Vended feature two spawns of Slipknot, but they're attempting to build their own legacy through their own terms. We head to LA to find out more
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Inspired in part by recurring nightmares and visions of heaven, Higher cemented Creed as one of the most successul rock bands of the new millennium
Thirty years after being blindsided by fame, Pearl Jam were still doing things on their own terms
Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson regret that people focus so much on one element of their sound, when there’s so much more to The Last Will And Testament
Lamb Of God’s New American Gospel ushered in the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal a couple of years early
Some albums are just so good that they come at us again, loaded with extra tracks and other goodies to give the original an extra bang for your buy-it-again buck
The countdown, the comeback, the controversy - Linkin Park's return was one of the biggest stories of 2024
Inside the biggest (and most over the top) power metal tour of 2024
“We had a clunky old vinyl player and people would bring in odd records…” Minds open to limitless music helped build a legacy leading up to Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Sir Brian May talks us through a series of previously unseen photographs from Queen's early days as featured in the new Queen I Collector’s Edition
Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal
The seasonal theme was unintentional, and so was their focus on rock operas, but that didn’t stop “the world’s most famous unknown band” starting out with a 10-date, one-truck tour before selling a million tickets per road trip 15 years later
How Cat Stevens became one of music’s biggest stars – then walked away from it
After making an unlikely connection, three interviews with a punk magazine editor – which she said felt like psychiatrist talks – illustrate her rapid development from Never For Ever to Hounds Of Love
The only music you'll need this Christmas Day is this brilliant, ludicrous playlist from The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins
It may well be Chreeeeesssstttmaaaaaaasssssss, but Slade, like puppies, are an all-year proposition
With their ninth studio album In Murmuration, Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers have replaced their erstwhile prog epics for a more honest approach to songwriting reflecting their personal lives
