Aerosmith's Joe Perry says rock isn't dead, credits fans for keeping it alive
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry disagrees with Gene Simmons' notorious "rock is dead" claim
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Aerosmith's Joe Perry says rock isn't dead, credits fans for keeping it alive
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry disagrees with Gene Simmons' notorious "rock is dead" claim
Godspeed You! Black Emperor to headline Barcelona's AMFest
Caspian, A.A .Williams, Anna Von Hausswolf, Pallbearer, Cult Of Luna, Carpenter Brut all lined up for post-rock event AMFest
Guns N' Roses cancel Glasgow show citing "illness and medical advice"
The cancellation, announced with less than a days notice, comes after shortened sets at the band's two London shows and reports of problems with Axl Rose's voice
The hit that took Kiss into the discos is now more funky than ever
A Dutch DJ has remade I Was Made For Loving You with Chic legend Nile Rodgers and turned it into a dance floor smash
“My admiration for you is eternal”: Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser pays tribute to late wife
Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser has revealed that his wife Patricia Perissinoto Kisser has died of cancer
Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo's son were involved in *that* Stranger Things Master Of Puppets scene
Rob Trujillo has revealed that his son Tye helped out on the already iconic Stranger Things scene - with some help from Kirk
Metallica have been working on their new album during the pandemic
“We weren’t just sitting around on the couch texting each other,” says Kirk Hammett of working on the new Metallica album during lockdown
Blink-182's Travis Barker shares health update after "life-threatening" emergency
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has updated fans after being rushed to hospital with "life-threatening pancreatitis"
Gott im Himmel! Toyah and Robert Fripp give Rammstein the bierkeller treatment
Toyah and Robert go "slightly German" as Rammstein's Keine Lust lights up Worcestershire's most iconic kitchen
Listen to a new remix of Firestarter from The Prodigy's 25th anniversary edition of The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy will release a special 25th anniversary edition of their 10 million-selling The Fat Of The Land album on November 4
"I said, 'I gotta meet this guy'" - why Dave Mustaine and Ice T became BFFs
Legendary rapper and Body Count frontman Ice T and Megadeth icon Dave Mustaine go back three whole decades
The mystery of which song features THAT guitar solo in the new Stranger Things has been solved
If you were wondering what song Eddie Munson is shredding in Stranger Things, well, we have the answer: "It's an inspired choice" actor Joseph Quinn tells us
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Roskilde Festival 2022 was utterly wild and here are 9 reasons why
Giant placentas, grunge legends and doppelgängers: all the weird and wonderful things we experienced at Roskilde 2022
Shooting Daggers: the politically-charged hardcore band who will not be silenced
“We’re vegan, we’re feminist, we’re women, we’re queer, we’re political”: why Shooting Daggers are the hardcore band 2022 needs
Nirvana at Reading 1992: a story of rumours, a wheelchair and salvation
In the build-up to Nirvana's final UK show the band were unhappy and underprepared... and then Kurt Cobain was pushed onstage in a wheelchair
This Will Ferrell comedy used Master Of Puppets nearly 20 years before Stranger Things
Step aside Eddie Munson – Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn had the whole Master Of Puppets thing covered in 2003 movie Old School
These are the 10 best metal albums of the year so far according to you
The votes are in and we have a winner – and it might be a surprise to fans of Ghost and Rammstein…
Every Arch Enemy album ranked from worst to best
Three singers, ten albums, one amazing career. This is Arch Enemy's discography ranked
The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
From Bloodbath and Bleeding Through to Oceans Ate Alaska and Dub War, these are the week’s best new tracks. Plus: vote for your favourite!
Mikael Stanne: 10 records that changed my life
Dark Tranquillity vocalist (and all-round Gothenburg legend) Mikael Stanne picks the ten gore-dripping death metal albums that changed his life
Every Rancid album ranked from worst to best
Tim Armstrong's band have been delivering punk rock magic since 1991, but which album is their defining masterpiece?
“I’m lucky with my intake of drugs I didn’t end up a glob of sh*t”: how Megadeth made Countdown To Extinction
How Megadeth's Countdown To Extinction helped a cleaned-up Dave Mustaine realise his superstar ambitions
Carpenter Brut: "I thought it would be cool to make a metal album without guitars"
Synthwave heavyweight Carpenter Brut talks trilogies, uniting music fans and this year's absurdly fun Leather Terror album
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Turnstile’s incendiary set steals the weekend at Glastonbury
While some waited for a Green Day set that never happened, Turnstile showed Glasto why they’re the present and future of punk rock
Alestorm's Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum: "all the joyless enthusiasm of a dog licking its balls"
Disgraced UK pirate metallers Alestorm prove the joke is wearing thin for seventh album, Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum
Ghost at Hellfest: more menacing and seductive than ever, despite the early finish
Even with his voice failing, Tobias Forge managed to conjure up a triumphant headline set at Hellfest 2022
Nine Inch Nails at the Eden Project: what happened when Trent and co played the world's biggest greenhouse
With heatwaves, thunderstorms and sunset rainbows, NIN's return to the UK was an epic of blockbuster proportions
Nova Twins' Supernova is the album leading alt rock into a new future
From smashing genre boundaries to fighting for inclusivity in the metal scene, Supernova is a sign of things to come
Review: Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan singer Greg Puciato digs deep into his psych on Mirrorcell
Greg Puciato takes a dizzying tour through his interior world on his second solo album, Mirrorcell
Here's what happened when UK drag superstar Bimini rocked Download Festival
Bimini's set at Download 2022 felt like an important moment for LGBTQ+ representation in the UK rock scene
Iron Maiden just reminded Download Festival why they are still heavy metal's true masters
Iron Maiden's headline set at Download 2022 was a bombastic, career-spanning triumph
Bleed From Within’s Shrine: Scottish ragers deliver a groove-metal wrecking ball
Album review: Bleed From Within offer muscle, class and righteous enthusiasm on new album Shrine
10 things we learned from the brand new season of Stranger Things
Monsters, metalheads and milkshakes - how Season 4 of Stranger Things is shaking up the formula for Netflix's monster series
Here's what it was like watching grime-punks Bob Vylan tear up a tiny venue in Milton Keynes
London duo Bob Vylan showed why they're one of the most exciting young British bands in rock right now
