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May 31
- "The Superstition tour is heading your way." Soulfly announce summer tour of the UK and Europe
- “There are certain names that I so deeply wish were on the guestlist tonight, but we lost them too early.” Watch Eddie Vedder perform a hauntingly beautiful version of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt for 18,000 Pearl Jam fans and lost friends in Seattle
- “Listen all y'all it's a sabotage!” How the riotous, raucous and joyously irreverent Ill Communication put the Beastie Boys back on top of the world
- "I must really be a witch...so rabies shots for the next two weeks": Watch The Pretty Reckless' Taylor Momsen get bitten by a bat onstage
- Leprous share first new music from upcoming album. Watch their video for Atonement here
- Bring Me The Horizon tried to do a song with Billie Eilish, says Oli Sykes: “I can’t say for 100 percent that she listened to it, but I knew it got to her”
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Green Day, Jane's Addiction and The Killers stars sign up to offer once-in-a-lifetime tutorials at the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
- "It’s incredibly refreshing to hear Thou cutting loose and just rocking out with such gleeful enthusiasm." Umbilical proves Thou are still one of sludge metal's most adventurous and innovative bands
- Cool new prog you must hear from Marjana Semkina, Heilung, Glass Island and more
- "9 years without sex? Weirdo sh*t": Ice-T is not at all impressed by Lenny Kravitz's vow of celibacy
- “Guess who’s back, back again.” Watch ghosts from Eminem's notorious past come back to haunt him, as Slim Shady, Rapboy, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and the Steve Miller Band pop up in the hilarious throw-back video for Houdini
- An Endless Sporadic announce European and UK live shows
- Look at this graph! Science may have found the answer behind everyone's hatred for Nickelback
- “Instrumentation and structures are engrossing… A deep delve into Nordic mythology and soundscaping which absolutely bleeds passion and integrity”: Kati Rán’s Sála
- Steve Hackett's classical works get reissue treatment
- Watch pro-shot video of a rain-soaked Metallica playing Master Of Puppets last week
- Bury Tomorrow have never been heavier than on new single Villain Arc
- "Robert Plant ripped into me and tore me apart. He was yelling at me like he was my dad or something!": Lenny Kravitz looks back on a career filled with his heroes
- "When I'm not interested or unavailable, I believe that Yes should carry on": Steve Howe on the future of Yes and his new version of Tales From Topographic Oceans
- “It ought to be heart-shattering; but instead, it feels full of hope… absolutely gorgeous”: Marjana Semkina’s Sirin
- "Ya gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em": Deap Vally are about to play their final shows, but they've got some great memories to look back on
- Ozzy Osbourne, Cory Taylor, Billy Idol, Linda Perry and more fill the guest list as Billy Morrison bangs out the punk and electro rockers on The Morrison Project
- "Pianos play by themselves and dark forces conjure suspicious shadows": Crowded House make for uneasy listening on Gravity Stars
- "Climaxing with a fearsome guitar squall midway between Jerry Garcia and John Frusciante": Richard Thompson's Ship To Shore is his most rumbustious album in years
- "Continuing to sound just as fresh as they did when the band first formed 40 years ago": Buffalo Tom maintain their haunted, bluesy groove on Jump Rope
- "An intensely creative chapter of Sabbath history": Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath rise again on Anno Domini 1989-1995
May 30
- "Bad Omens are the real deal – they sound spectacular." Concrete Jungle [The OST] confirms that the argument over who will be heavy music's next superstars is done and dusted
- You Me At Six add extra nights in Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds, Birmingham and London to their Final Nights Of Six farewell tour
- “We believe that artistic spaces should be able to exist without being funded by morally corrupt investors.” Pillow Queens and CMAT pull out of Latitude festival due to sponsor Barclays' links to weapons manufacturers supplying Israeli military
- “We appealed to the female section of the audience. They wanted to be with us, talk to us, and give us their money.” Andy Summers says The Police were not only “superior, musically, to almost every other band” but they were also total babes
- There’s a video game hidden inside Bring Me The Horizon’s new album Post Human: Nex Gen. Seriously.
- "A crowd that likes the idea of The Big Rock Show but find Foo Fighters a bit shouty." Nickelback do exactly what Nickelback do at Birmingham's Utilita Arena - and their fans wouldn't have it any other way
- Scammer attempts to auction off Graceland but is foiled by Elvis Presley's granddaughter filing a lawsuit against them, says the crime was "fun"
- “With one eye on MTV and another on film soundtracks, big choruses with star-turn assists are go”: Steve Hackett’s Feedback ’86 and Till We Have Faces vinyl remasters
- Tusmorke "away with the fairies" on new album Dawn Of Oberon
- "I’ve got this constant ringing in my ears, which has also made me somewhat deaf - or ‘conveniently deaf’ as Sharon calls it": Cautionary tales from Ozzy and 5 other rock stars who suffer from tinnitus and other hearing issues
- Eric Clapton says Pink Floyd's Roger Waters suffers "terribly" from sharing his political views and has seen him “sit on the window ledge in tears”
- Bruce Dickinson is worried that Iron Maiden don't "challenge" themselves enough when it comes to writing music: "We have this devoted following and they’re happy with the way we are"
- According to Kittie, people hate on nu metal because it's popular and a more "simplified" form of music: "Oftentimes it takes a little bit of growth and perhaps some years for some of the music fans to catch up"
- Twelve-disc Fairport Convention box set to be released in July
- Wobbler keyboard player Lars Frederik Frøislie teams up with Stefano 'Lupo' Gulfi for new single
- "Imagine a tour with Bon Jovi reuniting with Richie Sambora and the reunited Skid Row as an opener?" Sebastian Bach talks feuding with Jon Bon Jovi, Chris Jericho, Ronnie Radke and just about everyone else
- “I know some people think I'm a weirdo. I'm working on it.” How Weezer's Rivers Cuomo learned how to embrace life following a near-death experience
- Van Halen's Michael Anthony recalls watching Ozzy Osbourne set Bill Ward on fire: "He didn't even flinch. He just kept drinking his beer"
- “I’m not at peace with the world. I’m frightened of it more so now than ever.” Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on our “complicated” world, and why wrestling is more honest than the music business
- How to watch Bon Jovi's intimate set from the BBC Radio Theatre this weekend
- Quireboys launch video for new single Raining Whiskey featuring Frankie Miller
- Watch Norse shamans Heilung’s mesmerising performance of Traust at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- “I was keen to get a new audience. It took me until album number three before I found an identity”: The adventure of Peter Gabriel’s first four solo records
- "I let my rock work do the cool thing for me, which means in my private life I can be whatever the hell I want": Tom Morello is a Star Trek nerd and proud of it
- "Every song had to start with a metal riff, accompanied by shit-tonnes of noise": The Dandy Warhols might prefer claret to ecstasy these days, but they're still experimenting
- Aussie rock legends The Angels announce first album in 10 years
- Hacker group claims to have obtained the personal data of 500 million Ticketmaster customers
- What will AC/DC look and sound like on this tour? Watch this pro-shot footage of them playing live in Spain last night
May 29
- Heart cancel European tour as Ann Wilson undergoes routine medical procedure
- Beabadoobee announces North American tour in support of her forthcoming Rick Rubin-produced album This Is How Tomorrow Moves
- Portals Festival 2024 review: a triumphant weekend of post-rock, black metal and everything in between
- Black Country, New Road to play London benefit show for Palestine
- “This is going to be THE summer!” Anthrax bassist Frank Bello has joined Norwegian black metal band Satyricon
- Jon Anderson teases fans with new video clip of Soon
- “Everybody wants to do it”: Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler also hopes to do one more show with original drummer Bill Ward
- “Don’t get used to this being a yearly event”: Slayer reunion shows will be rare, says guitarist Kerry King
- Dekoni team-up with YouTube star to resurrect ultra-soft vegan earpads for Audeze LCD headphones
- The Police to release six-disc Synchronicity box set in July
- "True originals, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are hurtling towards cult legend status." The five best bands we saw at Wide Awake festival 2024
- "Kurt Cobain was one of my absolute first idols." Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas talks horror movies, heavy metal and cosplaying as a Nirvana icon
- "When David Bowie walked into the room, it was like the messiah walked in." Drum legend Steve DiStanislao recalls the night that David Bowie performed a Syd Barrett classic with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright
- Dropkick Murphys announce five UK shows for 2025
- “A Whiter Shade Of Pale hit people’s ears and rang some sort of bell… it’s always been a great mystery why it did that”: The life and times of Gary Brooker
- "To appreciate Cactus, your speakers have to be so loud that they create a wind": Why every home should own the debut album by Cactus
- "Not quite rock, not quite prog, not quite metal, but simultaneously a little and none of each": The Anathema albums you should definitely listen to
- The venue that came back from the dead
- "I can't be a good father, because I had eight kids and my career came first": A no-holds-barred interview with Status Quo's Francis Rossi
May 28
- Dead & Company add six more dates to residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas
- "Hellfire is something that has way more impact with a much wider scope." Are black midi really the 'natural heirs' to King Crimson?
- Amyl and The Sniffers reveal UK and European tour plans, share defiant new single calling out jealous and judgemental "40-year-old metalheads"
- “The paramedics told me I should have been dead. I had enough heroin and cocaine in me to kill a horse.” In the '90s, Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan embarked upon a drug-fuelled “death trip”, and very nearly arrived at his intended destination
- Bristol art-rock trio Beak> surprise release fourth album >>>>
- Jane's Addiction's original line-up announce co-headlining tour of North America with Love And Rockets
- Sonos launch the festival-friendly Roam 2 - a portable speaker that’s “built to perform outdoors"
- Tangerine Dream announce Phaedra 50th anniversary show at London's Barbican
- "The Battle Of ’89 still rages 35 years on." Exodus' new live album gives us a rowdy glimpse into the golden age of thrash
- Focus share music video for Fjord Focus, the first new music from upcoming album Focus 12
- “An enchanting brew of grunge and shoegaze with the DIY attitude of riot grrrl punk.” Twin siblings Softcult continue to evolve in thrilling new ways on Heaven
- “Every record has its hilarity and dark nights of the soul.” Every St. Vincent album in her own words
- "I feel that black metal is a really feminine genre." Meet Witch Club Satan, the Necrobutcher-approved feminist trio pushing the boundaries of metal's most extreme subgenre
- “I used to pretend to be in their band in the mirror.” Watch Ed Sheeran live out “a childhood dream” by joining pop-punk legends The Offspring onstage in California
- “I said, ‘What’s this – “Run For Home?’ He said, ‘Oh, that’s just shite’”: Lindisfarne’s biggest-selling hit, like so many, was a happy accident
- In 1970 The Who recorded Live At Leeds: 36 years later they returned to the scene and played again
- Meet Cubicle Riot, the AI-generated hair metal band who sound like they've just arrived from 1984
- "Your skin is just goosebumps, electric as can be": Watch NBA legend Bill Walton tell a beautiful story about taking the Boston Celtics to watch the Grateful Dead
- "He was so drunk, slurring and forgetting lyrics and everything": The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave
- That time Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes were attacked by Conan O'Brien's Masturbating Bear
- My Dying Bride's Andrew Craighan says "personal problems" and other challenges mean the band can't confirm when they'll be able to tour again
May 27
- Watch drum cam footage of Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande performing Disasterpiece
- "I love No Doubt - It was the first time I’d ever heard a woman in a rock band." The songs that changed my life, by Dying Wish's Emma Boster
- Ride the lightning! Watch Metallica get upstaged by a lightning strike during Master Of Puppets at the opening show on their latest tour
- “It was a dig at those people who did crazy, horrific things, and then tried to blame metal bands”: how The Haunted rose above the chaos to make a cult 21st century metal classic with Made Me Do It
- "We want to be the biggest heavy band in the world." How Knocked Loose are taking hardcore to the mainstream - by going heavier, harder and more brutal than ever
- The 20 greatest My Chemical Romance songs ever
- “I’ve spoken to him twice in the last 11 years”: Jon Bon Jovi shuts down talk of a reunion with Richie Sambora
- “There’s a virtuosic methodology you might associate with King Crimson, even if the results are very different”: Why Portishead’s Dummy qualifies as a prog album
- Simon Phillips signs up for the new Karmakanic album
- "There was a bit of argy-bargy between us and Bring Me The Horizon." How tragedy, Brexit and a certain Oli Sykes helped While She Sleeps break big with Silence Speaks
- Watch Hollywood star Bradley Cooper join Pearl Jam for a blazing cover Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World
- “In our band we don’t recognise the word ‘mistake’, because there are no mistakes”: watch Metallica play epic 72 Seasons closer Inamorata live for the very first time
- "The man once known as Vincent Furnier was struggling during Flush The Fashion, but his alter ego was still snapping and snarling": Alice Cooper embraces new wave on Flush The Fashion
- “We were going to do the music for Dune and buy a cow-shaped dairy farm”: If you know how Henry Cow got their name, please tell the band
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Hellacopters, Amyl & The Sniffers, Deap Vally and more
- Paul Weller on British politicians: "Mugs, all of them."
- Things are hotting up in the Worcestershire kitchen of Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp
- Watch Mike Portnoy learning Tool's Pneuma – a drum track so complicated it "makes Dream Theater look like Weezer"
May 26
- The actor who plays Moe Szyslak and Chief Wiggum on The Simpsons has started a Bruce Springsteen tribute band
- The Black Keys cancel US arena tour amid rumours of poor ticket sales: "Intimate" alternative promised
- Watch Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson appear onstage together at Gordon Lightfoot tribute show in Toronto
- “You could have anyone from Dio to Pavarotti, and it will never be Sabbath. Don’t belittle that band, Tony, move on”: the furious open letter Ozzy Osbourne sent to Tony Iommi telling him to end Black Sabbath
- “The 80s? A lot of hard drugs, cocaine, heroin, people dying. And disco. I mean, how bad can it get?”: the epic life and times of David Crosby
- “They were very important albums, not just for us, but also in the history of heavy metal”: how Helloween invented power metal with Keeper Of The Seven Keys Parts I and II
- Deicide’s Glen Benton doesn’t know why he burnt an inverted cross into his forehead either: “To this day, I don’t know what I was thinking!”
- Slash adds his voice to the growing concern that musicians have over the impact of AI
- Iron Butterfly founder Doug Ingle dead at 78
May 25
- “Perpetually overlooked… the right album at the wrong time. It’s fascinating to hear Jon Anderson’s voice sounding rather throaty and, well, dirty”: Yes’ Talk 30th Anniversary edition
- “The kid lost his mind: ‘You’re the guy from Guitar Hero! Do you play real guitar too?’”: how a 2000s video game phenomenon made Slash famous all over again
- “I could walk out of here, go get a drink and within a week I could be dead. But I’m not interested in doing that”: how Trent Reznor pulled back from the abyss to make Nine Inch Nails’ Year Zero
- "We opened up for Billie Eilish...the first two songs were just everybody in shock and awe." Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on rock, religion, queer awakenings and a whole lot more
- Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”
- “Nothing sounded like it at the time. Nothing sounds like it now. It’s a beast!”: meet the doom metal legend who obsessively collects vinyl versions of Black Sabbath‘s debut album
- After Ozzy admits he'd love to play one final Black Sabbath show with Bill Ward, Tony Iommi describes it as a "nice idea"
May 24
- “We kept getting bigger and we realised we had to take things seriously or throw it all away“: how Bring Me The Horizon changed the game and silenced the haters with There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It…
- “Look forward to welcoming you into the coven.” Eurovision legend Bambie Thug announces UK and European headline shows for Crown The Witch tour
- “I hear there’s an election coming. Don’t vote for that Conservative p****!” In praise of Jane’s Addiction, the band who invented the 90s
- Watch rising death metal stars Orbit Culture play tooth-rattling single While We Serve on their 2024 tour
- How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains
- Great new prog you really must hear from Tim Bowness, Al Di Meola, The Omnific, Kaipa and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- Marty Friedman wants you to stop calling him an ‘ex-Megadeth guitarist’: “It’s not doing me any favours. It’s 25 years ago.”
- John Mitchell joins UK proggers The Paradox Twin
- “Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis
- “I said, Adrian, why aren't you singing in Iron Maiden? Be the singer!” Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham once encouraged Adrian Smith to return to Iron Maiden as the band's frontman
- Joe Deninzon and Stratospheerius to release new album in October
- This footage of Evanescence’s Amy Lee singing with Within Temptation is a modern metal clash of the titans
- “He’s known as the American working man but he’s never worked a day in his life.” Paul McCartney delivers an amusing, warm-hearted tribute to Bruce Springsteen at Ivor Novello Awards
- Tony Iommi remembers co-writing a Black Sabbath song with Eddie Van Halen: “I said, ‘You’re playing that wrong’”
- Black Sabbath's Get A Grip: Watch the official upgraded video
- “The answer has been the same for 20,000 years. It’s not gonna happen.” Skid Row founder rules out Sebastian Bach reunion
- “I want this band to be remembered for being one of the good ones.” You Me At Six announce their last ever tour of the UK and Ireland
- The 9 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
- Desertfest 2024 review: sludge, thrash and hair-raising volume at London’s stoner rock gathering
- “Meditative passages that are bravely expansive… Steven Wilson continues to deconstruct sound as much as he makes it”: Bass Communion’s The Itself Of Itself
- "Her hair all flying and her big man-eater teeth flashing. She ate us all for breakfast": Remembering the Queen Of Rock’N’Roll, Tina Turner
- “We're back.” Watch Jane's Addiction's classic line-up debut new song Imminent Redemption at tiny London club show
- "David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed
- “Conceptually elaborate and packed with easter eggs that will delight their hardcore fans.” Twenty One Pilots close out their multi-album saga with Clancy
- "Bring Me The Horizon don’t care about the expectations of metal – if anything, the guidelines are there to be ridiculed." Post Human: Nex Gen is long, chaotic and antagonistically weird
- "A typically diverse collection pulsating with positive energy": Lenny Kravitz's sings of love and libido on Blue Electric Light
- "Sounding as pristine today as it did in 1994": Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson shine on their final Yes album together, Talk
- "Weller's surprising but very welcome space-rock odyssey continues": Paul Weller continues the creative hot streak on the kaleidoscopic 66
- "It is time to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster": US Department Of Justice goes to court over alleged anticompetitive conduct
May 23
- “We know this will be disappointing, but we ask that you respect our choice to put health first”: Bad Omens cancel summer UK and Europe shows due to singer Noah Sebastian’s “extreme burnout”
- Watch Babymetal embrace their silly side, do karaoke and team with glitter ball-wearing Electric Callboy in the completely crazy video for Ratatata
- Bring Me The Horizon will release new album Post Human: Nex Gen at midnight tonight
- The new issue of Metal Hammer is a celebration of The 100 Songs That Changed Our World
- “By request of Queen Taylor, here’s your breakthrough hit!” Taylor Swift asked Paramore to play Misery Business during the Eras tour
- Metallica’s James Hetfield has been “writing lots of music” this year
- "There's something of the spiky post-punk and electro-pop music of the early 1980s that captivated me as a teenager." Tim Bowness announces first album for new label Kscope
- Steeleye Span announce Now We Are Six 50th anniversary reissue to be released in July
- Tool bassist talks new music: “There’s absolutely tons and tons of hard drives full of stuff”
- “They stuck me in contraptions to make sure he wouldn’t get decapitated”: Comic artist Mark Buckingham on being Peter Gabriel’s stunt double for Sledgehammer
- Told to get clean or he had two weeks to live, guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan did, and recorded his greatest album
- "Rocks sounds raunchy and dirty? Hell, our lives were raunchy and dirty": Aerosmith personally dissect their classic albums
- "Walking up to the hotel front desk with a chainsaw usually got a lot accomplished": Joe Walsh on rock'n'roll excess and running for President
- "My father had an extramarital affair with a woman from another planet": The gospel according to Arthur Brown
- "On this album he proved he was so much more than a rock musician": The Pete Townshend album that measures up to The Who's best work
May 22
- Campaign launched to raise funds for medical treatment of founding Venom guitarist Mantas
- Meze 99 Classics review: Brilliant value for money with knockout performance
- "The world can be far too angry - we want to distract people from that." Japan's Paledusk mix gacha pop with metalcore, influenced Bring Me The Horizon and want to be their country's "first legendary metal band”
- "We need to get a younger generation on board with prog. There’s a massive gap in the market waiting to be tapped." Last Flight To Pluto are ready to pick up the baton
- The best metal albums of 2024 so far
- Sonos smash an Ace with their first-ever set of headphones
- “It may not possess the distorted riffs of their earlier work, but the sense of drama and dynamics remains intact”: Maybeshewill’s remix of Fair Youth is bright and articulate
- 9 camping essentials that'll make your festival experience much more enjoyable
- "If he starts banging his head, we've got a problem." Watch rangers attempt to scare a bear away from a residential area using Black Sabbath classic Iron Man (it did not work)
- Louise Patricia Crane evokes childhood memories with video for new single Celestial Dust
- "We were something you couldn’t cage. You’d get skinheads beating the crap outta each other in front of the stage." The chaotic story of Misfits’ horror-punk classic Earth A.D./Wolfsblood
- “It was an unusual paradox: most acts keep recording stylistically similar albums… Porcupine Tree were being harassed for daring to not transform”: But Lightbulb Sun matters more than you may think
- "I got my left ring finger shot off. So that was the end of my guitar career pretty much": The incomparable tales of Dr John
- "This next song is about destruction, like all heavy metal songs": In 1979, the fledgling Def Leppard played a small club show in Sheffield, and our man was there
- "I was always a sad person. I don't know why": The Peter Green albums you should definitely listen to
- Jo Jo Gunne's dazzling performance of Run Run Run on the Midnight Special is one of the most 1970s things ever
- "She will literally headbang to the music. She's on beat almost every time": There is a horse in Canada who really loves heavy metal
May 21
- Listen to soul star Aloe Blacc give Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun a jazzy, R&B makeover
- On the anniversary of his introduction as Foo Fighters' new drummer, Josh Freese pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins
- “In the ‘70s I said I’d love to release an album per month, like a magazine. People thought I was insane!” Bill Nelson just released two albums – and he has at least nine more coming up
- Stuckfish team up with This Winter Machine for 1865 show in August
- Gavin Harrison teams up with Antoine Fafard for second album
- How to watch the brand new Beach Boys documentary from anywhere
- Nightwish unveil epic new eight-and-a-half minute single Perfume Of The Timeless
- "A testament to the power of art to navigate the soul’s depths and emerge tranquil and whole": Nordic folk artist Kati Rán explores feminine themes in Norse mythology on long-awaited second album Sála
- "Lots of careers have been made from regurgitating the same record. If I'd made millions, I'd be making jazz records": A spiky interview with Gary Moore
- “There’s nothing I like more than finding our back catalogue in the prog section alongside Yes and Genesis… we wanted to show off every aspect of what we could do as artists”: Call them what you like, but Chicago know they’re a prog band
- "I remember this cold, damp day in Barnes Cemetery, lugging this plexiglas coffin around with Mickey Mouse": The curious story of Free's debut album
- 10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators
- "I must say, they were absolutely phenomenal": Jimmy Page's review of the Black Crowes' London show is in
- "It was unbelievable. Every second was an inspiration": How a single show rejuvenated the Scorpions and sent them on the path to superstardom
May 20
- House Of Marley Get Together Solo speaker review
- Having surpassed the historic 100 deals mark, Open On Sunday is showing why it continues to thrive in the ever-competitive music catalog acquisition space
- "Their evolution from anthemic, synthy post-hardcore heroes to slick alt-pop machine is laid bare." Pvris show few signs of looking backwards as they bewitch London's Troxy
- How to watch Slash perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! - stream live from anywhere
- "These songs are so good that even a band called Rotting Christ should be able to capitalise." With Pro Xristou, Greece's premier extreme metal band have just crafted their most accessible - and perhaps most magnificent - album yet
- “Music is built into Rebus. Early on he listens to jazz; then I thought, ‘Why not give him my record collection?’” Ian Rankin on the prog soundtrack to his fictional cop’s life
- “Nothing against Maiden, but their songs have gotten so long”: Kerry King critiques Iron Maiden’s recent albums
- "It was just the lifestyle. You don't know you're making history when you're doing it": Dave Mason on his fantasy musical adventure
- "I'm picking this one just to annoy Ian Paice, who doesn’t like it": Ian Gillan's five favourite Deep Purple deep cuts
- “I wanted to be XTC or Talking Heads… the Haircut One Hundred album had Genesis at its heart, and Chris Squire got me into bass”: Nick Heyward’s passion for prog
- "Robin Trower taps into the ethereal magic that made Jimi Hendrix's playing so forward-thinking": Procol Harum's tribute to the departed shines on Broken Barricades
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Nathaniel Rateliff, Black Smoke Trigger, The Cold Stares and more
May 19
- Founding Staind drummer Jon Wysocki dead at 53
- "She nailed it! Perfect match!": Watch Lzzy Hale sing 18 And Life with Skid Row for the first time
- Slash confirms Guns N' Roses are planning to make a new album
- Sir Paul McCartney is Britain's first musician billionaire
- “The paganism was never a problem. All of us shared an interest in that side of things”: the story of Sabbat’s cult late 80s pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
- “It throws up the confounding realisation that the world’s most famous fusion violinist is au fait with drum’n’ bass”: Jean-Luc Ponty’s Life Enigma reissue
- “What am I supposed to do? Kiss your ass?”: did Bowie really completely drag one of his own fans on a messageboard?
- “The band start to sound like the musique concrète pioneers they were, rather than keepers of a farmful of flatulent quadrupeds”: Pink Floyd’s Animals – Dolby Atmos Edition
- “It was an intense process being in this band. By the end, everyone was, like, ‘I don’t need to see you again, ever’”: the rise, fall and spectacular resurrection of Faith No More
- "There wasn't an option to go and hide in the shadows any more": How Peter Gabriel made So and became the world's biggest-selling cult artist
- The 10 most underrated Pete Townshend songs
- "I don't read no charts and I don't do no numbers": As Bobby Whitlock prepares to be honoured in Memphis, he looks back at Derek and the Dominos and his impact on UK music
May 18
- “The comeback few expected but everyone wanted”: AC/DC’s Power Up tour – the first review
- Talking Heads tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved is well-produced karaoke, but the joyous experimentation which fuelled David Byrne's iconic band is only fleetingly present
- "All of the prog-related material goes to Gungfly. Gungfly is changing."How Rikard Sjöblom resurrected Gungfly with On Her Journey Round The Sun
- “That was the end of it on the album”: the band favourite that Billy Corgan pulled from Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie… at the last minute
- "This is a more outgoing album. It’s noisier, it’s got lots more musical ideas crammed into it." The story of Gazpacho's Soyuz
- “I think of our music as the soundtrack to the Norwegian forest.” The story of Wobbler's Rites At Dawn
- New book shines spotlight on Big Big Train's first tour with new singer Alberto Bravin
- "Don’t call your band Nine Inch Nails when you have a three-inch one": the many, wild feuds of Courtney Love
- “He has that incredible baritone and that haunted, tortured persona”: these are Chris Cornell’s five favourite singers, in his own words
May 17
- AC/DC have played the first show of the Power Up tour as new bassist Chris Chaney joins the party - watch videos
- The 14 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Listen to Body Count's first single for four years, Psychopath, featuring Fit For An Autopsy's Joe Bad
- Order your exclusive The Tangent bundle featuring a unique front cover, art print and signed lyric sheet
- “It’s vital to be hopeful.” The The share new single Cognitive Dissident, the first taste of Ensoulment, their first album in almost 25 years
- Top new prog you really must hear from IZZ, MONO, Pijn, The Decemberists and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- Brittney Slayes shines in new Ayreon live video for Fate Of Man
- “I could be onstage in front of thousands of fans singing my music back to me, and I’d feel empty and miserable”: the dark and twisted history of Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails
- Bon Jovi break out the talkbox for new single Living Proof and it could almost be 1986 all over again
- “A funny crossover of styles… interesting, but only partially successful”: Jon Anderson’s In The City Of Angels reissue
- “I took the tapes, left the studio and gave them to my heroin dealer.” Why Billy Idol blackmailed his own record company ahead of the release of Rebel Yell
- Beardfish re-sign to InsideOut Music and will reissue fifth album Destined Solitaire
- “The most bittersweet listening experience of the year cuts close to the bone.” Shellac's To All Trains is Steve Albini's epitaph, and it's as thrillingly intense, darkly amusing and pleasingly unsentimental as expected
- Dead & Company have kicked off their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas: The show looks completely batshit
- The story of King Crimson's Red is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
- Poison The Well announce their first London club show in 15 years, with tickets on-sale today, May 17
- “Life is to be lived, and lived well… there’s a feeling of carpe diem across the whole album”: Big Big Train loaded Grand Tour with intergalactic ambitions
- "I've always loved Little Feat": Bonnie Raitt hooks up with Little Feat for a steamy cover of a Muddy Waters classic
- “Dystopian in mood, it’s a reflection of the angst and anti-authoritarian attitude I had to conformity.” Listen to Serj Tankian's 'new' single A.F. Day, originally written for System Of A Down
- "Effortless virtuosity": Little Feat's timeless sound on Sam's Place is oddly reassuring in these turbulent times
- Kerry King's From Hell I Rise: The best Slayer album Slayer never made
- "Slash is the star of his own show, and he's chosen material to showcase his guitar pyrotechnics": Slash gets the world to sing on Orgy Of The Damned but it's the guitar that truly sizzles
May 16
- “Am I overwhelming you with my energy?” Watch Kelly Clarkson become the happiest human who's ever lived while interviewing and singing alongside Weezer
- “Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not so sure about that. You seem to be alright to me.” On June 13, 1978, The Cramps played a riotous gig for the residents of a Californian psychiatric hospital. They didn't want to leave
- Sustainability drive is putting a fresh spin on vinyl production
- “Every morning first thing I think about is getting a little Punk Bunny inside me.” Green Day launch their own Punk Bunny coffee brand, because running a punk rock empire in 2024 is an exhausting business
- And So I Watch You From Afar announce new album Megafauna
- The Emerald Dawn announce most extensive UK tour yet
- “Instead of conjuring the spirit of good craic, the pervading mood is overwhelmingly maudlin”: Oliver Wakeman’s Anam Cara is an admirable attempt to do something new
- “He was the real Voice Of Rock. Warm, rich, sonorous, resonant, deeply soulful”: James Dewar was the greatest rock vocalist you’ve probably never heard of
- “I’m climbing out of the ashes of Slayer”: Kerry King’s exclusive track by track guide to his new album From Hell I Rise
- "Dark Superstition is the moment where Gatecreeper become a more well-rounded and versatile heavy metal band." Gatecreeper confirm their status as one of the most exciting bands in death metal with album three
- "You’re absolutely right." Slipknot confirm rumours that brand new song Long May You Die, their first with new drummer Eloy Casagrande, is coming
- “If anybody wants to do an Oasis one, give us a shout. I would be bang up for it.” Forget about an Oasis reunion, Noel Gallagher is happy to sign off on an Abba Voyage-style hologram show instead
- “Possibly the nearest Tillison has ever come to prog metal, with a punchy bass riff that could be a Drama-era Chris Squire outtake”: The Tangent’s To Follow Polaris
- “My discipline is doing what needs to be done, whether you like it or not… Robert decides what to do and Fripp has to go and do it”: How to survive over 50 years of King Crimson, by the only person who’s been there
- "The five of us wrote that song together in the castle’s crypt… it felt magical": Glenn Hughes' six favourite Deep Purple songs
- "We have spent years designing this film to be experienced on the big screen with the best possible sound": That long-awaited Led Zeppelin documentary is finally coming to a cinema near you
- Robert Plant once pledged money to a radio station that promised never to play Stairway To Heaven ever again
- "I insist upon being great. You don’t always reach that pinnacle, but I insist upon it": The A-Z of Ronnie James Dio
May 15
- Watch Steven Tyler join the Black Crowes onstage for a rip-snortin' romp through Mama Kin in London
- “She’s had her share of missteps in life.” Slash explains why he invited Demi Lovato to appear on his new blues record
- Yes to release Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile in June
- A beginner's guide to Warp Records in five essential albums
- Psych-rock wizardry, trippy dance punk and flaming heaps of fun: the five best bands we saw at 2024’s Focus Wales festival
- Documentary about Māori metal sensation Alien Weaponry to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival next month
- Heavys H1H headphones review
- “People were crying and screaming and smiling from ear to ear”: Marty Friedman revisits Megadeth reunion at Budokan
- Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reflects on the PMRC: “It was a political hack job”
- “The promoter came in and told us a bomb threat had been called in.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna lays bare the violence, abuse and misogyny directed at her fearless feminist punk band in brutally honest memoir Rebel Girl
- "You really can’t exhort The Man to ‘Suck my *****’ without the spectre of Eric Cartman demanding that you respect his authority": Peter Tagtgren's electro-metal side project Pain embrace sardonic gothic fun on I Am
- “Our live show is some next-level energy”: Ragga metal pioneers Skindred announce autumn UK tour
- “I think Jeff not being around had a lot to do with Tom leaving Slayer”: Jeff Hanneman wouldn’t have wanted Slayer to retire, says Kerry King
- How do earplugs for musicians work? How to ensure every note and tone is discernible but at a safer volume
- In 1971 Pink Floyd played a show at Crystal Palace in London. Hundreds of fish died as a result
- “The punk thing happened and all I saw was this skinny guy shouting. Suddenly it was all the rage and they were calling me rude names”: Bewildered and reclusive, Mike Oldfield just wanted to make double albums
- "It was all a bit exhausting and emotionally draining": Meet the man who auditioned to replace Bon Scott in AC/DC and Paul Di'Anno in Iron Maiden
- "It was like a spy movie; I was in a room, this light shining in my face": A true crime story of Roger Glover, a new Rickenbacker, and Smoke On The Water
- AC/DC to reissue original Australian versions of High Voltage and T.N.T., but there's a catch
May 14
- "It sounds like someone trying to sound like someone trying to sound like Steve Marriott": Rock legends line up to protest release of AI-assisted Humble Pie recordings
- “When Chris heard it he was like, That song is the best thing you’ve ever written!“ Coldplay's Chris Martin and The Killers' Brandon Flowers help Travis pay their respects to their favourite NYC bar
- “Our music is for sale but our humanity and morality is not.” Massive Attack voice their support for artists boycotting music festivals in protest against “corporate support for genocide in Palestine”
- Best budget hi-fi speakers 2024: Amazing audio without breaking the bank
- “You don’t need to spend 10 years to make an album”: Ex-Tool bassist Paul D’Amour slams band’s songwriting process
- Watch Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Phil Collins serenade the Queen with Black Sabbath’s Paranoid in 2002
- Lifesigns, Kyros and Advent Horizon added to ProgStock 2024 bill
- Ghost fans think the metal stars will release a brand-new single very soon
- “James said: ‘You guys are ballsy as hell!’” Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell reveals the surreal moment Metallica’s James Hetfield took him and his parents to dinner
- Kerry King didn’t tell his solo band that Slayer were reuniting: “I didn’t want anybody to start getting cold feet”
- "Thumps to the back of the head are tempered by prog, synths, sax and slowcore." Doom champions Pallbearer branch out on emotionally devastating new album Mind Burns Alive
- “The lights would go out and 15 kids would beat the crap out of me”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson opens up on traumatic boarding school days
- The first trailer for Billy Corgan's new reality TV show is online and it looks pretty wild
- "I've always been a believer. I never felt it was a mass hallucination": The mystery of the Led Zeppelin show that may never have taken place
- “A lot of it is first takes and demos. Because of what had happened to Neil we didn’t want to re-record – the songs felt too precious”: Rush fans had to wait 11 years for Vapor Trails to become the album it deserved to be
- The label that reinvented progressive rock: 10 albums on Kscope you should definitely listen to
- "When I say it was a shit gig, they were literally throwing faecal matter from the porta-potties they'd turned over": Sheryl Crow on a lifetime of battles, triumphs, hardships and hopes
- "This is not easy for an old soldier like me": Watch Brian May perform with Jean-Michel Jarre in Bratislava for 30,000 fans
May 13
- “I don’t want to hold you guys back. This is your dream.” Serj Tankian recalls the moment he invited System Of A Down to find a new singer, and even offered to train his replacement
- “I had a strong connection with Steve. He was so passionate and knowledgable, really dedicated to the cause.” Jimmy Page pays his respects to Steve Albini, saluting his work on the Walking Into Clarksdale album
- Tim Bowness signs new record deal with Kscope label
- David Gilmour announces LA and New York live dates for October and November
- Order your limited edition Knocked Loose bundle – featuring an exclusive tote bag
- "The most aggressive thing Kerry King has produced since God Hates Us All": Kerry King's solo debut From Hell I Rise sees the thrash legend at his tooth-gnashing, head-banging best
- New three-disc compilation highlights the best of psych and prog on the Decca and Deram labels
- Jimmy Eat World reveal UK and Europe winter tour plans
- Korean post-rockers Jambinai hit London and Brighton this week!
- “I was side-of-stage and said, ‘You’ve literally just written that, and you’re going to perform it?’ It was a beautiful rendition… much better than on the album!” The Wilson & Wakeman comedy duo get serious(ish)
- Baroness, Graveyard and Pallbearer have announced the psychedelic tour you need to see in 2024
- Nosound hook up with Tim Bowness for new cover of Pink Floyd's Dogs
- Slayer’s Kerry King wants to record his second solo album this year: “I’ve got everything in place to make that happen now”
- "I'd never been able to see what other people liked about us. Suddenly I understood": Roger Glover's seven favourite Deep Purple songs
- Watch Ministry play songs from maligned albums With Sympathy and Twitch for first time since 1980s
- "People chucked pesetas at us, bottles, you name it": How Gun survived Spanish crowds, an X-rated video and that "strange cookie" from INXS, then hit the bullseye again
- “On the first day I was terrible, I didn’t like my performance”: Eloy Casagrande explains how he joined Slipknot, reveals band is writing new music
- Watch Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen prank an entire festival with cover of Van Halen's Eruption
- “They’d been to university, they had bank accounts; two of them were teachers; they had a car; they’d got a bank loan to buy a PA!”: Phil Manzanera always knew Roxy Music were going to make it
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Mike Campbell, Orange Goblin, Battlesnake and more
May 12
- "Ten Years After are still partying like it's 1967 even though it's 1971": Ten Years After discover a glitch in the blues rock matrix on A Space In Time
- AC/DC share first photo of new 2024 lineup featuring drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney
- "They came to my house, we jammed together in my studio, they even played with my dog." How System Of A Down's Serj Tankian almost signed a young Muse to his own label - but was "screwed over"
- “We needed a female vocal and Katy Perry was hanging around the studio. She came in, did it… then she got big!”: the greatest P.O.D. collaborations, in their own words
- “You can just see the decline”: The time that Creed bassist Brian Marshall went to war with Pearl Jam
- Guy Manning launches crowdfunder for limited vinyl edition of debut album
- “We were both big ELP fans, and I’m sure if you look at our record collections back then you’d have seen Yes, Greenslade, King Crimson…” How electronic music duo Underworld grew up with a world of prog
- 10 brilliant, bizarre and utterly WTF Lemmy collaborations
- “Metallica can play 60 more Lulus. They’ve earned the place to do whatever they want”: how Jason Newsted escaped the shadow of metal’s biggest band to forge his own career
- “She continues to be a beacon in the darkness”: Garbage’s Shirley Manson on why Patti Smith is one of her heroes
- “Every time Steve Winwood put fingers to a guitar or piano, something came out that transcended the normal. He has his failings as a person, but I guess you can’t have everything”: The story of Traffic
May 11
- Def Leppard's Joe Elliott has a problem with the "silly, silly term" that is heavy metal
- “We didn’t want to be some huge rock’n’roll band. We wanted to make music for the people”: the inside story of Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun, the classic album that changed the course of stoner rock
- Witch trial protest anthems, zombie-folk, Ouija-pop, mullets and Rammstein riffs: five acts to look out for at Eurovision 2024
- “When I was doing this record, I thought, ‘Jeff would ****ing love this. There’s plenty of hate’”: Kerry King says his new solo album would have got ex-Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s approval
- "It was a perfect moment of rock’n’roll bedlam”: the inside story of the night Jarvis Cocker wiggled his bum at Michael Jackson at the Brits, by the man who took him
- Ville Valo at the Royal Albert Hall: “Whatever he does next will need to be special to upstage this”
- “We’re open to trying some things that maybe we don’t do in some of our other projects.” The story of melodic prog duo Silent Skies
- Tim Bowness and Butterfly Mind to headline this year's Prog The Forest
- “It must be hard for him when people write, ‘How could you leave Gwen, she’s so great": Gwen Stefani wrote a whole album about her bandmate dumping her, and it made No Doubt huge
- “He had this mystique to die for. There were rumours of him being nasty and mean. But he could play his ass off”: Steve Vai salutes the genius of Ritchie Blackmore
- “Don’t like it? Go ****king listen to something else!” how Linkin Park rediscovered rock and came out swinging with The Hunting Party
May 10
- The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
- “I thought we were going to be taken seriously as the next Nirvana. I was shocked to find that the press story was Revenge Of The Nerds.” Rivers Cuomo always dreamt of becoming a rock star, but the success of Weezer's 'Blue' album freaked him out
- "My love of real heavy thrash riffs comes from slaying beasts in Doom". Made by metalheads and beloved by bands including Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein and GWAR, 1993's Doom was the first true metal videogame
- The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- A new video for The Beatles' poignant classic Let It Be has been ushered onto the internet
- Jane's Addiction announce intimate London show
- Cool new proggy sounds you really must hear from Richard Henshall, Evergrey, Reliqa, Rendezvous Point and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- The Tangent jazz things up with new single The Fine Line
- David Gilmour announces his first Italian shows for eight years
- "With the discovery of Tupac, Death Row found the voice of a generation." A beginner's guide to Death Row Records in five essential albums
- “There’s a power in making decisions, even understanding I’ll still make mistakes. At least I’m taking responsibility for my own life”: Chelsea Wolfe’s addiction battle informed her most intimate album yet
- Peter Jones guests on new John Holden track 13. Listen here...
- "It’s a responsibility but also a privilege to share this same kind of consciousness with new generations of people." The fantastic return of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
- "We were like, ‘These guys are just like us, this is crazy! We want to hack things up with machetes with them!’” Members of Metallica, Megadeth, Ghost and more talk the years that made Slayer into the ultimate thrash icons
- "Who am I really? Where do I go from here?" Born intersex, Raven van Dorst has struggled with gender norms. With Dool, they're changing the conversation - with the help of devastating progressive metal
- “I’ve been writing these pieces over the years… I thought, ‘They sound pretty good.’ Then you end up rewriting half the stuff!” Oliver Wakeman’s Anam Cara began in 2002
- "This song is the most personal track we have ever done": Stoner rock icons Masters Of Reality release first new music in 15 years
- Kings Of Leon don't let songs of "confusion, bewilderment and anxiety" get in the way of the good times on Can We Please Have Fun
- "An unapologetic celebration of what he does best": Sebastian Bach appears ageless on the bombastic and sonically monstrous Child Within The Man
- Carmine Appice announces new Cactus album with massive all-star lineup
- Founding MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson dead at 75
May 9
- “He was always right, even when he was wrong.” Thurston Moore and PJ Harvey share memories of their friend Steve Albini
- “I guess it’s about becoming a woman.” Beabadoobee announces Rick Rubin-produced new album This Is How Tomorrow Moves, shares single Take A Bite
- "The mainstream has no idea what’s about to hit it." Demi Lovato and Billie Eilish might love them, but Knocked Loose haven't cashed in on You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To - they've made their heaviest album ever
- “I do think that Satan resides within me”: Conan O’Brien just made a metalcore song. Sort of.
- Haken, Pain Of Salvation, Pure Reason Revolution and more to play relaunched Be Prog! My friend festival
- "If Graham Norton ripped into me, I would totally respect it." Ireland's Bambie Thug explains why Eurovision is great for metal and alternative communities
- “This is not a tale about death, but one of life”: Watch the trailer for Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now film and stream the first song from the soundtrack
- Threshold to reissue back catalogue on vinyl and CD
- Korn launch new merch collection with sportswear giant Adidas
- “It’s not a question of spirituality; it’s a question of right or wrong… he’s playing songs he didn’t even like at the time!” Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson’s beef with Rick Davies
- "There's no better catharsis than being at a thrash-metal show, screaming along with the band and banging your head": Scott Ian on why you should still go and watch Anthrax
- "Our heyday was ninety-five per cent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter": David Gilmour on the past, the present and the future of Pink Floyd
- Blue Öyster Cult release previously unseen homage to The Beatles
- Watch Hollywood star Kate Hudson sing the Stone Temple Pilots classic Vasoline
May 8
- "The world will miss his uncompromising stance on art and commerce": The world of music pays tribute to Steve Albini
- Shellac frontman and legendary alt. rock engineer Steve Albini dead at 61
- “I’m at work in the petrol station and I read the album is at No. 23. I’d last heard it at a playback in George Martin’s studio”: Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat
- Ozzy Osbourne names the best guitarist he’s ever played with: “Others do the notes, but it’s not the same”
- “He expressed being upset by my horrible remix, which made me even more proud of it!” Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore once mixed a quote from Oasis' Noel Gallagher into a Blur song purely to annoy bassist Alex James, a petty gesture we can all respect
- “Men screaming – not singing, screaming!” Watch the chaotic time extreme metal antagonists Cradle Of Filth took a Christian mum on tour
- Jon Anderson announces he will release a new album in August
- Oliver Wakeman shares video for emotive new single Miss You Now
- Coheed & Cambria drop surprise new single The Joke
- "Phantoma is a rare beast - a concept album both intellectually stimulating and emotionally resonant." Unleash The Archers prove they're one of the most vital power metal bands in the game right now
- “We weren’t trying to be the poster child for Christian rock.” Order your limited edition P.O.D. bundle – featuring an exclusive signed art print and patch
- Noel Gallagher surprised fans by joining The Black Keys onstage at London's Brixton Academy last night: watch fan-filmed front row footage
- Last night, Ireland's 'ouija-pop' star Bambie Thug officially qualified for the Eurovision grand final. Watch the devilish, provocative performance of Doomsday Blue that sealed the deal
- South By Southwest festival set to take over east London in June 2025 for its first ever European event
- Kerry King’s band made their live debut last night – watch footage and see which Slayer songs they played
- Marilyn Manson’s ex-assistant receives trial date for revived abuse claims
- "I had to be there for my daughter's birth - even if it meant cancelling a show with Metallica.“ From touring with Metallica to his surprising breakdancing skills, Michael Poulsen shares what he's learned in his time with Volbeat, Asinhell and beyond
- “They’re not interested in pleasing their label or fans – just themselves. That’s what I try to do too”: Ihsahn and his wife want you to listen to Radiohead
- "I think the blues can be very beneficial on a medicinal level": Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks pick the blues albums that are good for your health
- Gary Clark Jr. thought about quitting music to open a BBQ restaurant: Instead, with a little help from Stevie Wonder, he made the best album of his career
- "It's almost like a template of how a hard rock band playing a rock'n'roll tune should be": Ian Paice's eight favourite Deep Purple songs
- Steve Perry has rerecorded a Journey deep cut with the sons of Steve Lukather and Phil Collins
May 7
- "He told me 'I'm giving all the magic stuff up and I’m just going to play.' A few days later he was dead": The apocalyptic life of Graham Bond, one of British music's great lost talents
- Party rockers The Karma Effect get a powerful second wind on Promised Land
- Epica singer Simone Simons announces debut solo album Vermillion, lead single Aeterna now streaming
- “I was obsessed with Kittie.” Alt. pop star Caroline Polachek reveals the musical awakenings which led up to her new “straight-up grunge” single Starburned and Unkissed
- “As far as the 80s are concerned, we’re in for some very good heavy metal years”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford predicted the future of metal in 1979
- "My band is not a solo project. My band is the band I intend to play with until the end of time.” Kerry King admits that yes, he will be playing Slayer songs this summer, but only select cuts
- “The producer was able to see through me to be like, ‘You don’t sound like you believe any of this.’ I love that psychology”: District 97’s Leslie Hunt took singing lessons before she tracked Stay For The Ending
- “I didn’t realise how much Him meant to people”: Ville Valo on the legacy of Him, finishing up with VV and the music that comes next
- Robert Trujillo reflects on first Metallica shows: “What I remember most was not knowing what the setlist was gonna be each night”
- Catfish and the Bottlemen add Dublin arena show to their busy summer schedule
- “This could be our best album yet”: Converge drummer compares upcoming music to Fugazi, The Mars Volta and Entombed, and we sorely need to hear it
- Jadis to release first new album in eight years this June
- “Nothing was too crazy. Nothing was too outrageous. Once we had a beautiful part, we thought we should make it evil and disturbing”: Powered by red wine and bored with prog metal, Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt made Storm Corrosion their way
- "Roy Thomas Baker would organise food fights and set fire to the mixing desk": How Bill Nelson built up then broke up Be-Bop Deluxe
- That time Roger Waters hooked up with Foo Fighters to cover a Pink Floyd classic
- The Pink Floyd solo albums you should definitely own
- Kelly Clarkson covers Metallica's Sad But True: It has never sounded so angelic
May 6
- "We sound like a really bad tribute band": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been playing Rush songs together
- Sisters Of Mercy announce lengthy North American tour
- Mike + The Mechanics announce 30-date UK greatest hits tour for 2025
- Watch trailer for new Lollapalooza documentary Lolla
- Every Tesseract album ranked from worst to best
- What would it sound like if Black Sabbath recorded Dolly Parton’s Jolene? This Youtuber answers the question you never asked
- Listen to the only non-Metallica song that Lars Ulrich has ever recorded drums for
- Want to see Solstice at the 100 Club?
- Watch Disturbed frontman David Draiman sing Metallica’s Enter Sandman at Nita Strauss’s wedding
- “When I go to see a good concert from a metal band, it’s exhilarating. Like nothing you’ve ever heard before”: when Sir Christopher Lee met Tony Iommi
- "It's such a limiting genre": After three albums of blues-rock, the Kris Barras Band have ramped up the heaviness
- “The bassist was found with serious wounds, screaming that Vander had caused him to tear his own chest open”: The mystery and mythology of Magma founder Christian Vander
- Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris to play intimate fundraising concert with British Lion this month
- Robert Plant loves them. So does Joe Bonamassa: Meet Ferris & Sylvester, the award-winning folk-blues rock'n'rollers with a psychedelic soul
- Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour
- "I can't be Dave Grohl or Ryan Reynolds." We spent the day with Tool and, can we shock you? They're still weird as hell.
- "The musicianship just isn't on display, which is astonishing - bordering on criminal - given the talent involved": Calling All Stations by Genesis fails to improve with age
- The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Black Country Communion, Mdou Moctar, The Picturebooks and more
- Watch man play Metallica's Pulling Teeth bass solo while squatting 225lbs. Definitely DO NOT try this at home
- Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has no fears over the future of heavy metal
May 5
- The self-proclaimed "world's best whistler" has covered the guitar solo from Sweet Child O' Mine, and even his grumpy demeanour cannot spoil the beauty
- "We got to see up close how things work in this country.. It didn’t kill us, but it was quite an experience": Eddie Vedder on Pearl Jam's battle with Ticketmaster, 30 years on
- “Some of our peers thought, ‘Are they going to be corporate sell-outs?’ I don’t know if was jealousy or a feeling of betrayal”: the rise, fall and return of Soundgarden
- “I got phone calls from my friends saying, ‘What the f*ck is up with that sh*t?!’” Listen to the Slayer cover of Born To Be Wild that Slayer really don’t like
- “Let’s play a little Soundgarden…”: hear a recording of Pearl Jam’s first ever UK show
- “I have to prove that I’m capable of doing it, and I wasn’t just being done a favour by Deep Purple”: the two forgotten David Coverdale solo albums that sowed the seeds for Whitesnake
- “There were opportunities for us to break into the Metallica league. But we never took advantage of them”: the story behind Testament’s debut album The Legacy, an overlooked thrash classic
- Hard rocking mum plays Rage Against The Machine and System Of A Down on baby instruments for her toddler – and it's straight up adorable
May 4
- “When the line-ups changed I thought it was getting a bit stale. But they reinvented themselves… what an incredible thing”: Steve Stevens has loved Yes since he was 14, and always will
- “I’m a good actor. I’m the Jack Nicholson of rock’n’roll! I can do the one expression and people still believe it”: how Ville Valo became one of rock’s last great stars
- Watch new Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande smash his way through The Heretic Anthem back in 2021
- "In a way, I can hear that song now as the end of an era": Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins classic that put a stop to one era of the band
- The 20 most metal videogames ever
- "I was so ****ed they called it punk!" Kerry King reveals the pop punk legends he's excited to see live this summer - even if he doesn't always agree with their genre label
- “They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century
- Pattern-Seeking Animals sign new record deal with GEP
- Marillion announce dates for eight Weekend events for 2025
- “People think of them as a heavy metal band, but they swing. It‘s not just bash bash bash”: how Deep Purple changed Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith’s life
- “Everybody hated punks in the 80s. It made it cool. It weeded people out”: how skate punk changed metal forever in the 1980s
- "I miss playing those songs, I miss being that drummer": Dave Grohl on the time Nirvana reunited at Cal Jam 2018
- “A plaintive joy throughout, informed by painful experiences… not an album that feels sorry for itself”: Kavus Torabi’s The Banishing
- "It's wonderful, a big warm hug of a record": The Lemon Twigs create something timeless on A Dream Is All I Know
- Beaux Gris Gris and the Apocalypse defy expectations and boundaries on tour de force third album Hot Nostalgia Radio
May 3
- “Duane Eddy twanged the thang in the late 50s and 60s and you can hear his character sound appearing throughout the decades of popular music.” Jimmy Page pays tribute to the 'Titan of Twang'
- The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- “Don’t think I’ve ever been so proud of something I’ve worked on.” Tame Impala's Kevin Parker hails “absolute weapon” Dua Lipa, calls her new Radical Optimism album a ”mind blower”
- "For some people, we'll always be that band that lived in that house the police would always come out to." Scream's brilliant DC Special album is a love letter to a city and a punk scene that continues to inspire outsider art worldwide
- Over-ear headphones vs earbuds: Which should you buy?
- "Public Enemy gave the establishment something to fear, an intelligent, angry, politicised, uncompromising voice for disenfranchised black America." A beginner's guide to Def Jam Recordings in five essential albums
- Rising UK stoner metal heroes Green Lung will bring rural gloom to a town near you on Midsomer tour 2024
- “Heavier and weirder than its predecessors… they’ve struggled to shake off Tool comparisons – but now they sound far more like themselves”: Wheel’s Charismatic Leaders
- ZIO unveil new line-up featuring members of Carl Palmer and Franck Carducci bands
- Awesome new prog you really should hear from Trifecta, Eivør, Oh Hiroshima and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
- “How beautiful life can be when a band plays so easily" Focus will release album number 12 in July
- David Gilmour announces his first UK live shows in eight years
- Palm Reader, Black Peaks and Toska members sound as magnificent as you’d expect in new band Vower
- Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that
- “I didn’t even speak English but I could tell Operation: Mindcrime had atmosphere and intelligence… You can’t just replace Geoff Tate with someone who has a great range”: Tobias Sammet says classic Queensryche were fully prog
- "When Peter Gabriel played Red Rain I started sobbing - it makes me think of my dad": The soundtrack of Wolfgang Van Halen's life
- "Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album
- "A glistening benchmark for melodic rock excellence since the mid-80s": FM continue to glisten on Old Habits Die Hard
- In 1973 John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched an imaginary country, Nutopia, and you can now become a citizen
May 2
- Nirvana, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Joy Division among artists with the best-selling vinyl albums of the 21st century released between 1970 and 1999
- "Music to stop you in your tracks": Mdou Moctar pulses with a fiery momentum on Funeral For Justice
- Lidl By Lidl: High street supermarket chain accepts Liam Gallagher's offer to play in their Manchester store if troubled local arena can't stage his Oasis tribute shows
- “We’re not gonna be the band that leads your protest march. What we can do is sing about relatable things.” Soft Play announce new album Heavy Jelly, share single Act Violently
- "Prince Andrew turned up at my door at 1am wanting to party." Watch Courtney Love share stories about Prince Andrew, Madonna, heroin and nudity on a 2006 talk show, then give the host a lapdance while dressed as Queen Elizabeth II
- IQ announce four-disc The IQ Weekender 2024 box set
- Please allow British metallers Heriot to turn your bowels inside out with their savagely heavy new single, Siege Lord
- Avenged Sevenfold bassist reveals worst show the band ever played: “It started with 10 people and ended with five”
- Listen to Caroline Polachek's hypnotic new single Starburned And Unkissed
- Klone guitarist Guillame Bernard chooses his favourite Riverside songs
- Lego just dropped some big Star Wars Day discounts early – don’t wait for May the 4th to save on X-Wing Starfighters, Chewbacca models and more
- Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”
- "I’m not positive I’ll be part of it, but there are plans to make Bloodmoon 2." Chelsea Wolfe answers your questions on horror movie soundtracks, witchcraft and if she'd front Type O Negative
- Coma Rossi announce new album Void will be released in July
- "Embrace the madness and the noise": Sprints announce a huge tour and release two new songs
- “To promote an album and play some football, it’s the ultimate for me”: The bizarre story of the time Iron Maiden became a football team
- "I get hugs from young people that come to our shows and they’re trying to come out to their parents or they’re afraid to." Halestorm's Lzzy Hale on the joy that coming out as bisexual has brought her
- “Slipknot is so lucky to have you.” Members of Slayer, Megadeth, Rage Against The Machine and more react to Eloy Casagrande joining the metal icons
- "Tommy Lee and Billy Idol liked our band; we were doing pretty well." Milquetoast could have made Helmet MTV superstars, but they weren't interested
- “No-one understands why Maynard James Keenan chooses blue body paint or why Adam Jones creates such disturbing art. They just pretend to”: The enigma of Tool up to 10,000 Days
- In the late 1970s NASA asked Peter Gabriel if he'd like to go into space: Then the Shah of Iran was deposed
- Watch David Gilmour wring every ounce of emotion from the guitar solo on Prince's Purple Rain – with Tom Jones
- "Jamming out – I call it jerking off": Why Honeymoon Suite's new songs will not be messed with when they're played live
- Rock'n'roll pioneer and 'Titan of Twang' Duane Eddy dead at 86
May 1
- "He was a remarkable musician and friend." Jeff Lynne pays tribute to Electric Light Orchestra keyboard player Richard Tandy, who has died aged 76
- Indonesian metal sensation Voice Of Baceprot announce first-ever UK show
- Watch Sleep Token play Take Me Back To Eden finale Euclid for the first time ever
- "Our style has always been defined by the fact that we sound a little like Pink Floyd, Genesis and Marillion." Mystery and the making of One Among The Living
- “It is so beautiful. It is perfect.” Listen to Chelsea Wolfe’s dazzling cover of Spiritbox track Cellar Door
- Ghost announce first-ever concert film Rite Here Rite Now for global cinema release
- Cherym, Desert Sharks, Murder Club, The Amniotics among first wave of artists announced for Loud Women Fest 2024
- "Dad was the guy that would get us Christmas presents and then steal them back to pawn them." Tragedy hasn't stopped Texans Frozen Soul from finding warmth in old school death metal
- “A salve against, or a product of, seasonal affective disorder during the Norwegian winter… light years away from later works”: White Willow’s Ex Tenebris puts their roots on display
- Ian Anderson features on new Louise Patricia Crane single Tiny Bard
- Linkin Park considering 2025 reunion tour with female singer, according to new report
- 4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
- “We got pretty eclectic and threw some stuff in that we shouldn’t. We wanted to expand our fanbase – but the effort didn’t really pay off”: When Spock’s Beard went back to basics with X
- Dion may be 84, but that hasn't stopped him recording a duet that reminds him of *that* scene in When Harry Met Sally
- "It was energetic, but so chaotic. I thought, 'Somebody's going to die'": Watch unhinged Alice Cooper footage from the infamous Toronto Rock N Roll Revival
- "Without a doubt, the best experience I've had making an album, ever": How Rush made Snakes & Arrows and learned to love recording again