Original Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble dead at 71
Fairport Convention and Trader Horne singer Judy Dyble has died aged 71
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Original Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble dead at 71
Fairport Convention and Trader Horne singer Judy Dyble has died aged 71
White Walls release video for new single Starfish Crown
Romanian prog metallers White Walls will release new album Grandeur this Autumn
DarWin release video for Future History
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The Flaming Lips release video for Dinosaurs On The Mountain
The Flaming Lips release their new studio album American Head in September
Hawkwind Light Orchestra to release new album in October
Hawkwind off shoot Hawkwind Light Orchestra will release Carnivorous in October
Watch The Hu's stunning new film The Road To The Gereg
Mongolian stars The Hu release The Road To The Gereg, documenting their story so far, as deluxe version of the album tops rock chart
Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch and more confirmed for Better Noise Music Festival
Online event will take place later this month featuring Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, The Hu, Awolnation and more
Oceans Of Slumber launch video for epic new single The Adorned Fathomless Creation
Oceans Of Slumber release the second track from their upcoming self-titled studio album - out in September
Opeth announce 2021 European tour
Opeth announce first run of shows for 2021 - Swedish prog metal outfit will be joined by special guests The Vintage Caravan
Morse Portnoy George release video for cover of Jethro Tull's Hymn 43
Prog legends release both Cov3r To Cov3r album and Cover To Cover anthology this month
Static-X share new album trailer as Project Regeneration Vol. 1 launches
Static-X’s new album Project Regeneration Vol. 1 is out now featuring vocals from the late Wayne Static - check out album trailer
Black Stone Cherry and Monster Truck get together for charity single Love Become Law
The Cherry Truck Band release the charity single Love Become Law - money raised will be split between Black Lives Matter and The Boys And Girls Club Of America
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Former Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble remembered
Sid Smith looks at the career of former Fairport Convention and Trader Horne singer Judy Dyble who has died aged 71
Kirk Hammett: “I was sitting on the toilet when I got the call to join Metallica”
Kirk Hammett looks back on forming Exodus, the birth of thrash metal and the day he joined Metallica
The Top 10 best albums of 1999
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The most exciting new sound of 2020 is… nu metal
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Meet the folkers: the improbable story of folk rock
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The Story Behind The Song: Tool’s Prison Sex
Prison Sex was the song that made Tool famous – and even an MTV ban couldn’t stop them
Lucifer, Isaac Asimov and Ringo Starr: the story behind Deep Purple's The Mule
A showcase for the talent of Ian Paice, The Mule became the benchmark for 70s rock drumming. Today it’s best known for its solo on Purple’s Made In Japan live album
Black Sabbath, Birmingham, and the invention of heavy metal
Ozzy, Geezer and Tony reminisce about the early days of Black Sabbath and the creation of a genre
This Is Endless are taking death metal into a terrifying new future
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Can metal and indie exist side by side? This band have the answer
Sugar Horse are where Cult Of Luna meet The Cure
The Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 Challenge #6: Local Band Portraits
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Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead: inventive songs of doom and desperation
Grateful Dead's change-of-direction album Workingman's Dead celebrated with a 50th anniversary edition including a full live show
Enuff Z'Nuff's Brainwashed Generation - a band flying high again
Brainwashed Generation is the fifteenth album from hair-power-pop veterans Enuff Z'Nuff
The Jayhawks' XOXO - a triumph for democracy
Americana veterans The Jayhawks triumph on committee-generated eleventh album XOXO
The Residents' Metal, Meat & Bone - tricky, bewildering, and irritating
The eyeballs have it on The Residents' tribute to possibly imaginary bluesman Alvin ‘Dyin’ Dog’ Snow, Metal, Meat & Bone
Ensiferum’s Thalassic is the sound of a band still gallantly riding on the wings of folk metal
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum put fresh wind in their sails with new album Thalassic
Bell Witch And Aerial Ruin’s Stygian Bough Volume 1: where funereal doom and gothic folk collide
Funereal Seattleites Bell Witch renew a fertile partnership with old friend Aerial Ruins on new album Stygian Bough: Volume 1
Saudi Arabian black metallers Al-Namrood wage war from the shadows on new album Wala’at
Al-Namrood’s Wala’at album is the work of true black metal rebels
Vile Creature’s Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!: sludge metal as you’ve never heard it before
Gender-defying Toronto duo Vile Creature undergo a furious reawakening on new album Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
Bury Tomorrow’s new album Cannibal proves they’re the kings of modern metalcore
Bury Tomorrow muscle to the front of the modern metalcore pack with new album Cannibal
Paul Weller's On Sunset: a musical magpie, refusing to stagnate
Songs from the Twilight Zone provide intrigue on Paul Weller's 15th solo album On Sunset
Sparks' new album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip refines and amplifies their weirdness
Veteran avant-glam baroque-pop duo Sparks continue their autumnal resurgence on 24th album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip