Dave Everley

Blaze Bayley reflects on a life in heavy metal, from the turbulent early days of Wolfsbane to fronting Iron Maiden, overcoming tragedy and reckoning with his own mortality

Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

From a dizzying concept to an accompanying video game and (hopefully) a novel, Tesseract's newest chapter is seeing them reach new heights of ambition

Looking for something new and heavy to listen to? We've got you covered

Seemingly washed up at the beginning of the 80s, Alice Cooper got his act together, and before the decade was over he was sober, straight and right back in the game – and the charts

Jimi Hendrix, Whitesnake, Heart and Johnny Cash have all performed covers that got the blessing of the people who wrote them

Which songs have Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Queen and others played live the most? Spoiler: contains surprises

The Red Hot Chili Peppers had a rollercoaster 90s, but 1999’s Californication saw them reuniting with guitarist John Frusciante and returning bigger than ever

Recorded in an old bomb shelter, Candlemass's Solitude was less about deteriorating mental health than it was an ode to killer hangovers, but nonetheless set the tone for the epic doom to come

How an obscure 60s prog-jazz cover gave Whitney Houston her big break

Director Russell Mulchay looks back on the classic 80s movie Highlander and its Queen soundtrack

Dismissed by many of their peers as grunge interlopers, Pearl Jam have out-written, out-sold and outlived most of those detractors – here we guide you through their albums

Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen on jamming Chuck Berry songs with AC/DC and introducing Bon Scott to Mexican food

King’s X frontman Dug Pinnick on the magic of AC/DC's If You Want Blood You’ve Got It – and jamming with Brian Johnson.

"I felt different on the pitch, I felt like I was unique. That’s what the music does to you" – QPR manager and Cold Blooded Hearts frontman Gareth Ainsworth picks the albums that have guided his path through life

The captivating and peculiar story of Mr Jimmy is in theatres now

Almost 25 years since Slipknot's self-titled debut, Corey Taylor might be suffering, but he's by no means throwing in the towel as he prepares for his second solo album CMF2

The best live albums are defining moments in any band’s career, when the music, the performance, and the atmosphere generated between band and audience are captured on tape

The trio’s ninth album was born amid tension over synths and mixes and a concern about disappointing long-term fans - but it proved to be the band’s transition into the 80s and beyond

Life isn’t always a bed of roses when you’re following in a famous parent’s footsteps, but Wolfgang Van Halen is escaping his father’s shadow and succeeding on his own terms

Wolfgang Van Halen on Malcolm Young: "The groove that man had was untouchable"