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10 times metal bands improved Top Of The Pops
By Luke Morton last updated
Top Of The Pops wasn't known for its promotion of heavy metal, but sometimes the odd band could sneak onto BBC television

The 10 best NWOBHM bands, by the man who gave the movement its name
By Geoff Barton last updated
At the end of the 70s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal revitalised the genre in the UK and now bears a weighty influence on metal worldwide. Geoff Barton – who invented the phrase all those years ago – charts 10 of the best

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
By Classic Rock last updated
Greetings good people of the rock world, and welcome to another edition of Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week! Who's the rightful winner? Cast your vote at the foot of this page...

Six By Six release video for edgy new single China
By Jerry Ewing published
New prog supergroup Six By Six, featuring Ian Crichton, Nigel Glockler and Robert Berry, will release their debut album in August

What happened when Saxon underwent reality TV's most surprising makeover
By Geoff Barton last updated
When showbiz entrepreneur Harvey Goldsmith tried to reinvent the mighty Saxon for his new TV make-over show, the sparks flew from day one

The 10 greatest festival experiences of my life, by Saxon's Biff Byford
By Dave Ling last updated
"I made a house with straw bales and filled it with Mars Bars…and as many girls as we could find" - Biff Byford, Saxon

Saga, Saxon and 3 members form prog supergroup SiX By SiX, share debut single Yearning To Fly
By Paul Brannigan published
Ian Crichton (Saga), Nigel Glockler (Saxon) and Robert Berry (3; Emerson, Berry, Palmer) unite to form SiX By SiX, announce August release for their self-titled debut album

2022’s best metal albums so far
By Rich Hobson last updated
From Rammstein to Ghost, these are the best metal albums released so far in 2022
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