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Blaze Bayley's debut solo album flopped 25 years ago - but now he's taking it on the road
By Dave Ling published
Blaze Bayley and his band are playing the whole of Silicon Messiah live and it's finally coming to life

Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn’t go well
By Metal Hammer published
“Exit light, enter plight”, apparently

Steve Harris defends The X Factor and Virtual XI, Iron Maiden’s most derided albums
By Matt Mills published
Maiden’s bassist/founder addresses the hatred towards two of their least-liked releases, while also admitting his band have never made “the perfect album”

UK stoner/doom champions Green Lung to headline Desertfest London 2026; four other bands also confirmed
By Matt Mills published
Desertfest will fill five Camden venues with the sounds of doom, stoner and psychedelic rock from May 15 to 17

Hawklords announce twelfth studio album Faith will be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
Space rockers Hawklords also announce UK tour dates for October and November

Def Leppard announce 2026 European tour with brand new show
By Fraser Lewry published
News of Def Leppard's plans for next year breaks as they gear up for their only UK show of 2025

Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp are back and they're more brightly-coloured than ever
By Fraser Lewry published
Aaaggh! My eyes!

Watch Daron Malakian join stunned System Of A Down tribute band for cover of Cigaro in Chicago
By Stef Lach published
System Of A Down guitarist hears his own band being covered, then walks into venue and joins them onstage
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