Get immersed in James Johnston and Steve Gullick's haunting album trailer for Everybody's Sunset
Faust collaborator James Johnston and teams up with photographer Steve Gullick for the epic Everybody's Sunset
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Get immersed in James Johnston and Steve Gullick's haunting album trailer for Everybody's Sunset
Faust collaborator James Johnston and teams up with photographer Steve Gullick for the epic Everybody's Sunset
Arctic Monkeys announce massive UK and Ireland stadium tour
Arctic Monkeys have unveiled their touring plans for 2023, and the Sheffield group are going big
Ever wondered what Smoke On The Water would sound like if it was on Metallica's St. Anger album? No? Well here it is anyway
Deep Purple's 1972 anthem Smoke On The Water gets the St. Anger treatment
Are Pink Floyd about to recreate the Animals sleeve at Battersea Power Station?
Cryptic message appears on Pink Floyd's social media accounts hinting that something special could be taking place at Battersea Power Station in late September
Yearning to hear Green Day, Mariah Carey and Stranger Things' Eddie Munson in a seasonal mash-up? Well, friend, your Christmas just came early
It might be only September, but mash-up magician DJ Cummerbund wants to spread some festive cheer
Poppy unleashes punk rager FYB, announces new EP Stagger
Nu gen pioneer Poppy releases punk rager FYB and shares details of her forthcoming EP Stagger
Gen and the Degenerates drop riotous new single My Perfect
Gen and the Degenerates release a punky ode to queer love with new single My Perfect
This husky howling over metal riffs sounds so evil it could possibly summon the Devil
Guitarist Logan Young blasts out brutal riffs over the sound of a troubled husky howling like a screaming demon, and it's pretty gnarly
Vended release explosive live music video for single Ded To Me
Vended share the official music video for their single Ded To Me
Asia and Eloy album art jigsaws due this out autumn
Pull apart Rodney Matthews' classic covers for Asia and Eloy... and piece them back together with these new jigsaw sets
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan attacks music industry "exploitation": "Think of all the people my generation has lost to addiction and suicide"
In a new interview,. Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan claims that the music industry is "designed to mess with your head"
Dead Can Dance's Peter Ulrich to release his memoirs
Drumming With Dead Can Dance & Parallel Adventures due in November with foreword by Lisa Gerrard
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Monsters, Metallica and Keith Moon: meet Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn
Stranger Things' Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn talks heavy metal, guitar heroes and why Dave Grohl should write a Corroded Coffin EP
Watch the classic heartwarming moment David Draiman made one Disturbed fan's year
Nice guy Davey Draiman struck in style when he noticed a disabled fan in the front row who had a limited view at a Disturbed gig in Auckland
Riverside's Mariusz Duda reveals the story behind his 'lockdown trilogy' of solo albums
In 2021, Riverside's Mariusz Duda looked inwards to release Claustrophobic Universe - the second of his lockdown trilogy. He discusses the Vangelis and Tangerine Dream tapes that inspired his minimalist electronic instrumentals
Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson shares his recipe for In The Crust Of The Crimson Pizza Pie!
Supper's ready with Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson and his recipe for a very proggy pizza
Nick Cave's Ghosteen: a mind-blowing prog masterpiece
Exploring the prog credentials of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' 2019 album, Ghosteen
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Disturbed, Smashing Pumpkins and Pretty Reckless lead the charge for the best new songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Anthrax’s Scott Ian on Alice In Chains: “They were just f**king goofballs”
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian salutes the genius of Alice In Chains in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer
The Story Behind The Song: Korn’s Freak On A Leash
Korn’s Jonathan Davis reveals how a blizzard of drugs, tension with their label and bouts of violence inspired one of nu metal’s greatest anthems
Satan, social justice and the ‘sh*t mafia’: an audience with Watain, black metal’s most uncompromising band
Watain’s Erik Danielsson has lived by black metal’s rulebook for almost 30 years – and he’ll carry on doing so until he dies
Torture, bondage and snuff movies: the twisted story behind Nine Inch Nails’ Broken EP
On September 22, 1992, Nine Inch Nails released the Broken EP – Trent Reznor’s snarling, perverse ‘f**k you’ to his record label
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Another Motorhead album celebrates its 40th birthday, and it's quite the party
Three Amigos’ farewell sumptuously re-packaged with added demos, booklet and essential previously unreleased live set
Billy Idol's The Cage is compact, catchy, precision-tooled pop-rock
Stanmore’s finest Billy Idol gets his motor running on his second EP in a year, The Cage
Troy Redfern continues breakneck creative pace on The Wings Of Salvation
The Wings Of Salvation is Hertfordshire bluesman Troy Redfern's sixth album in two years
Dr. John is in tip-top form on posthumous album Things Happen That Way
Dr John raves from the grave on star-studded album Things Happen That Way, completed after his death
Steve Howe pays tribute to late son Virgil on lovingly rendered Lunar Mist
Lunar Mist finds Yes guitarist Steve Howe presenting a fresh set of instrumentals written by his late son Virgil
Nikki Lane chronicles youthful follies on defiant Denim And Diamonds album
Country music's Nikki Lane is alive, kicking and rockier than before on Josh Homme-produced fourth album Denim And Diamonds
Rise by The Rasmus is not the fightback album against covid you were looking for
The jarring Rise is the tenth album from metallic Finnish Eurovision also-rans The Rasmus
If Britain is going to hell in a handcart then Kid Kapichi are the soundtrack
Here's What You Could Have Won is a series of potent rants from Kid Kapichi, Hastings’ four angriest young men
Sonics In The Soul is the sound of Buzzcocks rebooted and reinvigorated
Mancunian punk legends Buzzcocks keep the flag flying on riotous 10th album Sonics In The Soul
Venom Inc.’s There’s Only Black: metal warhorses prove they’re more than a nostalgia act
Album review: original Venom guitarist Mantas out-paces old foe Cronos with new album There’s Only Black
Slipknot's The End, So Far: "the world’s most volatile, nine-man wrecking crew are as untameable as ever"
Slipknot carve their own path of sonic carnage on album seven
