Latest articles by Dave Ling
Their sixth album, released in 2009, was their first with singer David Longdon and drummer Nick D'Virgilio – and it nearly broke the band
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
Back from the brink: Thunder vocalist Danny Bowes returns after major medical trauma
Pop-leaning rock band Cats In Space and multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer Willie Dowling have four dates together this month
Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows are going from strength to strength – we check in ahead of the biggest show of their lives
Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon - late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more
Transatlantic leader’s latest album sees him working with younger musicians and letting them work their own magic – while adding plenty of his own
Controversy, chaos and “the heavy metal horn” – the story of Judas Priest’s 1984 album Defenders Of The Faith
In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness
Yes guitarist Steve Howe picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
Former Runaway Cherie Currie plans to play "the songs I know people love" on what will likely be her final UK tour
Love/Hate blazed out of late 80s LA with killer debut Blackout In The Red Room – only to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Former too-rock-for-goth family affair Balaam And The Angel are about to kick off an eight-date UK tour
Retiring Brazillian metallers Sepultura are about to bring the hammer down on the anvil for the last time
We Are Not Robots is Terrorvision's first new album in more than a decade, and it’s full of top tunes
He started out in a college so strict that he couldn’t understand prog when he first heard it. But the composer, educator and tech fan, has made the most of opportunities that came his way
1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media
Bassist/vocalist reflects on his band being called the next big thing – but also the most unsellable product of all time
Some fans still cite Iron Maiden's first two albums as their greatest. This is the best of Paul Di'Anno, the late, great man who sang on them
Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones and his ex-bandmate - these are former Van Halen man Michael Anthony’s biggest musical influences
It’ll be fangs, coffins and fake blood at Wembley Arena later this month
With friends (and bandmates) reunited for Dream Theater’s 40th anniversary, it’ll be a special night for fans at Wembley Arena later this month
Starting as an art-rock project in the vein of 10cc or Queen, work with producer Mutt Lange and the 1978 single 5.7.0.5. let to dispute, distraction and eventual destruction after several promising proggy albums
