Dio's classic Holy Diver album to get 'super deluxe edition' reissue
Dio's 1983 classic Holy Diver is to get a deluxe re-release this summer, ahead of what would have been the singer's 80th birthday
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Dio's classic Holy Diver album to get 'super deluxe edition' reissue
Dio's 1983 classic Holy Diver is to get a deluxe re-release this summer, ahead of what would have been the singer's 80th birthday
Ghost's Imperatour line-up unmasked
An end-of-tour picture from Ghost's Imperatour has revealed the identity of the band's latest line-up
Griff shares stripped-down, re-imagined and beautiful take on Queen’s A Kind Of Magic
Listen to Queen's A Kind Of Magic as covered by English singer-songwriter Griff, the 2021 BRIT Awards Rising Star
Porcupine Tree drop video for the frenetic Herd Culling
UK prog rockers Porcupine Tree will release a brand new album Closure/Continuation in June
Listen to Def Leppard's anthemic new single Fire It Up
Classic Rock magazine cover stars Def Leppard release the stomping Fire It Up as the third single previewing new album Diamond Star Halos
Coheed And Cambria announce UK and European tour dates for October
US prog rockers Coheed And Cambria will release new concept album Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind later this month
Man arrested after Johnny Cash water tower springs inappropriate leak
A water tower mural of Johnny Cash in his hometown of Kingsland, Arkansas, started urinating on those below after being shot by a vandal
Vangelis Papathanassiou dead at 79
Greek composer and musician Vangelis, best known for Chariots Of Fire and Blade Runner, has passed away
Watch 'Kiss' rock and roll all nite in teaser for Neil Bogart biopic Spinning Gold
A new preview clip of the upcoming Neil Bogart biopic features a 'Kiss' live show
The Answer announce return after five year break
Irish rockers The Answer schedule comeback show for December with new album to follow in 2023
Watch Courtney Love hijack a Madonna TV interview and confuse the shit out of everyone
Watch mayhem unfold as a 'refreshed' Courtney Love gatecrashes Madonna's live TV interview at a 1995 music industry awards show
Alanis Morissette is releasing a meditation album and it all sounds *very* relaxing
Alanis Morissette's meditation album The Storm Before The Calm will be available via streaming platforms and mental health app Calm
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Ten great King Crimson songs from the 90s
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Radiohead's proggiest moments
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Have you spotted the hidden Marillion easter egg in new Gary Oldman spy thriller Slow Horses?
There’s a sneaky reference to Fish-era Marillion in hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses that only hardcore fans of the prog icons will get
Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
From '80s pop to universe-expanding prog, these 10 records shaped Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez
How Pythagorean theory, ancient Egyptology and a topless dancer inspired the cover of Hawkwind's greatest album
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What happened when the boys from Black Country Communion got together again
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Lynyrd Skynyrd and the anti-firearm protest song that's as relevant now as it ever was
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The improbable story of the Journey classic that keeps coming back to life
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Grunting, sweating, greasy downer rock from the dawn of the 70s? Step right this way
Another deep-dive into the proto-metal past via a 14th creditable collection in the Brown Acid series
NWOBHM footnotes Prowler finally achieve the full package
Forty years on, the Chris Tsangarides-produced Reactivate becomes a debut album for Essex rockers Prowler
Quartz recall purer, simpler times on riotous but poignant On The Edge Of Tomorrow
Black Sabbath-connected metallers Quartz pay tribute to fallen comrade Geoff Nicholls on fifth studio album in 45 years, On The Edge Of Tomorrow
Cave In explore the noisy landscape between grunge and metalcore on Heavy Pendulum
Massachusetts heavyweights Cave In return with first full album in 11 years, Heavy Pendulum
Anvil's Impact Is Imminent is thunderous, goofy, and impishly diverse
Celluloid’s speed-metal kings Anvil keep ’em coming on 19th studio album Impact Is Imminent
Evergrey: more crunching prog as brutal riff power pounds into the gothic bleakness
Feel-sad prog metallers Evergrey return with 13th studio album A Heartless Portrait
James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey album review
James LaBrie delves into the complexities of human relationships on fifth solo album Beautiful Shade Of Grey
The Pineapple Thief provide hours of spot-the-difference fun on Give It Back
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Church Of The Cosmic Skull: your new favourite classic rock hippie sex cult
Finally, a cult worth joining: Church Of The Cosmic Skull and their life-affirming fourth album There Is No Time
Toyah explores unexpected sonic territory on Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
Expanded 1981 live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! captures the end of Toyah’s punk-lite phase
There's drama and passion aplenty on the Graham Bonnet Band's Day Out In Nowhere
Graham Bonnet shows he’s still got his Marbles on Day Out In Nowhere
