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The story behind Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley's final recording
By Paul Brannigan published
"I didn’t recognize him. He looked like an 80-year-old man"

Excess, eyebrows, and an extremely erratic encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
By Paul Elliott published
An audience with the Prince of Darkness on the Ultimate Sin tour

Neil Fallon on Clutch, corporations and Christmas
By Dave Ling published
"There’s a lot of joy that we don’t see at home": Clutch begin another run of UK Christmas shows next week

Rick Wakeman on his sequel to The Red Planet, and taking David Bowie along for the ride
By Johnny Sharp published
Keyboard maestro has gone back to work with the English Rock Ensemble for the follow-up to his 2020 album, and he says the process feels like early 70s Yes

The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus
By Johnny Black published
With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later

How Avenged Sevenfold and Call Of Duty forged one of music and gaming's greatest relationships
By Jack Rogers published
From processing grief and playing for the troops to soundtracking a zombie apocalypse, A7X and Call of Duty have a long history

From Sleep Token breaking records to Xenomorphs rocking out to Tool, these are the 11 metal songs that defined 2025
By Merlin Alderslade published
Whether topping charts or going viral, metal made a big impact in 2025 - here's the proof

How Judas Priest bounced back with their best song in a decade: Painkiller
By Chris Chantler published
Heavy metal doesn't come much better than this absolute classic

The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music to make an iconic debut album
By Malcolm Dome published
Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status

“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section”: World-class producer’s shaky start
By Malcolm Dome published
After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records
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