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"The key to the band's sound is that all the guys in the band are really into progressive rock..." Magic Pie beat a case of writer's block to make sixth album Maestro
Norwegian proggers (with an Icelandic singer) Magic Pie dialled up the heavy rock quota on 2025's Maestro, their first new album for six years
Ranking every album by The Jesus Lizard, from worst to best
Over the course of almost four decades, The Jesus Lizard have made seven wonderfully gnarly noise-rock albums: here's their caustic catalogue placed in order of greatness
How Metallica rewrote their script – and irritated countless metalheads – with Load and Reload
When the former thrashers cut their hair and took influence from the blues, they didn’t emerge unscathed, but they remained heavy music’s biggest band all the same
The story of Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Quiet Sun and their sly posthumous album
Guitarist’s mid-70s juggling act proved his previous band’s worth via their LP Mainstream, assembled in a rush while he was tracking solo debut Diamond Head
They took a risk to escape broken music industry models. So far, it’s paying off
Anglo-Welsh quintet wrote enough material for a double album, but that’s not the format it’s being released in. Have they found a way to break the mould?
How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit
The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett
The story of the new System Of A Down album that will (probably) never happen
Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.
Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September
Quiet Sun featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera alongside Matching Mole's Bill MacCormick with Dave Jarrett and Charles Hayward
