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"I remember us saying, ‘Well, if the band doesn’t make it, we’ll join the Marines.’" The story of the song that gave thrash metal its name
Metallica, Exodus and Slayer might've been defining thrash on the West coast, but it was in New York the genre finally got its name
How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk
Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental single of all time
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them
“Lemmy got the job because he elbowed everybody else out the way!” How Hawkwind made Silver Machine
It was only their second-ever single, but it made a massive impact – and Brock still doesn’t really know how it happened
The 50 best metal songs of 2025
Sleep Token, Ghost, Babymetal - these are the songs you picked as the finest 2025 had to offer
“It’s one of our few songs I listen to without cringing”: Canadian band surprised themselves with 1981 hit
Written in an English market town with a producer who worked them hard, their 1981 track became the third most-played single in the US that year
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 22, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Bryan Adams, Tailgunner, the Lemon Twigs and more
“He didn’t want his masterpiece on an album where the vibes were so bad”: Rick Davies’ greatest Supertramp songs
Late co-founder always felt that collaborating was like “two people painting a picture on the same canvas.” But that didn’t stop him succeeding
