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Hear the title track of Simon Collins' new solo album Becoming Human
Becoming Human is Simon Collins' first release since leaving Sound Of Contact
Alice Cooper says his favourite rock star is... Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper says he originally conceived his persona to be his favourite rock star and if that ever changes “there’s something really wrong”
AC/DC launch rare Back In Black documentary footage
The 40th anniversary celebrations of AC/DC's Back In Black are in full swing, with footage of the band discussing You Shook Me All Night Long launched
Damian Wilson joins Arena
Much-travelled prog frontman replaces Paul Manzi as new Arena frontman
Tony Iommi looks back on Black Sabbath's “surreal” Live Aid reunion experience
With Live Aid marking its 35th anniversary this week, Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s brief reunion at the landmark event
Ihsahn teases new music and hints it's coming later this week
Emperor’s Ihsahn posts short audio clip online suggesting something new is on its way later this week
David Lee Roth: I don’t know if Eddie Van Halen will tour again
David Lee Roth says he’s unsure if guitarist Eddie Van Halen will “rally for the rigours of the road again"
Black Stone Cherry postpone October UK tour until 2021
Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry delay their arrival in The UK until September next year
Judas Priest move some live shows to 2021 - but are forced to cancel others
Judas Priest have been forced to move 14 shows into next year, but 11 more are cancelled completely
Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato details new album Child Soldier: Creator Of God
Former Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato will release his solo album later this year - watch video for Do You Need Me To Remind You
Gentle Giant reunite for new version of Proclamation
Gentle Giant members reunite virtually for first time since 1980 along with members of King Crimson, Yes and more
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Bleed From Within: how the ‘new Lamb Of God’ pulled back from extinction
Scottish metallers Bleed From Within were tipped as the new Lamb Of God. So why the hell did they vanish for three years?
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen: “After 20 years of metal, I would like to do something else”
Floor Jansen on Nightwish’s “huge” Human. :II: Nature. album, the chances of an acoustic tour and just what the future may hold for her
Watch: The Loud and Fast History of The Acacia Strain
Singer Vincent Bennett and guitarist Tom Smith Jr talk us through the two decade and 10-album-long career of metalcore legends The Acacia Strain
The best smart speakers 2020: Get the best bang for your buck
UPDATED Turn up the volume on your favourite sounds with our pick of the best smart speakers on the market… everything from Apple and Amazon to Sonos and more
Tracks of the Week: new music from Deep Purple, All Them Witches and more
New some new music in your life? We've lined up eight of the very best new rock tracks for your delectation
How Paradise Lost made the greatest British metal album of the 90s
Paradise Lost’s 1995 epic Draconian Times is the Black Album of British metal
The Top 10 best Celtic Frost songs
The greatest Celtic Frost tracks ever, as chosen by Paradise Lost singer Nick Holmes
That day that rocked the world: the chaotic story of Status Quo's Live Aid
Live Aid in 1985 was perhaps the greatest rock festival of all, and Status Quo were there to open it
The Top 10 best James Hetfield guest appearances
Metallica’s James Hetfield isn’t above a little moonlighting with everyone from Danzig to the cast of South Park
Amorphis’ Tomi Joutsen: “I’ve seen a lot of people on drugs and there’s no glory in that”
Amorphis frontman Tomi Joutsen has lived it all, from high-class limos to shitty toilet venues. Sometimes in the same hour
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
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Bush’s new album The Kingdom is a reminder of why they were one of the 90s' biggest bands
Grunge-era superstars Bush show their class on new album The Kingdom
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