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Sabaton x Nothing More is one of the most surprising heavy metal collaborations we’ve heard all year – and it doesn’t sound half bad
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Pink Floyd announce 50th anniversary reissue of Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50 on various formats on December 12
Artists
De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention
Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’s clear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain
Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French doesn’t love prog, but adores Emerson, Lake and Palmer
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Graham Bonnet on the "berserk" response to Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone
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“Drug dealers and freaks and crazy people left over from the 60s – all defiant and distorted”: The story behind the Rolling Stones’ iconic Exile On Main Street album cover
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Music
Spock’s Beard made Noise Floor with stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting an ambition go
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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band mix it up on Nightingales & Bombers
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Arjen Lucassen decided to be an egomaniac, and the result is Songs No One Will Hear
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Tech
Cambridge Audio Melomania P100 SE review
Incredible battery life, great sound and exception ANC make these a very decent pair of phones - but they're big!
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Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus earplugs review
Plug your lugs with these highly-versatile earplugs from a seminal audio heavyweight
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John Wetton’s Concentus II is 10 discs of sumptuous live performance
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Third and fourth studio albums remastered at half speed for vinyl reissues
“Genuinely shocking, and uninterested in the post-rock status quo”: Jo Quail’s Notan
The cello champion defies comparison as her compositional skills continue to develop and impress
Arjen Anthony Lucassen has fun counting down to Armageddon on Songs No One Will Hear
Tragedy and comedy are combined among rich musical moments in Ayreon leader’s pre-apocalyptic adventure
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