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“I wanted to end humanity!” Self-confessed egomaniac counts the ways of our deaths on apocalyptic concept abum
Whether you want to spend your last five months surrounded by family, living in denial or taking part in a shaggathon, there’s a song for you on this apocalyptic concept album
Vote for the best metal album of 2025
We've crowned Ghost's Skeleta in the writer's poll - but which metal albums from 2025 excited you most?
Jethro Tull’s manager asked Ian Anderson to write a hit. He tried not to, but failed
1969’s Living In The Past reached the Top 10 in both the UK and US, and led to an uncomfortable experience on Top Of The Pops
The story of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. – the secret debut album that started Slipknot’s ascent
Before Corey Taylor and before the nu metal takeover, Slipknot launched their career with a DIY release that put the Des Moines scene on notice
How a grunge legend alienated his entire fanbase with a curveball solo record
Not everyone wants to get on board when artists take a creative left turn
How a bold, boundary-breaking song with some taboo lyrics helped break Halestorm
Some of the lyrics on this modern classic were brave, but they helped laid the foundations for what was to come
A bright spark of modern prog brought in big prog names to make an album that’s not prog – and he’s not sorry
His debut solo album forces the concept of music without boundaries back on itself. He believes it brought the best out of his guests too
“The others kept putting it off. Finally I said, ‘We’ve got to do it now’”: Unique band faced the climate crisis head on
Adding elements of jazz digital percussion and alternative composition techniques to their already eclectic sound, they’re so convinced by their new direction that their seventh release will be the second part of their sixth
“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the demons that drive him
New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen
