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July 31
- Six Pack: Uncomfortably Honest Rock Anthems
- GALLERY: King 810 in the new issue of Metal Hammer
- Four songs from 200: Part One
- So slug solos is a thing...
- Blog: Why Foo Fighters playing with the Military Wives makes sense
- John Garcia: "I'm not a poet, my stories are just abstract fiction"
July 30
- Watch Steve Hillage Receive The Visionary Award At Last Year's Awards
- Draw Me An Elephant: Wednesday 13
- GALLERY: Machine Head, live in Nottingham
July 29
- My First Love: Steve Lukather on the Beatles
- Screen For Me: Grant Nicholas and Feeder
- Famous Firsts: Killswitch Engage
July 28
- In Praise Of... Ride The Lightning
- Five reasons why the Proms rock!
- 14 Bands We Failed To Make Famous
July 26
- Road To Bloodstock: Carcass
- Draw Me An Elephant: Bury Tomorrow
July 25
- Watch Von Hertzen Brothers Win Anthem At The Prog Awards
- Road To Bloodstock: ReVamp
- Bloodstock Director: "It is and always will be a metal festival"
- Modern Classics: Green Day - Insomniac
- Welcome back... Casey Chaos and Amen
- Quireboy Spike's celebration of Frankie Miller
July 24
- How A Suicide Pact Was Almost The End Of Judas Priest
- Introducing... COLT 45
- Six Pack: Six under the radar UK Festivals well worth checking out
- Road To Bloodstock: Lacuna Coil
- Lucky For Some: 13 Artists Beholden to Big Star
- 6 more monster paintings from the guy who did the new Weezer artwork
July 23
- The Ten Most Metal Things In Hercules
- The Prog Report: USA
- Your Essential Indonesian Metal Playlist
- Seether's Shaun Morgan: “Our new album could have destroyed us.”
- Burgerkill hail the new Indonesian President
- Anthrax talk Among The Living, the 80s thrash scene and Iron Maiden
- Paul Raymond Gregory: fantasy and festivals
July 22
- Was The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper A Signpost To Prog?
- An audience with 'Supermensch' Shep Gordon, a rock 'n' roll legend
- Road To Bloodstock 2014: Entombed A.D.
- Alice In Chains talk Led Zeppelin, the new record and Atlanta hardcore
- Feeder's Grant Nicholas: "My solo record might surprise people."
- King 810: Welcome To Hell, USA
July 21
- John Petrucci: 'The uncool factor became our strength'
- The Best Of The New Blood Stage At Bloodstock 2014
- Introducing... Stones Of Madness
- Review: Supermensch — the Legend of Shep Gordon
July 19
- The twenty greatest songs of Classic Rock's lifetime
July 18
- Dream Theater: The Early Years In Video
- Archive: Introducing... The Vines
- Beyond Babymetal: The New Wave of J-Metal
- Modern Classics: Weezer - Weezer (aka 'The Green Album')
July 17
- Johnny Winter Remembered
- Kawaii So Serious: Talking to the mastermind behind Babymetal
- Tapes of Wrath: The Cassette Review Column
July 16
- Simon Godfrey's Letter From America
- Hell's Andy Sneap on his love of Black Sabbath
- BLOG: Can't find any good new music? You're not trying hard enough.
- In Praise Of... Conor Oberst
- Rock'N'Roll: Ginger
- Slipknot: 2008-Present
- Art: Ville Valo
- Technology: Gary Numan
- Guitarists: Graham Bonnet
- Fame: Alice Cooper
- Fame: Mick Box
- Politics: Cormac Neeson
- Fame: The NWOBHM Pioneers
- Singers: Rich Robinson
- Death & Mortality: Mike Peters
- Fame: Shep Gordon
- Death & Mortality: Peter Hammill
- Legacy: John Mayall
- Sex: Rick Springfield
- Guitarists: Jason Becker
- Sex: Ann Wilson
- Rock'N'Roll: Billy Gould
- Fighting & Violence: Bob Ezrin
- Rock'N'Roll: Harry Dean Stanton
- Partying: Sammy Hagar
- Family: Vinnie Paul
- Family: Alejandro Escovedo
- School: Robert John Godfrey
- Partying: Francis Dunnery
- Family: Geddy Lee
- School: Zodiac Mindwarp
- Family: John Paul Jones
- Legacy: John Mellencamp
- Partying: Tim Wheeler
- Family: Randy Bachman
- Legacy: Gene Simmons
- Rock'N'Roll: Jimmy Page
- Rock'N'Roll: Biff Byford
- Legacy: Paul Stanley
- Legacy: Ian McLagan
- Legacy: Bob Seger
- Fighting & Violence: Brent Smith
- Religion: Steven Tyler
- Art: Andrew W.K.
- Religion: Michael Moorcock
- Politics: Robert Wyatt
- Fame: Peter Frampton
- Death & Mortality: Ricky Warwick
- Art: Imelda May
- Religion: Arthur Brown
- Money: Alan McGee
- Religion: Brian Fallon
- Drugs: Mike Portnoy
- Religion: Ian Hunter
- Art: Eric Bloom
- Fame: Chris Squire
- Art: Sir Christopher Lee
- Technology: Roy Thomas Baker
- Art: Lars Ulrich
- Drugs: Steve Diggle
- Fame: Dave Pirner
- Drugs: Steve Lukather
- Religion: Myles Kennedy
- Fame: Tony Visconti
- Art: Ian Anderson
- Drugs: Wayne Coyne
- Rock'N'Roll: Dan Baird
- Guitarists: Beth Hart
- Sport: Eddie Vedder
- Survival & Comebacks: Jack Bruce
- Fighting & Violence: Johnny Van Zant
- Sex: Jim Dandy
- Survival & Comebacks: Mark Farner
- Inspirations: Sebastian Bach
- Rock'N'Roll: Ian Gillan
- Fighting & Violence: Iggy Pop
- Sex: Lemmy
- Inspirations: Max Cavalera
- Fighting & Violence: Manic Street Preachers
- Survival & Comebacks: Chris Cornell
- Sharon Osbourne: The X Factor Will Never Produce A Real Rock’n’Roll Star
- Money: Steve Hackett
- Heroes & Villains: Scott Gorham
- Drugs: Youth
- Fame: Bill Oddie
- Heroes & Villains: Thijs Van Leer
- Heroes & Villains: Gary Clark Jr
- Fame: Noddy Holder
- Money: Tony Wright
- Drugs: Chrissie Hynde
- Drugs: Dave Wyndorf
- Religion: Dave Brock
- Heroes & Villains: Steve Harley
- Religion: Aretha Franklin
- Money: Joe Elliott
- Money: Jeff Wayne
- Money: Duff McKagan
- Fame: Vince Neil
- Heroes & Villains: Michael Monroe
- Technology: Todd Rundgren
- Drugs: Ginger Baker
- Art: Bill Nelson
- Heroes & Villains: Black Sabbath
- Fame: Derek Shulman
- Heroes & Villains: Mikael Åkerfeldt
- Fame: Nick Mason
- Politics: David Crosby
- Technology: Neil Young
- Survival & Comebacks: Eric Moore
- Fighting & Violence: Phil Mogg
- Marriage: Viv Albertine
- Survival & Comebacks: Paul Rodgers
- Guitarists: Dan Auerbach
- Sex: Tommy Lee
- Fighting & Violence: Neil Fallon
- Rock'N'Roll: Ginger
- Legacy: George Thorogood
- Sex: Suzi Quatro
- Rock'N'Rock: Billy Gibbons
- Legacy: Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham
- Family: Michael Schenker
- Keef on keeping on...
- School: Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks
- School: Billy Idol
- Partying: Bobby Gillespie
- School: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Legacy: Sylvain Sylvain
- Survival & Comebacks: Ronnie Spector
- Marriage: Zakk Wylde
- Rock'N'Roll: Jim Jones
- Sport: Richard Thompson
- Inspirations: Bruce Springsteen
- Rock'N'Roll: Bob Harris
- Marriage: Mick Jones
- Sex: Joe Satriani
- Sport: Glenn Hughes
- Fighting & Violence: Roger Daltrey
- Sport: Wayne Hussey
- Marriage: Chris Robertson
- Politics: Fish
- Death & Mortality: Chris Stein
- Politics: Michael Starr
- Crime & Punishment: John Waite
- Politics: Rick Wakeman
- Death & Mortality: Joe Bonamassa
- Crime & Punishment: Scott Ian
- Singers: Steve Vai
- Death & Mortality: Devin Townsend
- Politics: John Sinclair
- Politics: Peter Garrett
- Heroes & Villains: Jerry Cantrell
- Sex: Kid Rock
- Drugs: M Shadows
- Money: Joey Tempest
- Death & Mortality: Leslie West
- Singers: Taylor Hawkins
- Crime & Punishment: Wayne Kramer
- Death & Mortality: Ray and Dave Davies
- Crime & Punishment: Ted Nugent
- Family: Anthony Kiedis
- Partying: Bonnie Raitt
- Partying: Rob Halford
- Family: Corey Taylor
- Family: Rudolf Schenker
- Partying: Elton John
- Family: Bryan Ferry
- School: Justin & Dan Hawkins
- Family: Lenny Kravitz
- School: Roger McGuinn
- Partying: Joel O'Keeffe
- Family: John Lydon
- The Only Ones' Peter Perrett looks back on a lifetime of high times
- Money & Me with Roger Chapman
- 'Fast' Eddie Clarke: Life, Death, Sex And Motorhead
- Harry Shearer on Spinal Tap, Saturday Night Live, and trouser courgettes
- Rock'N'Roll: Hank Marvin
July 15
- Watch Mike Portnoy Receive The Virtuoso Award At The Prog Awards
- Max Cavalera on Sabbath, Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy
- How Red Hot Chili Peppers Conquered The World With By The Way
- All Hail The New Black
- Six Pack: 'Fuck You' Songs
- Why Devin Townsend's Ziltoid: The Musical Will Be The Best Thing Ever
July 14
- The story behind the song: Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
- Feature: why Disney's Frozen is a true Heavy Metal movie
- The Most WTF Moments In Metal
July 11
- Rob Reed: The Ultimate Mike Oldfield Fan!
- 10 Reasons We're Excited To See Biffy Clyro Back
- Famous Firsts: Suicide Silence
- Introducing... Fat Goth
- GALLERY: Babymetal at The Forum, London
- Modern Classics: Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
July 10
- Introducing... Modern Classics, as selected by Beez
- Six Pack: Dreadful Guitar Solos
- Watch Big Big Train Win Last Year's Breakthrough Artist Award
- Lost Alone release G.U.I.L.T.Y. lyric video
- GALLERY: Mayhem Fest, San Bernardino
- The Only Ones: much more than one-song wonders
- Blog: The day Dropkick Murphys got me arrested
- Exclusive: Frank Iero on life after My Chemical Romance
July 9
- Why Easy Rider is the first true rock’n’roll movie
- The Prog Report: USA
- Shep Gordon: from Alice Cooper to the Dalai Lama
- British Summer Time at Hyde Park - in pictures
July 8
- Blog: Why 5 Seconds of Summer will change our world, like it or not
- Prog Awards: Watch Steve Hackett win last year's Live Event Award
- Introducing Katalina Kicks - raw, riotous London rock 'n' roll
- Sonisphere 2014 in Photos
- Interview: Rise Against - 'I hope we can change some minds'
- The Ten Most Metal Things About Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction
July 7
- Metalhead to run Indonesia?
- 11 Collaborations Starring Chrissie Hynde
- Sonic Syndicate talk new album, being electrocuted and horror films
- Solstafir: The Path Less Travelled
- Body Count: Killing In The Game
- Who The Fuckery Are Wilson?
- Buffalo Soldiers
- While She Sleeps: Back To The Front
- The New Testament: Don't Feed The Trolls
- King 810: Welcome To Hell
- Slash: 10 albums that changed my life
- Sonisphere 2014: Therapy?, The Bronx, Kerbdog
July 6
- Sonisphere 2014: Alice In Chains & Mastodon
- Sonisphere 2014: Gallows, Krokodil, Truckfighters
- Sonisphere 2014: Airbourne, Devin Townsend Project & Gojira
July 5
- Sonisphere 2014: Sebastian Bach & Black Spiders
- Sonisphere 2014: The Virginmarys & Reckless Love
- Gallery: Black Sabbath time at the British Summer Time Festival
- GALLERY: Ghost
July 4
- Sonisphere 2014: Band Of Skulls & Gary Numan
- Sonisphere 2014: Devil You Know and Fuckface Unstoppable
- Airbourne To Party
- Sonisphere bands choose their Metallica By Request setlist
July 3
- Simon Godfrey's Letter From America
- Spoonman, and nine other 'regular folk' who inspired songs
- Prog Awards: The Nominees For The Limelight Award
- Ones To Watch At Sonisphere 2014
- Ten Non-Band Reasons To Be Excited About Sonisphere
July 2
- GALLERY: Ghostfest Day Two
- What we learned from Iron Maiden in the new issue of Hammer
- Blog: Why Mike Patton is the Master of the Universe
- Under The Skin
- Word Play
- Leading The Pack
- The Outer Limits: Al Stewart
- The Albums That Saved Prog: When Dream And Day Unite
- Grrrreat Expectations
- Life At The Sharp End
- Catching The Bug
- Sanctuary Man
- Yee. And Indeed Haw!
- Ramblin' Man
- "A Gathering Of Friends..."
- Out Of The Shadows
July 1
- 20 Years Since Kyuss – Welcome To Sky Valley
- Draw Me An Elephant: Raging Speedhorn
- War Machines: What to expect from Iron Maiden's dogfight at Sonisphere
- Review: Aerosmith and more at the Calling Festival
- GALLERY: Ghostfest Day One
- Blog: Why the emergence of No Devotion is a cause for celebration