The Darkness launch life-affirming official video for Heart Explodes
Heart Explodes comes from upcoming album Easter Is Cancelled, released in October
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The Darkness launch life-affirming official video for Heart Explodes
Heart Explodes comes from upcoming album Easter Is Cancelled, released in October
Watch Robert Plant tell AC/DC's Brian Johnson about the rise of Led Zeppelin
Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road features the AC/DC singer talking Led Zeppelin with Robert Plant
See what’s inside Ozzy Osbourne’s See You On The Other Side box set
Ozzy shares unboxing video showing the full contents of his upcoming solo box set collection
Hellyeah’s Chad Gray praises Roy Mayorga for stepping in for Vinnie Paul
The Hellyeah frontman says Stone Sour's Roy Mayorga has done "an amazing job" behind the kit as the band prepare to release new album Welcome Home
Steve Hackett launches video for his At The Edge Of Light track Peace
Steve Hackett’s video for Peace will be included on Genesis Revisited Band and Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Metallica announce S&M2 preview screenings
The S&M2 concert film will hit cinemas around the world on October 9 - but Metallica reveal special preview screenings will take place the week before
Watch lyric video for Pink Floyd’s 1994 track Keep Talking
The Division Bell track has been selected from the upcoming 16-disc Pink Floyd box set The Later Years - out in November
Former Shy and TNT vocalist Tony Mills dead at 57
Tony Mills who fronted bands including Shy and TNT dies after battle with pancreatic cancer
Tool have “tons of material” for Fear Inoculum follow-up
Tool’s Danny Carey hopes to "knock out another record” sooner rather than later: “It’s not going to take 12 years,” he tells Metal Hammer
Slayer ex Dave Lombardo: Tom Araya has wanted to retire since I was in the band
Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo says the band’s vocalist and bassist Tom Araya has wanted to retire for years due to “neck issues”
Opeth scrapped "30 or 40 minutes" of death metal material after 2008’s Watershed
Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt says a conversation with bassist Martín Méndez was the catalyst to change their musical direction on Heritage
Wednesday 13 hook up with Alice Cooper for Necrophaze - watch ghoulish video
Wednesday 13 launch spook-filled promo for Necrophaze - the title track from the upcoming studio album
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Primus: a guide to the best albums
Primus might be an acquired taste, but at their best this musically unique and gloriously oddball trio made some truly compelling records
The Scorpions, and the most infamous limousine ride in rock'n'roll history
When it was time for the Scorpions to close the Day On The Green festival, they were determined to get from their dressing room to the stage in style. So they took a limo. “What do you expect us to do?” asked guitarist Rudy Schenker. “Walk?!”
Tracks of the Week: new music from Whiskey Myers, The Who and more...
You want new music? Like, really GOOD new music? Walk this way, folks, and check out Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week.
How to buy the very best of The Cars
The Cars motored up the charts with a trailerfull of hits in the 70s and 80s before their engine fell out. Here's a look back at their albums, in chronological order
Motley Crue's 10 craziest moments
A litany of chaos from rock's ultimate bad boys, Motley Crue
Why The Wildhearts are Britain's greatest band right now
Sponsored The Wildhearts play 10 dates at smaller venues next month. Here's why you'd be mad to miss them…
The 5 best new blues albums you need to hear right now
New releases from Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Kris Barras Band, P.P. Arnold, Sunjay and Katie Brooks
6 Things We Learned At Iron Maiden’s North American Tour
We witnessed the Legacy Of The Beast tour touch down in Oakland earlier this week. Here’s what we learned from it
Slade: Dave Hill's track-by-track guide to Feel The Noize - The Singlez Box
Slade's limited-edition singles box set Feel The Noize – The Singlez Box is out now. Let Dave Hill be your guide
The Cult's Sonic Temple: Celebrating 30 years of the perfect rock record
As Sonic Temple reaches its 30th birthday, we speak to Billy Duffy about how The Cult created one of the greatest rock records ever made
Here's why you can’t afford to miss the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show
With the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show fast approaching, here are 7 reasons why you need to be there
Cockroaches, prostitutes and punch-ups: the 1989 Moscow Peace Festival
Just your everyday tale of the first (and probably last) anti-drug festival behind the Iron Curtain, with Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Cinderalla and Skid Row
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Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for
The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
Crobot: still stoned, but heavier and darker
Motherbrain is a leap forward for the Pennsylvanian band Crobot
Iron Maiden - four reissues of The Beast, reviewed
Four slabs of prime Iron Maiden from a tricky, transitional time: Fear Of The Dark, The X-Factor, Virtual XI and Brave New World
AC/DC: Highway To Hell album review
Highway To Hell: the album that took AC/DC to international superstardom, and an entry point for new fans since its release
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock album review
Recorded in one room and crackling with energy, AC/DC's fourth album Let There Be Rock was a statement of furious intent
Live's Throwing Copper: 25 years on, suddenly contemporary
Throwing Copper by Live: the 25th Anniversary edition is a classic alt.rock reissue
Hollywood Vampires: Rise album review
California’s starriest hobby band, Hollywood Vampires, pull back the covers for their second album Rise
Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul: Summer Of Sorcery album review
Timely defiance from E Street Band legend Little Steven, with new album Summer Of Sorcery
Jordan Rudess: Wired For Madness album review
Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess goes bonkers on Wired For Madness album
The Quireboys: Amazing Disgrace album review
Thirty-five years down the road and The Quireboys still sound fresh on 12th album Amazing Disgrace
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything album review
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl
