As urgent and unique as ever, RATM’s debut has aged extremely well.
For thrills, spills and hair-raising heaviness, Vultures gets the job done in style.
Honours half a century of classic rock with reverence and respect.
Truly brilliant best-of collection from the Des Moines metal misfits.
The LA quartet’s second LP, reissued with extras, comes stuffed with rollicking tunes.
The perfect introduction to a guitar legend and a feast for hardened fans.
A neat summation of a singular vision, the likes of which we will not see again.
A revealing release, which makes it clear that Maiden’s ‘lean’ years were anything but.
Great live album from the reformed rockers’ 1996 US tour.
A debut that crackles with energy, simply electrifying at its best.
Huge crowds, quality performances and emotionally charged selections.
A great souvenir of Dio’s halcyon days and a fitting tribute to a true legend.
A harmless little sparkler where once there was a ton of TNT.
Classic rock supergroup defies the odds to deliver a great debut LP.
The performances here simply cannot be faulted.
An underrated work by any reckoning.
Former Thunder and Winterville men produce the album of their careers.
There’s a fair bit of top-drawer rock to be found on this recent-career retrospective.
Remastering brings clarity and punch to what was already an iconic metal landmark.
A remarkable achievement from the metal titans.
Unfettered, uncluttered and utterly unique, Rated R still sounds as vital as ever.
Scales the energetic highs that made Mudhoney and Nirvana so exhilarating.
After 40 years, is the good ship Hawkwind finally sputtering to a halt?
Metal born at the crossroads where eclecticism and schizophrenia meet.
Another patchy solo album from the Black Sabbath legend.
A seamless sonic journey across terrain both bleak and beautiful.
Hard-rocking Aussies deliver a second album of aural Prozac for the 21st century.
A powerful statement from a revitalized and still-relevant band.
Definitive edition of 80s thrash-metal classic.
Uneasy listening from post-metal pioneers.
The biggest, brashest, dumbest kitsch since KISS first slapped on make-up.
The ultimate rarities collection from the ultimate hard rock band.
Oakland quartet’s third album is by far their most metal yet.
Thrash metal kings rediscover their aggressive streak.
A hardcore holocaust from the Peel Sessions archives.
English heavy rock veterans re-record classic tracks.
A transcendent rock record from an unlikely collaboration.
Eighth blast of everyday evil from Austrian extreme metallers.
The ultimate version of one of the greatest British rock records of the 80s.
Career-best sensation from the wild men of rock.
Viking-obsessed gothic metal with a pop sensibility
