Latest articles by Dave Everley
How In Absentia marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree
They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again
How death, cancer and a whole pandemic helped make Yesterwynde the most optimistic Nightwish album yet
Despite an unbelievable amount of personal setbacks, Nightwish rallied to make one of 2024's best metal albums. Here's how
Much-imitated symphonic metal giants Nightwish go even bigger than ever on Yesterwynde
Nightwish's Yesterwynde offers the kind of grandiose maximalism that puts most Hollywood blockbuster soundtracks to shame
"We’ve been trying to get Chuck D to do something with us again." Anthrax talk collabs, politics and using Dave Grohl's studio to record their new album
It's been almost a decade since the last Anthrax album, but the thrash titans have been hard at work
How Zeal & Ardor went from squat-punks to prestige black metal masters
Zeal & Ardor's new album Greif continues Basel's fine tradition of flashing their backsides at power and authority
How 1984 became the year that thrash metal broke big
From Anthrax's Fistfull Of Metal to Exodus's Bonded By Blood and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, 1984 was the year thrash broke big
How Deep Purple entered their Mk IX era, inspired by the tedious complications of modern life
Deep Purple might never have been fashionable, but with a new guitarist on board and a brand new album, they look likely to be around for some time yet
How Jethro Tull embraced synths, drum machines and the 1980s – and split their fans
The tangled story of Jethro Tull’s controversial 80s albums A, The Broadsword And The Beast and Under Wraps
Meet Big Special, the Black Country duo blending the blues, hip-hop and rock with beautiful fury
With Free "a huge influence" and pithy lyrics, Big Special might soon live up to their name
Nathaniel Rateliff on hanging around with Robert Plant and getting high with Willie Nelson
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats might not be party animals any more, but there's no shortage of energy when it comes to their music
“Craziness is something holy”: The prog credentials of pioneering producer Conny Plank
He helped create krautrock before his influence stretched round the progressive world via his belief that “craziness is something holy”
The 50 most metal movie moments ever
From the sinister appearance of Count Orlok to Iron Man rocking out to AC/DC, these are the 50 most metal movie moments ever
“A lot of us didn’t like each other back in the day”: Hirax’s Katon W De Pena is one of thrash metal’s great unsung heroes
Hirax frontman Katon W De Pena was there at the birth of thrash – and he’s still passionately flying the flag today
“Give me a break. Of course we’ve got frickin’ soul”: Dream Theater vs the haters
In 2013, Dream Theater released their eponymous 12th album – but not everyone was onboard with their “soulless” prog metal
“I felt so embarrassed for him”: Ian Anderson, the man who refused to meet Elvis Presley
The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted
Bill Fisher puts politics in prog as he takes pot-shots at billionaires via “yacht doom”
He took inspiration from Steely Dan, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel to take a shot at space-race moguls via what he calls “yacht doom” music
Let there be rock - back on the road with AC/DC
Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there's a school uniform...
The Aerosmith albums you should definitely listen to
Aerosmith might have come to the end of the road, but their best albums are swaggering, charismatic evidence of a unique rock'n'roll legacy
Joy, pain end where they began: Fish reissues Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors and Internal Exile
Extended editions of his first two post-Marillion albums mark his final releases before he bows out
Ian Hunter's stories of Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and more
He’s Ian Hunter, solo artist and former Mott The Hoople frontman, and these are some of his stories
Geddy Lee’s thoughts when there was still an even chance of a new Rush album
Soon after the trio’s final tour had ended, the ever-optimistic frontman insisted his band should still be discussed in the present tense
How A Perfect Circle made the funniest and most provocative rock album of the 2010s with Eat The Elephant
Death stares, Axl Rose and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy are all part of the story of Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel’s A Perfect Circle
The wild tale of LA Guns, Hollywood’s most chaotic band
LA Guns laid the groundwork for the Sunset Strip glam metal scene, but they were too combustible to become superstars
