Shinedown launch video for uplifting single Atlas Falls
Shinedown's Atlas Falls has already raised more than $300,000 for humanitarian aid during COVID-19 crisis
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Shinedown launch video for uplifting single Atlas Falls
Shinedown's Atlas Falls has already raised more than $300,000 for humanitarian aid during COVID-19 crisis
The Pretty Things share two unreleased tracks in memory of Phil May
The Pretty Things had been working on covers of Will Varley’s To Build A Wall and Gillian Welch’s Devil Had A Hold On Me following their live retirement in December 2018
Styx's Tommy Shaw releases cover of Led Zeppelin's Going To California
Tommy Shaw digs an unreleased version of Zeppelin's acoustic classic Going To California out of the archive
Pink Floyd daily “evolving” playlist launched
Syd, Roger, Richard, Nick And David: An Evolving Pink Floyd Playlist has been unveiled – a new way to immerse yourself in Pink Floyd’s world
AC/DC: Mini-documentary exploring band's early days in Sydney released
Tom Compagnoni’s film The Forgotten Sydney Of AC/DC is launched online - features archive footage and interview clips with band’s early members
Roger Waters’ Us + Them concert film set for home release
Roger Waters and Sean Evans’ concert film Us + Them will be released for the home market in June - watch new trailer
Guns N’ Roses launch Not In This Lifetime video series
Guns N’ Roses kickstart new online video series looking at their Not In This Lifetime tour - watch footage from Salt Lake City in 2019
Maynard James Keenan says the new Puscifer album is “very close”
After Puscifer launched their new single Apocalyptical earlier this month, Maynard James Keenan says the new album is “not done now, but it's very close”
Alice Cooper: I always looked at Metallica as being THE metal band
Alice Cooper praises Metallica saying: “They spoke for a generation that before was a little bit afraid to say they were metal”
Ozzy Osbourne is up there with Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, says son Jack
Jack Osbourne says his father is part of a “very unique, small group of entertainers” as he speaks about the documentary The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne
Guns N’ Roses, Megadeth and Lamb Of God postpone summer tours
Guns N’ Roses call off their North American tour, while Megadeth’s dates with Lamb Of God, Trivium and In Flames are postponed to 2021
Massive Wagons launch mischievous Lego video for Bangin In Your Stereo single
Premiere Exclusive: Massive Wagons' new single Bangin In Your Stereo stars Darth Vader, C-3PO, Noddy Holder and more
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The 10 best Fields Of The Nephilim tracks
From Western Heroes to goth’s occult poster boys, Fields Of The Nephilim have blazed a flour-covered trail through the metaphysical planes over the years. Here are their best songs
The 11 songs that changed Klaus Meine's life
Scorpions singer Klaus Meine selects 11 extraordinary singles, and reveals how he tried and failed to bring peace to the Korean peninsular
It's a long way to Retford if you wanna rock'n'roll: on the road with AC/DC in 1976
Bon Scott was right when he said it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock’n’roll. Classic Rock goes back to ’76, when AC/DC were on the first rung of stardom’s ladder
The scandalous story of Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies
The Alice Cooper Band's outrageous behaviour prompted a statement in Parliament while their songs thrilled a generation
The Top 10 best Megadeth songs featuring Nick Menza
The 10 best Megadeth songs that feature the late, great Nick Menza
Every Cheap Trick album, ranked from Worst to Best
Cheap Trick's long career has seen them celebrated by everyone from Steve Albini to the entire nation of Japan. Here are their 20 albums, ranked in order of growing magnificence
10 tips for black and white photography
Louder photographer Kevin Nixon on 10 things to remember to get the best black and white shots. Number 1? Don't shoot in black and white...
The 10 best thrash metal albums: a buyers guide
The must-haves and should-haves from the genre that Metallica inspired in the early 1980s, as we pick the 10 best thrash metal albums
Metallica: how we made Ride The Lightning
Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett talk us through Metallica’s classic second album Ride The Lightning, track by track
The Top 10 most underrated Pete Townshend songs
From The Who’s forgotten singles to unsung solo gems, these are 10 classic Pete Townshend songs you’ll never hear on CSI
What happened when David Lee Roth took over Van Halen
It's backstage in Vancouver in 1984, and David Lee Roth is having the time of his life. The other band members? Not so much
Metallica's James Hetfield: My Life Story
Metallica frontman James Hetfield takes us on a journey back to his school days, retraces the band's tentative steps and explains why his anger is an energy
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Steve Earle's Ghosts of West Virginia: an undeniably powerful, angry work
Veteran Steve Earle rages on retelling of 2010 West Virginia mining disaster
FM's Synchronized: another superlative show of strength
London’s adult-oriented figureheads FM keep it classy on 12th album Synchronized
The Airborne Toxic Event's Hollywood Park: a grandiose reflection on a tumultuous life
The Airborne Toxic Event's Hollywood Park is an autobiographical epic full of cults and glory
Spirit's Tent Of Miracles: expanded but still lean and illuminating
Expanded reissue of 1990 Tent Of Miracles set from Randy California’s slimmed-down trio version of Spirit
Snowy White's Lucky Star Anthology: a seductive and tasty collection
Six Snowy White solo selections celebrated on Lucky Star: An Anthology 1983-1994
Sir Lord Baltimore's Complete Recordings: revelatory, and endlessly entertaining
Gloriously untamed proto-metal unearthed on Sir Lord Baltimore's The Complete Recordings: 1970-2006
Dennis DeYoung's 26 East: Volume 1 - breathtaking in scope and sound
26 East: Volume 1 is a lavish, theatrical, inspired album from former Styx man Dennis DeYoung
Paradise Lost's Obsidian: turning bleakness into beauty
Power and beauty from Halifax’s finest Paradise Lost with 16th album Obsidian
Jason Isbell And the 400 Unit: Reunions - charging a tired format with passion and perception
Saviour of alt.country Jason Isbell is in fine form on Reunions, solo album number seven
Mark Lanegan's Straight Songs Of Sorrow: exorcising ghosts, one song at a time
Gripping true-life confessions on Straight Songs Of Sorrow from the ex-grunge warrior Mark Lanegan