Learn from Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey and more as Rock'N'Roll Fantasy Camp goes online
Q-University will see 'rock star professors' from Def Leppard, Scorpions and Styx interact with fans in online Q&A sessions
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Learn from Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey and more as Rock'N'Roll Fantasy Camp goes online
Q-University will see 'rock star professors' from Def Leppard, Scorpions and Styx interact with fans in online Q&A sessions
Robert Reed releases tribute video to Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn
Robert Reed and Les Penning pay tribute to Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn on the album's 45th anniversary
Hear Fever 333’s incredible new cover of Linkin Park classic In The End
Fever 333 and Grandson cover Hybrid Theory classics for Spotify Singles
Southampton's 1865 venue launches crowdfunder for survival
Southampton's prog-friendly venue The 1865, overlooked for Covid finding, launches crowdfunder
Alice Cooper wants to play a terrifying game of truth or dare with you
Alice Cooper unveils Horror Box, his horror-themed card game. Snakes and spiders not included
AC/DC once tried to smoke out the Loch Ness monster with fireworks
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson recalls a doomed mission to catch the Loch Ness monster. Drink was involved
Starbenders' dazzling Witches Be Bitches is a celebration of the 'dark and different'
Glorious singles continue to be pulled from Starbenders' Love Potions album, and Witches Be Bitches is another triumph
Like emo-rap and cute animals? Nothing,nowhere.'s new video has you covered
Nothing,nowhere.'s new single Blood is the only place you'll see a rapper with a chinchilla on their head today
Jon Gomm announces socially distanced live UK dates for November
UK guitar virtuoso also announces postponed The Faintest Idea UK & Eire headline tour for Autumn 2021
Stop everything! David Hasselhoff is making a metal record
Baywatch star David Hasselhoff is the latest celebrity to rip open his shirt and shout “I AM METAL!” at the sky
Pasadena City Council are seeking ideas on how best to commemorate Eddie Van Halen
Pasadena, the city where the guitarist grew up, wants to celebrate Eddie Van Halen’s memory, but can’t decide how
John Carpenter streams new single Weeping Ghost
Horror maestro John Carpenter will release Lost Themes III: Live After Death in February
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Black Friday record player deals 2020: Spin into the best of this year's turntable discounts
The biggest online sales event of the year will be with us soon - get the lowdown on the best Black Friday turntable deals
Therapy, rebirth and the ghosts of the past: the inside story of Deftones’ Ohms
“We had to bring it back to life”: how Deftones rediscovered their sweet spot to make Ohms
Nihilistic nu metal with electro-punk attitude? Wargasm have got it covered
With their post-apocalyptic angst and two-fisted attack, Wargasm are dragging nu metal into the future
Kiss, bingo, and a towel problem: on the road with Judas Priest in 1979
In 1979 Judas Priest were poised for greatness. The band’s live album, Unleashed In The East, had hit No.10 in the UK. Now America beckoned, and Classic Rock's Geoff Barton was there
Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith: “When we hit America things kicked in with booze and drugs, using it as a crutch”
Legendary Iron Maiden guitarist and avid angler Adrian Smith shares the lessons he’s learned from 40 years on the roads and rivers around the world
Missing live music? Asylums have got you covered
UK alt-rockers Asylums have recorded a live set of songs, taken from their new album Genetic Cabaret, exclusively for Louder
The 10 heaviest metal riffs ever
Spirit Adrift mastermind and riff connoisseur Nate Garrett on the heaviest noises ever forged in the name of metal
Scott Weiland's 10 favourite Scott Weiland songs
In 2015, late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland picked 10 favourite songs from his back catalogue
Steven Wilson interview: "the cult of personality is a big part of what makes rock music tick"
Over the past decade, Steven Wilson has shifted through a range of musical guises. Here he reflects on the genius of Bowie and Zappa, married life, and why it’s good to talk bollocks
What's the greatest live album ever?
We need your votes, and we need them now: what's the greatest live album ever recorded?
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Draconian’s Under A Godless Veil: a glorious marriage of gothic doom and gnostic cosmology
Sweden’s revered gloom-mongers Draconian find new depths of glory on Under A Godless Veil
Mr Bungle’s The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo: you want thrash? You got thrash
Only Mike Patton and co could resurrect a 35-year-old demo and make it sound like one of the most vital albums of 2020
Jakko M Jakszyk - Secrets & Lies review
Not yet ratedSolid solo outing for Crimson torch-carrier.
Songhoy Blues deliver 2020's most joyous album with the essential Optimisme
Optimisme is the spectacular third album from Mali’s greatest rock band Songhoy Blues
Sevendust's Blood & Stone is a sturdy slice of 21st Century rock
Unlucky Atlantans’ Sevendust remain defiant on thirteenth album Blood & Stone
Joe Bonamassa channels Beck and Page on Royal Tea, and finds himself back on track
Joe Bonamassa's Royal Tea is meaty, beaty, big and bouncy
Pallbearer push the doom envelope on the shimmering Forgotten Days
Arkansas outliers Pallbearer deliver multihued take on doom metal on Forgotten Days
Smith & Myers craft immaculate originals and compelling covers on Volume 1 & Volume 2
Half of Shinedown go acoustic on Smith & Myers' Volume 1 & Volume 2
Jakko Jakszyk's Secrets & Lies bristles with pain and thrilling invention
King Crimson guitarist Jakko Jakszy's solo album Secrets & Lies charts the sublime to the ridiculous
Letter To You finds Bruce Springsteen full of wisdom yet still young at heart
Fast and live, the The Boss and the E Street Band rescue lost tunes and toast lost brothers on Letter To You
