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Petition launched to save studio where Iron Maiden recorded The Number Of The Beast
By Paul Brannigan published
"If this development goes ahead, we will lose far more than a studio"

How David Bowie's Heroes became his most life-changing single
By Bill DeMain published
Although David Bowie's Berlin-period anthem Heroes was initially something of a commercial failure, it became a classic for the ages

How Mikael Åkerfeldt fell in love with prog, even though his friends hated what he was doing
By Dom Lawson published
Making up for childhood poverty, the Opeth mastermind championed classic bands of the 70s when no one else cared – which made him a strange figure on the 90s Swedish metal scene

Nazi fights, emotional Dio encounters and 40 years of Napalm Death
By Rich Hobson published
Extreme metal legend Shane Embury shares some of the wildest stories from his life in Napalm Death and beyond

Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan on the painful day that he told his bandmates he was struggling with addiction
By Paul Brannigan published
"If you'd said my mother had died, I wouldn't have cared less"

Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground
By Paul Brannigan published
Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack

Jeff Lynne didn’t notice he’d turned ELO into the world’s biggest rock band
By Paul Lester published
He recalls being surprised with his first hit in America, taking five minutes to write another chart-topper, and the inspiration that led to Mr Blue Sky

Shawn Crahan explains how Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window
By Matt Mills published
Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project
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