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Yngwie Malmsteen compares himself to Beethoven – and loves being rock’s most controversial guitarist

By Nick Hasted published 21 March 26

When they made Yngwie J Malmsteen, they broke the mold

Janis Joplin broke away from her band to make a solo album that divided the critics. A year later she was dead

By Bill DeMain published 21 March 26

Janis Joplin’s I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama would be the last album she released during her lifetime

Bloody Well Right! Breakfast In America might have had the bangers, but it was Crime Of The Century that truly saved Supertramp's bacon

By Daryl Easlea published 21 March 26

Facing the harsh reality of their first two albums being commercial flops, Supertramp were staring into the abyss when they came to make third album, Crime Of The Century

The thrash classic Korn guitarist Head calls “the ultimate metal album” – and the record he thinks should be thrown in the trash

By Tomas Doyle published 21 March 26

The albums that shaped the Korn guitarist’s life

How Bad Company rose from the ashes of Free to write one of rock’s greatest outlaw anthems

By Michael Hann published 21 March 26

How Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map

By Ian Winwood published 20 March 26

After 2002's Comalies, Lacuna Coil had officially put Italian metal on the map

How a damaged teenage drug dealer channelled black days into platinum records

By Paul Brannigan published 20 March 26

"I knew how to fail, but I didn’t know how to win"

Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: March 20 2026

By Rich Hobson published 20 March 26

Alissa White-Gluz shares her new band, Neurosis make a shock comeback and Ice Nine Kills turn into Steel Panther: these are Metal Hammer's tracks of the week

The bizarre story of Whale and their extremely unlikely smash hit single

By Stephen Hill published 20 March 26

When three acquaintances decided to make a joke song about a bizarre topic just for the hell of it, they can't have foreseen what'd happen next

"We jokingly called the album Commercial Suicide while we were making it." Why one of the world's biggest rock bands had to go back to "ground zero" on their riskiest and darkest record

By Paul Brannigan published 20 March 26

"Some reports said that it was a great record, but we should consider changing our name"