Andy Fairweather Low continues as the master of nonsense titles on Flang Dang
High-pitched hitmaker and guitar sideman Andy Fairweather Low releases first solo studio album in a decade
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35 years on, Mudhoney are as feral and incisive and sarcastic as ever
Plastic Eternity is the 11th studio album for Sub Pop’s flagship band Mudhoney
If you want immense melodies and uplifting choruses, Welshly Arms have got you
Irresistible choruses from start to finish on Welshly Arms' third album Wasted Words & Bad Decisions
The 20th anniversary edition of Linkin Park's Meteora is pure nu metal catnip
Linkin Park's second album Meteora has been lavishly expanded in celebration of its 20th birthday
Metallica 72 Seasons review: 2023’s most anticipated metal album is a ringing success
Metallica’s only concern is making the best Metallica album possible, irrespective of what’s going on around them... and they've succeeded
Heart: Heart - Album Of The Week Club review
In the 1980s Heart's music was retooled as super-slick AOR, the Wilson sisters rocked Dynasty hairdos and frilly corsets, MTV loved them, and they sold millions
Metallica 72 Seasons review: rarely has James Hetfield laid himself so bare
Papa Het has shown a new level of vulnerability on a decent if unspectacular Metallica record
Last In Line looser and grittier than before on the classy Jericho
Former Dio men Vivian Campbell and Vinnie Appice return with third album of thunderous hard rock, Jericho
Here's what Babymetal fans think of The Other One: "Any metal band that chucks sax on a song deserves an 8/10"
We asked Babymetal fans to give their verdict on new album The Other One - and they answered in style
Crown Lands: so deep in 70s Rush you can almost see Geddy Lee’s kimono flapping about
Crown Lands' Fearless may sound exactly like vintage Rush in parts, but it's an album peppered with great songs and pulls off some daring feats of pomp, pop and rock
Softcult’s See You In The Dark brings empowering Riot Grrrl to a modern audience
Shoegaze, grunge and punk from Canadian twins on the rise
Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro has a new extreme metal project, and it just tore London to shreds
Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil's extreme metal side-band Empire State Bastard unleash hell at debut London gig, their third show ever
Bury Tomorrow have made a metalcore album that could fill arenas, but will make daytime radio listeners crap themselves
Bury Tomorrow's seventh album The Seventh Sun is their biggest sounding yet - can they replicate the crossover success of Architects and Bring Me The Horizon?
Victrola Journey record player review
With its retro looks, this suitcase turntable will take you on a trip back in time - but there are some neat mod cons thrown in too
John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends - Album Of The Week Club review
More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase
Depeche Mode's Memento Mori: a sonic feast and a fitting epitaph to departed friends
A post-Fletch Depeche Mode channel grief into deluxe autumnal electro-blues on fifteenth studio album Memento Mori
Floor Jansen goes it alone to seek more mainstream acclaim
Paragon is the debut solo album from Nightwish singer Floor Jansen
We all share music we adore. Why shouldn't Saxon?
More Inspirations is the follow-up to 2021's Inspirations and finds Saxon covering Kiss, The Who, Alex Harvey and more
After 50 years, Pink Floyd's imposing The Dark Side Of The Moon remains a cornerstone of rock
With The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd invented something new: stadium rock that was very loud but somehow very sensitive
