Interviews

After watching Steven Wilson and Opeth rise to the big leagues, he was bewildered but still hopeful. Then 11th album Your Wilderness provided the change of fortunes he’d been looking for

After recovering from the health issues that nearly killed him, he won’t rule out new music

This guitarist will forever be hailed as a leading light of NWOBHM. He says it might never have happened without the group who started six years before him, and 150 miles away

Surrounded by genre-breakers from an early age, the Mahivshnu Orchestra mastermind learned quickly about ignoring critics – but never stops reminding himself of his own incapabilities and ignorance

The Megadeth frontman opens up to Metal Hammer about his cancer diagnosis – and what helped get him through it

From self-building his own guitar to moving to a roach-infested hotel in New York, Zoltan Bathory put it all on the line to build Five Finger Death Punch

King Crimson offshoot Beat leader and Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it

He talks about their early character clashes, the studio trick he learned from Brian Eno, recording versus playing live, and why he got the blame as the band became more musically streamlined

The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear