Latest articles by Paul Elliott
Black Sabbath: now heavier, denser and doomier than before
Iron Maiden's longtime manager Rod Smallwood tells ten stories of ten landmark shows
Buying guide Or, to give this list its full title: The 20 greatest power ballads you’ve probably never heard unless you're an extreme AOR connoisseur
A New World Record added Olympian levels of commercial success to Jeff Lynne's mix of melodic craft and production nous
Buying guide A guide to the recorded solo work of the late Prince Of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne
Buying guide We look at Heart's journey from bluesy hard rock in the 1970s to chart-busting AOR anthems in the decade that followed
Queen's Greatest Hits is the UK’s biggest-selling album of all time, with total worldwide sales of over 25 million copies – but which song is the greatest?
Buying guide Steely Dan brought jazz smarts and lyrical sophistication to rock, conjuring up brainiac music that sold millions - just don't mention 'yacht rock'
Buying guide Mötley Crüe left behind them a trail of destruction and nine albums – here ranked from worst to best
Buying guide Eddie Money was a singer who was never as well known as he should have been, but the ‘patron saint of uncool’ made some cool records
Buying guide Ronnie James Dio's albums with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell and Dio helped define what a hard rock singer can be
Buying guide The complete set of 29 Kiss albums, ranked from woeful worst to wonderful best
Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010
Sorry, Gary Cherone…
Drugs, dysfunction and 1977’s Draw The Line album sent Aerosmith into a tailspin that would take a decade to pull out of
In 2015, Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee looked back over the prog icons’ rollercoaster career
Buying guide Since picking up the progressive rock baton from Genesis in the 80s, Marillion have recorded one of prog’s most impressive catalogues, and these are their best albums
All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey
Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back their journey from high school stoners to prog icons-in-waiting
Buying guide From Free to Bad Company and beyond, Paul Rodgers' back catalogue is a gold mine, and these are his best albums
Some Black Sabbath albums are epoch-defining classics, some are average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them – from woeful worst to brilliant best
Buying guide The members of Guns N' Roses will always be defined by the music made with the band, but that's not all they've done
In which former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore attempts to forge a new career in the post-NWOBHM rock landscape and also writes some ballads
