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May 2020

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May 29
- Rush - Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Review
- Elder's Omens: a behemoth of intricately proggy heavy psychedelia
- Iggy Pop's Bowie Years: the resurgence of the punkfather
- Rush's Permanent Waves: a 40th anniversary worth celebrating
- Kip Moore's Wild World: arena-friendly, but beware lyrical tropes
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Chunky Shrapnel: demented wig-outs and noodle jams
- Palaye Royale: The Bastards - primed to explode like a spectacular firework display of misery
- Patrón's debut album: sleaze-tinged desert swagger from star-studded lineup
May 28
- Bleed From Within’s Fracture album is what metalcore should sound like in 2020
May 27
- Theraphosa’s Transcendence album is a blackened exploration of the soul
May 25
- Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story - Album Of The Week Club review
- Witchcraft’s Black Metal: the opposite of what it says on the tin
May 22
- Kavus Torabi - Hip To The Jag Review
- Steve Earle's Ghosts of West Virginia: an undeniably powerful, angry work
- FM's Synchronized: another superlative show of strength
- The Airborne Toxic Event's Hollywood Park: a grandiose reflection on a tumultuous life
- Spirit's Tent Of Miracles: expanded but still lean and illuminating
- Snowy White's Lucky Star Anthology: a seductive and tasty collection
- Sir Lord Baltimore's Complete Recordings: revelatory, and endlessly entertaining
- Dennis DeYoung's 26 East: Volume 1 - breathtaking in scope and sound
May 21
- Nu-thrashers Shrapnel mix it up with the old masters on Palace For The Insane
- Reissues round up: Hellhammer, Witchery, Diamanda Galas and more
May 19
- 1000mods: Greek stoner kings go global on new album Youth Of Dissent
May 18
- Yngwie Malmsteen: Odyssey - Album Of The Week Club review
- Green Carnation’s Leaves Of Yesteryear is the comeback album prog metal is waiting for
May 17
- Horisont party like it’s 1975 on joyous new album Sudden Death
May 15
- Pattern-Seeking Animals - Prehensile Tales review
- Paradise Lost's Obsidian: turning bleakness into beauty
- Jason Isbell And the 400 Unit: Reunions - charging a tired format with passion and perception
May 14
- Asking Alexandria’s Like A House On Fire: metalcore out, pop-rock in
- Paradise Lost’s Obsidian: doom majesty meets old school goth bangers
May 13
- Triptykon’s monumental Requiem is a live album like you’ve never heard before
May 11
- Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74 - Album Of The Week Club review
May 8
- Occult black metallers Secrets Of The Moon embrace their inner goth on Black House
- Brant Bjork by Brant Bjork: a bass-heavy, fuzz-caked meditation
- Mark Lanegan's Straight Songs Of Sorrow: exorcising ghosts, one song at a time
May 7
- Naglfar’s Cerecloth: slumbering black metal giants awaken
May 6
- Winterfylleth go full-force UKBM on new album The Reckoning Dawn
May 5
- Judas Priest: Stained Class - Album Of The Week Club review
May 1
- Havok have nailed 21st century thrash with new album V
- Vader’s Solitude In Madness: the fire burns stronger than ever