Why Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son remains their best prog album
A good-versus-evil concept story featuring keyboards and a nine-minute title track set the scene for records that would arrive in future decades
A good-versus-evil concept story featuring keyboards and a nine-minute title track set the scene for records that would arrive in future decades
T-Bone Walker was the man with the eye-popping live show who influenced everyone from BB King to Jimi Hendrix. And these are his best albums
The Game dialled down Queen's hard rock, and Hot Space was such a departure that it confused their fan base. It was time for a rethink
Europe's Joey Tempest founded Swedish Metal Aid in 1985, to raise money to bring famine relief to Africa. All was going well until they performed their song on TV
Halestorm's classic power ballad made such an impact that it'd be rerecorded just a year later with Slash, David Draiman, Maria Brink and more getting involved
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From discovering Metallica and Ozzy as a kid to blasting In Flames, Soilwork and Motionless In White in the gym, Damian Priest is a metalhead through and through
Latest album It Leads To This is the 15th studio album from Bruce Soord’s band – but he argues it’s really only their fourth, and that it hides a positive message
When they weren't splitting up on a monthly basis, The Verve made some fabulous records
Peter Frampton has lived the rock life to its fullest, playing many parts – prodigy, teen idol, guitar hero, global superstar, forgotten man, comeback kid, survivor
Les Claypool brought his main band to London ahead of Green Naugahyde’s launch and revealed the tribulations he’d undergone in the 14 years since his previous visit
Eight songs to soundtrack this week's rock revolution
From While She Sleeps and Imminence being more ambitious than ever to new faces in the scene pushing things forward, it's a great time to be a metalcore fan
After a gap of more than 20 years, Jethro Tull returned with their second album of new material this decade. RökFlöte finds the band exploring Norse mythology with a harder edge than last year’s The Zealot Gene
"Weird Al" Yankovic made his TV debut in 1981 on The Tomorrow Show with an eccentric take on a Queen classic, and nothing was ever the same
The iconic singer-songwriter had no problems dishing it out if he felt like his targets deserved it
The R.E.M. frontman has two records he holds closest from the 17 that the Athens, Georgia alt-rockers released
The group went from zero to heroes when their self-titled debut blew up big in 1972
Before Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio, one of heavy metal’s most powerful voices sang in skiffle and doo-wop groups. This is what they sounded like…