The Classic Rock Album Of The Week Club
Updated weekly: an ongoing league table of all the albums reviewed by Classic Rock's Album Of The Week Club so far
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Tracks of the Week: new music from Royal Thunder, Larkin Poe and more
Also starring: Skindred, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Skinny Knowledge, DeWolff, Curly's Jewels and Åskväder
Lunatic Soul's folky shift on Through Shaded Woods
The story of Polish ambient proggers Lunatic Soul's seventh album Through Shaded Woods
Type O Negative’s Dead Again: the triumph and tragedy of Peter Steele’s final album
Arguments, drugs and drunken jams: looking back at Type O Negative’s swansong album Dead Again
The story of Genesis and Nursery Cryme
With new drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett bolstering their ranks, Genesis pushed the boat out with album No. 3
Terry Reid: 10 Records That Changed My Life
From Tommy Steele to Don Henley: 10 remarkable records that inspired the extraordinary career of singer Terry Reid
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
In Flames, Obituary and Skindred are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Rare cuts, make-up contests and chef Paul Stanley - eight awesome things we learned on-board Kiss Kruise 2022
Kiss Kruise 2022 was the ultimate Kiss party, and we got to sneak onboard to see it all go down
10 essential rap metal albums
Get the party – or the riot – started with these rap metal classics
Jason Newsted on thrash metal, the Black Album and life after Metallica: “Playing Enter Sandman for the 1,000th time kinda wears on you”
Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted looks back on the highs and lows of his epic career
Every The Killers album ranked from worst to best
An assessment of The Killers' seven UK number one albums, reviewed, rated and ranked
Shinedown's Brent Smith: My Life in 10 Songs
Shinedown singer Brent Smith shares the stories behind his anthems, from leaving behind a troubled childhood to getting clean
10 bands that wouldn't exist without Discharge
From Metallica to Slipknot, Machine Head to Napalm Death, heavy music wouldn't be the same without Discharge
Murderdolls’ Dead In Hollywood: how a Slipknot side-project delivered a horror-punk classic
Murderdolls’ early 00s classic Dead In Hollywood was the sound of Slipknot’s Joey Jordison living out his horror-punk fantasies
"He did all this wild playing": Behind the scenes at Jimi Hendrix’s first ever live gig
In 1959, the teenage Jimi Hendrix took to the stage of a Seattle synagogue to play his first ever live performance – only to be fired before the set had finished
"Guns N' Roses have been creatively impotent since 1991" - former manager Alan Niven
Alan Niven shepherded Guns N' Roses through Appetite For Destruction and the Use Your Illusions. He doesn't hold out much hope for a new album
6 things you need to know about Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts
From punk rock madness to shelved studio albums, Tuk Smith has had no choice but to embrace the chaos
How the Bellamy Brothers' happiest hit produced the wealthiest roadie ever
Neil Diamond's guitar tech Larry E. Williams wasn't a songwriter by trade, but then he came up Let Your Love Flow, an upbeat tune that sold millions
Inside Iceland Airwaves 2022 as the coolest music festival on the planet returns in spectacular fashion
Iceland Airwaves takes over the museums, churches, pubs, clubs and streets of Europe's most northern city for three days of music and magic
