Latest articles by Joel McIver
A tea-break chat at Abbey Road Studios 50 years ago brought Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson together – leading to a genre-busting catalogue that’s sold over 50 million units
Sacred geometry, lunar currents, media baiting, arena shows… there’s enough complexity in their first four albums to fill several lifetimes’ worth of study
Borderland is more eclectic than ever as they celebrate the uplifting vibes of loud, aggressive music. But how did a band from the heaviest country in the world get so deeply into prog?
People thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers were just zany frat boys who sang about sex and partying – until they released a gentle and heartfelt ballad about heroin
Daevid Allen’s appointed replacement on keeping the spirituality alive without becoming overwhelmed, the respectful use of acid, and the late band leader’s similarity to Cardiacs’ Tim Smith
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it
Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash
Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it
Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep
Children Of Bodom did as much as HIM and Nightwish to put Finnish metal on the map
Cannibal Corpse kept the deathly flag flying during the nu metal era
Slayer’s 2009 album World Painted Blood was the best since their 80s heyday – and this is how they made it
Briefed to keep Gong going after Allen’s death, the new leader pursues the same aim with a different vision. How have the fans reacted?
Moving to Los Angeles from his native Chile in the 1960s, Tom Araya began a journey that'd take him to heavy metal immortality
In June 2010, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax played together for the very first time as the Big Four. We were there to watch history being made
We visited the museum in Sweden dedicated to late Metallica legend Cliff Burton, and this is what we found
Metallica spent the time between ...Justice and the Black Album in a drink-and drug-induced fog. In the same period they went from thrash heroes to the biggest metal band in the world...
In 1970, Deep Purple introduced a new era of loud music, with the seminal In Rock album. Here's the story of the making of the album that ushered in heavy rock
The life and times of Children Of Bodom frontman and fully paid-up wild child Alexi Laiho
Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D look back on the birth of a rap metal landmark
Black Sabbath’s debut album staked their claim as the Godfathers Of Metal. But follow-up Paranoid turned them into stars
The world of funk rock was a fusion of genres, that opened its doors to riffs, grooves and even hip-hop. Get down!
An audience with enigmatic Rammstein drummer Christoph ‘Doom’ Schneider
