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How Saxon made Crusader, the album that marked the end of their early 80s glory years
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Test your rock knowledge with this week's Classic Rock Quiz
22 multiple choice questions on classic rock. It's like a pub quiz but you have to bring your own booze.
10 indisputable reasons why Essex is responsible for the best British artists ever (some might be slightly disputable)
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Gene Simmons’ wild tales of Eddie Van Halen, Bob Dylan, Cher and Donald Trump
Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Eddie Van Halen and Diana Ross – they’ve all crossed paths with Gene Simmons
Great new proggy sounds from Magic Pie, Sleep Token, Michael Woodman and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new prog you must hear from SOM, Gösta Berlings Saga, Benthos, worriedaboutsatan and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: March 14 2025
Sleep Token, Cradle Of Filth and Epica are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Test your metal knowledge with the all-new Metal Hammer quiz
Are you a true metal warrior or a shameless poseur? Try our new quiz and find out!
""My dad smashed the Number Of The Beast: ‘I’m forbidding Devil’s music in my house!’"
Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach shares the trials, tribulations and ultimate triumphs that made him a metal hero
How Larkin Poe finally got over their imposter syndrome to make kick-ass new album Bloom
Larkin Poe are taking care of business in all aspects of their music and career
“Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth
His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”
We got a 28-year-old music journalist to review a 30-year-old Radiohead album and this is what he wrote
Released on March 13, 1995, Radiohead’s second album continues to influence new artists and wow younger audiences
How Divide And Dissolve went from doom-drone to classical
Contacted by the BBC, Takiaya Reed has produced a full symphony based on the doom/drone maximalism of her band Divide And Dissolve
"A lot of people think it’s about Vikings, but it never was"
Wardruna's Einar Selvik explains the importance of nature his band's animistic worldview
How Ricky Warwick got sober and reconnected with his Northern Irish roots on new album Blood Ties
Black Star Riders and The Almighty frontman Ricky Warwick is sharper than ever on his new solo album Blood Ties
“Gong’s appeal? Not becoming too commercially successful”: Daevid Allen’s grateful farewell
Months before his death from cancer, he encapsulated his unique vision in a forward-looking album, then left others to continue his work
“There certainly was a fair amount of hard drinking. But there was a degree of professionalism, if hard to recognise at times”: How The Pogues made a folk-punk classic in Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues’ second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash remains the late Shane MacGowan’s finest moment
The resurrection of Limp Bizkit
From their fall from grace at the turn of the millennium to their surprise comeback in recent years, Limp Bizkit have proven they can roll with the punches
What do Syd Barrett and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish
Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair
