Twisted Sister play live at Metal Hall of Fame induction but rule out future performances
Twisted Sister played live for the first time since they split in 2016 — but have ruled out a permanent comeback
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Twisted Sister played live for the first time since they split in 2016 — but have ruled out a permanent comeback
Jane's Addiction recruit Josh Klinghoffer to replace Dave Navarro for upcoming shows
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers man Josh Klinghoffer to join Jane's Addiction for live shows
Pink Floyd are being accused of exploiting artists with The Dark Side Of The Moon animation contest
Creatives are pointing out that artists entering Pink Floyd's new competition for animators will forfeit their copyright and future earnings from their entries
Watch Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett trip on mushrooms for the very first time in this historic student film from 1966
Syd Barrett wanders across Cambridge's Gog Magog Hills while embarking on his first psychedelic experience in this student film from the 1960s
Watch David Ellefson and Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe cover Metallica's One on metal cruise
Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe cover Metallica's One on ShipRocked Cruise
Watch Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston and James Corden impersonate Simon and Garfunkel with a hair-raising performance of The Sound Of Silence
Watch “newly uncovered long-lost concert footage” of Simon and Garfunkel, as broadcast on The Late Late Show
Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock on Iggy Pop’s penis: “I got a bit fed up with seeing it, to be honest. It’s not that impressive”
Glen Matlock reflects on touring with Iggy Pop in 1979, says he got tired of continually seeing The Godfather of Punk exhibit his genitals on stage
ZIO announce guest vocalists and tour dates for April tour
UK based proggers ZIO will release new album TRUEWAVES! in April
Brian May explains why Queen will never play Glastonbury
Brian May is not a fan of Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, says he’s still opposed to Queen ever playing the festival
Sleep Token, Exploring Birdsong and more announced for Radar Festival
New progressive music event Radar Festival takes place at O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester from July 28-30
That Kerry King/Dave Mustaine love-in just stepped up a notch
“It’s not every day one of the most fearsome guitarists in the world gives you a compliment,” says Dave Mustaine after Kerry King calls him “a f**king great guitarist”
Fall Out Boy and Weezer among acts lined up for Beach Boys Grammy tribute
The Beach Boys will be honoured with A Grammy Salute concert featuring Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Beck and St. Vincent
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The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Ghost team up with Joe Elliott and Avatar bring in Lzzy Hale for the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Korn’s Blind: how a rewritten version of another band’s song invented nu metal
Korn’s Blind kicked off their debut album – and nu metal. But it started life with another band entirely
How Van Halen's debut album changed everything, by the guitarists it changed
Jason Becker, John 5, Alex Skolnick, Paul Gilbert, Bruce Kulick, Myles Kennedy and others look back at the astonishing impact of Van Halen's first album
The 10 best Sleep Token songs
Sublime pop melodies, juddering tech metal and sexy bass drops: these are the best songs by metal's new favourite enigmatic band, Sleep Token
Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hütz on Ukraine and the power of punk-rock resistance
"As an art form that can catapult socio-political observations – there is nothing greater than punk rock" - Eugene Hütz
Tobias Forge: "I would love to play in the Red Hot Chilli Peppers"
Ghost's Tobias Forge on going viral on TikTok, the backlash from going viral on TikTok, the naming of his Nameless Ghouls, and the bands he'd like to play guitar with
Nicolas Cage on Megadeth, Rob Zombie and Dimmu Borgir: “Black metal gets a bad rap”
He threw horror nights with Rob Zombie and is up on his Norwegian black metal – Mandy and Renfield star Nicolas Cage is Hollywood’s most metal actor
The 10 greatest Dracula movies, ranked from worst to best
Dracula remains one of horror's most enduring icons. These are the essential films featuring our favourite Count
The definitive history of every Slipknot mask
Updated How Slipknot’s masks have evolved from their self-titled debut album to We Are Not Your Kind
The Neil Young albums you should definitely own
There's a different Neil Young everywhere you look: melodic troubadour, electric warrior, garage rocker, grunge forefather, synth wrangler and more – and these are his best albums
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Lemmy told us that Girlschool rocked and Lemmy was right
This five-disc collection of Girlschool recordings is a fascinating evisceration of a trailblazing rock band
Steve Vai's Vai/Gash is a joyful throwback to simpler times
Vai/Gash is an unearthed, back-to-basics collection from guitar star Steve Vai and his late friend, singer Johnny ‘Gash’ Sombrotto
Uriah Heep: still fully in touch with what made them great 50 years ago
Another Box-fresh hard-rock bull’s eye as Uriah Heep release album number 25 Chaos And Colour
Clearaudio Concept turntable review
The German company’s most affordable turntable has been winning plaudits for years, but is it still an immaculate conception?
Sleep Token's London show just proved why they're the most exciting band in metal right now
Mystery, mystique and moshing: last night, Sleep Token headlined London's legendary Apollo in front of a sold out, awestruck crowd
The Rolling Stones' In Mono: it's great but it borders on abuse
The Stones’ monaural 60s box: eight albums, 16 discs, six kilograms-plus of wallet-rinsing duplication
Black Star Riders: still channelling the warrior spirit of Thin Lizzy
Wrong Side Of Paradise finds main Black Star Rider Ricky Warwick capturing the romance and the strut of old
Måneskin's Rush! is dazzling proof that their trajectory is no fluke
Not a tribute to Geddy, Alex and Neil
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous: now more live and more dangerous than ever
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous a.k.a. The Greatest Live Album Of All Time – reissued alongside the seven shows recorded to make it
Sonos Move review
Sonos launched its first-ever portable speaker back in 2019. Four years on, will it still move you?
The Last Of Us: a thrilling, heartbreaking first episode that promises great things for the rest of the first season
HBO's anticipated TV adaptation of the generation-defining horror survival video game looks set to deliver in style
