Buckcherry: Confessions – review
An exploration of frontman Josh Todd's troubled childhood produces some of Buckcherry's best ballads to date, writes Dom Lawson
Bullet for My Valentine: Temper Temper – review
Bullet for My Valentine's latest album is unlikely to expand their audience beyond the sulky teen demographic, writes Dom Lawson
Funeral for a Friend: Conduit – review
Welsh post-hardcore quintet Funeral for a Friend sound engergised and invigorated on their new album, writes Dom Lawson
Biffy Clyro: Opposites – review
A double concept album with a cover by Storm Thorgerson – have Biffy Clyro succumbed to the ultimate rock cliche, asks Alexis Petridis
Asking Alexandria
Living up to the hype, Asking Alexandria seem primed and hungry, with Danny Worsnop an entertaining frontman, writes Graeme Virtue
Black Veil Brides: Wretched and Divine – review
Love 'em or hate 'em, the new album from glam-metal stars Black Veil Brides will please their fans, if not Dom Lawson
The Sword – review
This was classic-style heavy metal at its loudest, with tales of witches and wolves, and simple riffs built for headbanging, writes Dave Simpson
Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists (20th anniversary edition) – review
The Manic Street Preachers may have been anti-nostalgia, but they certainly brought back the spirit of punk on their debut album, writes Caroline Sullivan
Rush: 2112 (Deluxe Edition) – review
Rush’s 20-minute concept suite about Ayn Rand is one of rock’s most unlikely triumphs – even if the rest of the album is rubbish, writes Michael Hann
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day – review
The recording of Led Zep's 2007 reunion show in London captures them in inspired form, writes Phil Mongredien
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day – review
This recording of Led Zeppelin's one-off 2007 reunion concert is as good a way as any to remember them, writes Dave Simpson
Soundgarden: King Animal – review
They may have said they'd never reform, but Soundgarden have made a good fist of bringing back their grungey riffing, writes Dave Simpson
Neurosis: Honor Found in Decay – review
By expressing human frailty with such visceral abandon, Neurosis have once again turned darkness into euphoria, writes Dom Lawson
Kiss: Monster – review
Kiss seem to have rediscovered what made them so great in the first place. It's hardly sophisticated, but it makes Jamie Thomson happy
Katatonia: Dead End Kings – review
The ninth album from this Swedish metal insitution is subtly inventive excercise in atmospheric heaviness, writes Dom Lawson