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Lighting up a dank east London basement, Ecca Vandal proves that she's got the songs, the skills, the attitude and the aura to become alt.rock's next 'new' star
By Paul Brannigan Published
Ecca Vandal is a breath of fresh air, and a star in the making

Black Country Communion's debut album is a heartfelt homage to 1973
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Original it ain't, but Black Country Communion's debut ticks all the right boxes for anyone who can't get enough of that classic early-70s sound

Robert Jon & The Wreck keep the southern vibes alive on Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes
By Johnny Sharp Published
Hard-working southern-fried So Cal quintet Robert Jon & The Wreck make an impressive return on album number nine

Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
With Metallica's Black album bringing them a huge new audience, Exodus clambered aboard the experimental bandwagon

The deluxe edition of UFO's No Place To Run successfully upgrades the original
By Neil Jeffries Published
UFO's Paul Chapman-era classic No Place To Run has never sounded better

You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
By Matt Mills Published
Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars

Deep Purple's Made In Japan - now bigger and better than ever
By Neil Jeffries Published
Who cares if this is three years late? The 50th anniversary of Deep Purple’s very best still blows minds

Heavy metal nuns Dogma just took over London's Black Heart
By Eleanor Goodman Published
A sweaty, sold-out show, a confessional booth and sexually empowered heavy metal anthems. What's not to love?

Rocket's brilliant debut at the UK's most vibrant breeding ground for new bands is proof that the young Los Angeles quartet are set to go supersonic
By Paul Brannigan Published
Meet Rocket, the future of Los Angeles rock, set to soar

Golden Earring sharpen their sound and score an MTV hit on Cut
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Proof that there's more to Golden Earring than Radar Love

Lacuna Coil's Bloodstock set shows they are a band operating at the peak of their powers
By Merlin Alderslade Published
30 years into their career, Lacuna Coil are writing some of their very best music - and putting on some of their best live shows

Orange Goblin just played their final ever UK festival show - and it was one hell of a goodbye
By Rich Hobson Published
Orange Goblin commemorate their 30th - and final - year with a barnstorming final UK festival performance at Bloodstock

Greatest Hits Expanded charts Chicago's evolution into accomplished balladeers
By John Aizlewood Published
The bonkers and the ballads

The Black Keys sound euphoric on the dreamy 60s psych-soul sound of No Rain, No Flowers
By Mark Beaumont Published
Beleaguered retro rockers the Black Keys sprout fresh, soulful intent on thirteenth studio album No Rain, No Flowers

Halestorm finally scale rock's summit on Everest
By Matt Mills Published
US hard rockers Halestorm bring on-stage ferocity into the recording studio

"Do we have any glue sniffers in the house tonight?" Amid all the life-affirming scenes of wild collective euphoria, Oasis' superb fifth night at London's Wembley Stadium shows Liam and Noel Gallagher still have punk rock souls
By Paul Brannigan Published
Thirty years on from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, the reunited Oasis have never sounded better

Black Sabbath tweak the formula on Master Of Reality, invent even more genres
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Black Sabbath: now heavier, denser and doomier than before
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