Latest articles by Paul Elliott
Venom frontman Cronos: “Metallica have had some shit albums – they’d have to admit that”
Venom legend Cronos on the birth of black metal, the success of former support band Metallica and why there’s zero chance of the classic line-up getting back together
20 of the greatest rock duets ever
From power ballads to balls-out OTT anthems, and from mega-hits to cult classics, the rock duet comes in all shapes and sizes
Mother's Finest: "We were paving the way for things to happen in music but we didn’t know it"
Fronted by vocal powerhouse Joyce Kennedy, Mother’s Finest were simply too ahead of the game: black musicians playing rock. If they’d arrived a decade later they could have been huge
Mother's Finest: six songs to get you started
Six songs to introduce you to the fierce funk-rock wizardry of Atlanta's very own Mother's Finest
Queen: the collector's edition of The Miracle is filled with treasures yet profoundly sad
A multi-disc box set of Queen's The Miracle, featuring six previously unreleased tracks
Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranked from worst to best
Updated A guide to the recorded work of Ozzy Osbourne: Black Sabbath frontman, rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure
Look out! Black Sabbath's Dio classics are still powerful evidence of their last great era
Black Sabbath's Dio-era classics Heaven And Hell and Mob Rules have been reissued as Deluxe Editions (again) but the quality still shines
10 classic Queen songs that Freddie Mercury didn't sing
The best Queen songs Freddie Mercury didn't sing
Paul McCartney: the albums outside The Beatles you should definitely own
It’s easy to forget that there’s more to Macca than The Beatles and the Frog Chorus: Just take a look at his rock’n’roll legacy
Queen's Brian May on The Miracle, why he loves AC/DC, and the high price of fame
Just four years after Live Aid, Brian May gave an interview about the band's new album, The Miracle, and revealed where Queen lost their way
Interview: Brian May talks about Queen's Miracle
In this interview from 1989, just four years after Live Aid, Brian May talks about the band's new album, The Miracle
The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant bands
Step into a world of WTF, as we round up the biggest turkeys from metal’s greatest bands
The Soundtrack Of My Life: Lars Ulrich
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the album that makes him bounce around
Ozzy: "With Black Sabbath Nothing Is Ever Easy. It’s Never Been Easy"
After reuniting in LA in 2011, things quickly spun out of control for Black Sabbath, Iommi's cancer, Bill Ward's controversial departure, Ozzy falling off the wagon, how did 13 ever get made?
Tony Iommi interview: 'Some Nights I'd Do Two Or Three Grams Of Coke'
Knife-carrying thug, practical joker, drug fiend and the inventor of heavy metal, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on his life less ordinary
Blizzard Of Ozz: the wild story of the album that saved Ozzy Osbourne
In 1979, Ozzy was out of Black Sabbath and on the ropes. Then he made the two albums that saved his career – and his life
Bruce Dickinson: I Knew I'd Joined A Great Band. I Knew I Could Make It Better
From his seismic debut with the band to the defining live album of their careers and the sprawling concept album that divided fans, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson picks three of his favourites
Every Iron Maiden album – in their own words
From Number Of The Beast to The Book Of Souls, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and co look back at every studio album Iron Maiden have recorded
Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain on Christianity, giving up booze, and getting older
"Imagine me trying to play Run To The Hills at fucking seventy-three years old!" Nicko McBrain might not be ready to retire yet, but he knows he's not going to go on forever...
How Iron Maiden conquered The World
The Iron Maiden story told by the "control freaks" who got them there, from East End pubs to worldwide stadiums, via sackings, internal squabbles and new business models
The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant classic rock bands
Even the best can get it wrong sometimes: here's the worst albums by 10 of rock's greatest bands
The 10 best Metallica songs from the 1980s
In the 1980s Metallica made some of the greatest heavy metal music of all time and became the biggest cult band in the world
Metallica’s One: the story of the song that changed thrash metal
How a song about a disfigured soldier made the biggest cult band in the world even bigger – and said goodbye to thrash metal once and for all
