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How Ghost Of Perdition became the defining Opeth anthem
By Matt Mills published
Opeth might've ditched the concept record idea for Ghost Reveries, but Ghost Of Perdition still tells a story

Snowman romances and dancing with Oppenheimer: these are the 10 best Kate Bush deep cuts
By Liz Scarlett published
A dive into the unparalleled British singer-songwriter's treasure trove of overshadowed tracks

The 10 greatest metal bands from Birmingham
By Rich Hobson published
10 brilliant metal bands that show Birmingham really is the home of metal

The final Black Sabbath interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back
By Dave Everley published
Soon there will be no more comebacks, no more tours, and no more ‘final’ shows: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill look back at their incredible career

Meet Ally Venable, who's gone from being bullied at school to playing with Buddy Guy
By Polly Glass published
Six albums into her career, Ally Venable has played with some of the greats, but she hasn't stopped lookig forward

Barclay James Harvest probably wouldn’t have made North if Woolly Wolstenholme hadn’t died
By Rachel Mann published
John Lees didn’t want to write or sing any more songs. But he rediscovered an enjoyable process with the 21st-century line-up of his band, ending a 14-year wait for new music in 2013

“At one point, he held up an inflatable doll with an erection, dressed like a bee." From orgasmic laugh yoga to shamanic drumming for Mother Earth, here’s what really happens at Glastonbury Festival beyond the music
By Liz Scarlett published
I decided to try out every weird experience I could possibly find at Glasto, and I'll never look at the festival in the same way again

Here are five brilliant sets from Glastonbury this year that you probably haven't heard about
By Liz Scarlett published
With Glastonbury Festival over for another year, we look back on our favourite weird and wonderful acts

The ‘popularity’ of an AI-generated rock band was inevitable – and it highlights a depressing fact about success in the music streaming age
By Matt Mills published
A seemingly non-existent band have more than half a million Spotify ‘listeners’, but the numbers they’re piling up are just as shallow and meaningless as the computer-generated music they spit out
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