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July 2021

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July 30
- "Sabbath was a ghost ship when I joined”: Read an extract from Ronnie James Dio’s brutally honest memoir
- Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and the alarming rise of the Covid conspiracy rock star
- Meet Florence Black: the Welsh firebrands blending heavy rock swagger with melody
July 29
- 10 music video cameos by people who went on to become super famous
- The A-Z Guide to Joey Jordison
- Gojira: six things you need to know
- Dennis DeYoung interview: 'no band has worked harder than Styx at diminishing its own reputation'
July 28
- Remembering Joey Jordison's best lost project
- The ultimate Joey Jordison playlist
- Joey Jordison unmasked: the ultimate interview
- Steve Morse: 10 records that changed my life
July 27
- 10 times Joey Jordison was an absolute hero
- "Our swords set off the airport security in Russia": an interview with Heilung's Maria Franz
- The Darkness: the story behind the Permission To Land artwork
- Mdou Moctar: the Hendrix of the Sahara
July 26
- Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV, by Geddy Lee
- A deep dive into Cannibal Corpse’s appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- The Story Behind The Song: Clutch's The Mob Goes Wild
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Joe Bonamassa, Howlin Rain and more
July 25
- 10 Folk Rock albums you should definitely own
July 23
- Behind the rituals that informed Amenra's new album De Doorn
- The story behind The Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women
- "It was like Simon & Garfunkel meets Morbid Angel": behind Opeth's 2001 masterpiece Blackwater Park
- Yngwie Malmsteen: "I'm always pushing myself, attempting things which are more extreme"
July 22
- Why fans ❤️ Slash, and why he matters
- "The label expected us to do a pop album!": The lost Lemmy interview
- A heartfelt tribute to Wes Borland’s extremely silly band Big Dumb Face
- Fear Factory's Dino Cazares: “You can’t control how people are gonna twist your words around."
- The kaleidoscopic story of Acid, the drug that inspired music's wildest experiments
- Heart's Nancy Wilson: 8 songs that changed my life
July 21
- The story of Van Halen's nightly destruction of Black Sabbath
July 20
- 11 bands redefining folk metal around the world
- 10 grunge bands that time forgot
- Meet The Metal Nun: “I’m not that far from a real nun – I just devote all my energy to another divine being: Powerwolf”
- Why NWOCR is a community, and why that makes a difference
- Counting Crows' Adam Duritz: despair, hope, and hunting rabbits
- Billy Gibbons: storyteller, hot sauce merchant, lover of public transport
July 19
- Mayhem’s Necrobutcher: “Black metal was very narrow at the start, but then it broke out – and it’s still evolving"
- The 10 best Brian May Queen songs
- Tracks of the Week: new music from The Wildhearts, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more
July 17
- The best 62 releases you can buy on Record Store Day (Drop Day 2)
July 16
- Alive and kicking: why the return of live music is everything in 2021
- 10 nu metal bands that time forgot
- Dee Snider: 8 songs that changed my life
July 15
- Our first reaction to Iron Maiden's new single The Writing On The Wall
- Lucifer unleashed! The Satanic history of the Parental Advisory label
- Chris Catalyst on band hopping, mental health, and why he can call Ginger Wildheart “a knob”
July 14
- The story of GTR's When The Heart Rules The Mind
- Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf: "I tried to be a white trash rock'n'roll James Bond"
- Whatever happened to... Airbridge?
- The 10 best songs from the 10 worst emo bands
- Arielle: proof that imaginary friends can be real and musical dreams do come true
- 10 stoner rock albums you should definitely own
July 13
- Paul Gilbert interview: the beauty of melody, clean living, and coke-head mice
- The 10 most ridiculously stupid metal music videos of the 80s
- “It was the summer of heavy metal love”: the epic inside story of the Clash Of The Titans tour
- The 10 best Gov’t Mule songs
July 12
- Confrontation, chaos, and the turbulent tale of L7
- At The Gates' Tomas Lindberg: 10 albums that changed my life
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Crown Lands, Mother Vulture and more
July 9
- Muse: "To call us 'genius' is an insult to other artists"
- How Dec Burke brought his "powerhouse of a voice" to Frost*s Experiments In Mass Appeal
July 8
- “A lot of kids on the internet talk about black metal without knowing anything about it": the world according to Satyricon's Satyr
- We tracked down Jucifer, the band that inspired Sound Of Metal
- Why I ❤️ Stackridge's The Man In The Bowler Hat, by Marillion's Steve Hogarth
- Pop Evil: six albums in and still having fun
July 7
- "I don't want to be an old fart who only listens to 80s stuff": Max Cavalera shares his ultimate playlist
- The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant 70s bands
- Dee Snider: the soundtrack of my life
July 6
- Steve Vai: 8 songs that changed my life
- "I was completely hooked": Musicians discuss the impact of Opeth's Blackwater Park
- The Allman Brothers Band: The triumph and tragedy behind At Fillmore East
- Ian Gillan: 8 songs that changed my life
July 5
- Dave Navarro: "No one saw the 90s coming"
- Tracks of the Week: new music from The Dead Deads, The Hot Damn! and more
July 2
- 10 obscure post-metal bands that should be huge
- Southern comfort: the unconventional story of Blackberry Smoke
July 1
- Duff McKagan: 8 songs that changed my life
- Wolfgang Van Halen interview: stepping into the spotlight