Shredding. Wailing. Peacock Rock with a mean streak, the stellar return album we didn't dare hope for is here.  More

Lanegan's hypnotically magnetic midnight hymns have reached new heights on Blues Funeral, and we're happily chasing the hearse down that old dirt road, once again. More

L.O.G. returns with the first great metal album of 2012. More

Revolution is on the menu for these hyper-spastic rockers' third album - and they serve it up smashingly. More

Shooter Jennings' overlooked Black Ribbons draws comparisons to NIN, Bowie, Floyd, and even Kanye. It's all over the place, and it all works. More

Just when we thought we had a lock on the best albums of the year, these Akron blues demons had to go and fuck it all up with a near-masterpiece.  More

AQ's Retro Reviews feature returns, with a powerful tale of growing up in Iran during a time of great oppression - and the soundtrack that came to define the era. More