Every Venom album ranked from worst to best
Venom’s Black Metal album gave the most evil metal subgenre its name, but which albums get the horns and which are as diabolical as the devil's diaper?
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Meet The Chats: straight outta the bong shed and into the bar
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The Byrds, Bob Dylan, and a guitar sound that defined the sixties
Roger McGuinn recalls The Byrds’ first-album flight of Mr Tambourine Man – and how that guitar sound was created
Why the failure of Stray Dog is one of the rock world’s biggest conundrums
Greg Lake loved them. They had one of the greatest opening tracks on any album, ever. Their guitarist is a hugely successful TV composer. So why did Stray Dog fail?
How a new singer and producer helped Skid Row rediscover their fire
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"He went down like a tipped cow": what happened when Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin
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Hair plugs, cancel culture and the song he refused to play on: the confessions of Anthrax’s Scott Ian
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"It’s my mom trying to hand me to Ronald McDonald": why Rob Zombie really f**king hates clowns
Ever wondered why clowns are such a big feature of Rob Zombie's world? One strange anecdote revealed all
The life, music and troubled times of Status Quo's Alan Lancaster
A look back at the career of late Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster, who co-founded the band that became an institution
Tracks of the Week: new music from The Hot Damn!, Weezer and more
This week's brightest rock baubles also include Ugly Kid Joe, Massive Wagons, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners and more
Monsters, Metallica and Keith Moon: meet Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn
Stranger Things' Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn talks heavy metal, guitar heroes and why Dave Grohl should write a Corroded Coffin EP
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Nice guy Davey Draiman struck in style when he noticed a disabled fan in the front row who had a limited view at a Disturbed gig in Auckland
Anthrax’s Scott Ian on Alice In Chains: “They were just f**king goofballs”
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian salutes the genius of Alice In Chains in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer
Vote for the best track on Metallica’s Load and Reload albums
Time to show a little love to Metallica’s controversial mid-90s albums Load and Reload
Every Hellraiser film ranked from worst to best
With the Hellraiser reboot landing in October, we rank the ten films that make up the horror franchise so far
The Joan Jett albums you should definitely own
The leather-clad leader of the gang, Joan Jett was a teenage sensation with The Runaways and the ultimate queen of noise. These are her best albums
Mad Dogs & Englishmen: The debauched tour that sent Joe Cocker over the edge
The Beatles queued up to give Joe Cocker their songs, but drink, drugs and wild times on the infamous Mad Dogs & Englishmen touring circus almost finished him off
Timothy B. Schmit: no one wants to hear new music from the Eagles
Eagles vocalist/bassist Timothy B. Schmit on the Eagles and seventh solo album Day By Day, made with little help from his famous friends
10 things you never knew about Slayer's Seasons In The Abyss
From playing the songs wrong live to f**k-ups that made the album even better, here are all the eye-opening facts you need to know about Slayer's fifth album
