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A mountain monastery, a bus in a snowstorm: Von Hertzen Brothers’ Nine Lives was tough work
The Finnish brothers created a different working method for their fifth album, but to their surprise the results weren’t much different from the previous four. Which was no bad thing
“Now I’m James LaBrie’s biggest cheerleader”: Mike Portnoy on his return to Dream Theater
Co-founding drummer discusses how easy 16th album Parasomnia came together, his sadness when he thought a reunion might not happen, and how he’s not quite the control freak some people think he is
"As soon as you hear it it's just, 'Wow'. The simplicity of it and how powerful it is."
Zakk Wylde picks out iconic riffs from Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and more
""My dad smashed the Number Of The Beast: ‘I’m forbidding Devil’s music in my house!’"
How Jesse Leach went from preacher's son to metalcore icon with Killswitch Engage
“He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno
Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London's East End to stadiums worldwide
“Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth
His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”
How Divide And Dissolve went from doom-drone to classical
Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed has made the leap to composing symphonies – with some help from the BBC
"A lot of people think it’s about Vikings, but it never was"
We took Wardruna's Einar Selvik foraging in one of London's oldest graveyards
