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Bob Seger: a guide to his best albums
From high-octane rock through fiery funk and the biggest of arena ballads, Bob Seger has been at the heart of heartland rock for 50 years. These are his best albums
Manfred Mann: "I'm not very good at writing songs"
The South African-born leader of Manfred Mann's Earth Band casts a critical eye over a 50-plus year career
10 obscure but brilliant noise rock albums you need in your life
London noiseniks USA Nails select 10 essential but underrated noise rock albums everyone should hear
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: the monumental masterpiece that killed grunge
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness was the last truly great US rock album of the 90s – and of the Smashing Pumpkins' career. We look back at the groundbreaking record, 25 years on
Who needs Satan when you can have proto-feminist demon worship with your death metal?
Dapper Icelandic mavericks Cult Of Lilith are ditching death metal’s demonic clichés for a totally different occult deity
Metal album covers recreated with Batman characters is the best thing you’ll see today
You want the Joker as Eddie The Head or Two-Face as Metallica’s Lady Justice? You got it…
Keith Moon's 10 craziest moments
Tales of Keith Moon's bonkers behaviour endure across time and space, but here are our 10 favourite examples of Moon madness
Crazy, overblown and dumb: How Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman made Bat Out Of Hell
It launched Meat Loaf onto an unsuspecting world. It stayed in the UK charts for eight years and became the biggest selling debut album of all time. It also nearly finished off the singer for good. This is the story of Bat Out Of Hell
10 brain-melting prog albums that are as heavy as any metal band
Brett Campbell and Joseph Rowland of post-doom trailblazers Pallbearer guide you through the heavier - and weirder – end of the prog rock underground
15 things you didn’t know about Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine
Shaved eyebrows, record label rucks and inspiring Fight Club - here are are 15 things you didn’t know about Nine Inch Nails’ debut album Pretty Hate Machine
How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music
Tiring of making frothy pop, Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording what became an all-time classic: Pet Sounds
All Them Witches: alluring sounds from rural Arkansas via Abbey Road
Nomadic living, religious music, Taoist literature and a stint in Abbey Road are among the building blocks of All Them Witches’ kaleidoscopic new album Nothing As The Ideal
Biffy Clyro interview: "We’re as good a live band as any fucker in the world"
Fuelled by personal disappointment and betrayal, Download Festival headliner Biffy Clyro’s album A Celebration Of Endings is a masterful triumph in the face of adversity
Howlin' Wolf - a guide to his best albums
Late Chicago powerhouse Howlin' Wolf was equal parts transcendent and terrifying. These are the releases that will blow down your house
The story behind Procol Harum's A White Shade Of Pale
The long and protracted tale behind UK prog legends Procol Harum's 1967 number one smash hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Tracks of the Week: new music from Crobot, Larkin Poe and more
Eight revving engines on rock's great starting grid
Power Trip’s Riley Gale: the modern metal hero who was one of us
Power Trip frontman Riley Gale’s death at the age 34 shocked the metal scene. We look back at the life and times of a genuine one-off
Win a signed Angus Young Gibson SG guitar
Win! For those about to rock, here's your chance to win a Gibson SG guitar, signed by AC/DC's Angus Young himself
