Hold those end of year lists: Múr just put out one of the best metal debut albums of 2024
Another uniquely mesmerising metal band from Iceland has entered the chat
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Were Detective the 1970s Greta Van Fleet?
Michael Des Barres leads Detective through an album that owes much to their Led Zeppelin paymasters
While She Sleeps reiterate their place among the metalcore elite with dazzling London show
While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but what’s lacking in size is made up for in killer songs and blinding lights
“His strident yet emotive voice is a remarkable legacy”: John Wetton’s Concentus live box set
Expansive 10-disc collection is the first of three charting decades of his onstage work
Confidence Man are ridiculous. They're also one of the best live acts on Planet Earth right now
Confidence Man are a dazzling, ludicrous triumph in Brixton. Surely arenas beckon?
Friends of the late, great Mark Lanegan - including Josh Homme, Dave Gahan, Chrissie Hynde and Bobby Gillespie - assemble in London for an emotional celebration of a truly singular talent
On what would have been Mark Lanegan's 60th birthday, friends and peers salute a much-missed musical maverick
Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl
Be-bop, beat and ballads
True believers DeWolff express their love of music on Muscle Shoals
Soul power: Dutch rockersDeWolff tap into the musical ley lines on tenth studio album
Aphrodite’s Child witness the end of the world again with a repackaged 666
The Greek trio’s musical take on the apocalyptic Gospel of John returns 52 years on with far less controversy and unbroken artistic impact
Klaus Shulze’s 101 Milky Way, rescued from the vault, is a compelling journey
80-minute work from 2009 – of which just a fraction was used in a movie soundtrack – was rescued from his vault following his 2022 death
“Time has reframed it as a pivotal album”: Marillion’s This Strange Engine Deluxe Edition
Marking an and and a beginning for the band, this extended version of the 1997 original states its case as an elegant outlier in their catalogue
Sleep Token show London why they've become metal's biggest success story in over two decades
The mysterious masked metallers put on a dazzling second show at a packed-out London O2
Temple Of The Dog's eulogy for a fallen friend still shines
Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music
Tears For Fears’ Songs For A Nervous Planet blends live tracks with four powerful new songs
As 2022’s The Tipping Point confirmed, they’ve always known how to go big without ever going over the top
“Joyously entertaining and utterly committed”: Solstice’s Return To Cropredy video edition
Glorious visual celebration of the neo-prog survivors in the present, accompanied by New Light, a fascinating documentary of their past
Neal Morse breaks out more sumptuous melodies on No Hill For A Climber
Transatlantic leader’s latest album sees him working with younger musicians and letting them work their own magic – while adding plenty of his own
Crippled Black Phoenix: The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature / Horrific Honorifics No.2
Dark proggers revisit their past and banish memories of bad blood in a collection of re-recordings that could easily have been so much less, plus a set of impressive covers
Sweet's early classics shine bright on the irresistible Isolation Boulevard
Glam royalty Sweet buff up their crown jewels
The stars shine on Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 collection
Two nights, four CDs, one six-string feast
