Reviews

Can we review Axl Rose's labour of love Chinese Democracy without talking about time and money? Probably not

The legendary duo seamlessly blend their genre-defining strain of blackened metal with their expert knowledge of heavy music in the relentlessly riffy Old Star

The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd

Recorded after the tragic deaths of two band members, Brothers And Sisters found The Allman Brothers Band striving for unity and renewal

Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan dials down the rock and ups the country quotient on second solo release Tenderness

Part rock, part prog, under-produced and released on a French disco label: it can only be Saxon's debut album

The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow was one of the most extraordinary British albums of the late 1960s, and one utterly beset by disaster

Formed from the Wishbone Ash's background in hard rock, folk and crisp, electric blues, Argus's evocative strains pioneered a twin-guitar approach that was adopted by countless other bands

Gong: The Next Generation makes another great leap forward...

Italian masters make a triumphant return...

David Coverdale shows he can still keep it up after all these years, as Whitesnake unfurl Flesh & Blood

Saints & Sinners by Whitesnake features two songs that would later be successfully remodelled... but what of the rest of the album?

Timely defiance from E Street Band legend Little Steven, with new album Summer Of Sorcery

The Wildhearts' first album in 10 years, Renaissance Men, ticks all the right boxes – arriba!

Metallica's Black Album turned them from rising thrash stars to mainstream rock icons. Did the compromise come at a cost?

Lavish 50th anniversary reissue for VdGG’s elusive debut album

Studio ace Alan Parsons has been tempted back into recording a new album, after 15 years away. Can he weave his sonic magic once more?

John Mitchell’s trilogy reaches a stirring conclusion...

Bon Jovi's second album 7800° Fahrenheit failed to launch the band towards superstardom in the way its follow-up Slippery When Wet did. Can our reviewers figure out why?