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“It could be more amazing than U2’s triumph in Las Vegas. I think you could even blow that out the water”: Can Youth persuade David Gilmour to stage a live show with The Orb?
Producer discusses his reboot of 2010 collaboration Metallic Spheres as Metallic Spheres In Colour
The life and times of Tony Iommi, metal’s indestructible dark lord
If it wasn’t for Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, the world would sound very, very different
Poor Man’s Moody Blues: The story of a prog rock diss track
Les Holroyd is proud of BJH’s band’s first era – except for the time they rose to the bait of being compared to a rival band, and then he had to face one of its members
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: July 31 2026
Tony Iommi makes a long awaited return, Electric Callboy channel their inner boyband and Sheri Moon Zombie strikes out as a solo artist in this week's best new metal songs round up
How Trivium defied the gatekeepers and split the critics with The Crusade
Trivium broke big with 2005’s Ascendancy – but a year later, The Crusade saw the backlash hit
"They played such beautiful music." Sonja Kristina looks back over half a century of Curved Air
Curved Air's final tour has been postponed until next year, but singer Sonja Kristina has plans for one final blow-out
“The peak had passed. But some albums kept the flame alive”: What did the 80s ever do for prog?
If the genre ruled the world in 70s, the following decade was about retreating and taking stock. But it wasn’t all bad – here are 10 of the best records from that interesting time
The story of All Right Now, the anthem that broke Free in America – then broke up the band
All Right Now was an instant classic, but it also created instant problems for Free
