Latest articles by Malcolm Dome
The turbulent story of Celtic Frost’s avant garde thrash masterpiece Into The Pandemonium
How Celtic Frost demolished metal’s boundaries with their classic 1987 album Into The Pandemonium
Mastodon’s Crack The Skye was a triumph – but it could have been a whole lot more
They basked in the 70s prog glory of King Crimson, Yes and Genesis to make their fourth album with a concept so strong they wanted to make it into a movie, but failed
From cult psychedelic warriors to global rock superstars: Every Scorpions album ranked from worst to best
UPDATED The Scorpions' 19 studio albums, ranked from woeful to wonderful
“I discovered our album when a pub landlord showed me his copy”: The steampunk proggers who didn’t make it
In 1970 Bram Stoker looked like the next big thing in prog. Guitarist Pete Ballam explained why it didn’t work out for them.
“Our first song was our strongest. The whole thing was short-lived”: Genesis/Yes supergroup GTR’s single moment of glory
In 1985 guitarists Steve Hackett and Steve Howe hit the US Top 20 – and then it was suddenly all over
“We swore no more flags would be burnt. I did it again”: Keith Emerson and the world’s first instrumental protest song
1968 track and its associated antics enraged its original composer, shocked an American diplomat and got The Nice banned from the Royal Albert Hall for ever
“We saw our name in 50ft letters and said, ‘We’ve made it!’: When the Moody Blues began to take themselves seriously
Justin Hayward and co weren’t sure how long they’d last after inheriting the music of Denny Laine - but they needn’t have worried
“A guy said, ‘You ruined a classic song.’ Another said, ‘He wrote it!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident
The keyboard legend’s jam-packed career saw interactions with a varied cast from the ‘strange’ Dario Argento to Motörhead’s Lemmy
A metal fan’s guide to prog legends Rush
Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal
With a future Uriah Heep singer and rapidly changing style, were Lucifer’s Friend prog?
Embracing jazz, working with Krautrock icon Conny Plank and becoming early adopters of orchestration, the German band often didn’t know what would come out of their studio sessions
“It might seem odd for a death metal band to love him”: The prog rock icon who gave Gojira their identity
The French band were struggling for a direction before they deliberately introduced the eclectic British musician’s influence – then they started going places
The stellar rise and tragic demise of Death, the band who pushed metal to new extremes
How late Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner helped lay down the blueprint for death metal – then tore it up
“How can you fire me when I quit three weeks ago?’” Mick Abrahams’ life after Jethro Tull
Health issues made it almost impossible for Blodwyn Pig founder to play guitar towards the end of his life – but he maintained “it could be worse”
“I reckon Ritchie Blackmore might have thought we’d made a mistake having them open for Rainbow, as we just couldn’t match them”: When AC/DC blew Rainbow off stage
Warning: never, ever let AC/DC open for your band
The story of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music
Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction's game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade
Toto, “that Africa band,” on their prog credentials
They were inspired by prog heavyweights and their records have always contained surprising depth
“It wasn’t me trying to be sexy”: Sonja Kristina’s highs and lows with Curved Air
The singer on influencing Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux, her relationship with Stewart Copeland, prog versus punk and why she didn’t like her band’s mid-70s output
How Angela Gossow saved Arch Enemy and became an extreme metal trailblazer
Arch Enemy were making waves in the metal underground, but they needed someone special to take them forwards
The British thrash metal icon who adores prog eccentrics Gentle Giant (and he’s not the only one)
They may have bewildered some listeners in the 70s, but several leading lights of other genres happily confirm they were a massive influence
When eccentric proggers Gryphon acquired Sex Pistols connections, they knew their time was up
They made five albums in the 70s, each very different from the other, and toured the US with Yes. Then they were gone – only to return in the 21st century
How Metallica turned a song from a Clint Eastwood movie into the greatest intro music in history
No Metallica show is complete without The Ecstasy Of Gold as its intro tape
How stoner-doom kings Electric Wizard made the classic Dopethrone album
Electric Wizard frontman Jus Osborn on the making of the weed enthusiasts’ classic third album Dopethrone
How Zakk Wylde launched Black Label Society with the booze-fuelled chaos of Sonic Brew
In the late 1990s, Zakk Wylde formed Black Label Society during time away from Ozzy’s band. Cue lawsuits and a lot of alcohol
Cozy Powell didn’t mind replacing Carl Palmer in ELP. Neither did Carl Palmer
Supergroup’s mid-80s alternative line-up made one album together then went their separate ways – but their brief career paid dividends to the original band’s legacy
“People didn’t want to admit we had a sense of humour.” How Blue Öyster Cult really feel about More Cowbell
Their 1976 hit (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – inspired by Romeo And Juliet – found a new lease of life on TV 24 years later, and it’s still doing the rounds today. Are they happy with how the world sees them?
