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September 2025

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September 13
- “They took big swings, but knew when a lighter touch fitted. It’s like Pink Floyd played by 10cc”: Supertramp’s Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis? 50th anniversary editions
- “Genuinely shocking, and uninterested in the post-rock status quo”: Jo Quail’s Notan proves yet again that there’s no one quite like her
September 12
- Twenty One Pilots Breach review: it's the end of the band as we know them, but it points to an exciting future all the same
- “Faintly ludicrous and simplistic – but Humankind should enjoy it while it still can”: Arjen Anthony Lucassen has fun counting down to Armageddon on Songs No One Will Hear
- “If they were Dungeons & Dragons characters, their alignment would be Chaotic Good, breaking all the rules with the best of intentions”: Between The Buried And Me’s The Blue Nowhere breaks for no one
September 11
- "It’s bat***, bug****, bull****. If you really dislike the band, it’s utter dog****." Between The Buried And Me finally bite off more than they can chew with The Blue Nowhere
- "A gigantic, impermeable, orbital black achievement which has intensified with age": Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti receives a 50th Birthday polish
September 10
- Lorna Shore's I Feel The Everblast Festering Within Me review: Deathcore's biggest band just made an extreme metal album fit for arenas
September 9
- Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 SE review
- “Over-inflated soufflés passing as cinematic wallpaper”: Vangelis’ soundtrack for 1492: Conquest Of Paradise has aged as badly as its parent movie
September 8
- "A much smarter and more socially conscious band than their image and stage show might have you believe": The Alice Cooper Band conjure up a twisted classic on Killer
September 5
- "Whichever musical hat he wears, its brim casts a darker shadow than before": If this is his final solo album, Glenn Hughes is closing that door with a mighty bang
- “Understated, captivating ebb and flow with a sense of cohesion”: Green Carnation commence a trilogy with the enthralling A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia
September 4
- Beige Against The Machine: Grandson's Bob Vylan-assisted third album Inertia is well-meaning, angry, heartfelt and simplistic enough for pre-schoolers
September 3
- "There's a vulnerability to the sound, but strength too, evoking a refusal to settle or submit." Slow Crush embark on an emotional journey with seductive third album Thirst
September 2
- "There’s still plenty of Slipknot-style pummelling, but Tallah are spreading their wings." One of nu metal's best modern bands are evolving in style on Primeval: Obsession // Detachment
- Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus earplugs review
- Thrilling, unsettling and definitely NSFW: Witch Club Satan's first UK show proved they're the best thing to happen in black metal in years
September 1
- "A little more restraint in the number of extra notes would help let things shine": Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage
- "There are no sprawling fantastical epics here, no dragons or orcs or magical pumpkins": Helloween's Giants & Monsters is a thoroughly modern melodic metal album