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
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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
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
Hear Foo Fighters, RATM, MC5, Runaways members cover Sweet Dreams with Afghan girls
Tom Morello and Wayne Kramer are among the cast pitching in on Eurythmics classic Sweet Dreams
Crobar launches crowdfunder for Crobar mkII
Much-loved London rock venue forced to close due to Covid-19 plans to re-open in a new Central London venue in late 2021
Ex-Children Of Bodom duo form Bodom After Midnight to cover Children Of Bodom
Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho is back with a new band. You'll never guess who they sound like
Tenacious D recruit Sarah Silverman, John Waters, Senator Elizabeth Warren for metallic Time Warp cover
Tenacious D duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass corral all-star cast for a heavy metal take on the Rocky Horror Picture Show theme
Porcupine Tree detail new The Delerium Years box set
Snapper Records will release Porcupine Tree's new 13-disc box set on the Transmission label in November
Paradise Lost promise sonic fireworks with Guy Fawkes’ Night live stream show
Bradford goth-metal overlords Paradise Lost to rock the globe, virtually, on November 5
Selfless Orchestra release video for Time Is A Flower
Australian post rockers Selfless Orchestra highlight local environment awareness in new video for Time Is A Flower
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Uriah Heep and the slow road to ruin
For a while in the 1970s Uriah Heep reigned supreme, but then it gradually began to fall apart
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?
The sad story of White Lion, the band that was allowed to die
In the late 80s, with their live shows and second album punching hard, the rock press fighting their corner and the band gathering momentum, White Lion’s future looked bright. But it soon dimmed rapidly
Tracks of the Week: new music from The Cadillac Three, All Them Witches and more
Eight perfectly ripened fruit from this week's bountiful rock music harvest
Bloodywood: the Indian metal stars who broke the internet
Indian mavericks Bloodywood are the missing link between metal and Bollywood. And now they’re out to take over the world
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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
Thin Lizzy's Rock Legends is a stunning tribute to the coolest band there ever was
Seven-disc box set from rock legends Thin Lizzy with all the hits and 74 – yes, 74 – previously unreleased tracks
Igorrr singer Ricinn swaps chaos for beauty on new album Nereïd
Post-metal icon Ricinn makes her way out of the Igorrr menagerie on second solo album Nereïd
