Transatlantic's The Absolute Universe: not one technically flawless concept album, but two
Acclaimed proggers Transatlantic go for broke on fifth album The Absolute Universe
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets overwhelm and bamboozle on Shyga! The Sunlight Mound
Worlds collide on Psychedelic Porn Crumpets' fourth album Shyga! The Sunlight Mound, in a cornucopia of multi-coloured, high-speed sound
Foo Fighters' Medicine At Midnight spikes grunge ballast with pop panache
Foo Fighters' Medicine At Midnight is Dave Grohl’s tightest set yet, with supernatural aid
John Mayall's 35 disc box set: gem-studded, but who is it for?
The golden years of John Mayall, Godfather of British Blues, celebrated on The First Generation 1965-1974
The Telescopes stay spooky and mesmeric on Songs Of Love And Revolution
The kaleidoscopic dream-pop of The Telescopes is distilled beautifully on 12th album Songs Of Love And Revolution
The Ruins Of Beverast’s The Thule Grimoires: extreme metal maverick’s full-spectrum sonic assault
Alexander von Meilenwald – aka The Ruins Of Beverast – casts his net wide on new album The Thule Grimoires with stellar results
John Carpenter’s Lost Themes III: horror master unearths fresh synthwave chills for us
Halloween director and synthwave inspiration John Carpenter serves up immersive chills on new album Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
Korpiklaani’s Jylhä album: folk metal berzerkers put down the grog and get serious
Finnish lunatics Korpiklaani put the grog to one side for something more serious on new album Jylhä
Cult Of Luna’s The Raging River: post-metal catharsis and a surprise guest on heavyweight new EP
Cult Of Luna rope in grunge icon Mark Lanegan on album-sized EP The Raging River
The Firm: The Firm - Album Of The Week Club review
Supergroup The Firm saw Jimmy Page turn to Paul Rodgers to sort out his post-Zeppelin malaise. Our review suggests things didn't turn out as super as expected
Michael Schenker Group's Immortal is their best album in nearly four decades
Michael Schenker resurrects the iconic MSG band on Immortal, and it's majestic
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites review
Not yet ratedSW serves up an OK Computer for the Amazon age.
When You Found Me finds Lucero at their brooding, brilliant best
Lucero's When You Found Me: just like going to the movies
Raunch and social consciousness meet on Edgar Broughton Band's Speak Down The Wires
Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings 1975-1982 is a useful compilation of four albums by hardy veteran Midlands rockers Edgar Broughton Band
The Besnard Lakes thrill on gorgeous baroque psych-prog collection
Canada's answer to the Flaming Lips, The Besnard Lakes, commit to beauty and scale on sixth album The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings
Accept's Too Mean To Die: It’s still balls-to-the-wall, man
Battle-hardened veterans Accept are still going at it with astonishing intensity on Too Mean To Die
It’s Steven Wilson versus Jeff Bezos on The Future Bites
On The Future Bites Steven Wilson takes a pessimistic but powerful look at humanity's self-made shopping prison
Curved Air's full mix of sonic identities celebrated on The Albums 1970-1973
The madly eclectic studio output of prog pioneers Curved Air, all boxed up
