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Every Pearl Jam album 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

“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

The Hives celebrate sweat and rock'n'roll glory on The Hives Forever Forever The Hives
By Sleazegrinder published
The Hives are back to ruin your bad mood

"Amid the chaos and violence, Beth strains with every fibre of her being to resist, and to refuse, and to fight for what she holds dear and true." A defiant Jehnny Beth confronts an ever-darkening world with the fierce, furious You Heartbreaker, You
By Paul Brannigan published
Former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth returns with thrillingly intense, nu metal-influenced second solo album

Chimpan A battle the TikTokification of music on M.I.A. Vol 1
By Johnny Sharp published
Rob Reed and Steve Balsamo’s unique approach delivers an ambitious and unorthodox triumph
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