century reissues from a reinvigorated Megadeth

The remixed version of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason from the 2019 The Later Years box set released in 360 reality audio

Heralding the departure of Adrian Smith and the arrival of Janick Gers, Iron Maiden's No Prayer For The Dying also saw the arrival of very mixed reviews

Die-hard fans of either may disagree, but the coming together of Lou Reed and Metallica on Lulu has proved a shattering combination

Regrouped with Rick Rubin in 2006, the Chilis offered up a sprawling double album in Stadium Arcadium

Unlimited Love is Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album in six years, with much-loved guitarist John Frusciante back for a third stint

James Hetfield and co. revisit their great orchestral-metal triumph, with stellar results, on S&M2

John Frusciante returns and the Red Hot Chili Peppers hand over the reins. The result? Doo-wop harmonies, less funk, and critical acclaim

What happened at John Frusciante's first UK show with Red Hot Chili Peppers in almost 15 years

With one foot in their blues past and the other in the psychedelic present, The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer was the band's only UK album