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Every Motörhead studio album ranked from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Motörhead’s appetite for virulent, violent melodies charted over the course of 23 ear-threatening albums

One TV smile made Marillion’s name, and made Misplaced Childhood a hit
By Mark Blake published
A pill in the post, a mystery woman and a chat show appearance helped turn the band into rock stars and took their 1985 dark prog masterpiece to Number One

Gillan's Future Shock pays sonic tribute to their singer's illustrious Purple past
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Future Shock found Gillan with a free-spirited sound that brought to mind nothing so much as an update on vintage Deep Purple

The Zombies’ final album Odessey And Oracle is a proto-prog classic
By Claudia Elliott published
Nothing is as it seems in Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone’s melodic and Mellotronic 1968 concoction, which ends with the song that split them up

“Rick Wakeman-like piano flair and an agile, crystalline voice”: Renaissance’s Running Hard
By James McNair published
Clamshell set illustrates a wondrous purple patch of symphonic prog-folk from Annie Haslam and co

Queen's debut album gets more intense on Dolby Atmos Blu-ray edition
By Chris Roberts published
Spatial surround sound doesn’t restrain Queen's rip-roaring debut album

Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts take aim at Trump & Co. on Talkin To The Trees
By Paul Whitelaw published
Neil Young ricochets between political fury and bittersweet domesticity on his latest waxing

"Still pumping out bottle-rocket earworms": Buckcherry are rollickingly focused on Roar Like Thunder
By Chris Lord published
Nothing broken, nothing fixed. Californian veterans Buckcherry are still good for a hard-rock earworm
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