16 facts you might not know about Cliff Burton By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 Metallica’s late bassist loved Bowie, was in a band with some of Faith No More and accidentally named Kill ’Em All. Here are 16 fascinating facts about the Legend In Loon Pants
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here: Inside the album that nearly ended it all By Glenn Povey last updated 20 September 22 Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here was the product of unfinished sessions, shambolic live shows and band alienation. Here, the band recall the protracted birth of the album that nearly ended it all
The Top 10 best albums of 1990 By Metal Hammer last updated 20 September 22 The 10 albums that provided the soundtrack in 1990
The A-Z of Red Hot Chili Peppers By Alec Chillingworth last updated 20 September 22 Everything you need to know about the perennial Californian funk rock merchants
The Top 20 best albums of 1995 By Metal Hammer last updated 16 August 22 From the birth of Deftones and Rammstein to White Zombie’s final farewell, these are the best metal albums of 1995
Leaving Las Vegas: the story of John Entwistle's last hours By Paul Rees last updated 27 June 22 What happened the night The Who's John Entwistle died
The 10 best albums on Nuclear Blast By Stephen Hill published 22 June 22 A volley of essential releases from the iconic German metal label
Lemmy: "Might as well die of something you like than be 120 and bored" By Scott Rowley last updated 25 April 22 Mr Ian Kilmister on sex, drugs, rock'n'roll... and everything in between
John Wetton - A Personal Tribute By Nick Shilton last updated 31 January 22 Prog writer Nick Shilton knew John Wetton well for many years. Here he recalls his personal journey with the late musician's output...
10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat By Rich Hobson published 3 December 21 Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen reveals his roots in death metal and lists 10 surprisingly heavy records that continue to inspire Volbeat today
10 glam rock albums you should definitely own By Classic Rock Magazine published 29 October 21 An antidote to the grim and the grey of early 70s Britain, glam rock offered glitz, glitter, glamour and a path away from the drab, denim-decked norm. These are the albums you need
A short history of strange deaths in rock By Howard Johnson last updated 9 October 21 17 great musicians whose final moments went down in history for the wrong reasons
Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst: “I’m Dr Frankenstein and the guy in the red cap is my creature” By Metal Hammer last updated 9 July 21 The gospel according to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst
10 goth albums you should definitely own By Scott Rowley published 21 June 21 Gothic rock grew like mould on the corpse of punk, and these are the best goth albums. Release the bats!
Mick Ronson: a short history of his greatest moments By Scott Rowley last updated 27 May 21 From building David Bowie to backing Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and more, these are Mick Ronson's greatest moments
11 metal bands with no bad albums By Matt Mills last updated 12 February 21 11 of the greatest metal bands with turkey-free back catalogues
These orchestral covers of Death songs are almost as good as the originals By Matt Mills published 14 December 20 If you ever wondered what Florida death metal icons Death‘s music would sound like with an orchestra, here‘s your answer
Tommy Bolin: the story of a doomed genius By Greg Prato published 17 November 20 Tommy Bolin had the looks and the talent, but he also had a deadly drug addiction. We look at the tragic career of a doomed guitar great, through band mates, friends, and family
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1987 By Metal Hammer published 6 October 20 From Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crue to Anthrax, Death and Sepultura, these are the records that defined 1987
The Hard And Fast Times of Janis Joplin By Bill DeMain last updated 4 October 20 In 1966, a strung-out Janis Joplin returned to Texas with everything she owned in shoe boxes, but the promise of California's bright lights was always going to draw her back to meet her fate