Latest articles by Joel McIver
The heavy metal horror icon Rob Zombie reflects on his life full of guts and glory
From Kiss and Iron Maiden to the Germs and Prince, this is the soundtrack to Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan’s life
Dave Lombardo had rejoined the band, Tom Ayara was losing his sister to cancer and Kerry King was still as reassuringly angry as ever. Little wonder that Slayer's World Painted Blood roared...
Burning churches, jail time, a slew of landmark albums and then they broke the band up before a surprise reformation. What were Emperor thinking?
Veteran bluesmen on peak form for Euro-TV session’s first release.
Anthrax and Public Enemy legends Scott Ian and Chuck D shoot the shit on rap metal, Bring The Noise, groundbreaking tours and the song that changed it all
Southern rock has never been healthier thanks to the likes of Blackberry Smoke, Black Stone Cherry and Gov’t Mule.
Album two from the renowned supergroup – but does the arrow hit the target?
Heartfelt blues-rock songs with high-calibre guests.
Lamb Of God’s guitarist takes time out from earbleeding heavy metal for a salute to the blues axemen who first inspired him.
The good ol’ boys, never meaning no harm, all boxed up
Soundtrack to a long-gone era of motor racing, courtesy of blues nostalgist.
You want authentic blues? Try this near-death-experience chronicle…
Runaway boys’ live audiovisual output collated in Mitteleuropa.
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen enters the blues with new band, Delta Deep. Here he tells us about white privilege, the blues behind punk and the dangers of playing guitar with your teeth.
