Latest articles by Dom Lawson
Even as Dez Fafara’s melodeath riff-slingers were falling apart, they masterminded one of their era’s most enduring singles
The life and times of Doro Pesch
If you can’t connect the drone metal heroes with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, allow co-founder Greg Anderson to explain
The lifelong experimental rocker believes only the first three Mothers Of Invention albums are worth listening to, because after that Zappa succumbed to “unfortunate prog tendencies”
When the Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders got together in 2012, they were prepared to defy fans. And Åkerfleldt only wanted one thing out of the collaboration: a copy of their record
Making up for childhood poverty, the Opeth mastermind championed classic bands of the 70s when no one else cared – which made him a strange figure on the 90s Swedish metal scene
Tripped up by record company machinations, the American pioneers – who nearly became Peter Gabriel’s backing band – didn’t think their first two records would ever sound like they had in the studio
The ex-Genesis singer wanted them to be his backing band exclusively, leaving them to choose between his ambitions or their own
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
"When we heard Venom, all our songs became satanic."
The metal icons have released their final album and are on their last-ever tour – here’s how they got here
Holy Moses’ Sabina Classen is one of metal’s great pioneers – but she rarely gets the credit she deserves
A brother who took over the band, a singer who struggled to keep the secret and a determination to do exactly what their late leader would have wanted led to the end of an 18-year journey
Charged with matching The Snow Goose’s surprise success, Andy Latimer’s band wrote a record about themselves – disguising their vocals because they’d been told they couldn’t sing
Even if you take The Beast out of the equation, Bruce Dickinson has had a magical career. Here are his seven albums in reverse-order of excellence.
Hackett was in reflective mood when he released 2019 album At The Edge Of Light – which he described as not remotely progressive, explaining why that was a good thing
Things could have turned out very different if the drummer had his way
Abandoning attempts to dial down his own drama, he delivered a moving and multifaceted collection of collaborations in 2023. He immediately wanted to do it again
Recording outside Germany for the first time, Warlock's swansong would also launch an international metal icon
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
The trio have refined their approach to a project they only started for fun, admitting it’s exploded beyond any of their expectations and changed they way they look at their more usual activities
Anomaly-chasing quartet’s challenging response to funk metal came out of their love for Rush, Phil Collins and being odd
Machine Head’s The Blackening is one of the greatest metal records of the 21st century
