Latest articles by Malcolm Dome
How Cannibal Corpse changed singers and made 90s death metal classic Vile
The story of Cannibal Corpse’s Vile – the album that introduced Corpsegrinder to the wider world
Steve Hillage’s mixed feelings on his only Khan album, and his surprise at how it lived on
He’s proud Space Shanty has found an audience over 52 years – but bemused at its collectible status
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
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
Cactus should have been huge but it never happened - so we asked them to tell us why
Born out of hard rock pioneers Vanilla Fudge and contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, Cactus are the unsung innovators of 70s US rock
JJ Burnel on how Caravan inspired a Stranglers track
After falling in love with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, the bassist created Down In The Sewer as a response – and if that makes his band prog, he’s fine with it
How Arch Enemy’s Wages Of Sin reinvented extreme metal for the 21st century
Arch Enemy’s Wages Of Sin marked the debut of singer Angela Gossow – and put them on the melodic death metal map
Album Of The Week Club review: Nine Lives by REO Speedwagon
In which the midwestern rockers rock a little harder than normal, but not everyone is convinced
“When it seemed like prog had run its course, Mick Pointer kickstarted the second wave”
Neo-prog drummer created the Marquee scene in the 80s and inspired the third generation – including Steven Wilson and Dream Theater – in the 90s, says guitarist
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 Iron Maiden made a 21st century masterpiece with A Matter Of Life And Death
In this classic Metal Hammer interview, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris reveal the story behind Iron Maiden’s 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death
“We introduced his influence and found ourselves”: Mike Oldfield is Gojira’s prog hero
French metal guitarist-vocalist admits it’s odd – but where he grew up there was no such thing as pigeonholing artists in genres
The ZZ Top albums you should definitely listen to
The hirsute Texan rockers have an extensive track record – here we pick out the ZZ Top records essential for any collection
How Manowar delivered death to false metal with Hail To England
Manowar’s Hail To England is a mid-80s heavy metal classic
In 2009 another new technology was threatening music, but Radiohead had a solution
When social media rumours ran wild that the band were splitting up, bassist Colin Greenwood revealed the complexities and confidence of what was really going on
“We’ve moved beyond metal”: how Judas Priest reached for the sky with Nostradamus
Judas Priest released their controversial double album Nostradamus on June 16, 2008
How violence, rocket attacks and the Cold War helped Voivod make prog-thrash masterpiece Dimension Hatröss
The story of Voivod’s ground-breaking 1988 album Dimension Hatröss, the album that helped shaped modern 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 was going to come out of their studio sessions
The Hawkwind albums you should definitely listen to
For more than half a century, Hawkwind's ever-changing line-up of space rockers has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums
“I even suggested it was a yoghurt!” How Tangerine Dream got their name (we think)
It wasn’t a misunderstanding. Instead, Edgar Froese merged a psychedelic lyric with a surrealist joke to name his band – or at least that’s what he told us
How The Haunted rose above the chaos to make a cult 21st century metal classic with Made Me Do It
The chaotic story of Swedish ragers The Haunted’s classic second album, Made Me Do It
If you know how Henry Cow got their name, please tell the band
Percussionist Chris Cutler can only guess at the reasons behind the admittedly effective title
