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Dennis De Young and Tommy Shaw argue that despite the big hits, Styx always had a proggy heart

In 1976 US prog rockers Kansas found themselves in the upper reaches of the US charts with a song that's become a drive time classic

Dave Brock recalls the time when a hit single meant he finally got recognised in his local bank…

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...

How Ennio Morricone’s The Ecstasy Of Gold become part of metal’s mythology courtesy of Metallica

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock

Iron Maiden used to throw extravagant album launches. For The X Factor, it was different

Whoever said metal suffered at the hands of grunge in the 1990s was deluded. As these 10 albums prove, it was stronger than ever during that turbulent decade

Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro picks his top 5 best guitar albums

Even the best can get it wrong sometimes: here's the worst albums by 10 of rock's greatest bands

Take a trip through time and space with the ultimate mind-bending psychedelic rock albums

Metal Church look back at the historic Marquee show with Metallica

Megadeth were strung out and at war with each other when they made their third album So Far, So Good… So What!. And things were about to get worse…

Friesian cows, brass section bastards and their first number one album. Just what did go into the making of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother?

On September 3, 1984, Iron Maiden released Powerslave, one of their most iconic albums. Here are some reasons why we love it

After an acclaimed debut album and a less accomplished second record, Maiden looked ready to stop before they'd truly got started, then someone had the idea of hiring the singer from Samson

Mummified Eddies, stages the size of football pitches, hysterical crowds – this what it was like seeing the most epic metal tour of the 80s first-hand

In 1983, four alcohol fuelled kids calling themselves Metallica recorded their debut album Kill ’Em All. No one knew it would change the world

How could you not love Riot, a band with a mythical half-human half-baby seal mascot called The Narita?

Argent's studio albums may have underwhelmed, but it all came together on the adventurous, surprising Encore: Live In Concert

The Moody Blues' astonishing journey from high living in the 60s, pioneering musical alchemy in the 70s to prog's elder statesmen of today

In 1971, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson set out with tongue-in-cheek to make “the mother of all concept albums”. With Thick As A Brick, he ended up fulfilling his ambition – and then some

Late Nazareth guitarist Manny Charlton was at the desk when Guns N' Roses recorded many of their classic songs for the first time - this is the story of the Sound City Studios sessions

Guitarist and producer Steve Hillage is a true progressive visionary whose best albums cover a career as 70s prog hero and cult figure on the underground dance scene

In 1976 krautrock pioneers Can released I Want More as a single and found themselves in the UK Top 30 and on Top Of The Pops!