Slipknot announce 40-date Knotfest Roadshow tour for North America
Slipknot reveal plans for Spring 2022 Knotfest Roadshow tour in the US and Canada, split into two legs
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Slipknot announce 40-date Knotfest Roadshow tour for North America
Slipknot reveal plans for Spring 2022 Knotfest Roadshow tour in the US and Canada, split into two legs
Machine Head invite fans to watch the recording of their new album
Machine Head have launched a new behind-the-scenes video series documenting the creation of their tenth studio album
Headphones for heavy metal? These might just rock your world
Kickstarter campaign launched for metal-friendly headphones to “experience badass metal sound the way it’s meant to be”
Darkher unveils video for brand new single Lowly Weep
Darkher will release second album The Buried Storm in April
Former Hawkwinder Niall Hone launches new outfit Lords Of Form
Lords Of Form will release their debut album Flying Chromium Society in February
Robert Reed releases video for the emotive Sendlinger's Song
Robert Reed will release the second part of his latest solo album The Ringmaster in February
Big Big Train release poignant live clip of Welcome To The Planet
Welcome To The Planet features David Longdon's final filmed performance with Big Big Train
Watch Tool’s mesmerising live premiere of Fear Inoculum epic Culling Voices
Watch fan-shot footage of Tool debuting ten-minute Fear Inoculum track Culling Voices at Sacramento arena show
The Flower Kings release new video for 'accessible' A Million Stars
The Flower Kings will release new album By Royal Decree in March
Moron Police drummer Thore Pettersen dies after car accident
Thore Pettersen, drummer with Norwegian prog rockers Moron Police, has sadly passed away, band confirms
Playgrounded unveil new video for the brooding The death Of Death
Greek dark prog metallers Playgrounded will release their second album The death Of Death in March
Watch Chris Cornell blow the roof off a LA recording studio with Audioslave
Audioslave upload archive footage of 2003 AOL Session, featuring Cochise, I Am The Highway, Like A Stone and more
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Avatar's Johannes Eckerström: "To have a reunion in your 70s, you have to make that mean something - Sabbath dropped the ball”
Avatar's effervescent ringleader Johannes Eckerström talks resolutions, seasonal singles and why Abba are better at reunions than Black Sabbath
KK Downing: My Life In 10 Songs
Legendary ex-Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing reflects on five decades of shaping heavy metal history with Judas Priest, Ross The Boss and KK's Priest
Cocaine, Quaaludes and chaos: the Casablanca Records story
In hock to the Mob, fuelled by booze and cocaine, and with a roster that ran from Kiss to Donna Summer, Casablanca Records was the embodiment of 70s record label excess
Why I ❤️ Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), by Steve Harley
Steve Harley, the original Cockney Rebel, praises Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), the 1974 album that advised against eating yellow snow
Tracks of the Week: new music from Blacktop Mojo, John Sloman and more
Eight delicious ingredients for the perfect rock'n'roll sandwich
The 50 most anticipated metal albums of 2022
From Ghost, Slipknot and Rammstein to Venom Prison, Bloodywood and beyond, these 50 albums show that 2022 is going to be insanely stacked for new releases
The story behind The Byrds' psychedelic masterpiece Eight Miles High
Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?
Lindsey Buckingham's new album is a doozy but he's still thinking about Fleetwood Mac
Ousted from Fleetwood Mac, guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham bounced back with one of our albums of 2021, but he’s still hopeful that he can make one more record with the Mac
20 things only Kiss fanatics know about Destroyer
Kiss's most ambitious and celebrated album, Destroyer, was 45 years old in 2021. Think you know all there is to know? Think again
Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album, ranked from worst to best
An album-by-album appraisal of the rollercoaster career of former Black Sabbath frontman and official Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne
Joanne Shaw Taylor on burnout, living in Detroit, and having a Harry Potter Christmas
Joanne Shaw Taylor's The Blues Album was Classic Rock's favourite blues album of 2021
Fozzy's Chris Jericho: "I'm Paul McCartney's 'ninja guy'"
Wrestling superstar and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho grapples with questions about signing babies, fighting ninjas and 'Chinese Fozzocracy'
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SoundMAGIC E11C earbuds review
What these budget SoundMAGIC E11C in-ear headphones lack in tricks, they make up for in performance
Chicago: Chicago II - Album Of The Week Club review
14-legged juggernaut Chicago changed their name and forged ahead with this energetic double album that took in free jazz, hip-shaking R&B and an Abbey Road-like six-song suite
The Monster Roars by Magnum: genuinely lovely, with a silky-smooth underbelly
Brummie veterans Magnum continue to put songcraft first on The Monster Roars, their best album for some time
John Lodge - The Royal Affair And After: "a fitting celebration"
Not yet ratedMoody Blues man celebrates his own past
Elvis Costello & The Imposters continue winning streak with The Boy Named If
Elvis Costello conjures up echoes of his excellent past as the excellence continues on The Boy Named If (And Other Children’s Stories)
Long-running Christian alt.rockers Skillet give the fans what they want with Dominion
Skillet continue to preach to the converted on relentlessly uplifting 11th album Dominion
The spirit of NWOBHM lives on through Eliminator's Ancient Light
Galloping riffs? Twin-guitar harmonies? They're impressive to behold on Eliminator's Ancient Light
Tony Martin retains Black Sabbath power on new album Thorns
Thorns is a sharp comeback from former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin
House Of Marley Stir It Up turntable review
The king of reggae would surely have approved of this impressive record player from House Of Marley
Wiegedood's There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road: a snarling beast of black metal intensity and ingenuity
Flemish black metallers Wiegedood break with Church Of Ra tradition on album #4, There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road
