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Classic Albums Revisited: The Ghost Wolves – Man, Woman, Beast

The Ghost Wolves create a garage-punk flavoured, fuzz-drenched and sleazy noise on their 2015 LP that is hard to resist.

Classic Albums Revisited: Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion

The seminal recording from the occult-driven art-metal masters.

Classic Albums Revisited: Say Lou Lou – Lucid Dreaming

The debut LP from the Swedish/Australian duo is a perfect combination of uplifting disco and melancholic etherealism, taking you on an emotional journey.

Classic Albums Revisited: Kraftwerk – Tour De France Soundtracks

Kraftwerk’s classic 2003 tribute to the Tour de France cycle race and the technology that drives it is re-examined.

Classic Albums Revisited: Driving Mrs Satan’s Popscotch

Italian lounge-metal covers that work more effectively than you might expect.

Classic Albums Revisited: Ólöf Arnalds’ Palme

The quirky and mysterious sounds of the Icelandic folk singer’s last album to date.

Classic Albums Revisited: Random Jon Poole

A collection of predictably unpredictable musical variations from the former Cardiacs guitarist.

Classic Albums Revisited: The Dangers Of Evil Blizzard

The unruly pleasures of ‘black psychedelia’ on the debut album from Preston’s finest masked madmen.

Classic Albums Revisited: Nirvana’s Nevermind

The album that ushered in the grunge revolution is perhaps more important as a signpost in rock history than as a musical work.

Classic Albums Revisited: Bathory’s Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

Looking back at one of the pioneering moments in the Black Metal story.

Classic Albums Revisited: Fairport Convention’s Rising For The Moon

A transitional album for the British folk-rock pioneers now comes in a posh expanded edition.

Classic Albums Revisited: Toyah’s Sheep Farming In Barnet

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Toyah’s debut album remains as startling, experimental and unsettling now as it was on its original release.