Latest articles by Dave Everley
Crippled Black Phoenix revisit the past on The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature
The 20th album from Underground linchpins Crippled Black Phoenix comes with a second disc of covers
Jakko Jakszyk: “Had my mother not had me adopted, would I have ended up in King Crimson?”
The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson
Opeth return to extremity on the inventive The Last Will And Testament
Succession meets Edgar Allan Poe on prog metal kingpins Opeth's fascinating fourteenth album
How Meer fought back from a disastrous start to deliver third album Wheels Within Wheels
Norwegians didn’t make things easy for themselves by forming as an octet, while one member tried to avoid their natural musical tendencies; but thanks to the European prog community they’re riding high at last
How Powerslave shaped modern metal
Forget Number Of The Beast - these bands say Powerslave is Iron Maiden's greatest achievement
Tuk Smith wants to return us to a world shaped by weirdos and mavericks, not algorithms
Recording almost everything on his latest album himself and putting it out on his own label, Tuk Smith followed the adage that if you want something doing properly, do it yourself
“Everything has to come to an end”: The triumphant story of Black Sabbath’s last ever tour
In 2016, Black Sabbath’s The End tour reached Australia – and after a tumultuous career, the were finally ready to take their final bow
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
Sólstafir’s Hin Helga Kvöl shifts from sonic aggression to oddly comforting
Eighth album of challenging and mesmerising atmospherics from Iceland’s gnarliest post-rock band.
Meet Bobbie Dazzle, the catsuit-wearing singer reinventing glam rock for a modern audience
Bobbie Dazzle is the West Midlands singer bringing back the upbeat music, fun and fashion of the 70s
After half a century of Yes music, Jon Anderson talks about everything, from football to fairies
Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous story
“We recorded it in 20 minutes”: Paul Di’Anno looks back on making Iron Maiden’s Running Free
Paul Di’Anno sang on Iron Maiden’s classic debut single Running Free – speaking to Metal Hammer earlier this year, this is what he remembered about making it
Devin Townsend conjures up unexpected greatness on PowerNerd
Canadian maverick Devin Townsend releases his most straightforward album in years
Queen plunder the archive for Queen I, a lavish 50th anniversary celebration of their debut album
Regal reissue of overlooked debut album, now with previously unreleased material
"He’s got his gas mask on, he’s all taped up and he’s flying like a bird." Inside the chaos and carnage of Slipknot's legendary first UK show at the London Astoria
Slipknot's chaotic, infamous headline show at London's Astoria on December 13 1999 cemented their status as metal's next superstars
Michael Schenker on UFO, success and escape, and why he didn't join the Rolling Stones
With guests including Axl and Slash, for his new album maverick guitarist Michael Schenker went back to the songs he recorded first with UFO
Two life stories intertwine in Jakko M Jakszyk’s memoir Who’s The Boy With The Lovely Hair?
His colourful life and remarkable times feature Sir Richard Attenborough, The Nolan Sisters, Ruud Gullit, Michael Jackson (and Morris Minor And The Majors’ Stutter Rap)
“More than just music – it’s part of your DNA”: What The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog
Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night
The 20 songs that defined Slayer's career (and the stories behind them)
The ultimate guide to thrash metal titans Slayer - as told through their greatest songs
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
