"Today will be my final gig with Iron Maiden." Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain retires from band after 42 years
Beloved Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is officially stepping away from the band
US prog metal legends Savatage will play their first live shows in over a decade with singer Zak Stevens throughout Europe next year
He welcomed Slipknot, Lamb Of God and more onto The Tonight Show – now, Conan O’Brien has followed in their footsteps and played with a metal band
UK prog sextet Ghost Of The Machine will release second album Empires Must Fall in March
The biggest metal bands in India and Japan have joined forces to make an absolute anthem
A 20-disc, career-spanning Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band box set Still Barking is released in December
German electronic music legends Kraftwerk promise “Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art” for 2025 multi-media tour
Norse folk shamen Wardruna will release new album Birna in January
My Dying Bride are back! There’s just one enormous caveat…
The groove metal behemoths previously teased a new album for April, and now they’ve offered a glimpse inside the studio
The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal beloveds were twice Grammy-nominated before going on hiatus in 2012
Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more - and three exclusive gifts
Seattle legends Pearl Jam have scheduled another run of dates in support of their Dark Matter album
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s other band Brad should have been as big as Pearl Jam themselves
The story of Fear Factory’s Demanufacture, the album that rewired metal forever
With his red cap and hip hop swagger, Fred Durst was the biggest and most divisive star of the nu metal era. But that’s only half the story
Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon - late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more
Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades
A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated
Hanoi Rocks were the cult Finnish livewires who accidentally helped invent the glam metal scene – and 1983’s Back To Mystery City album was their crowning glory
From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, he left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year
Goth floor fillers, alt.rock milestones, unreleased bangers: Band members past and present, plus collaborators and peers, choose the greatest Sisters of Mercy songs
While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but what’s lacking in size is made up for in killer songs and blinding lights
Expansive 10-disc collection is the first of three charting decades of his onstage work
Be-bop, beat and ballads
Soul power: Dutch rockersDeWolff tap into the musical ley lines on tenth studio album
The Greek trio’s musical take on the apocalyptic Gospel of John returns 52 years on with far less controversy and unbroken artistic impact
80-minute work from 2009 – of which just a fraction was used in a movie soundtrack – was rescued from his vault following his 2022 death
Marking an and and a beginning for the band, this extended version of the 1997 original states its case as an elegant outlier in their catalogue
Rooted in tragedy, Temple Of The Dog's 10 original tracks are a kind of catharsis through music
As 2022’s The Tipping Point confirmed, they’ve always known how to go big without ever going over the top
Glorious visual celebration of the neo-prog survivors in the present, accompanied by New Light, a fascinating documentary of their past
Transatlantic leader’s latest album sees him working with younger musicians and letting them work their own magic – while adding plenty of his own