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Rainbow in 1976
Every Rainbow album ranked from worst to best

By Neil Jeffries Published

Buying guide Rainbow took Ritchie Blackmore away from Deep Purple, introduced Ronnie James Dio to a wider audience, then went in search of America: these are their albums, ranked

Buying guide
Glenn Hughes onstage
"We did have a couple of séances, but I didn't see any ghosts, though I know the place was haunted": Glenn Hughes on the recording of Deep Purple's Burn

By Dave Ling Published

Bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes on joining Deep Purple, almost joining Rainbow, leaving the Dead Daisies, the future of Black Country Communion, and 50 years of Burn

Interviews
The covers of Rainbow’s Rising, Lou Reed’s Transformer, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell and Foo Fighters’ The Colour And The Shape
20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did

By Classic Rock Published

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

Albums
Ronnie James Dio of Rainbow
British politician lands himself in trouble for sharing Rainbow's Kill The King on social media days after the coronation

By Liz Scarlett Published

Welsh councillor Dave Jones lands himself in hot water after sharing Rainbow 1978 track Kill The King following King Charles coronation

Bands & Artists
Ritchie Blackmore and ABBA
Ritchie Blackmore is a huge ABBA fan, according to his former Rainbow/Deep Purple colleague Joe Lynn Turner

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Man In Black has a huge soft spot for ABBA: who knew?

Bands & Artists
Stranger In Us All cover art
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Stranger In Us All - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Rainbow’s unloved final album was released in 1995, after Ritchie Blackmore’s nine loveless years married to the re-formed Deep Purple

Albums
A screengrab from the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer
The new Guardians Of The Galaxy trailer uses Since You've Been Gone in absolutely epic style

By Fraser Lewry Published

Rainbow's classic Since You've Been Gone soundtracks the explosive new trailer to Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, premiered during Super Bowl LVII

Bands & Artists
Dee Snider, Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio
Twisted Sister's Dee Snider thinks Ronnie James Dio and Robert Plant are great singers but not real "performers"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Dee Snider thinks there's a difference between "singers" and "frontmen", believes Robert Plant and Dio lacked stage presence, unlike real "performers" such as Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger

Bands & Artists
Elegant Weapons
Meet Elegant Weapons, the new Judas Priest/Pantera/Rainbow supergroup

By Paul Brannigan Published

Faulkner, Romero, Brown & Travis: not a high-powered law firm, but metal's newest supergroup, coming our way in 2023

Bands & Artists
Sabaton's Joakim Broden on the 10 albums that changed his life
The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén

By Stephen Hill Last updated

Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén salutes the discs that have soundtracked his life...

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