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April 2020

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April 30
- Lesoir take us through new album Mosaic track by track
- The demonic birth of Morbid Angel: “We performed rituals to conjure the Gods”
- UK death metal deviants Cryptic Shift enter an unhinged new universe
- Skindred’s Nobody: the story behind the song
- Meet These Wicked Rivers, the band the new wave of classic rock needs
- The 10 best Sisters Of Mercy songs by Paradise Lost’s Gregor Mackintosh
- Ones To Watch: 1000mods
April 29
- People are recreating classic album covers from home and they're brilliant
- We spoke to the dad of the five-year-old kid who lost his sh*t to Slipknot
- Every Evanescence album ranked from worst to best
- The Metallica Doodle Map: local songs for local people
- The best rock and metal beers, wines, whisky and more in 2022
April 28
- 10 essential goth metal albums
- Glenn Hughes: the 10 records that changed my life
- Coldbones guide to their new concept album The Cataclysm
- Watch Ms Amy Birks' exclusive live session for Prog
- The 10 best songs by the 10 worst nu metal bands
April 27
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Lamb Of God, Ministry, Evanescence and more
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Low Cut Connie, The Texas Gentlemen and more
- 5 minutes alone with… Destruction’s Schmier
April 25
- The Moody Blues: "We partied with Hendrix, Keith Moon, The Beatles..."
- "This isn’t getting made for the money. No. I have to make this something really, really special." Fish discusses what could be his final album Weltschmerz
April 24
- Watch a young kid dressed as Corey Taylor lose his shit to Slipknot
April 23
- Elder's track-by-track guide to new album Omens
- The Story Behind The Song: The Toxic Waltz by Exodus
- Steve Howe: the ultimate interview
- Alex Winter: how we made Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
April 22
- Playlist: Songs everyone should love, by Make Them Suffer
- Best camera phones 2023: the ultimate smartphones for great pictures and video
- How a suicide pact was almost the end of Judas Priest
- Dio's Rainbow In The Dark: the story behind the song
- The story of the man who signed AC/DC and the greatest comeback in rock'n'roll
- Jonathan Hultén: the maverick guitarist leading metal into strange new realms
- The Metallica/My Chemical Romance mash-up you didn't know you needed is here
April 21
- The world according to Chelsea Wolfe: “Witchcraft helped me find myself”
- We put together the ultimate Number Of The Beast covers album
- Tapeworm: the Nine Inch Nails, Pantera and Tool supergroup that never was
- The bitter fall and joyous rise of The Black Crowes
- Dani Filth interview: ‘We had a bouncy castle on stage. It was f**king ridiculous’
April 20
- The 10 best Josh Homme songs, as chosen by Sky Valley Mistress
- 5 minutes alone with… Agnostic Front’s Roger Miret
- Tracks of the Week: new music from The Dust Coda, Joe Bonamassa and more
- Myrkur: the strange and surreal journey of Amalie Bruun
- Playlist: Songs to calm the panic, by Gold Key
April 19
- Mariana Semkina discusses solo album Sleepwalking
April 18
- Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti: 5 essential guitar albums
April 17
- Enigmatic synth duo LOAD offer a soundtrack for our urban isolation
- Maynard James Keenan: “Religion is basically a marketing plan”
April 16
- Rise of the machines: how industrial music took over the world
- We put together the ultimate Master Of Puppets covers album
April 15
- The 50 greatest Pink Floyd songs ever
- Playlist: How to concern your neighbours, by Sugar Horse
- Sabaton’s Joakim Brodén: “Tanks vs sex? Tanks!”
- We got Ghost’s Tobias Forge to pick his dream Metallica setlist
- System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
April 14
- Judas Priest: The making of British Steel
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Blues Pills, The Struts and more
- Iron Maiden’s Iron Maiden: the debut album that changed metal
- How to buy your first vinyl record player: wax on, not off
April 10
- How well can you do in our Almost-Impossible Jumbo Rock Quiz?
- 10 essential 70s metal albums
April 9
- The 10 best David Bowie songs from the 80s
- Playlist: Tom G Warrior's quarantine soundtrack
- The 10 best metal bands playing ArcTanGent
- Nightwish's Floor Jansen: the music that changed my life
April 8
- The 50 best rock albums of the 90s
- The 10 best Icelandic black metal bands
- The decadent tale of Gary Holton: singer, actor and rock'n'roll dreamer
- Why The Clash's debut album is no classic
- The 15 best live Rush tracks
April 7
- Watch: Matt Heafy talks Tiger King, new Trivium and Ascendancy
- Drugs and dysfunction: how Aerosmith made Draw The Line and Night In The Ruts
- Playlist: Sepultura's guide to the world's best metal vocalists
- Human Impact's track by track guide to their self-titled album
April 6
- "I felt like we were gonna be the biggest band in the world": InMe on their journey to the bottom and back again
- Playlist: Jamie Lenman stays in and doesn't go to the movies
- Tracks of the Week: new music from Palace Of The King, The White Buffalo and more
April 4
- 12 of the best books about prog for you to read
April 3
- The story of Kate Bush's The Tour Of Life
- Every Death album ranked from worst to best
- The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime UK right now
- Playlist: The sounds that built Halestorm
- The Top 10 Metal Bands From Florida
April 2
- Evil never dies: the resurrection of King Diamond
- Vote for the greatest rock album of the 90s
- Playlist: Sepultura's favourite guitar solos
- Ian Anderson interview: the beginning, middle and end of Jethro Tull
- Every song on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, ranked from Worst to Best
April 1
- The best music documentaries on Amazon Prime US right now
- Eddie Money - A guide to his best albums
- 10 Bands who create music against the odds
- The story behind Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train
- Playlist: Trivium's ultimate soundtrack to staying inside
- A history of The Black Crowes in 20 songs