Latest articles by Liz Scarlett
"Slash comes up to me and gives me a hug, and that was a moment that I will take to my grave." We asked Myles Kennedy to make us a playlist, and what he gave us is pure gold
From rock icons like Guns N' Roses and Queens Of The Stone Age to metal behemoths Gojira, it's safe to say Myles Kennedy knows his way around a riff
"I've always existed between two cultures." Meet Lowen, 2024's breakout prog metal sensation inspired by System Of A Down and Akercocke
Lowen's Nina Saedi is reclaiming a cultural heritage she is exiled from through a stunning mix of doom and prog metal
Oli Sykes says Bring Me The Horizon are considering going on hiatus: "We need time to recharge our batteries and have that time away"
Metalcore heroes Bring Me The Horizon may be taking a break soon, frontman Oli Sykes says he's "so fried"
Gojira share official music video for Grammy-nominated Olympic single Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
French metal heavyweights Gojira have released the official music video for their Grammy-nominated single Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
The 10 best prog metal albums of 2024
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year
Cyber Monday CD player deals: Save a bundle on a top CD player - even though the big sales day is over
We've picked out a selection of excellent discounted CD players that are still on sale - but these discounts could end at any moment
Cyber Monday CD deals 2024: There's still time to grab a CD bargain but you're going to have to be quick
The Cyber Monday CD sales are officially over, but there's still a handful of tasty price drops
Cyber Monday streaming deals 2024: There's still time to find a new music, film or TV streaming service for less
Here's our pick of the best streaming deals you can still get - even though Cyber Monday is over for another year
Cyber Monday record player deals 2024: This is your last chance to grab a turntable discount
Cyber Monday is over but there are still a number of discounts on turntables, but you'll need to be quick to pick up a bargain
Cyber Monday vinyl deals 2024: The majority of deals are now over, but there are still price drops to be found
Cyber Monday brought a huge pile of vinyl discounts to the table and while most of the deals are now over, you can still find something special... if you're quick
Cyber Monday music deals 2024: The big day of sale is over for another year - but you might still find a bargain or two
Cyber Monday has closed its doors for another year and most of the deals are done. However, you might still find something if you're very, very quick
The time Tom Morello apologised for Rage Against The Machine accidentally creating the "misogynistic", "anti-woman" and "fratty" nu metal genre
"We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?'”
"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction
After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"
Liam Gallagher has given a scathing response to Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock for calling Oasis "boring"
The Oasis brother has hit back at Glen Matlock with some icy words
"I’m proud and ready and more than able to take the stage again to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury": Rod Stewart confirmed to play the legend slot at Glastonbury Festival 2025
The Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? singer has been announced for Glastonbury Festival's coveted legend slot
Watch Metallica's James Hetfield playfully do his best Rob Halford impression with the help of a helium balloon during the making of St. Anger
Papa Het can't quite reach the Judas Priest frontman's high notes without a little assistance, but nevertheless he gives it his best shot in this behind the scenes clip from Metallica's 2003 St. Anger sessions
"What are you 'gonna do when you run out of all the lyrics Kurt left for you?": Watch Courtney Love take down a sexist Nirvana fan
Hole frontwoman Courtney Love keeps her cool when a fiery Nirvana fan calls in to ask some rather inappropriate, misogynistic questions on the Howard Stern show
Lambrini Girls' scathing new single Love is the anthem every person getting out of a toxic relationship needs to hear
Lambrini Girls share the tumultuous new single Love, from their forthcoming debut album, Who Let The Dogs Out
Primus are officially on the hunt for a new drummer. Could it be you?
Primus have announced a open call across the universe for a "well-mannered, affable" new drummer. Here's how to submit your application
Linkin Park to screen live performance film in cinemas in 2025
Newly-reunited nu metal giants Linkin Park are set to screen their From Zero release show in cinemas worldwide in 2025
Spiritbox announce long-awaited new album Tsunami Sea, share the ethereal new single Perfect Soul
Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox share details of their highly-anticipated second studio album, Tsunami Sea, and unveil the new single Perfect Soul
Brian May opens up about Queen's doubts on having Freddie Mercury as their frontman in their early days: "He did a lot of running around the place and screaming his head off. So we thought, ‘Is this going work?’"
Queen guitarist Brian May reveals how the band used to find working with Freddie Mercury "a little unnerving"
The time My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way hit out at nu metal: "It set us back to the stone age...it's like a bunch of neanderthals had a microphone for 8 years and everybody had to deal with it"
In a newly-resurfaced 2007 interview, the My Chemical Romance frontman aired his ill-feelings towards nu metal, and said that he thought certain bands within the genre encouraged sexism, homophobia and "other forms of ignorance"
