Latest articles by Dave Everley
The metal band who made history by playing one of England’s biggest cathedrals despite accusations of ‘blasphemy’
Symphonic metal band Plague Of Angels became the first metal band to play the 800-year old York Minster
Shuyler Jansen on near-death experience, broken ribs and Elton John's piano
Meet Neil Young-influenced Canadian Shuyler Jansen, who's looking to spread his success outside Canada
The stories behind the three most obscure Black Sabbath covers played at the Back The Beginning gig
Metallica and Guns N’ Roses threw in some curveball covers at the Back To The Beginning show
Sharon Osbourne on Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning all-star blowout
Sharon Osbourne on Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, Bill Ward and Tom Morello, and why she won't be borrowing Dave Grohl's throne
The final Black Sabbath interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back
Soon there will be no more comebacks, no more tours, and no more ‘final’ shows: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible career
The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about
Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all
“After King Crimson ended there was inertia”: Jakko Jakszyk’s return with Son Of Glen
The guitarist/vocalist found his way back to music with help from his partner Louise Patricia Crane. Now he has several projects brewing, including Crimson-related material
How Nightwish become the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful
"There’s a lot less ‘James Hetfield strangling a goat’ in the singing department."
Volbeat know their formula and stick to it well - for better and worse
Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in June 2025
From heavygaze hard-hitters Love Is Noise and Blasphemer-sporting black metallers Ruim to Calgary goths Poltergeist and nu-gen punk Bex, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2025
How Judas Priest rose above darkness and death to make Turbo, their most divisive album
1986’s Turbo remains the most underrated album Judas Priest’s catalogue
Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl on new album Punk Rock Fiesta and rock'n'roll's magic carpet ride
Although Love/Hate coulda, maybe shoulda, but didn’t, everpresent frontman Jizzy Pearl is happy with his/their lot
The wild story of Goo Goo Dolls’ A Boy Named Goo, the album that turned three punk kids into A-list stars
A Boy Named Goo and megahit Name turned Goo Goo Dolls in alt-rock superstars nearly 10 years into their career
How Bush’s Gavin Rossdale channelled frustration and loss into epic grunge ballad Glycerine
Glycerine was the dark ballad that helped turbocharge Bush’s multi-platinum debut album Sixteen Stone
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are waging a two-man war on the modern world with Smith/Kotzen
Transatlantic supergroup Smith/Kotzen is the sound of two worlds colliding
10 epic ballads that show there was more to thrash metal than speed
There was more to thrash metal than speed
Bumblefoot on wrangling famous guitarists, his new album, and the celebrity hot sauce community
One-time GN’R guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it
Steven Wilson delivers a masterclass in interstellar prog at his first solo show in six years
Steven Wilson kicked off his first solo tour in six years in Stockholm last night. We were there
How Big Big Train took on modern issues in old ways on Grimspound
Released soon after Folklore, their 10th album merged mythology, astrology and astronomy to deliver Englishness to the world
H.E.A.T tighten their grip on the modern melodic rock crown on Welcome To The Future
Swedish kings H.E.A.T brilliantly buck fashions on seventh studio album Welcome To The Future
Four Iron Maiden songs that sound nothing like Iron Maiden
Even Iron Maiden like to throw a few curveballs into their back catalogue
"It sounds like Dream Theater doing a pastiche of Bon Jovi songs": Did Extreme over-egg the funk-rock pudding on III Sides To Every Story?
Extreme's third album, the three-part III Sides To Every Story, was the sound of a band over-reaching themselves
Four songs that will make you rethink everything you know about Queen
Think you have a handle on Queen’s sound? These songs sound like nothing else they recorded
