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James Kottak, former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer, dead at 61
By Fraser Lewry published
"James was a wonderful human being, a great musician and loving family man" - the Scorpions

"In Scorpions days I sometimes ran out of frets because I wanted to play higher": Uli Jon Roth on his iconic guitars, onstage danger, and reconnecting with an old friend
By Dave Ling published
Former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth is about to embark on a UK tour: expect plenty of improvisation and some onstage danger

10 hard rock and heavy metal farewell tours that weren’t actually farewells
By Will Marshall published
Kiss, Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe have all made their goodbyes, only to continue touring and recording anyway

"On every stage, we played for our lives": The Scorpions look back on 50 years of rock'n'roll
By Chris Franzkowiak published
In 2012 the Scorpions announced their retirement, and a decade later they’re still with us. We caught up with the band to celebrate their extraordinary career and ask them: why?

How secretly embracing English glam rockers The Sweet put Scorpions on the launch pad to global stardom
By Fraser Lewry published
In 1975 Scorpions released a German language version of Sweet's Fox On The Run under a different band name: it played a little-known but vitally important part in their rise

10 classic metal albums with horribly ugly cover art
By Matt Mills published
These masterpieces by Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are much easier on the ears than they are on the eyes

Scorpions video for Wind Of Change hits one billion views on YouTube
By Stef Lach published
Is Scorpions' Wind Of Change the greatest power ballad ever written? A billion YouTube views makes it hard to argue with

Slipknot's The End, So Far has been voted the album of the year by Metal Hammer's readers
By Rich Hobson published
We asked you what the best album of 2022 is. And we have a winner
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