John Petrucci’s Terminal Velocity: prog metal defiance in the face of COVID
John Petrucci reunites with ex-Dream Theatre bandmate Mike Portnoy on pandemic-busting new album Terminal Velocity
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Tallah’s Matriphagy: the sound of nu metal being reinvented for 2020
Philadelphia nu-core heroes Tallah ramp up the twisted, sadistic sounds on their debut album Matriphagy
John Petrucci - Terminal Velocity review
Not yet ratedDream Theater man John Petrucci shows his range on belated second solo album
Yes: Drama - Album Of The Week Club review
Yes become Yeggles on Drama, bringing in two pop interlopers from Buggles to shine a light on the path towards gleaming chart success
Amaranthe’s Manifest: rippling riffs meet gleaming razzmatazz on genre-mashing new album
Power metal, pop, EDM – Amaranthe leave no genre unturned on new album Manifest
Uada’s Djinn album: kvlt-baiting black metal polished to a technicolour gleam
Boundary-pushing Portland black metallers Uada provoke the faithful’s ire on new album Djinn
Svalbard’s When I Die, Will I Get Better? is the most important British metal record of 2020
Post-hardcore dissidents Svalbard cement themselves as an essential voice with new album When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Fish - Weltschmerz review
Not yet ratedTime gentlemen, please: prog’s great warrior-poet Fish bows out with a career-capping masterpiece
The Ocean’s Phanerozoic II: the conclusion to an epic journey four billion years in the making
Prog metal doesn’t get any more ambitious than the final part of The Ocean’s history of the Earth
Lou Reed's New York: a compelling cacophony of bad news, now in deluxe form
31 years on, Lou Reed's New York is still conversational, caustic and full of characters
Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits: the most dangerous vinyl in the world?
Guns N' Roses' blockbusting Greatest Hits is released on vinyl for the first time
Deftones' sonic adventures flip between bliss and fury on Ohms
Sacramento alt.metal linchpins Deftones deliver stellar ninth album with Ohms
Bob Mould's Blue Hearts is music for smashing in the news channels
Hüsker Dü legend Bob Mould tackles the present American crisis on Blue Hearts
James Williamson & Deniz Tek's Two To One: timeless, old-school rock'n'roll
Veteran pioneers crank it up as a Stooge James Williamson and Birdman Deniz Tek combine forces on Two To One
Idles' Ultra Mono is stripped-back, brutal, and lacerating
Forged during lockdown, Idles' Ultra Mono feels entirely appropriate for these times
Fish's Weltschmerz: ending on a note of beautiful melancholy
Fish signs off with imposing swansong Weltschmerz before retiring to become a writer
Public Enemy: urgency returns on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Public Enemy: Still fighting the power, with help from some famous friends on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Dyble Longdon - Between A Breath And A Breath review
Not yet ratedThe first, and sadly final, meeting of two remarkable minds
