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January 30
- Devin Townsend: “People want me to reform Strapping Young Lad. That’s a huge honour”
- Jimi Hendrix: LSD, Day-Glo worlds, and the making of Axis: Bold As Love
- The story of grindcore: "This isn't metal, it isn't punk, I don't know what the f**k these guys are doing"
January 29
- Acid Rock: the candy-coloured story of music designed to blow minds
- The best sleaze metal bands as chosen by Davey Suicide
- The Who: from purple hearts to power chords
January 28
- Insomnium: Stunning scenery, horrible history lessons and burnt bums
- Rock In Rio: The festival that changed the world
- Corrosion Of Conformity: "We didn’t sell ourselves out to get a record deal"
January 27
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Alter Bridge, Gary Moore and more
- Nick Mason interview: the Pink Floyd man on his Saucerful Of Secrets
- 13 Things we learnt at Slipknot's London headline show
January 26
- Inside Maxine Peake's record collection
January 25
- Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf on Hawkwind
- Did Prince flirt with prog on Around The World In A Day
January 24
- Moral Panic: Bright Eyes, My Chemical Romance and the rest of the week's emo news in brief
- 10 of the most blasphemous metal songs in existence
- Higher Power: meet the band redefining hardcore for a new generation
- Nikki Sixx interview: The Dirt, the Heroin Diaries, and the wreck of Motley Crue
January 23
- Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel and Evanescence's Amy Lee: In conversation with metal's leading ladies
- Led Zeppelin interview: How The West Was Won
- 10 Reasons why 70,000 Tons Of Metal is the ultimate metalhead vacation
January 22
- Bright Eyes reunion: welcoming back the band who helped us survive the 2000s
- The troubled tale of Ten Years After: from Woodstock to the world
- Sylvia by Focus: the story behind the song
January 21
- A Jimi Hendrix story: Lemmy, psychedelia and super-strength acid
- Avant black/doom psychonauts Lychgate unveil a mind-melting new track
January 20
- Volbeat's Michael Poulsen: "Perfection is a terrible word made up by a terrible human being"
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Black Star Riders, Devilskin and more
January 18
- Did The Stranglers go prog on Black And White?
- Justin Hawkins on Todd Rundgren
- Faith No More: your essential guide to every album
January 17
- “The media want the bullsh*t and drama”: a tense audience with Slipknot
- Top 10 greatest At The Gates songs as chosen by Deserted Fear
- Hellhammer-backed black-metallers T.O.M.B. unleash a blistering new track
- Green Day's Warning at 20: reappraising an overlooked folk-punk classic
January 16
- Beth Hart: 10 records that changed my life
January 15
- The weird and wonderful wisdom of Jaz Coleman
- The class of 2020: the bands you need in your life this year
- The 20 worst music biopics ever made
- Wayne Hussey: The Mission, growing up Mormon, and orchestrating an orgy
- Robbie Robertson interview: life with Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese and The Band
January 14
- The Rolling Stones at Altamont: how the hippie dream turned to hell
January 13
- Phil Collins interview: the Live Aid fiasco, going solo, and coping with criticism
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Tuk Smith, The Cadillac Three and more
- Vote for the best Marillion song ever
January 11
- Neil Peart: my drum solo was a lifetime's achievement
- The definitive guide to every Guns N' Roses album
January 10
- Neil Peart: The ultimate interview
January 9
- “Whose f**king idea was this?”: the inside story of Metallica’s S&M2
- Norwegian death/black dynamos Vredehammer unleash a face-ripping new single
- Scott Walker - A Musical Portrait
- Joe Elliott and Nikki Sixx interview: competition, chaos and car crashes
January 8
- Robert Plant interview: my life after Led Zeppelin
- The 10 most WTF curveballs in rock history
- Marillion: a guide to their best albums
January 7
- Mark Morton interview: going acoustic, Chris Adler's exit, and plans for Lamb Of God
- Reign in Pain: How Slayer conquered Britain
January 6
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Body Count, Night Flight Orchestra and more
January 4
- Mark Hollis - A life in music
January 3
- Will 'female-fronted metal' finally die in 2020?
- 20 great bands to shake up the 2020s
January 2
- Top 10 Bethlehem tracks as chosen by Porta Nigra
- Life on the road with Snarky Puppy