Reviews

Gaslight Anthem mainman Brian Fallon pulls up a stool on Local Honey

Ratt’s first five albums, finally retrieved from the cellar

Eleventh album Gigaton finds Seattle crew Pearl Jam raging against the world but not losing hope

Nergal's Me And That Man heads down Route 666 with a stellar new entourage in New Man, New Songs, Same Sh*t, Vol.1

Occult-infused rockers Lucifer bring their twin poles into harmony with third album, Lucifer III

Heralding the departure of Adrian Smith and the arrival of Janick Gers, Iron Maiden's No Prayer For The Dying also saw the arrival of very mixed reviews

Myrkur's Folkesange is a captivating collection of largely new folk songs rendered with ethereal harmonies, wistful lyrics and the thrum and drone of primal instruments

Inspired by a panic attack, The Groundhog's four-part suite Split soundtracked a psychotic reaction

Earache's New Wave Of Rock N Roll offers an essential state-of-the-nation address from the British rock’n’roll scene

Pittsburgh’s hardcore iconoclasts Code Orange throw down the gauntlet for a new decade with Underneath, earning a rare 10/10 in Metal Hammer

In the wake of Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, Animals saw Pink Floyd show their disgust with humanity

Ice-T, the original gangsta, is back with Body Count's latest record, Carnivore – and he's hungry as f**k

Four Cream concerts brought back to life, warts ‘n’ all, from 1968's Goodbye Tour

A battered Strat. A check shirt. Rory Gallagher wore them both well, as a new live album recorded in 1977 shows

Swiss speed-metallers Burning Witches up their wicked game on Dance With The Devil

The self-titled debut album by the original Queen Of Noise, Suzi Quatro, strives to prove she was more than a singles act

Collector-friendly seven-inch single box set from reluctant rock god Robert Plant

A timely return to form from Wishbone Ash on Coat Of Arms

The Night Flight Orchestra get their wings on fifth album Aeromantic