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“We’re giving people candy with razor blades in it!” Crippled Black Phoenix on radically caring about the world
Rejecting efforts to silence and define them, their new album Sceaduhelm is more thoughtful than ever – but also more accessible
How British metal didn’t quite rule the 90s
Bands from Cradle Of Filth to Paradise Lost seemed ready to thrust British metal back to the forefront. But then nu metal kicked off and swung the pendulum back to the States. This is the story of the takeover that didn’t happen.
The wild 1986 party where Queen teamed up with Samantha Fox and Gary Glitter to entertain 500 celebrity friends
In July '86, billed as Dicky Hart and The Pacemakers, Queen played one of the most star-studded gigs of their career in a London club
Watch David Gilmour play Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here in his home studio, and talk about the song's creation
"I remember the moment of creating it quite often"
The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time
When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train
Magic mushrooms broke the tension when Marillion went pop with Holidays In Eden
Tension was rife as they tried to write their second album with Steve Hogarth – until a night in traditional Mexican outfits broke the ice
“We’re still making records because we think we’re the best band in the world”: The Jesus and Mary Chain may not have destroyed the music industry as they had hoped, but they gave it a damn good shot
God bless The Jesus and Mary Chain
Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith look back on Iron Maiden's 50-year ride
As Iron Maiden's historic Eddfest show at Knebworth gets ever closer, the band look back over half a century of Monsters and Maiden
