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When Sabbath and Ozzy parted it seemed the Brummie metal gods had met their end. But as Tony Iommi tells Hammer, Ronnie James Dio was their rainbow in the dark

Justin Hawkins from The Darkness picks ten albums that shone a light down the path to rock'n'roll triumph

Styx were the definitive pomp rock band of the 70s and 80s, and these 10 songs embody their epic songwriting and showmanship

Eighties pop stat Nik Kershaw forgets all about riddles and snoods and remembers his love of Gentle Giant

Buckcherry's Hellbound was one of our Albums of 2021, marking them out as one of the finest trashy rock’n’roll bands around.

Gryphon singer and drummer Dave Oberlé celebrates 50 years of rocking the crumhorn and more...

Dug Pinnick of King’s X on Master Of Reality, an often overlooked Black Sabbath album that is "very dark, very stark, yet also uplifting"

From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side

When it was time for the Scorpions to close the Day On The Green festival, they were determined to get from their dressing room to the stage in style. So they took a limo. “What do you expect us to do?” asked guitarist Rudy Schenker. “Walk?!”

As well as rereleasing his debut solo album and touring his new art project, Herman Rarebell is itching to highlight his contribution to the Scorpions

Your handy guide to the most rock'n'roll streets on the planet, from AC/DC to Frank Zappa

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great

Made-up languages? The apocalypse? The guilt of lighthouse keepers? Newcastle-upon-Tyne? They're all present in our round-up of progressive rock's most ludicrous album concepts

REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin on Crosby, Stills & Nash's debut album, a “stunning, important record” that inspired him to join a band

Had it not been for an A&R man and one DJ, Dream Theater’s hopes could have been dashed years ago.

With its complex sci-fi storyline and equally weighty sonics, Iron Man went on to become so much more than just another Black Sabbath track – but don’t go thinking it’s about the superhero

Scorpions' guitarist Rudolf Schenker tackles the band's back catalogue and pulls out his favourites

Pomp Rock was the unruly child disowned by prog and orphaned by AOR. Its melodies were a hit at radio and filled arenas across America, and here's 10 albums to get you started

Zakk Wylde talks about the new Black Label Society box set, Zakk Sabbath, working with Ozzy and not working with Ozzy.