1990s

Suzanne Vega's fifth studio album Nine Objects Of Desire turns 30 this month, marking three decades since the singer-songwriter paired intimate songwriting with the experimental production of her then-husband Mitchell Froom.

Heather Nova releases In The Path Of Hurricanes ahead of her 14th album, The Orchard, reconnecting her present-day songwriting with the island imagery and emotional intensity that have defined more than three decades of her career.

Type O Negative's fourth studio album, October Rust, turns 30 on August 20, marking three decades since the Brooklyn gothic metal band expanded its sound beyond the heavier foundations of Bloody Kisses.

Tributes from rockers such as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons (KISS), Duff McKagan (Guns'n'Roses), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth/Metallica) have been posted on Twitter after news broke that co-founder of thrash metal band Pantera, Vinnie Paul, has died.

Mazzy Star will return after a seventeen year absence with the album Seasons of Your Day, due on September 24 via Rhymes of an Hour Records.

Lauryn Hill reportedly enjoyed a barbeque meal for her first prison dinner.

Dreadzone, delighted us all when they flew into the commercial domain with the unique, genre busting dub, folk, electronic dance epic 'Second Light' which featured their first ground breaking top 40 hit 'Little Britain' back in '96.