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