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"I think it surprised a lot of people!" Tears For Fears announce Deluxe Reissue of 1989's The Seeds Of Love
By Jerry Ewing Published
New Deluxe Reissue of Tears For Fears' The Seeds Of Love features brand-new Steven Wilson Atmos and Stereo mixes

Mastodon triumph over tragedy with Marrow Deep
By Chris Chantler Published
The departure of guitarist Brent Hinds in 2025 might've spelled disaster for Mastodon, but the prog metal pioneers are ambitious as ever

Tom Scholz reveals the secrets of Boston's masterful debut album
By Ken Sharp Published
Driven on by one man’s perfectionism, Boston’s debut took seven painstaking years to complete, yet its creation was inspired by just 20 seconds of music

Why Rush fans had to wait 11 years for Vapor Trails to become the album it deserved to be
By Philip Wilding Published
After tragedy shattered drummer Neil Peart’s life, many were just glad to have their 17th studio album in 2002. But it left almost everyone disappointed at the time

17-disc Soft Machine box set, Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974, due in October
By Jerry Ewing Published
Mammoth new Soft Machine box set the most comprehensive anthology of the band ever released

"I had an A&R guy at one label tell us that we were the next U2." The story behind Helmet's Meantime, the alt.rock masterpiece that even Beavis and Butthead thought was "cool"
By David McLaughlin Published
Helmet's Meantime is still shaping modern metal, 34 years after its release

Enslaved will be finished if Ivar Bjørnson stops getting stage fright
By David West Published
The story of the Norwegian prog metallers’ 2023 album Heimdal includes a mysterious Norse god, a line from Blackadder Goes Forth, cross-country skiing and childhood pop influences

Nine Levellers albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Alex Burrows Published
The recorded manifesto of politically charged folk-punk-rock survivors Levellers, still casually ignoring musical trends in 2026

Rush ascend to prog rock nirvana on the superhuman but radio-ready Moving PicturesRusah
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Bridging the gap between 70s Rush and 80s Rush, Moving Pictures remains a benchmark release

“He tore the whole thing to shreds and was very unkind”: Jethro Tull’s War Child and 1974
By Malcolm Dome Published
Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year
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