Latest articles by Dave Everley
"Not quite rock, not quite prog, not quite metal, but simultaneously a little and none of each": The Anathema albums you should definitely listen to
Hailed as heirs to classic Pink Floyd before their hiatus, much-missed Liverpudlian rockers Anathema had a unique, commanding catalogue
“It’s a beast!”: meet the doom metal legend who obsessively collects vinyl versions of Black Sabbath‘s debut album
Candlemass bassist Leif Edling owns way more copies of Black Sabbath’s debut album than you
How a single show rejuvenated the Scorpions and sent them on the path to superstardom
With two members “smashed after touring”, the Scorpions‘ career was wobbling. Then the Love At First Sting album turned them into global icons
“It was an intense process being in this band”: the inside story of Faith No More’s unlikely comeback
How Faith No More’s brilliant 2015 album Sol Invictus completed the most unlikely comeback of the 21st century
AC/DC’s Power Up tour: the first review
AC/DC kicked off their first tour in eight years with a show in Germany. We were there
“There’s a feeling of carpe diem”: Big Big Train’s Grand Tour had intergalactic ambitions
Inspired by journeys across 250 million years, Gregory Spawton and the late David Longdon intended the band’s 12th album to be bigger in scale than anything they’d done before
Kerry King's From Hell I Rise: The best Slayer album Slayer never made
On solo album From Hell I Rise Kerry King sounds like he's having more fun than he had in years with his old band
The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands
An epic oral history of the years that turned Slayer into the ultimate thrash metal icons
Slayer might not have been the first band in thrash metal, but they became the genre's ultimate champions
Oliver Wakeman’s Celtic-themed Anam Cara began in 2002
Celtic-themed album, featuring Hayley Griffiths and, Troy Donockley, is spiritual successor to his collaboration with Steve Howe
The Pink Floyd solo albums you should definitely own
Freed from the rivalry and constraints within Pink Floyd, the band members held nothing back on their solo endeavours – and here are their best albums
After three albums of blues-rock, the Kris Barras Band have ramped up the heaviness
Kris Barras on the people in power, top advice from Billy Gibbons, and being a "Poundshop version" of Richie Kotzen
“Some of our peers thought, ‘Are they going to be corporate sell-outs?”: the rise, fall and return of Soundgarden
In 2014, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil sat down with Metal Hammer to look back over his band’s rollercoaster career
Billy Morrison is a success story 30 years in the making
Taking time out from playing with big names, Billy Morrison has made an album of his own, with Ozzy and more guesting
The song captured the mood of a nation and turned Live into unprepared superstars
Live's heartfelt anthem became a beacon and spirited Throwing Copper to the top of the charts: Not bad for a small-town band from Pennsylvania
Beijing's OU put the prog back into progressive metal with II: Frailty - Metal Hammer album review
Hailing from Beijing and sounding like they come from outer space, China's OU are pushing boundaries with new album II: Frailty
What happened when we went record shopping with Joe Elliott
We gave Def Leppard's Joe Elliott £50
Meet five excellent young bands inspired by Tool
Hawxx, Ou, Mountain Caller, Wheel and Every Hell are channelling current Metal Hammer cover stars Tool in a variety of weird and wonderful ways
Judas Priest on awards shows, Invincible Shield and the beauty of cats
With Invincible Shield their third genuinely great album in a row, Judas Priest's late-career purple patch continues
“We didn’t force a connection, it just happened.” Steve Howe remembers a fledgling Yes supporting Jethro Tull in America in 1971
Supporting an already-established Jethro Tull in America helped Yes in their way to star status
“Drugs were everywhere in New York. Everybody knew at least five people who had OD’d. I always learned from other people’s mistakes”: the unlikely rise and sudden fall of White Zombie
White Zombie’s final album Astro-Creep: 2000 was released on this day in1995. Rob Zombie looks back on the band’s unlikely success
“Anyone who doesn’t talk to their pets is a psychopath!” We asked a bunch of metal stars to tell us about their pets on International Pet Day
Dogs, cats, ponies, goats, ducks – to mark International Pet Day, we asked members of Killswitch Engage, Amon Amarth, Green Lung and more to tell us about the animals they share their lives with
"At one point an aggrieved producer threatened to attack them with a machete": Say what you want about Marillion's second album, but it was not easy to make
Buoyed by the success of Script For A Jester's Tear, follow-up Fugazi was a victim of extremely difficult second album syndrome
