Dennis DeYoung hooks up with Tom Morello for The Last Guitar Hero
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung will release his final studio album, 26 East Vol. 2, in June
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Dennis DeYoung hooks up with Tom Morello for The Last Guitar Hero
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung will release his final studio album, 26 East Vol. 2, in June
Crack The Sky stream remastered version of The Box
US prog rockers Crack The Sky will release deep cuts compilation Between The Cracks in July
This Motley Crue vs Motown mash-up is the party anthem the world needs right now
Mash-up extraordinaire Bill McClintock returns with another mighty musical concoction, featuring Motley Crue
Fifty percent of Kyuss are touring the UK and Ireland together next year
Stöner, featuring Kyuss alumni Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork, will undertake their debut UK/Ireland tour in spring 2022
Joey Belladonna had ‘no clue’ who Anthrax were when he auditioned for them
Anthrax discuss the moment they first heard vocalist Joey Belladonna sing, in the latest Anthrax 40 webisode
Amon Amarth make an appearance in new Marvel comic
Marvel's Viking-inspired character Thor sports an Amon Amarth T-shirt in new comic
Mandala cover Curved Air's 1971 hit Back Street Luv in new video
Anglo-Scandic trio Mandala released their most recent album, Echoes Of Your Mind, late last year
LA police fire rubber bullets into mosh pit to shut down punk gig
The Los Angeles Police Department shot ‘less-lethal rounds’ to disperse crowd at outdoor punk rock show
British newspaper says listening to heavy metal makes you fat
Heavy metal fans are more likely to want to grab an extra slice of cake, The Daily Star claims
Iron Maiden and BrewDog raise hell with brand new lager
Rock giants Iron Maiden team up with beer behemoths BrewDog for the "feisty" new Hellcat India Pale Lager
Faith No More move all European tour dates to 2022
Faith No More will now tour the UK and mainland Europe in June and July 2022
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The Brits ignored metal, so we made up our own Metal Brit Awards
If the Brits’ organisers cared at all about heavy music, this is what the winners’ list would look like
Max Cavalera: My Life In 10 Songs
Max Cavalera cherry-picks the best songs from his illustrious career, from Sepultura and Nailbomb to Go Ahead And Die
Suzi Quatro: the soundtrack of my life
Glam-rock icon Suzi Quatro picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the hit song she turned down... just like Debbie Harry
How Germany took on the world of heavy metal and won
The story of the unlikely rise of German metal, as told by members of Scorpions, Accept, and Doro Pesch
Tracks of the Week: new music from Garbage, Seafoam Green and more
This week's freshly carved additions to our weekly Mount Rushmore of rock
10 hair metal bands who should have been massive
10 hair metal bands who deserved to become megastars but ultimately fell short
How Star Wars helped The Alan Parsons Project's I Robot up the charts
The inside story of The Alan Parsons Project's second album, 1977's I Robot
Bees, ballads, Michael Bolton, and the heroically overblown return of Touch
While the return of American band Touch will be a delight for AOR fans, it’s also likely to see the return of people re-telling a 40-year-old story that the band wish would just fly away
Listen to Pentral's debut album What Lies Ahead Of Us here
Brazilian prog rock trio Pentral talk us through debut album What Lies Ahead, track by track
Best budget noise cancelling headphones 2021: Listen for less with 10 of the best
Updated Our pick of our favourite cheap noise cancelling headphones from Bose, Sony, Marshall and more prove you don’t have to break the bank to get great sound
The Dust Coda: 6 things you need to know
The Dust Coda all like AC/DC, they aren't always on 11, they spent lockdown getting a record deal, and they’ve played some really unusual gigs
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Myles Kennedy’s The Ides Of March: one of rock’s great voices soars over so-so songs
Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy wrings stellar performances from sometimes less-than-stellar material on new album The Ides Of March
Dordeduh’s Har: epoch-mashing brilliance from Romania’s polymetal masters
Dordeduh’s transcendent second album Har contains worlds within worlds
Nancy Wilson bleeds authenticity as You And Me steps outside Heart's boundaries
Nancy Wilson's You And Me is a mélange of ethereal acoustic ballads, eclectic covers and thoughtful tributes
Kayak - Out Of This World review
Not yet ratedAnother stellar instalment from Holland’s premier pomp proggers.
Peter Hammill - In Translation review
Not yet ratedA collection of cover songs made new and bold
Van Morrison is surprisingly enjoyable on album of grumpy but bouncy R&B
Van Morrison's Latest Record Project: Volume 1 suggests that lockdown wasn’t such a bad thing for some
Jon Anderson - Animation album review
Not yet ratedJon Anderson’s electronic 80s epiphany rarely stops moving
Pink Floyd repackage the past once more on Live At Knebworth 1990
Wish you’d been there? Pink Floyd's Live At Knebworth 1990 is super slick but lacks mystery
Gojira - Fortitude album review
Not yet ratedFrench metal pioneers Gojira play big prog hand on Fortitude
Gary Moore's unreleased blues find a home on How Blue Can You Get
Gary Moore's How Blue Can You Get is patchy proof that blue is still very much the colour
Mick Fleetwood & Friends triumphantly fail to descend into chaos and catastrophe
The big guns come out to play on Mick Fleetwood & Friends: Celebrate The Music Of Peter Green And The Early Years Of Fleetwood Mac
