Steve Vai announces new album, unveils bonkers steampunk guitar
Steve Vai launches Inviolate album by releasing video for Little Pretty, details new one-bodied, double-headstocked, triple-necked 'Hydra' guitar
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Steve Vai announces new album, unveils bonkers steampunk guitar
Steve Vai launches Inviolate album by releasing video for Little Pretty, details new one-bodied, double-headstocked, triple-necked 'Hydra' guitar
This classic Christmas Metallica mash-up has been given a mighty remaster
DJ Cummerbund has perfected one of his most joyous mash-ups just in time for the holidays, For Carol The Bell Tolls
Big Big Train share poignant tribute video to David Longdon
Big Big Train share emotional tribute to singer David Longdon with new video A Film For David
Former Motley Crue frontman “insulted” by “pathetic” portrayal in The Dirt
Former Motley Crue frontman John Corabai isn’t best pleased with how his character was portrayed in biopic The Dirt
Iron Maiden announce 23 new Legacy Of The Beast shows for 2022
British metal legends Iron Maiden extend their hugely successful Legacy Of The Beast tour with 23 new dates
Motley Crue sell their catalogue to BMG in a deal reported to be worth $150 million
LA hard rockers Motley Crue have struck a $150 million deal with BMG, who will now manage their recorded catalogue
Brody Dalle fined, ordered to conduct community service after criminal contempt conviction in custody row
The Distillers’ Brody Dalle escapes jail, receives community service sentence for her criminal contempt conviction stemming from custody battle
Foo Fighters announce tour, abruptly pull show after venue rejects band covid protocols
Foo Fighters announce 18 new stadium shows across North America next summer: Minneapolis date will be rescheduled after safety concerns
Uriah Heep to embark on herculean 61-date European tour
From lockdown to rockdown: Uriah Heep will celebrate 50 years of Uriah Heep by visiting more European nations than you can possibly imagine
Eddie acquires new superhero pals as Iron Maiden unveil merch collab with Marvel
British metal legends Iron Maiden reveal new merch collaboration with iconic entertainment powerhouse Marvel
Watch Dave Grohl salute the Ramones with raucous Blitzkrieg Bop cover
Night two of series two of Dave Grohl’s Hanukkah Sessions finds Chief Foo and Greg Kurstin paying homage to the Ramones
The cop who shut down The Beatles’ final show has no regrets and no shame
Former police constable Ray Shayler shares his memories of pulling the plug on The Beatles: “I liked their music… but I had a job to do.”
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The 20 best Pink Floyd songs, as chosen by 40 different musicians
From a recorded catalogue that stretches over more than a dozen albums, 47 years and hundreds of songs, everybody has their favourite Pink Floyd song
Vote for the best Ozzy Osbourne song ever
12 studio albums, 63 singles and over 180 songs as a solo artist (not to mention collabs with everyone from Alice Cooper to Rob Zombie) – we want you to tell us which Ozzy Osbourne songs rank as the greatest in his canon
Dug Pinnick on Kings X, writing songs using mathematics, and the stigma of Christianity
With King's X, solo album Joy Bomb, and two other band projects, it's a busy time for the bassist/vocalist Dug Pinnick
Guns N' Roses: the unconventional story of GN'R Lies
The second Guns N' Roses album wasn't really an album at all, but it remains a remarkable one-off, and includes Axl Rose's most controversial song
The 10 best instrumental album intros in metal
10 instrumental album intros that will get your blood pumping and rile you up for the metallic mayhem to come
Bernie Marsden: the soundtrack of my life
Well-travelled guitarist Bernie Marsden picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, but remains secretive about the worst record he ever made
Tracks of the Week: new music from Tigercub, Dan Patlansky and more
Eight first class tickets for this week's rock'n'roll train ride to glory
The 45 best vinyl releases you can buy this Black Friday Record Store Day
Black Friday Record Store Day delivers new releases from Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Blackberry Smoke and more
Marilyn Manson's Grammy nomination shows why our musical gatekeepers can't be trusted
Marilyn Manson has been included in this year's Grammy nominations via his contribution to Kanye West's song Jail, proving how little progress we've made when it comes to convincing the industry to care about abuse
Ozzy Osbourne's stolen original Blizzard Of Ozz gold disc returned by superfan in bizarre twist of fate
Ozzy Osbourne superfan Mark Sandwell reunites the Prince Of Darkness with a long lost stolen golden disc, stolen from the band's camp decades ago
Praying Mantis may have arthritis in their fingers but they'll rock till they drop
Praying Mantis founder Tino Troy reflects on 40 years of the classic Time Tells No Lies album and reveals the problems Brexit and the pandemic have thrown at the band
11 bands bringing glam rock into the future
From Starbenders to The Struts and Måneskin, glam rock is back back BACK, in all its stack-heeled, foot-stomping, glitter-dusted splendour
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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
The Darkness: still profoundly silly, still exactly what we need
Lowestoft’s finest The Darkness have a lust for (alien and robot) life on album seven Motorheart
Dion calls upon the celebrity guest list once more on the lively Stomping Ground
Dion the wanderer roams with Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton and more on Stomping Ground
Nirvana's Nevermind: still incendiary after all these years
Nirvana's game-changing Nevermind, now available in a range of wallet-busting formats
Tears Of Hercules: everything you might want from an audience with Rod Stewart
There's never a dull moment as pop's greatest Lothario Rod Stewart continues a late-career renaissance with Tears Of Hercules
