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Metallica's Lars Ulrich salutes one of the greatest live albums ever, a record he says he's listened to "about 18,000 times"
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Kittie have re-recorded a nu metal classic to celebrate its 25th anniversary and make us feel ancient
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The new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer contains a weird industrial remix of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets
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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death: “I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours”
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Latest Classic Rock News

Metallica's Lars Ulrich salutes one of the greatest live albums ever, a record he says he's listened to "about 18,000 times"
By Paul Brannigan published
Lars Ulrich pays tribute to "the best hard rock live album ever".

Kittie have re-recorded a nu metal classic to celebrate its 25th anniversary and make us feel ancient
By Matt Mills published
The Canadian four-piece’s song Spit was released two-and-a-half decades ago, and your lower back isn’t what it used to be

The new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer contains a weird industrial remix of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets
By Matt Mills published
Ever wondered what it would sound like if Metallica played one of their greatest songs while scaffolding fell on them? Activision’s got you covered!

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reveals his reaction to Ozzy Osbourne’s death: “I curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours”
By Matt Mills published
The Metal God says he’s “still grieving” following the death of Black Sabbath’s Prince Of Darkness in July

Noel Gallagher gives his first interview since Oasis returned to the stage, says he and Liam have been "completely blown away" by the reaction
By Paul Brannigan published
Oasis' Noel Gallagher shares his thought on the band's "totally amazing" resurrection

Ace Frehley says he turned down an invitation to play at Kiss's Las Vegas celebration
By Fraser Lewry published
Kiss Kruise: Land-locked in Vegas will take place in Sin City later this year – but Ace Frehley won't be there

Sammy Hagar insists David Lee Roth's recent comments about him were an "olive branch moment"
By Fraser Lewry published
David Lee Roth had appeared to mock Sammy Hagar during a recent solo show
Latest Classic Rock Features

“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise
By Mark Blake published
Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

Debate: What's the best Black Sabbath album?
By Metal Hammer published
Whether it’s a classic like Paranoid or a left-field pick like Born Again, we want to know which Black Sabbath album you can’t stop spinning

Michael Paulsen on the hidden messages in Volbeat's new album God Of Angels Trust
By Dave Everley published
Volbeat singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen on life, death, loss, evil, spirituality, choosing music over boxing, the new album and goats

The wild story of Black Oak Arkansas, the band who had it all then gave it all away
By Ken McIntyre published
Which band stole all their equipment, lived in a remote mountain compound for half the 70s and were buddies with Bill Clinton? Just them good ol’ boys Black Oak Arkansas

The Wishbone Ash albums you should definitely own... and one to avoid
By Dave Ling published
With their twin guitar attack, Wishbone Ash created a whole new sound before venturing into folk, soft rock and – whisper it – techno

How a Steve Harley song that dissed his bandmates became an all-time classic
By Rob Hughes published
Written as a dig at the band members who quit because Steve Harley wanted to do all the writing himself, Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) became a timeless hit
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit
By Classic Rock Magazine published
With Metallica's Black album bringing them a huge new audience, Exodus clambered aboard the experimental bandwagon

The deluxe edition of UFO's No Place To Run successfully upgrades the original
By Neil Jeffries published
UFO's Paul Chapman-era classic No Place To Run has never sounded better

You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
By Matt Mills published
Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars

Deep Purple's Made In Japan - now bigger and better than ever
By Neil Jeffries published
Who cares if this is three years late? The 50th anniversary of Deep Purple’s very best still blows minds

Heavy metal nuns Dogma just took over London's Black Heart
By Eleanor Goodman published
A sweaty, sold-out show, a confessional booth and sexually empowered heavy metal anthems. What's not to love?

Rocket's brilliant debut at the UK's most vibrant breeding ground for new bands is proof that the young Los Angeles quartet are set to go supersonic
By Paul Brannigan published
Meet Rocket, the future of Los Angeles rock, set to soar