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How Caravan’s In The Land Of Grey And Pink became an unheralded prog classic
By Paul Henderson published
The leading lights of the Canterbury Scene’s third album is a genuine masterpiece – but pitifully few people heard about it on its arrival

"There’s still plenty of Slipknot-style pummelling, but Tallah are spreading their wings."
By Paul Travers published
Tallah's third album sees them branch out from their more obvious nu metal inclinations

Pearl Jam albums ranked from worst to best
By Dave Everley published
Dismissed by many of their peers as grunge interlopers, Pearl Jam have out-written, out-sold and outlived most of those detractors

“He said, ‘We can’t use this – people will think we’re a Christian rock band!’ I went and got myself a drink. There was no arguing with that kind of thinking”: Marillion’s battle over the cover for Afraid Of Sunlight
By Philip Wilding published
Diplomacy abandoned singer Steve Hogarth and keyboardist Mark Kelly in disagreement over 1995 artwork, which was later reinstated. In the end it was just another fight between mates

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 1, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Cheap Trick, the Vintage Caravan, Foxy Shazam and more

“Life changed. Time healed wounds. No more feeling alone or depressed – it’s like, ‘Let’s do something positive. Let’s fight’”: When Mariusz Duda escaped the darkness on Lunatic Soul’s Through Shaded Woods
By Dave Everley published
The Riverside leader’s seventh side-project album, intended to be its penultimate release, continued his personal life-and-death story cycle

Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Mirage: a flute-heavy mix of symphonic sweep, jazz fusion and melodic subtlety

Helloween's Giants & Monsters: A thoroughly modern melodic metal album
By Dave Everley published
Retooled German metal meisters Helloween show their class on seventeenth studio album
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