Code Orange, The Distillers, The Pretty Reckless exit Download bill, Napalm Death, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes step in
Changes to Download 2022 bring both good news and bad news for those attending the UK's biggest rock/metal festival
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Code Orange, The Distillers, The Pretty Reckless exit Download bill, Napalm Death, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes step in
Changes to Download 2022 bring both good news and bad news for those attending the UK's biggest rock/metal festival
Kirk Hammett: "Metallica are not perfect as people. We make mistakes left and right"
Kirk Hammett on his solo debut, sobriety, and Metallica's future. Plus watch the animated video for High Plains Drifter
Rammstein’s Zeit is coming to cinemas the day before it is released
Rammstein will stream Zeit in selected movie theaters around the world on April 28
Ozzy Osbourne: "I was talking to Lemmy on the morning he died"
Exclusive In an exclusive new interview in Classic Rock magazine, Ozzy reveals that he was speaking to his dear friend Lemmy on the day that Motörhead's leader passed away
Alice Cooper has written a Welcome To My Nightmare musical for the ultimate ghouls' night out
Alice Cooper reveals he has penned a play that he wants to see performed on Broadway or London's West End
Nick Cave to release Seven Psalms, exploring "faith, rage, love, grief, mercy, sex and praise"
Nick Cave has unveiled plans for a limited edition vinyl record featuring seven spoken word psalms set to music
Sophie Lloyd's hypnotic shred version of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb is breathtaking and beautiful
Guitar sorceress Sophie Lloyd has created an instrumental shred version of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb
Yes reschedule Relayer live European dates for 2023
Yes reschedule European tour dates for Relayer shows from 2022 to 2023
Ann Wilson launches dramatic version of Queen's Love Of My Life
Heart singer Ann Wilson's stunning cover of Queen's Love Of My Life is a duet with country star and current Eagle Vince Gill
Hear Coheed And Cambria's bewitching acoustic cover of Kiss' Love Gun
Coheed and Cambria have shared an acoustic cover of Kiss classic Love Gun, and launched their new video game Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind
Listen to Def Leppard's stomping new single Take What You Want
Def Leppard share a second new single, Take What You Want, from their forthcoming album Diamond Star Halos
There's another new Jackass film coming and we can hardly contain our excitement
Netflix have confirmed Jackass 4.5 will arrive next month, and shared a teaser of one particularly funny stunt
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“I think James is still fuming”: an interview with the artist who created Metallica’s Load and Reload album covers
Artist Andres Serrano looks back on his involvement with the controversial covers for Metallica’s Load and Reload albums
The phenomenon of the "sweaty" song that became one of the most covered of all time
Songwriter Chip Taylor received a phone call: A song was needed, and soon. Minutes later, Wild Thing "just erupted"
Every Porcupine Tree album ranked from worst to best
Art-metal skronk-outs? Pink Floyd-inspired anthems? Epic trance workouts? This is where to start with Steven Wilson’s reunited prog visionaries
Watch Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold and Trivium jam Misfits together on stage at Download 2006
"The fact they invited us was nuts," Trivium's Matt Heafy tells Metal Hammer
Every PJ Harvey album ranked from worst to best
Thirty years on from the release of her debut album Dry, we examine and rank PJ Harvey's studio collections from worst to best
Meet Johnossi, your new favourite Swedish punk-grunge-blues duo
17 years in and they're just getting started: Johnossi's new album is inspired by metamorphosis, mental health, and The Joker
Alabama 3 on death, weirdness, and being the next messiah
Famed for Woke Up This Morning, their iconic theme to The Sopranos, Alabama 3 want youngsters to learn that rock’n’roll is rock’n’roll
The surreal moment America caught its first sight of "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic made his TV debut in 1981 on The Tomorrow Show with an eccentric take on a Queen classic, and nothing was ever the same
Watch the iconic performance that showed the world that Prince was the true king
At a tribute to George Harrison in 2004, Prince took to the stage to join a cast of stars on While Me Guitar Gently Weeps, and in doing so cemented his genius for all time
20 stoner albums that make a blazing soundtrack for 4/20
From Dopesmoker to Sweet Leaf, these 20 stoner-friendly records make the perfect 4/20 soundtrack
Rudolf Schenker: "Scorpions soundtracked the most peaceful revolution on Earth"
Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker on partying with rock'n'roll royalty, surviving grunge and making rock history
The Steve Marriott albums you should definitely own
One of the great British singers and frontmen, Steve Marriott's catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered with classics
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Bonnie Raitt: 21 albums in, still distilling human emotion with potent results
Singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt casts an unblinking eye over love and loss, tracing parallels between pain and hope
King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard cast psychedelic net wide on 20th album
Aussie cosmonauts King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard hit melodious peak with freakouts and chill-outs on Omnium Gatherum
Bob Vylan's The Price Of Life: an incisive, furious, electric wake-up call
The Price Of Life sees Britain’s social ills slammed in your face by London’s visceral grime-punk duo Bob Vylan
Udo Dirkschneider pays enthusiastic tribute to his heroes and it's an unlikely success
Former Accept man Udo Dirkschneider pays tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes and more on unlikely covers album My Way
Dave Brock's space rock roundup is mind-expanding and spectacularly unhinged
Wild experimentation is the norm on This Was Your Future: Space Rock And Other Psychedelics (1978-1998), curated by Hawkwind spacelord Dave Brock
Traditional songwriting and modern production shine on Stone Broken's Revelation
Stone Broken have dared to make more radio-friendly hard rock on textured third album Revelation
Nazareth resolutely loud ’n’ proud on ballsy Surviving The Law
Dan McCafferty’s gone, but Nazareth's spirit remains strong on Surviving The Law
Jeff Beck? Rihanna? Goldfrapp? It can only be a Suzi Quatro reissue
The two albums that sparked Suzi Quatro's 21st-century renaissance have been repackaged as a satisfactory single set
Edgar Winter gets the greats in and pays impressive tribute to brother Johnny
Billy Gibbons, Joe Walsh, Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Derek Truck and more line up to pay tribute to Johnny Winter
Joe Satriani has just released his best album in more than two decades
The Elephants of Mars is vivid proof that guitar god Joe Satriani still has some surprises in his trunk
Aerosmith's early recordings are the sound of legends-in-waiting
Aerosmith's 1971: The Road Starts Hear shows Tyler, Perry and co. itching to get their wings
