Metallica preview S&M2 release with epic Moth Into Flame video
Watch Metallica perform Hardwired... To Self-Destruct track Moth Into Flame - taken from the band’s upcoming S&M2 live package
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Metallica preview S&M2 release with epic Moth Into Flame video
Watch Metallica perform Hardwired... To Self-Destruct track Moth Into Flame - taken from the band’s upcoming S&M2 live package
Jon Anderson: I'd love to get the surviving members of Yes together again one day
Jon Anderson says he’d like to get the surviving members of Yes together onstage again “in the next couple of years”
Neil Young sues Donald Trump's campaign over song use at rallies
Neil Young files legal papers in New York to halt Donald Trump’s campaign from using Rockin’ In The Free World and Devil’s Sidewalk for political means
Buy a beer and help grassroots music venues across the UK
Music Venue Trust and Fightback Brewing Company join forces for the #SaveOurVenues campaign - a portion of proceeds from sales will help grassroots music venues in the UK
We're having a mid-season sale and you can now get five issues of our mags for a fiver
You can now pick up a print subscription covering five issues of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer or Prog for the new low price of £5
Guns N’ Roses move UK and European tour dates into 2021
After Guns N’ Roses were forced to push their summer North American tour into 2021, the band confirm they’re doing the same for their UK and European dates
Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta has a plan to fix Metallica’s Lulu
Hatebreed frontman offers $50,000 charity donation if Metallica let him and other metal stars re-record vocals for much-maligned Lulu album
Sammy Hagar the The Circle will play in front of 1000 fans at September charity show
COVID-19 has caused chaos in the live music industry, but The Circle have revealed they’ll play in front of 1000 people next month in Cleveland
Listen to Palaye Royale’s haunting version of Tears For Fears classic Mad World
Glam rockers Palaye Royale share video for their cover of Tears For Fears' 1982 track Mad World
Van der Graaf Generator move UK tour dates to 2021
Van der Graaf Generator will now play shows across the UK in April and May next year
Devin Townsend is writing a “weird” new album called Lightwork
Devin Townsend reveals he’s found himself “unexpectedly” writing a new album and reports it’s "a weird, alien sounding, effervescent, sunny load of oddness"
Metallica celebrate James Hetfield’s birthday by turning the clock back 20 years
James Hetfield celebrated his 57th birthday this week and Metallica marked the occasion by broadcasting a show from Dallas in 2000 - the day he turned 37
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This blues rock version of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy will make Joe Bonamassa consider a career change
A bluesy cover that's good enough to make Slash jealous and raise the ghost of Gary Moore
The new video by Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse is a trippy vision of lockdown bliss
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Hawkwind: a guide to their best albums
For 50 years, the ever-changing line-up of space rockers Hawkwind has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums
Download 2021 festival tickets, lineup rumours, announcements and more
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Metallica: we sacrificed Jason to save ourselves
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Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth on the special records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him
The 20 best rock albums of 1973
1973 was the year the Skynyrd arrived, Led Zeppelin showed chinks in their armour, and Tubular Bells and Dark Side Of The Moon began their route to world domination
Tracks of the Week: new music from Christopher Shayne, Gorilla Riot and more
Start the week right with eight of the very best new rock tracks. Which one's the best? Vote for your favourite and tell us
Jerry Cantrell says James Hetfield is the greatest frontman in metal and we're not about to disagree
Alice In Chains' riff lord Jerry Cantrell tells us why Metallica frontman James Hetfield is the true godfather of metal
How Sir Alan Parker made Pink Floyd The Wall – the movie
“It’s a mish-mash, an amalgam of lunatic ideas” - Sir Alan Parker, director of the movie version of Floyd’s masterpiece The Wall
Led Zeppelin III: the strange secrets of the album artwork
In 1970 Led Zeppelin were looking for a new artist to breathe life into the sleeve of their third album when Jimmy Page remembered his old college mate, Zacron
The pandemic hasn’t stopped Dee Snider, but age might
“I’ll do it as long as I can. But come on, man. How much time is left?” says the former Twisted Sister man
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Strikingly hooky return on Heat Wave from regenerated Swedes Thundermother
Steve Howe's Love Is: masterly communication with the universe
Steve Howe's first album in nine years Love Is shimmers and glows
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NWOBHM Thunder is a superb three-disc celebration of British heavy metal’s last big hurrah
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Seasick Steve's 10th album, Love & Peace, shows just why he doesn't need a garbled backstory to maintain mass appeal
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Lucky thirteenth for German pure metal stalwarts Primal Fear on Metal Commando
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Asylums build up a head of steam for third album Genetic Cabaret with producer Steve Albini
Absolute Beginners Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: fully restored and still suave
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