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Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 30
From Lord Of The Lost and Babymetal to Avatar, Hanabie and Halestorm, these are the best new metal songs this week
“His carefree aesthetic is wonderfully captured’”: Kevin Ayers’ Shooting At The Moon
Canterbury icon’s erratic second album, on vinyl for the first time, shines with the contributions of Mike Oldfield and Lol Coxhill
“Is this a feel-bad album?”: 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord’s solo debut
New vinyl version proves that songs he writes outside The Pineapple Thief’s domain still deserve to be heard
The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show
Toto finally released a live DVD after two attempts had failed for Spinal Tap style reasons
A last-minute crew change, an exploding car and a contract battle all contributed to plans being abandoned, until the band delivered 35th Anniversary: Live In Poland in 2014
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep
What if I told you A-ha’s Hunting High And Low is really a prog album?
Believe it or not, the 1985 pop record emerged from a background of Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Morten Harket singing along to Queen songs
Big Big Train once hated 2002 album Bard. Long deleted, the dark secret has become a rare gem
In the process of remastering it for a limited edition, friendships were rekindled, music was re-evaluated, and the band’s current line-up demonstrated what the quarter-century journey had been all about
