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Billy Corgan and David Bowie in 1997
Ten times Billy Corgan collaborated with his heroes

By Niall Doherty Published

The Smashing Pumpkins leader has racked up some impressive guest spots over the years

Interviews
James Kottak in 2003
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

Bands & Artists
Uli Jon Roth onstage
"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

Concerts & Shows
Photos of Kiss, Motley Crue, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne playing onstage
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

Concerts & Shows
Scorpions group portrait
"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?

Interviews
Scopions on a TV show in the 1970s
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

Albums
The album art for Metallica's Metallica, Iron Maiden's Dance of Death, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and Scorpions' Lovedrive
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

Albums
Scorpions onstage in 1991
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

Music Videos
Slipknot group shot
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

Albums
Albums 2022
New metal albums 2022: The 50 most anticipated releases this year

By Rich Hobson Last updated

From Ghost, Slipknot and Rammstein to Venom Prison, Bloodywood and beyond, these 50 albums show that 2022 is going to be insanely stacked for new releases

Albums
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