AC/DC engineer Mike Fraser: I swear I could hear Malcolm singing
Longtime AC/DC engineer Mike Fraser has lifted the curtain on the recording of AC/DC's Power Up
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AC/DC engineer Mike Fraser: I swear I could hear Malcolm singing
Longtime AC/DC engineer Mike Fraser has lifted the curtain on the recording of AC/DC's Power Up
Black Sabbath’s Vol 4: Super Deluxe Edition to feature 20 unreleased recordings
Black Sabbath’s 1972 masterpiece Vol 4 gets a deluxe reissue, due in 2021
Eddie Van Halen and Neil Peart feature with Darth Vader in ‘Sgt. Pepper’ style artwork mourning 2020’s greatest losses
Eddie Van Halen and Rush drummer Neil Peart join Darth Vader, Little Richard and Diego Maradona in tribute to lost icons
Marisa And The Moths launch powerful video for How Did You Get So Weak?
How Did You Get So Weak? coincides with the launch of Time To Talk, a campaign set up by Moths singer Marisa Rodriguez to support victims of domestic abuse
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Listen to Nightwish’s Floor Jansen absolutely smash her cover of Heart’s 1987 power ballad Alone
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen shares another stunning lockdown cover version, with piano-led version of Alone
Eddie Van Halen’s death has done nothing to end the bitchiness between old foes David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar
David Lee Roth posts cartoon referencing Sammy Hagar, following the Red Rocker’s dig at Van Halen’s ‘not user friendly’ original frontman
Suzi Quatro announces historic Royal Albert Hall show
Original Queen of Noise Suzi Quatro will play London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in 2022
Chris Cornell's Superunknown guitar is up for auction
Chris Cornell's 1966 Candy Apple Red Fender Jazzmaster was played by the late star on Soundgarden’s classic album Superunknown
Cyber Monday: Save nearly $100 on the Queen coloured vinyl box set at Amazon US
Queen's 18-LP Studio Collection vinyl box set has been reduced in price at Amazon US by 21% for Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday guitar deals 2020: rock bottom deals on beginner guitars, acoustics, electrics, amps and more
The best Cyber Monday deals on guitar gear from Fender, Schecter, Gretsch, Vox, Positive Grid and others
Cyber Monday Converse deals: Save 30% on everything!
Slash wears nothing else – and now prices have been 'slashed' on Converse in both the UK and US. Sweet child o'mine!
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Side projects, solo albums and ukulele jams: the best of the Pearl Jam extended universe
Your guide to Pearl Jam's best and most important forays into the unknown
The Story Behind The Song: Scorpions’ Rock You Like A Hurricane
Inside the old school classic that turned German heavy metal warhorses the Scorpions into unlikely sex symbols
The Top 10 best Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden songs
There’s more to Bruce Dickinson than just a voice like an air-raid siren, as these 10 Iron Maiden classics prove
From prog metal to folk and the Foo Fighters: how Brothers Osborne paid their dues
Brothers TJ and John Osborne wouldn’t be who they are without the original country greats, grunge, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Nashville’s music community, among many others
10 examples of the supernatural genius of Jaco Pastorius
We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
Tracks of the Week: new music from Clutch, Orianthi and more
Eight perfectly tasty ingredients for a delicious rock'n'roll winter stew
The best books about music – and the best of 2020
Been meaning to catch up on your reading? Here's 40 of the greatest books on music ever, plus 2020's recommended list
Van Halen: a guide to their best albums
Van Halen albums have it all: One of the most innovative guitarists of all time, your choice of rock star frontmen, and some great tunes. Here we pick the best of their back catalogue
Talking about a revolution: the story of Cream and two years that changed rock
A look back at the short but stellar career of rock's first supergroup, Cream
Rick Wakeman's 10 favourite '70s rock songs
Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman looks back on 10 classic songs that made the 70s great
How Black Sabbath ditched the hippy dream and faced brutal reality on Paranoid
With themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid remains the ultimate difficult second album. Fifty years on, we remember how it razed the rock’n’roll landscape
#MeToo and Marilyn Manson: the interview they didn't want us to publish
Marilyn Manson was a new type of metal hero: an articulate spokesman, fearless in expressing himself. But as the discourse in music changes, are #MeToo and ‘cancel culture’ too close to home?
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Jimmy Page's new book The Anthology is a must for hardcore fans
The sonic sorcerer opens the Led Zeppelin archive to reveal how the magic was made in his new book
Volbeat hit the heights on Rewind, Replay, Rebound - Live In Deutschland
Rewind, Replay, Rebound is Volbeat's latest album (and all the hits) live recorded Live In Deutschland
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis
Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
Graham Bonnet sings literally everything on Solo Albums 1974-1992
Six-record set Solo Albums 1974-1992 proves Graham Bonnet could pretty much sing anything – and frequently did
The Stranglers' Peaches highlights a career that veers from degeneration to delight
Peaches - The Very Best Of The Stranglers is a schizophrenic charge through classics and curios, and it's now on vinyl
Heavy Pettin's Best Of proves that music doesn't always age well
Even a Best Of from Def Leppard wannabes Heavy Pettin fails the test of time
Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London will get you through any grim winter
Veteran virtuosos return to full vivacity on Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London
Diamond Head's 2020 take on Lightning To The Nations still rages, but there's one problem
Fortieth-anniversary reworking of Diamond Head's classic debut Lightning To The Nations beats the original to death
King King's Maverick is a superlative demonstration of songwriting prowess
King King's fifth album Maverick is a right royal triumph
John Fogerty and family chime with the times on the heart-warming Fogerty’s Factory
While self-quarantining together John Fogerty and family rolled out the classics... and now they're collected together as Fogerty’s Factory
Neil Young's Archives Volume II: 1972-1976: 139 songs, one very singular artist
Compiled with discipline, diligence and no little love, Neil Young's Archives Volume II is an immersive treat
