It can be easy to forget that GWAR still make studio albums. The grotesque Virginian shock-rockers were always more interested in OTT visuals and scatological humour than anything resembling nuanced songwriting (their name is popularly understood to be an acronym for ‘God, What an Awful Racket’), but since the death of iconic frontman Dave Brockie in 2014, it felt like the focus had shifted entirely away from recorded output and onto their slime-strewn live show. After a couple of years where being spattered by other lifeforms’ bodily-fluids bodily fluids went severely out of style, however, they’re back to prove they can deliver a good time without a trip to the laundrette across the 15-track sprawl of The New Dark Ages. A bonkers concept album tied to companion ...