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“You wonder if any other drummer could have done it”: Alan White’s best Yes performances
By Chris Roberts published
He secured a place in music history with other artists – but he’s best remembered for covering an extraordinary breadth of styles with the ever-changing prog giants

Those Damn Crows and the search for meaning in uncertain times
By Polly Glass published
On their chart-topping album God Shaped Hole, Those Damn Crows turn their attention to the existential fears we all face

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 13 2025
By Rich Hobson published
Orbit Culture, Helloween and Burning Witches lead a hefty line-up for this week's best new metal songs

Great new music you need to hear from Chimpan A, Whispers Of Granite, Leoni Jane Kennedy in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week!
By Jerry Ewing published
Cool new proggy sounds from Psychonaut, Reubes, Quadvium and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week...

Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers
By Ian Fortnam published
The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ongoing search for extraordinary music

Exploring Roger Waters' lyrics through Pink Floyd's albums
By Daryl Easlea published
A heartfelt, poetic and occasionally romantic lyricist, he became known for high-powered attacks on the hands that fed him

What it was like at Mystic Festival 2025
By Rich Hobson published
From watching Hatebreed cover Slayer in the rain to spectacular sets from King Diamond, Witch Club Satan, Sepultura and more, this is what it was like at Mystic Festival 2025

The 10 best Sleep Token songs ever
By Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade published
From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far

"Edge left the band. He was feeling that he couldn't serve both god and man. I decided I couldn't either. So we both quit."
By Paul Brannigan published
Fears that Christianity was incompatible with life in a rock band caused much soul-searching for U2 in the early '80s, and almost led the band to break up
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