Latest articles by Dave Everley
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
Those Damn Crows score their first UK No.1 album with God Shaped Hole
Rock is officially back on top again
The epic story of Monsters Of Rock, the greatest heavy metal festival of them all
The triumphs, the bottlings, the rucks, the rain – long-running festival Monsters Of Rock changed hard rock and heavy metal forever
Mikael Åkerfeldt’s peers list the reasons they like and admire him
Steven Wilson, Mike Portnoy, Steve Hackett and Arjen Lucassen list the reasons they like and admire Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt
Black Spiders' 20-year career has been littered with hurdles and drawbacks, but now they're back
And his time they’re doing it all on their own terms
The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments
From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band
Masters Of Reality's seventh album The Archer is lean, graceful and magnificent
A welcome return of cult desert-rock mystic Chris Goss
Inspired by Pink Floyd, Marillion made a film out of their album Brave. It didn’t go well
Marillion’s attempt to make a full-length move to accompany 1994 concept album Brave went so badly that the director disassociated himself from it
L.A. Guns appear impervious to age on Leopard Skin
Sunset Strip veterans L.A. Guns' late-career hot streak continues on album number 15
"It’s getting ridiculous now, isn’t it? We’re the last men standing."
As their new album Dreams On Toast proves, The Darkness are everything rock’n’roll should be in 2025
Prog is the reason Rick Astley became a singer
Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes
Rush’s R50 is a luxurious celebration with an emotional punch at the end
Multi-format box set cherrypicks at least one track from every studio and live album of the Canadian giants’ career
“Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth
His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”
How Ricky Warwick got sober and reconnected with his Northern Irish roots on new album Blood Ties
Black Star Riders and The Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick is sharper than ever on his new solo album Blood Ties
What happened on Kate Bush’s Tour Of Life, her only-ever road trip, in 1979
Gruelling exertion, exhilaration, determination and a human tragedy all played a part in her 1979 Tour Of Life – and she never hit the road again
