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That time Metallica launched a worldwide search to find a new vocalist via an ad in a British music magazine
If you were reading Kerrang! in December 1983, you could have had a shot at fronting Metallica
"At school I did a presentation about Black Sabbath! I knew I wanted to move to the UK." Jack Black, angry nuns and Duolingo: the strange story of metal's weirdest new stars, Calva Louise
Mixing metalcore, EDM and Latin dance music, Calva Louise's influences are as diverse as its members' backgrounds growing up in Venezuela, France and New Zealand
How Metallica wrote the power ballad that saved Miley Cyrus - and that Elton John adored
James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did
What happened when Bruce Dickinson made the decision that changed his life
Becoming a band’s new singer is never easy. But when Bruce Dickinson saw Iron Maiden play, he knew he was the singer they needed
The story of Prince's Purple Rain, this year's viral Stranger Things needle drop
Prince's Purple Rain was the epic ballad that reclaimed rock for black musicians and is now ingrained in popular culture
From the Crimean War to the Stranger Things finale, the story of Iron Maiden’s The Trooper
It didn’t live up to prior singles’ chart success, it was banned when it came out, and it’s got the band booed onstage. But, The Trooper is a song that Iron Maiden have never left behind.
Queen legend Brian May reveals the fears that keep him awake at night
Brian May is concerned about our future
How a secret $70,000 cash payment to Italian gangsters secured a British rock band their first US hit single
A flashback to an era when payola ruled the US music industry
