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When fate intervened to destroy an art-rock record, its creators wrote an album about fate
New concept LP begins with the true story of a baggage handler who stole a plane and killed himself, and goes on to celebrate a fake cult based on a toy ball
Gazpacho’s Magic 8-Ball explores characters at breaking point
Norwegian art-rockers deliver tightly-focused songs after a Hollywood clash forced them to reboot their 12th album
Debate: What’s the greatest concept album of all time?
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is incredible, but were Genesis outdone by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Rush, Marillion or even The Kinks?
Every Meat Loaf album ranked, from worst to best
The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best
The former metalcore brats who astonished everyone with a prog concept album
Once talked up as “the next Metallica,” this American group rejected easy options and used their developing skills to craft a progressive metal record that arrived without warning in 2016
Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different
In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes
Avatar’s Don’t Go In The Forest is the album for people who like their massive 80s-inspired tunes with a side order of creepiness
Avatar finally go for the commercial jugular on Don’t Go In The Forest
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s One Size Fits All, five decades on
The original nine tracks expanded to 58 – and while there’s some repetition and flawed live production, the energy is vigorous
