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Black Friday guitars deals 2020: the best deals and discount codes
Black Friday guitar deals made easy: the best deals on electrics, acoustics, bass guitars, amps and pedals
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Lute Gone Wild! Listen to medieval minstrels play Rainbow In The Dark by Lord Ronald of The House Dio
YouTuber Algal the Bard gets medieval on Ronnie James Dio’s majestic ass
Ozzy: ‘This year has been the worst year of my life’
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The Kinks celebrate a mixed up, muddled up, gender-free world with new animated video for Lola
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Welcome to the jungle: Rammstein’s Till Lindemann shares his Amazon adventures in stunning photo book
Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann releases second travel book in association with National Geographic
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Queen guitarist Brian May salutes football legend Diego Maradona who passed away on November 25
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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor pays tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen
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Metallica's therapist Phil Towle became an "easy target" following the release of Some Kind Of Monster – but drummer Lars Ulrich actually credits him with keeping the band together
Bonavega's Ladyman is the gender-fluid, mullet-haired 80s rock banger we all need
Watch the video for Bonavega's Ladyman, the Def Leppard-meets-Lady Gaga anthem that tackles "society’s toxic control"
The Grammy nominations are in and holy smoke that's a lot of categories
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Sammy Hagar: Van Halen reunion tour would have been a "dream come true"
Sammy Hagar admits a 'kitchen sink' Van Halen reunion was "totally on his radar" – but that he wouldn't have enjoyed sharing the stage with David Lee Roth
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Rick Wakeman's 10 favourite '70s rock songs
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How Black Sabbath ditched the hippy dream and faced brutal reality on Paranoid
With themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid remains the ultimate difficult second album. Fifty years on, we remember how it razed the rock’n’roll landscape
#MeToo and Marilyn Manson: the interview they didn't want us to publish
Marilyn Manson was a new type of metal hero: an articulate spokesman, fearless in expressing himself. But as the discourse in music changes, are #MeToo and ‘cancel culture’ too close to home?
The best home brew kits 2020: brew your own beer and cider at home
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The 10 best Power Pop albums
Power pop is the cheeky little cousin of pop-rock. It’s one of rock’s most accessible genres, and it’s not so easy to define, but these are its best albums
Skunk Anansie's Skin: Mandela, the Masked Singer, and youth as an act of rebellion
Your youth should be a time of rebellion. The man-made part of religion is disgusting. Don’t be afraid of a challenge. Star quality can’t be acquired. These are among the things that shape Skin's world view
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Every Slayer album ranked from worst to best
It’s a dirty job, but we’ve done it and ranked Slayer’s untouchable back catalogue in order of greatness
Some genius has covered Master Of Puppets in the style of Type O Negative
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Volbeat hit the heights on Rewind, Replay, Rebound - Live In Deutschland
Rewind, Replay, Rebound is Volbeat's latest album (and all the hits) live recorded Live In Deutschland
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis
Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
Graham Bonnet sings literally everything on Solo Albums 1974-1992
Six-record set Solo Albums 1974-1992 proves Graham Bonnet could pretty much sing anything – and frequently did
The Stranglers' Peaches highlights a career that veers from degeneration to delight
Peaches - The Very Best Of The Stranglers is a schizophrenic charge through classics and curios, and it's now on vinyl
Heavy Pettin's Best Of proves that music doesn't always age well
Even a Best Of from Def Leppard wannabes Heavy Pettin fails the test of time
Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London will get you through any grim winter
Veteran virtuosos return to full vivacity on Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London
Diamond Head's 2020 take on Lightning To The Nations still rages, but there's one problem
Fortieth-anniversary reworking of Diamond Head's classic debut Lightning To The Nations beats the original to death
John Fogerty and family chime with the times on the heart-warming Fogerty’s Factory
While self-quarantining together John Fogerty and family rolled out the classics... and now they're collected together as Fogerty’s Factory
Neil Young's Archives Volume II: 1972-1976: 139 songs, one very singular artist
Compiled with discipline, diligence and no little love, Neil Young's Archives Volume II is an immersive treat
Iron Maiden: the beast still rages on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City
A live and beastly show from Iron Maiden on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City
Jimi Hendrix wakes up late amongst the stoners on the long-lost Live In Maui
Thanks to the latest digital audio technology, Jimi Hendrix's Live In Maui finally surfaces in full
