ZZ Top: Wembley Arena, London Exactly two years to the day I saw the mighty Texans play a set at Hammersmith Odeon that was so cool and oo...

Royal Southern Brotherhood: Don't Look Back: The Muscle Shoals Sessions (Ruf) Never has there been such an apt title for an album, RSB...

Paradise Lost: The Plague Within (Century Media) If you’d asked Paradise Lost in 1988 whether they’d still be pursuing the path of darknes...

Art Of Anarchy: S/T (Century Media) Art Of Anarchy is one part Guns N Roses, one part Disturbed, and one part Stone Temple Pilots as it fe...

Hammer King: Kingdom Of The Hammer King (Cruz Del Sur) Hammer King, guess what they play? Yes they are a power metal band from Germany and...

Whitesnake: The Purple Album (Frontiers) In 1983 I wanted to be David Coverdale. Yes, he of the stunningly soulful wail and the most magni...

The Graveltones: Love Lies Dying (Lagoon Dog) So Aussie two-piece The Graveltones get around to releasing their sophomore album after rele...

Fleetwood Mac: Genting Arena, Birmingham In September 2013 I finally achieved a lifelong ambition to see Fleetwood Mac in the flesh. The e...

Faith No More: Sol Invictus (Reclamation/Ipecac) 1997 remember that year? Seems a long time ago since Britpop loomed large and Tony Blair ...

Armored Saint: Win Hands Down (Metal Blade) Armored Saint will probably be known as the band that John Bush fronted before he was in Anthr...