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Amon Amarth are taking cues from Maiden on album 13
By Matt Mills published
Amon Amarth have big plans when it comes to album 13 and the impending European tour

“We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them from D-listers to nu metal giants (for a bit, anyway)
By Stephen Hill last updated
In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight

The classic album that turned Lacuna Coil from cult band into household names in metal
By Dannii Leivers published
Before this release, these gothic metallers weren't well known outside of their homeland. That quickly changed

What happened when XTC's bass player accidentally wrote their first big hit
By Paul Lester published
Making Plans for Nigel established XTC as the intelligent arm of the post-punk movement – and it's still being directed at current Nigels

The southern rock legend who quit Lynyrd Skynyrd before they became famous and then rejoined 25 years later
By Paul Rees published
Rickey Medlocke has been involved in not one but two iconic Southern Rock bands

Kelly Osbourne reveals why the Osbourne family are "closer than ever" following Ozzy's death
By Merlin Alderslade published
Ozzy not being here any more still feels as raw and surreal as ever

The story of the Orange Crush, R.E.M.'s anti-war commentary disguised as a four-minute pop song
By Rob Hughes published
R.E.M. countered accusations of selling out to a major by using their commercial clout to promote their political activism

The story of the UFO classic inspired by a pair of murderous twins
By Neil Jeffries published
For a much-loved ballad on 1981's The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent, UFO turned to the criminal underworld for inspiration
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