Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen: “It's not impossible we could headline Download” By Dave Ling published 12 May 20 You grill Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen on death metal, giant ducks and the chances of heading up the UK’s biggest metal festival
Brian Howe interview: Bad Company and beyond By Dave Ling published 8 May 20 Former Bad Company singer Brian Howe passed away earlier this week. This interview, from 2014, has never been published before
Former Bad Company vocalist Brian Howe dead at 66 By Dave Ling published 7 May 20 Brian Howe, who replaced Paul Rodgers in Bad Company and spent nearly a decade with the band, has died
The curious story of Krokus: drugs, fistfights, and the very end of the road By Dave Ling published 1 May 20 Heading for glory in the 80s, Krokus skidded out of the fast lane due to inflated ego, divisive management and white-line fever. Now, after 45 years, they’re parking the bus for good
Glenn Hughes: the 10 records that changed my life By Dave Ling published 28 April 20 Here's 10 records that reveal possibly everything about the life and times of Glenn Hughes, a.k.a. the Voice Of Rock™
Iron Maiden’s Iron Maiden: the debut album that changed metal By Dave Ling published 14 April 20 How five working class heroes from East London helped kickstart the 80s
Nightwish - Human. :II: Nature review By Dave Ling published 10 April 20 Not yet rated Another expected turn from the Finnish symphonic metallers
King's X interview: the life and times of the nearly men By Dave Ling published 31 March 20 A unique sound, a handful of great albums but no sniff of the charts, King’s X were the greatest unknown band in the world
Queensryche interview - how we made Operation: Mindcrime By Dave Ling published 31 March 20 Queensryche interviewed about their classic Operation: Mindcrime, the milestone album that became a millstone
The 30 albums that built heavy metal By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome, Jerry Ewing, Dave Ling published 30 March 20 The 30 albums that define heavy metal as we know it
The unlikely story of Tesla, the ultimate blue collar rockers By Dave Ling published 25 March 20 Gimmicks? You can keep 'em. This is the story of Tesla, five working-class kids from Sacramento who sold millions
Rob Halford Q&A: His best Lemmy story and why he won't be joining Twitter By Dave Ling published 16 March 20 A joyous and, at times, emotional chat with Judas Priest legend Rob Halford
The Marshall Tucker Band: how to spend a million dollars on cocaine, pot and Scotch whisky By Dave Ling published 10 March 20 The Marshall Tucker Band sold millions of records in the 70s and 80s, and never really escaped from the shadow of Skynyrd and the Allmans. But that didn’t stop them having a hell of a good time
Heather Findlay interview: "There's a prog opus in me yet!" By Dave Ling published 7 March 20 Singer songwriter Heather Findlay discusses her album Wild White Horses
Status Quo: a guide to their best albums By Dave Ling published 11 February 20 With the likes of Marguerita Time and In The Army Now lurking, you need to tread carefully while exploring Status Quo’s mighty catalogue
Reign in Pain: How Slayer conquered Britain By Dave Ling published 7 January 20 Slayer had begun to attract the wrong kind of reputation in the UK in the late 80s. So, when they came back for their first full UK tour, they made sure that we’d never, ever forget it
Uriah Heep: a guide to their best albums By Dave Ling published 18 December 19 Five decades of rockin': a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep
50 years, 50 tracks: the Ultimate Heavy Metal Playlist By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome, Lee Dorrian, Ian Fortnam, Paul Henderson, Dave Ling, Sian Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Jonathan Selzer, Henry Yates, Fraser Lewry published 19 November 19 As humanity celebrates 50 years of heavy metal, here’s half a century’s worth of pioneering heavy music, from the classics to the contemporary hard-hitters
The Story Behind The Song: Interstate Love Song by Stone Temple Pilots By Dave Ling published 13 October 19 Interstate Love Song started out as a bossa nova tune, had a country riff added, and ended up as a hit single on Stone Temple Pilots' multimillion-selling Purple album
The devastating, tragic story of The Allman Brothers Band By Dave Ling published 3 October 19 Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion
Archive interview: AC/DC's Angus Young and Malcolm Young By Dave Ling published 26 September 19 AC/DC became one of the biggest-selling bands of all time by never trying to fix what wasn’t broke in the first place. In 2003, we asked Malcolm and Angus Young how they did it
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth: The story behind the song By Dave Ling published 25 August 19 It began with a gig – which turned into a riot – in a Troubles-blighted corner of Northern Ireland. The end result, however, was one of the greatest triumphs of thrash metal
Whitesnake's Lovehunter: the album that inflamed the music press By Dave Ling published 14 August 19 To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter
Iron Maiden: the 10 best songs sung by Paul Di'Anno By Dave Ling published 17 May 19 To this day, some fans cite Iron Maiden and Killers as their favourite Iron Maiden albums. This is the best of the man who sang on them
The 50 Greatest AOR Albums Of All Time By Dave Ling, Jon Hotten, Sian Llewellyn, Paul Elliott published 1 May 19 From big hitters like Journey, Boston and Foreigner to the lesser known lights of AOR, these are the 50 albums that truly sparkle
