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Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt reveals why collaboration with Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy hasn’t happened yet
By Matt Mills published
Dream Theater’s drummer has said multiple times that he wants to make music with Opeth’s frontman. So, we asked Åkerfeldt what’s taking so long.

Fontaines D.C., Lambrini Girls, Geese, Kneecap, Billy Bragg and more donate vinyl to Records For Palestine online raffle
By Paul Brannigan published
Thirty record labels and more than 200 artists donate records for online draw

"We were like, ‘What if we take speed? Maybe we can play even faster!’ We were definitely better without the drugs." How Europe's biggest thrash band went from getting their mum to sign deals to satanic metal mastery
By Dom Lawson published
"When we heard Venom, all our songs became satanic."

How a progressive rock legend helped Nine Inch Nails make an alt. rock masterpiece
By Paul Brannigan published
"To be honest, my manager had to talk me into this one"

Heavy metal, hard rock, guaranteed sunshine and a setting like no other – Spain’s Rock Imperium is the one amazing festival you can’t afford to miss in 2026
By Classic Rock published
Sponsored by Rock Imperium
Join Iron Maiden, Within Temptation, Sabaton, Anthrax, Testament, H.e.a.t, Queensryche and many more under the blazing Mediterranean sun at Spain’s epic Rock Imperium Festival

The Hara are inspired by Avenged Sevenfold, BMTH and... Robbie Williams?!
By Dannii Leivers published
The Hara found a whole new heavy side for their second album

"So do we tell the kids about the tour?" Courtney Love and former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf Der Maur are reuniting
By Paul Brannigan published
Get ready for half a Hole reunion, but not as Hole

“We fought and got drunk and all that, but it was still a great time”: These prog heroes never operated as a democracy
By Mike Barnes published
Their first album in six years tackles conflicts across the planet and with the planet, and sees them pushing themselves in a direction they probably won’t again
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