The sisters of mercy first and last and always rhino ★★★★☆

Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by the band, who celebrate their 40th this year.

Sid Lives JUNGLE

The Accidental EARMUSIC

Retracing Our Steps (2007–2014) KSCOPE

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.

London The Roundhouse