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How Tomas Lindberg pioneered a whole new school of death metal
By Matt Mills Published
The Gothenburg screamer died one year ago today. His At The Gates cohorts talk about his life and career – and how his influence continues to echo in modern metal.

I experienced the new Ozzy Osbourne Haunted House attraction at Universal Studios, and it's far from the lazy cash-in you might have feared
By Serena Cherry Published
Boarding the crazy train, escaping werewolves and a giant bat biting Ozzy’s head off - here’s what it’s really like inside Universal’s brilliant, Ozzy-themed haunted house

Every Deftones album ranked from worst to best: three decades of brilliance from the world's sexiest metal band
By Stephen Hill Published
From Adrenaline to Private Music, this is your definitive guide to Deftones' studio albums, re-reviewed and ranked

Could a cult prog band with Roxy Music, Gong and Robert Wyatt links return five decades on?
By Johnny Sharp Published
Phil Manzanera’s Quiet Sun released one album four years after they’d officially broken up. But in building an anniversary edition, they found themselves writing new music

Why the Flamin' Groovies will never forget the night they met the Sex Pistols
By Dave Ling Published
San Francisco rock'n'rollers the Flamin' Groovies are about to embark on a UK tour to celebrate 50 years of their classic Shake Some Action single

“It was part of the job to destroy Genesis and Yes”: Captain Sensible loved prog, but hid it
By Dom Lawson Published
The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear

Billy Morrison's wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Billy Idol, Nick Cave and more
By Henry Yates Published
Billy Morrison partied with Ozzy, got a bollocking from Sharon, shot up with Nick Cave, choked on Cypress Hill’s weed smoke, and was tasked with Lemmy’s backstage rider. These are his stories

Why the ominous warnings Muse shared on their epic space odyssey The Resistance now seem horribly prophetic
By Paul Brannigan Published
Released on September 14, 2009, Muse's Grammy Award-winning fifth album saw Matt Bellamy's band deliver a soundtrack for those "fighting back against malevolent interests"

The bizarre ’80s supergroup that links the Misfits, Yngwie Malmsteen and Skid Row
By Dave Everley Published
While ex-Misfits singer Glenn Danzig went onto solo stardom, his former bandmates Jerry Only and Doyle launched forgotten ‘Christian metal’ band Kryst The Conqueror

Was Pink Floyd’s attempt to make an album from found sounds just a delaying tactic?
By Mark Blake Published
Roger Waters argued there was no difference between playing guitar or a water tap. But after exploring the concept of Household Objects over four years, they abandoned their early experimental era for ever
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