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Bathory’s Under The Sign Of The Black Mark 30 Years On

Jim '...Of Doom' Martin and Louise 'Woman Of Dark Desires' Brown celebrate three decades of Eternal Fire with help from members of Grand Magus, Paradise Lost, White Hills and Katatonia

Could A Long-Lost Neil Young Album Be Coming?

The album was originally recorded in 1976

Silver Linings: Tamara Lindeman’s Baker’s Dozen

From her challenging relationship with Joni Mitchell to the picks from the thriving music community in her native Toronto, The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman takes Zara Hedderman through thirteen albums that shaped her songwriting

Languages Inhabited: Teju Cole’s Favourite Albums

Following the publication of his first collection of essays, Known And Strange Things, the writer and photographer pens us his own Baker's Dozen, picking "as many kinds of albums that really mattered to me as possible"

Air Force 13: Ginger Baker’s Favourite Albums

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion are playing London's Jazz Cafe this week and are one of the first acts to be announced for next year's Field Day; in advance, the legendary drummer picks out his top 13 LPs

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Burnt Ends: Slackk’s Favourite Albums

The Liverpool-via-London grime producer and Boxed co-founder released his debut album, Palm Tree Fire, last month. Now, he talks Oli Marlow through his favourite records, taking in LPs, mixtapes, pirate radio sets and magazine cover-mounts. Slackk photograph courtesy of Mehdi Lacoste

Gary Glitter, Re-Writing Musical History & The Danger Of Censorship

Gary Glitter has been omitted from a recent major compilation about glam. Johnny Sharp argues that such censorship and re-writing of musical history is dangerous, no matter how heinous the artist's crime. Photo from Shutterstock.

Depeche Mode’s Spirit: A Track-By-Track Review By Julian Marszalek

Julian Marszalek went to the Spiritland bar in Kings Cross to listen to Depeche Mode's 14th album. Here he gives us his first listen, track by track run down of what we have in store

WATCH: Holly Herndon – ‘Chorus’

Watch the video for 'Chorus', the lead track from the new 12" from RVNG affiliated electronic artist

Lust For Music: Irvine Welsh’s Favourite Albums

With Filth recently released on DVD and a new novel due later this year, the Edinburgh author places a long-distance call from Miami to give Joe Clay the rundown of his top albums

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For February Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan returns with your regular guide to a metal scene that shows no sign of a winter hibernation, reviewing essential new releases from Spectral Voice, The Obsessed, The Body & Dis Fig and more

Metallica: New LP “Heavier Black Album”

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