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"Machine Head live to defy expectations." Robb Flynn and co. conquer Bloodstock with an explosive, emotional headline set
By Rich Hobson published
Machine Head return to Bloodstock for an almighty Saturday night headline set

Lacuna Coil's Bloodstock set shows they are a band operating at the peak of their powers
By Merlin Alderslade published
30 years into their career, Lacuna Coil are writing some of their very best music - and putting on some of their best live shows

Orange Goblin just played their final ever UK festival show - and it was one hell of a goodbye
By Rich Hobson published
Orange Goblin commemorate their 30th - and final - year with a barnstorming final UK festival performance at Bloodstock

One big thing stopped Nailbomb's first UK show being a classic
By Stephen Hill published
Max Cavalera's Nailbomb show why they're so revered in the metal scene, even if sound gremlins scupper their momentum

Be-Bop Deluxe’s finest hours revisited again – but the journey is always rewarding
By James McNair published
Bill Nelson’s finest hours are revisited again in clamshell set, but the journey is always rewarding

Greatest Hits Expanded charts Chicago's evolution into accomplished balladeers
By John Aizlewood published
The bonkers and the ballads

The Black Keys sound euphoric on the dreamy 60s psych-soul sound of No Rain, No Flowers
By Mark Beaumont published
Beleaguered retro rockers the Black Keys sprout fresh, soulful intent on thirteenth studio album No Rain, No Flowers

Jethro Tull’s Still Living In The Past defies lazy assumptions of what prog was in the 70s
By Chris Roberts published
Reissue series revives the 1972 high-class hodgepodge in a generous, never perfunctory style
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