Download headliners Metallica make 'lifeline' donation to local homeless charity
Thrash icons donate £40,000 to homeless charity based near Download festival site in Leicester, England
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Download headliners Metallica make 'lifeline' donation to local homeless charity
Thrash icons donate £40,000 to homeless charity based near Download festival site in Leicester, England
Hollywood icon John Wayne once asked for David Coverdale's autograph
David Coverdale recalls John Wayne asking for his autograph – and tickets to a sold out Deep Purple show
Listen to a cover of X-Ray Spex classic Oh Bondage, Up Yours! by Kim Gordon's long-lost indie supergroup
Kim Gordon's indie supergroup Free Kitten – comprising members of Pussy Galore, Boredoms and Pavement – recorded this version of the X-Ray Spex classic in 1993 and the rare audio is now online
Trivium's Matt Heafy stops show and saves crowdsurfing fan from injury
Trivium fan was seconds away from a crowdsurfing accident when frontman Heafy leapt to his rescue
Kirk Hammett recalls Joey Jordison's onstage tears before playing Enter Sandman with Metallica at Download
Metallica's Kirk Hammett relives playing Download 2004 with Joey Jordison for a forthcoming oral history of the UK festival
Listen to Black Veil Brides and Ville Valo join forces to cover Sisters Of Mercy classic Temple Of Love
A goth classic gets a 2023 makeover from Black Veil Brides and Ville 'VV' Valo
Slipknot launch new Adderall EP accompanied by disturbing Death March video
The strange goings-on in the world of Slipknot continue with the launch of a 20-minute EP and a website featuring a disturbing video with an extremely ominous soundtrack
Iamthemorning's Gleb Kolyadin to officially release The Outland
Plus Iamthemorning to open for Steve Rothery Band on June 9 and 10
This Beavis and Butt-Head clip is the most perfect critique of 90s alt. rock ever made
Back in 1994, Beavis and Butt-Head gave their thoughts on Radiohead's Creep, and summed up the whole of 90s alt-rock in the process
Watch Faith No More chuck water and throw punches at an unsuspecting talk show host during this excruciating interview from 1995
When Faith No More went up against The Word's Terry Christian in 1995, things unravelled extremely quickly. The result? Six minutes of the most cringe-inducing television you'll likely see today
Hardline preacher-cum-politician Ian Paisley used to picket "evil" metal gigs in Ireland: yesterday his son invited Gene 'The Demon' Simmons to Parliament
DUP founder Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church used to condemn metal gigs as "evil personified": now his church-going MP son Ian Jr is on friendly terms with The Demon from Kiss
"I could throw out a few thousand dollars to have you snuffed out": The ugly truth behind Kurt Cobain's threats to "hurt" two female writers working on a Nirvana book
Listen to the disturbing voice message Nirvana's Kurt Cobain left for two UK music writers, threatening to "hurt" them
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Five new bands you need to hear if you love The Fall
With a whopping 31 albums in their back catalogue, it figures that cult favourites The Fall have influenced a legion of fearless, boundary-pushing bands in their wake – here, five of the best
Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from King Gizzard, IO Earth and more
Cool new prog music from ZIO, Monuments, The Book Of Revelations and more...
How Midge Ure ended up playing guitar in Thin Lizzy
Remembering the time when Phil Lynott wanted hard rock legends Thin Lizzy to start using synths and drum machines
Lorna Shore's Will Ramos: "I'd love to collaborate with Sleep Token"
Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos answers fan questions on influences, collabs and how long he will be able to scream
Rock City Angels: the self-destructive story of Johnny Depp's old band
In 1987 Geffen Records paid Rock City Angels $6.2 million dollars for a seven-album deal – but it was Guns N' Roses who ascended
Five brilliant but obscure NWOBHM albums that could have been huge in a parallel universe
They could have been Iron Maiden. Or Def Leppard. Or even Saxon. But they weren't
George Harrison's My Sweet Lord: the love song to a higher power that spurred a $1.6m lawsuit
"I anticipated that a lot of people might get weird about it" - George Harrison on My Sweet Lord, his love song to The Creator
9 cheap upgrades you can make to improve your vinyl setup
We’ve hand-picked a selection of wallet-friendly gizmos and gadgets that’ll boost your record-playing experience
Rob Halford: "I've never been afraid of death"
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford shares his wisdom on death, Dolly Parton and surviving disco
Introducing Nashville glam rocker Gyasi: "People tell me I’ve made them feel less alone"
After an extremely unusual childhood, West Virginia native Gyasi discovered that playing guitar prevented beatings. Now, with a YouTube smash behind him, he's on a roll
Procol Harum: The epic story of A Whiter Shade Of Pale
More than half a century ago Procol Harum recorded the unlikeliest, best-selling, most bitterly-contested drug anthem of all time
The story behind Metallica's 72 Seasons: "We love what we do, and we love each other"
Metallica have gone from being a cult metal band to a commercial juggernaut and a household name. But even with new album 72 Seasons storming charts worldwide they’re still figuring out what it's all about
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Dream Wife's Social Lubrication is a riotous celebration of life lived loud, proud and fear and shame free
London indie-punk trio Dream Wife share songs of liberation, lust, exhilaration and confrontation on thrilling third album
Metallica at Download night one: metal's biggest band slay Donington after more than a decade away
The Four Horsemen dazzle Donington with a career-spanning, celebratory set
Extreme return after 15-year absence with showboating and triumphant new album
Six is Extreme's first new material since 2008's Saudades de Rock
Tina Turner: Acid Queen - Album Of The Week Club review
One side of classic rock bangers, one of R&B originals: the two sides of Tina Turner fight it out on 1975 solo album The Acid Queen
Einar Solberg - 16: "An impressive and adventurous new chapter."
Not yet ratedLeprous man goes it alone with a journey of self-examination
Rival Sons are sharper, deeper and more intense than ever on seventh album Darkfighter
American rock’n’rollers Rival Sons return with renewed focus on Darkfighter, the first of two albums this year
Avenged Sevenfold have crafted their definitive artistic statement... and it’s fantastic
Huntington Beach titans Avenged Sevenfold's career-defining masterpiece Life Is But A Dream sets a new benchmark
Noel Gallagher interrupts squabbling to release album of old-school anthems
Ex-Oasis chief Noel Gallagher returns to his musical roots with fourth High Flying Birds album Council Skies
Revitalised and raucous, Buckcherry sound like they're just getting started
Nashville rockers Buckcherry crank up the volume on their tenth album
Hollywood Vampires' Live In Rio is the jukebox of the damned
Fortune favours the grave as superstar supergroup Hollywood Vampires launch their first live album
Sennheiser HD 660S headphones review
Sennheiser launched the HD 660S2 open-back headphones this year – but are their 2017 predecessor still worthy of your money?
