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His Grace For Drowning road trip was a massive financial gamble – but he had to prove it wasn’t a Porcupine Tree side project
He’d never felt compelled to make music the way he did that day in 2001 – and he’s never felt it since
2022 album Surrender Of Silence emphasised his desire to keep challenging himself and his listeners – but some followers felt he’d gone too far with one particular song
With a Best Of album in the shops and a documentary on the big screen, Rob Halford looks back over four decades of Judas Priest
From game-changing debut Kill ’Em All to the emotionally-charged 72 Seasons, this is every studio album by the US mega-stars in reverse-order of quality
Released on September 9, 1996, R.E.M.'s New Adventures In Hi-Fi might be the band's last great album
A photo of Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band caused much amusement when shown on a US talk show last month, but the band were no joke
From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall
The recent passing of former Attila drummer Jon Small means that, sadly, the world will never see a reunion of his much-misunderstood metal band with Billy Joel
He remembers his first drum, being a keen footballer but not a good one, how he got his audition with the band that made his name, and what he really thought of acting
Neo-classical heavy metal? Check. Staggering technical ability? Check. Commercial appeal? You'd be surprised
Buying guide Updated: Muse's sonic symphonies have propelled the Devon trio to the stages of the world's biggest stadia: here is their ten-album catalogue ranked
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Airbourne, Stanley Simmons and more
"Mal was trying to set fire to the loch!"
Voodoo Child: not to be confused with Voodoo Chile
Mark Kozelek is the founder of the bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon... and a singer of drastically transformed AC/DC covers
The Fargesta Five went from being underground garage rock heroes to signing a major label deal on the strength of a "fairly monotonous" song
