Reviews

Turn-of-the-century reissues from a reinvigorated Megadeth

Greek masters Rotting Christ dive into the ancient mysteries and deliver unto us an extreme metal classic

A debut album from the youthful Free, a band with a couldn’t-care-less attitude honed on the rough-and-ready UK circuit of blues clubs and ballrooms

SAHB crept up on an unsuspecting nation, grabbed it by the balls and won hearts and minds in unison

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl

Paradise Theater: a concept piece based on a fictional rundown venue, and a metaphor for the American dream

Long Beach rockers’ Rival Sons' sixth album twists and turns and ultimately triumphs

Divisive gangster metallers King 810 are still hitting the highs and lows

Magnificent bleakness and inconsolable loss from Finnish death-doom veterans

Rising alt-rockers embrace all shades of metal on their first album

Japan’s new power metal queens scale the heights on their second album

Dovetailing perfectly with what AC/DC and Aerosmith were doing, the Scorpions added arena sparkle to their sound

The nu metal survivors cast their sonic net wide on album number 10

Ex-Montrose, pre-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar seeks solo success

Old and new Magnum material given a live sparkle

Jason Aalon Butler rises from the ashes of LetLive with a genre-mashing debut from his new band Fever 333

When push comes to shove, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs might just showcase Eric Clapton at his very best

Slade may not have been cool, but they were a better live act than most, and Alive! captures the band at their fiery best

After three decades of negotiation, Cheap Trick finally play Liverpool's legendary Cavern club