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October 28
- 10 genuinely scary albums guaranteed to put the dread into Halloween
- The 10 bloodiest, most brilliant songs about vampires
- The First Album I Ever Bought: Barney Greenway, Napalm Death
- Introducing Troy Redfern, the guitarist risking it all for rock‘n’roll
October 27
- How Queen rose triumphantly from the ashes with News Of The World
- Alex Canion's Track By Track guide to his new solo EP Birthmark
- The best karaoke machines 2021: Embrace your inner Andrew WK and prepare to party hard
- Six things you need to know about Blacktop Mojo
- The 10cc albums you should definitely own
- K.K. Downing: the six most important Judas Priest songs
October 26
- The best earplugs for concerts 2021: Protect your hearing at live shows and festivals
- Dee Snider: my stories of Jimmy Page, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Metallica and more
- Interview: Joe Satriani on mafia scams and the perils of the rock’n’roll lifestyle
- How Mr Big wrote To Be With You and scored a million-dollar drill sponsorship
October 25
- The Desert Sessions: how Dune became metal’s favourite sci-fi epic
- Remembering that time Vanilla Ice made a metal album
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Eric Gales, Dan Reed Network and more
October 22
- Laughing in the face of controversy: Uncle Watson’s Widow
- A tribute to Mountain's Leslie West
October 21
- How I discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd, by Al Kooper
- Best record players 2021: Turntables your vinyl collection deserves
- Best headphones under £100: True wireless, Bluetooth and noise cancelling headphones on a budget
- Black Friday music deals 2021: What you can expect to see when the big sales weekend rolls around
- Black Friday wireless headphones deals 2021: Turn up the volume on bargains galore
- The story behind Been Caught Stealing by Jane's Addiction
- Roger Waters: his best albums
October 20
- The story behind the song: Orange Goblin's Beginner's Guide To Suicide
- The 10 most inspirational gothic artists according to goth metal masters, Unto Others
- Necrobutcher: "Mayhem are the Rolling Stones of metal"
- The best earbuds and in-ear headphones 2021: From wireless to wired, we've got everything you need
- Why I ❤️ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, by Juliette Lewis
- Herman Rarebell would like to set the record straight
October 19
- What Charles Manson heard in The Beatles' White Album
- Rob Zombie's horror movies ranked from worst to best
- Black Friday Bluetooth speaker deals 2021: what to expect and the latest offers
- "I'm not scared of expectations": how Spiritbox became metal's brightest new hope
- Black Friday record player deals 2021: what to expect and the latest offers
- The best headphones for music 2021: Get the most from your favourite sounds
- Amyl And The Sniffers: "I always thought Led Zeppelin were not real"
- Highways to Hell: 10 streets named after rock bands
- Why I 🧡 AC/DC's Powerage, by Aerosmith's Joe Perry
October 18
- Every Cradle Of Filth album ranked from worst to best
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Crazy Lixx, Green Lung and more
October 16
- Gary Kemp: "Close To The Edge and Foxtrot were watershed moments."
October 15
- 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually that great
- "I got choked up": Mastodon's Brann Dailor reviews Metallica's Black Album set at Aftershock festival
October 14
- Watch Sumo Cyco’s Guide To Carving A Halloween Pumpkin
- Joey Jordison remembered: in his own words and by those who knew him best
- Jinjer overcome a decade of war, trauma and uncertainty with Wallflowers
- Black Friday jigsaw puzzle deals 2021: Music jigsaws, pop culture puzzles & more
- How Metallica made the Black Album: an oral history
- The six Cat Stevens albums you need to know about
October 13
- Weezer Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
- The Paradox Twin talks us through new album Silence From Signals
- 31 things only Rush fanatics know about their album sleeves
October 12
- The Kate Bush albums you should definitely own
- The Story Behind The Song: Slipknot's Duality
- 10 obscure but brilliant Japanese psych rock bands - including the original Ghost
- Barenaked Ladies on longevity, Geddy Lee, and why Canadians are funny
- Samantha Fish: smashing guitars, hecklers, and the liberating power of not giving a f**k
- Why I ❤️ Kate Bush’s The Kick Inside, by Cronos from Venom
October 11
- Metallica take Aftershock festival back in time through The Black Album
- The 10 best Ministry Songs according to Al Jourgensen
- What happened when David Gilmour joined forces with The Orb
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Saint Agnes, Spiritworld and more
October 10
- Original horrorpunks the Misfits bring the Halloween spirit to Aftershock Festival
October 8
- Cypress Hill get high on life at Aftershock festival
- How Manic Street Preachers mined their youth and made The Ultra Vivid Lament
- Toby Jepson's track-by-track guide to Wayward Sons' Even Up The Score
October 7
- The 10 best Idles songs
- Slayer’s Reign In Blood: the epic oral history of thrash’s greatest album
- “It was one of those lightbulb moments”: How Press To MECO made their third album, Transmute
- KK Downing on quitting Priest, the trouble with Priest, and KK's Priest
- Bernie Marsden: the soundtrack of my life
October 6
- Eddie Van Halen: one year on, the metal world remembers
- Cyber Monday wireless headphones deals 2021: Tune in to this year's bargains
- Cyber Monday vinyl deals 2021: How to spin a bargain on the big day
- We asked famous musicians about Metallica's Black Album - this is what they said
- Steve Stevens: 8 songs that changed my life
- Why I ❤️ My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, by Vernon Reid
October 5
- 10 concept albums that will challenge your concept of the concept album
- Best Amazon Echo Studio deals in October 2021: the smart speaker that puts the music first
- The best Sonos deals in October 2021: the lowest prices on Sonos One, Sonos Play, Sonos Beam, Sonos Sub and more are right here
- Best Beats headphones deals October 2021: cheap Beats Solo Wireless3, Powerbeats Pro Studio3 headphones
- Best cheap AirPods deals in October 2021: AirPods Pro price plummets to just £199/$179
- Best Bose headphones deals October 2021: huge savings on Bose QC35 II, Bose 700 Noise-Cancelling headphones and more
- Best Sony headphones deals in October 2021: save up to £65/$72 off Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless noise cancelling cans
- New vinyl releases 2021: Here’s what’s coming out in rock, metal, prog and more
- Brian Setzer has a lot to thank the euphonium for
- The Dead Deads are the 21st century rock'n'roll band you've been waiting for
- The Michael Schenker albums you should definitely own
October 4
- We got Trivium fans to give us their first reactions to In The Court Of The Dragon
- Cyber Monday music deals 2021: What you can expect once the sales start
- Every Trivium album ranked from worst to best
- Every Ministry album, ranked from worst to best
- Cheap vinyl records in October 2021, featuring the best vinyl records on sale in rock, metal, prog and more
- Black Friday vinyl deals 2021: The needle is about to drop on this year's big bargains
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Ghost, Mastodon and more
October 1
- Interview: Michael Schenker on God, brotherhood, and being punched by your singer