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How Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and a modern blues icon came together to form Black Country Communion
By Mick Wall published
Black Country Communion’s second album, BCC2, established them as one of the greatest supergroups of the 21st century

A surrogate for Yes – but The Flower Kings’ Love is a fully-achieved ambition
By Fraser Lewry published
It’s the rebooted band’s fifth album in less than six years, but it doesn’t sound like they’re running out of ideas

The unhinged story of Aerosmith’s Draw The Line, the album that sent them crashing off the rails
By Paul Elliott published
Drugs, dysfunction and 1977’s Draw The Line album sent Aerosmith into a tailspin that would take a decade to pull out of

Sepultura’s Iggor Cavalera: “We didn’t like how metal was made in Europe or in America”
By Matt Mills published
Sepultura’s original drummer explains why the Brazilian metal scene was so enamoured with the Devil in the 1980s

"It better not be s**t!" Producer reveals Bob Geldof's words of warning ahead of the recording of new album from the cast of Live Aid musical Just For One Day
By Paul Brannigan published
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording) will features covers of timeless anthems from artists who made history at 1985's legendary Live Aid concert

Propagandhi are as confused about the state of things as everyone else on vital new album At Peace
By Matt Mills published
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has 18 songs demoed for new solo album, will record it next year
By Matt Mills published
The Mandrake Project was Bruce’s first solo album in 19 years, and he seems to have no intention of taking that long again

The dashed hopes and early trauma of White Lion
By Dave Reynolds published
White Lion's second album Pride went double platinum, but debut Fight To Survive was a different story altogether
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