Latest articles by Dave Everley
How a disillusioned guitarist turned his bitter resignation letter into one of metal’s greatest anthems
Power metal godfathers Helloween were on the way to huge success in the 80s – but one member wanted out
The story of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. – the secret debut album that started Slipknot’s ascent
Before Corey Taylor and before the nu metal takeover, Slipknot launched their career with a DIY release that put the Des Moines scene on notice
Decades after a spliff-weilding start, Solstice have finally hit their stride
Prog stalwarts Solstice could have had Marillion's success - they just didn't want it
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music
Farewell to Orange Goblin: one of Britain's best, most brilliantly bonkers bands
They've shook hands with Dio, hung out in a strip club with Lemmy and helped found Britain's stoner metal scene, but now Orange Goblin are taking their final bows
How Metallica broke the thrash metal mould with biblical barnstormer Creeping Death
Pinching a riff from Kirk Hammett’s former band and inspired by a Charlton Heston film, Metallica reached a new level with their 1984 single
The Story Behind Nine Inch Nails Closer
As Tommy Lee of Motley Crue once put it, Closer is "the ultimate **** song" - but it certainly wasn't written that way
How Queen, The Who and Star Wars inspired the greatest power ballad about alien abduction ever written
It even got the South Park seal of approval
The forgotten singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath before Ronnie James Dio
The story of the short-lived union between Black Sabbath and a former singer of Fleetwood Mac
Lemmy's nearest and dearest on how the Motörhead man faced death "like a champ"
You might not be surprised to find that Lemmy faced his own mortality with the kind of no-nonsense attitude that defined his life
9/11, censorship and conspiracy theories: the story of System Of A Down's Chop Suey!
Not even System Of A Down themselves could have predicted just how big this song would become
Sammy Hagar on Jesus, aliens and the 70s sci-fi prog album he never got to make
The unlikely story of Sammy Wilde And Dustcloud
The inside story of A Night At The Opera, the album that saved Queen
Fifty years on, Brian May and Roger Taylor reveal the vision, precision and daring behind Queen’s A Night At The Opera, the album that rewrote rock’s rules
How Monster Magnet came up with metal’s greatest f**k-you anthem
Monster Magnet mainman Dave Wyndorf holed up near Las Vegas with guitars, speakers, a drum machine and a four-track recorder
Blackberry Smoke overcook the recipe on Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best Of Volume One
Southern rock flagbearers Blackberry Smoke serve up an overstuffed career-spanning compilation
Ghost’s Tobias Forge wanted a song to match Queen. Instead, he wrote the greatest plague-inspired metal banger of the last 20 years
The story of Ghost‘s classic 2018 single Dance Macabre
Spinal Tap’s improbable return is the comeback no one expected – and even fewer requested
Three men, one vision, several lawsuits
Megadeth were broke, homeless and way behind Metallica. But this song would change everything for them
How Megadeth wrote a landmark thrash metal classic in the midst of personal and financial chaos
Nine albums by W.A.S.P you should hear, and one to avoid
W.A.S.P's infamy as leading shock metallers of the 1980s belies a back catalogue full of serious classic rock-influenced songwriting
The incredible story of Thor, the bodybuilding heavy metal singer who links Ozzy, Lemmy and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Muscles, kidnappings and inflatable hot water bottles – the rise, fall and resurrection of Thor, one of 80s metal’s greatest cult heroes
How Status Quo turned a minor John Fogerty hit into an all-time classic that kicked off the biggest gig in history
Status Quo beefed up John Fogerty’s ‘piddly’ original and struck rock’n’roll gold
When fate intervened to destroy an art-rock record, its creators wrote an album about fate
New concept LP begins with the true story of a baggage handler who stole a plane and killed himself, and goes on to celebrate a fake cult based on a toy ball
How Whitesnake made a cult R&B song their own – and got the blessing of the soul icon who wrote it
In 1978 Whitesnake turned a Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland chestnut into one of blues rock’s greatest anthems
