Classic Rock Features

They toured with Sabbath and laid the foundations for stoner rock. This is the chaotic tale of Sir Lord Baltimore

Dave Mustaine’s greatest hits – and misses

Last night in Los Angeles, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Metallica and more paid tribute to Chris Cornell

Enuff Z’Nuff were the band of the moment, poised to write their name in the brightest lights. Then they hit the self-destruct button

Counting down the 50 best Metallica songs as voted by Metal Hammer readers

Rock’s often deliberately provocative cover art can lead to outrage. Here are 20 main offenders in our gallery of banned record sleeves

How Dry January and a drunken Nazi got the Black Sabbath bassist thrown in jail

The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period, in 2010 Mick Taylor looked back on his time with the band...

After the kind of success most can only dream about, former Journey singer Steve Perry said it was all over. Then he started believin’ again…

The highs and lows of the band that saved metal in the 1990s – the mighty Pantera!

Throughout his career with Rainbow and beyond, Ritchie Blackmore helped define what it was to be a guitarist

It could all have been very different for the world’s biggest metal band

They’ve put in a century between them on metal’s frontline. This is what happened when the Dark Lord met the Metal God

Step this way for your weekly fix of new tunes, as compiled by Classic Rock. Now, which is your favourite?

As the Nicest Man In Rock™ reaches his first half century, we explore the lesser known side of the Foo Fighters leader

Documentaries, mockumentaries, fictions and biopics: we want to sort the awesome from the atrocious

Emerald Sabbath's Ninth Star is a classical tribute album to the mighty Sabbath featuring a plethora of former members

Corey Taylor, Slash, Chris Jericho and more reveal the first music they ever got jiggy to

Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can be