Bill Ward on the birth of Black Sabbath: “We were different. I knew we’d cause a few problems”
Exclusive Black Sabbath legend Bill Ward looks back on the birth of a true national treasure in the new issue of Metal Hammer
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Bill Ward on the birth of Black Sabbath: “We were different. I knew we’d cause a few problems”
Exclusive Black Sabbath legend Bill Ward looks back on the birth of a true national treasure in the new issue of Metal Hammer
“My surname is a blessing and a curse” admits Wolfgang Van Halen
Wolfgang Van Halen looks back on a hugely successful, though bitter-sweet, 2021 in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine
The Stranglers, Gary Numan, The Wildhearts, Squeeze for Blackpool festival
The team behind Rebellion Festival launch R-Fest, a four-day outdoor event to be held in Blackpool in August
Watch Tool, QOTSA, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers supergroup rock benefit gig
Josh Homme, Danny Carey, Chad Smith, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Andrew Watt join forces for all-star jam in Malibu
Tedeschi Trucks Band announce UK and Ireland tour
Tedeschi Trucks Band's new dates in the UK, Ireland and France join already announced shows in the US and Europe
John Miles, vocalist for Jimmy Page and Alan Parsons Project, dead at 72
Vocalist John Miles has died after a short illness, aged 72, his family confirm
The Cure announce UK shows as part of 44-date European tour, tease new album
The Cure line up European tour for 2022, including dates in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland
Watch Dave Grohl salute his childhood heroes Kiss with a frankly silly version of Rock And Roll All Nite
Dave Grohl closes out his 2021 Hanukkah Sessions with a loving tribute to theatrical hard rock legends Kiss
Lindsey Buckingham blames “disoriented” Stevie Nicks for the lack of new Fleetwood Mac music
Exclusive Lindsey Buckingham says the fact that Fleetwood Mac haven’t released a new album since 2003 “wasn’t for lack of trying”
Queen’s Roger Taylor says Sacha Baron Cohen would have been “utter sh*t” as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody
Exclusive Roger Taylor has zero regrets about Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat/Ali G) walking away from Queen’s hugely successful Bohemian Rhapsody film: “He would have been utter shit”
Prince William says AC/DC “makes you feel like you can take on anything and anyone”
Royal Rocker Prince William, second in line to the British throne, reveals his love of AC/DC. For those about to rule, we salute you
There’s not one new rock/metal album among this year’s 200 best-selling albums in America
US music industry ‘bible’ Billboard has just published its year-end chart for album sales in America in 2021, and no new rock/metal albums feature
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The Steve Miller albums you should definitely own
From music business outsider to superstar Space Cowboy, these are the Steve Miller Band's best albums
Blackie Lawless: my stories of Lemmy, Muhammad Ali, Gene Simmons and more
Blackie Lawless was almost a Terminator. He sought career advice from Gene Simmons, and was briefly a New York Doll. He counted Muhammad Ali among his friends. And he's got some stories to tell
Watch: The Story of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman
Let the madness begin. 40 years after its release, Diary Of A Madman deserves to be remembered as more than the album that kicked off Ozzy's crazy years...
Traveling Wilburys: Tom Petty on the cosmic genesis of an extraordinary supergroup
“I was never afraid of Bob Dylan, he was always nice to me" - in 2010 the late Tom Petty told us how the Traveling Wilburys came into being
Tracks of the Week: new music from The Hot Damn!, Three Days Grace and more
We've sifted through all the new releases to bring you the ones that actually matter
Every Deep Purple album, ranked from worst to best
Updated Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing"
King Crimson and the making of Islands
How King Crimson fractured, regrouped and fractured again as they created 1971's Islands album
10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat
Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen reveals his roots in death metal and lists 10 surprisingly heavy records that continue to inspire Volbeat today
The real story of The Beatles' Let It Be sessions, told by those who were there
With the band falling apart, The Beatles set to work on a new album. More than 50 years after its release, this is the fractious story of Let It Be
Joe Elliott: supporting AC/DC taught Def Leppard the value of repetition
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott recalls the nights Def Leppard supported AC/DC on the Highway To Hell tour... and what he learned
The 40 best albums of 1969, the year rock got real
1969 heralded the end of the 60s and the birth of real rock. Here we look at some of the gilt-edged albums from a pivotal year in rock history
Six things you need to know about Wayward Sons
Britrockers Wayward Sons are back with a political chip on their shoulder and a head start on the Zoom era
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The Doors celebrate L.A. Woman's 50th birthday via the medium of diminishing returns
Jim Morrison's boozy, bluesy Doors finale L.A. Woman reloaded with outtakes and unreleased tracks
Skid Row's Atlantic years: from wild youth to burst bubbles
Skid Row's Atlantic Years (1989-1996) features everything from Sebastian Bach-era Skid Row: three albums and two EPs, spread across five CDs or seven slices of vinyl
Wolftooth's mighty Blood & Iron conjures up heavy metal’s illustrious past
Midwestern metal mavens Wolftooth channel the greats on third album Blood & Iron
Bernie Marsden's tribute to Chess crackles with youthful energy
Veteran guitarist Bernie Marsden revisits tracks released on Chicago’s famous Chess label
The 30th anniversary edition of Roxette's Joyride: proof that less really is more
Joyride shows how pop-rock stars Roxette lost their mojo
The Temperance Movement's Covers & Rarities: a worthwhile mopping-up exercise
Top-notch odds and sods from The Temperance Movement assembled on Covers & Rarities
Death Angel don't deliver the hits on The Bastard Tracks
Nothing but deep cuts on Death Angel's brain-rattling live-in-the-studio collection The Bastard Tracks
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band explode at No Nukes show
Mostly previously unseen footage as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts proves a stunning vintage
Persona Non Grata by Exodus is not an album you'd want to meet in a dark alley
Exodus continue to thrash, bang and wallop on 11th album Persona Non Grata
Destroyer: an explosion of infernal imagination and Kiss's Sgt. Pepper
Kiss celebrate Destroyer's 45th birthday with a super-deluxe package that includes everything bar the cake
