Latest articles by Dave Everley
“Five minutes is a great length for a song”: Yes keep things tight on new album Aurora
Guitarist Steve Howe discusses their unplanned three-record run, speculates on what’s left for the future, and explains why he’s still bothering with the current line-up
“We said, ‘We’re going out in 2026.’ The crowd laughed”: Rush, from political pariahs to comeback kings
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson draw a career line from the early 80s to 2027. They say they might continue after that, if they can stand each other – and if they can stand
How Norman Greenbaum wrote the last great hippie anthem – and then disappeared into obscurity
Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit In The Sky was one of the greatest one-hit-wonders of the early 1970s
How Powerslave cemented Iron Maiden as the biggest metal band on the planet in 1984
Is fencing better than karate? Was the world about to end? How many frozen daiquiries can you have and still pull off an epic solo? Maiden were answering all the important questions when they made Powerslave
The explosive story behind System Of A Down’s Toxicity album
System Of A Down’s second album Toxicity gave nu metal’s most political band a platform to be heard . But some people wanted to shut them up – permanently
Evanescence’s Amy Lee has strong feelings about being called ‘goth’ – and they’re not positive
Don’t mention the ‘g’ word
The 25 best goth metal albums
From HIM to Evanescence, Type O Negative to Misfits, these are the greatest albums released in the goth metal pantheon
What it was like following Iron Maiden from their first gig
One of Steve Harris's old workmates recalls following the band in their earliest years
Watch Dave Grohl join Sepultura onstage in Los Angeles to jam on a 90s classic
The Foo Fighters frontman joined the Sepultura at the Wiltern Theater in LA to add drums on Kaiowas
How Metallica turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history
No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape
“I walked home thinking: ‘I’m gonna be a plumber for the rest of my life!’” When Rush opened for the New York Dolls
The guitarist recalls an early-days Spinal Tap moment, and reveals what it might take for him to follow Geddy Lee’s lead and write a book
Babymetal reveal the story behind one early fan favourite Akatsuki
Babymetal tell us about 15 of their most important songs in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer
"I remember us saying, ‘Well, if the band doesn’t make it, we’ll join the Marines.’" The story of the song that gave thrash metal its name
Metallica, Exodus and Slayer might've been defining thrash on the West coast, but it was in New York the genre finally got its name
Devin Townsend on being a jerk, never fitting in, three minutes of sex and four of crying
He might be permanently confused – but he knows how Pink Floyd works, why Captain Beefheart was better than Frank Zappa, what’s wrong with being a rock star, and how it feels to spend two years in a mental institution. Let him explain
After fronting Skid Row and battling cancer, Erik Grönwall is enjoying doing what he wants to do
Having sung with H.E.A.T, Skid Row and Michael Schenker, Erik Grönwall has released Bad Bones, his first solo album of original material in 16 years
“It pissed him off. He went, ‘F**k, I can’t say no!’” Rush’s R40 tour only happened for a single reason
The drummer had already decided to retire. But a wounded Alex Lifeson brought the only argument that made the classic line-up’s 2015 final road trip a reality
Rush’s Alex Lifeson still denies involvement in 1969 firing of Geddy Lee
Vocalist and bassist claims he’s not over his dismissal all those decades ago – and recalls it’s not the only time the guitarist helped him leave a band
The best rock supergroups in history, from Cream to Velvet Revolver
Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions
Zakk Wylde's stories of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Dimebag Darrell, Dave Grohl, Elton John and more
Zakk Wylde spent years playing guitar for Ozzy, fronts Black Label Society, has taken the place of Dimebag Darrell in the current Pantera… and these are some of his stories
How Metallica turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history
No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape
How Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the accidental classic that lifted them to immortality – and defined a genre
Lynyrd Synyrd’s Free Bird was the monster hit that the band themselves didn’t believe in
Jeff Scott Soto might be labelled a journeyman, but what an adventure it's been
Jeff Scott Soto has sung with Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sons Of Apollo, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Talisman, W.E.T., Art Of Anarchy and more
Highlander director Russell Mulcahy on making one of the greatest cult films of the 80s
Highlander director Russell Mulcahy on swords, Sean Connery and Freddie Mercury‘s breakfast-making skills
