A Wilhelm Scream return with Cheap Heat, their sixth album, out February 27 via Creator-Destructor – and it's a throwback!

It’s been 20 years since My Chemical Romance dropped The Black Parade, the album that defined a generation of emo fans.

Take the title of The Spiritual Sound as a kind of syllabus, and you’ll find a heady list of musical reference points that ...

Mark Feld was born in London in 1947, and adopted the stage name Marc Bolan as a teenager. Like many British rock stars of ...

The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite ...

And with that, we come to the end of 2025! Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to spend time with a wide range of albums ...

A popular ‘90s music group is release its first new album in 34 years. 4 Non Blondes, best known for the hit song “What’s Up? (What’s Going On),” will finally release its second album in 2026, record ...

Rainbow began and ended the same way: as a solo vehicle for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who left Deep Purple after disagreements in the band's direction following the arrival of two replacement ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After much consternation, I’ve managed to pare down a long list of fine jazz-improv recordings from 2025 to a top 10. So, apologies to Marshall Allen, The ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

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Let’s be real for a second — that new Testament album Para Bellum fucking rules. It hits all the right things you’d expect from a Testament album in 2025, but also brings some new freshness thanks to ...