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December 31
- Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante: "I never wanna watch Hereditary and Midsommar again because I was so disturbed by them"
- Why I ❤️ Black Sabbath's Master Of Reality, by King's X frontman Dug Pinnick
December 30
- The 10 best drummers in technical death metal
- 10 acts who are much better than their most popular songs
December 29
- 10 bands currently shaping the Greek underground
- How Deep Purple Turned To Crime
December 28
- Wolves In The Throne Room's Aaron Weaver: 10 songs that changed my life
- Gallery: Rick Allen paints the legends
December 27
- 10 albums that redefined black metal
- Saga's Seven Most Pomp Moments
- Road to ruin: the story of Bon Scott’s final tour
December 26
- The story behind the song: Warlock's Touch Of Evil
- Jerry Cantrell: there are times when I think 'Layne Staley is gonna kill this'
December 25
- The 10 most ABBA-friendly metal songs (that aren't Ghost or Night Flight Orchestra)
- Helen Love interview: bubblegum punk's not dead, pass it on
December 24
- "I thought Peter Steele was going to kick my ass" - Musicians on why Type O Negative are goth metal icons
- How Type O Negative became the ultimate goth metal icons
- Justin Hawkins on flying helicopters, white tigers, and why rock is resting
December 23
- In Memoriam: Remembering those we lost in 2021
- The Blondie albums you should definitely own
December 22
- Bobby Gillespie: the soundtrack of my life
December 21
- 10 bands we want to see reunite in 2022
- Is Reading & Leeds 2022 rock’s big moment to come back?
- Spidergawd are ready to usher in the new dawn of hard rock
December 20
- Every Asking Alexandria album ranked from worst to best
- Lossless audio streaming: Is it worth it?
- Tracks of The Week: new music from Bad Nerves, HAWXX and more
- 12 new metal bands to watch in 2022
- PFM: 50 years of prog and the beauty of Bladerunner
December 19
- Dooms Children: rehab, redemption, and the healing power of the Grateful Dead
December 18
- Bill Nelson: A life in music
- The War On Drugs: fatherhood, Krautrock, and chats with Mick Jagger
December 17
- Top 10 alt-metal albums of 2021
- Danny Worsnop: "I tossed a coin to decide if I should rejoin Asking Alexandria"
- Glenn Hughes' favourite songs from 9 bands and artists he's played with... and one solo
December 16
- Win a signed vinyl copy of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman!
- Florence Black: six things you need to know
December 15
- The 50 best metal albums of 2021
- Slayer's Kerry King: "Dave Mustaine helped Metallica become what Metallica is"
- John Petrucci interview: tricky time signatures and beard oil
December 14
- How Måneskin embraced Reality TV, Eurovision and TikTok to become rock's hottest property
- Crazy Lixx: your new favourite hair metal heroes are here to stick it to the man
- With decades of chaos behind him, Ministry's Al Jourgensen is making progress
December 13
- The Joe Bonamassa albums you should definitely own
- Top 10 prog metal albums of 2021
- Tracks of The Week: new music from Big Big Train, Eric Gales and more
- "Hopefully when I’m gone, there’ll be something that will stay with people, and move them" - Eddie Van Halen
December 10
- Why London's The Underworld is the place for rock and metal fans to be in 2022
- The Record Company: production hell, thinking big, and a dog named Seger
- AC/DC: the long road to Glasgow and the triumph of If You Want Blood You've Got It
December 9
- Solstafir's Addi Tryggvason: "If Metallica only did Kill ’Em All 10 times in a row, we’d have missed out on a lot"
- Dream Theater's John Petrucci: "I always wonder why more women don't come to our shows"
- How Bullet For My Valentine became the biggest British metal band since Iron Maiden
- Joe Bonamassa interview: dating, cycling, and dealing with trolls
- Introducing Cardinal Black: your new favourite providers of soul-soaked blues
December 8
- The top 10 death metal albums of 2021
- John Lennon's 10 best political songs
- The Steve Miller albums you should definitely own
December 7
- The Nikki Sixx interview: rebellion, danger, and what makes Vince Neil excel
- Ice Nine Kills: "People say, 'Oh they're cheesy.’ It's supposed to be!"
- Blackie Lawless: my stories of Lemmy, Muhammad Ali, Gene Simmons and more
December 6
- Watch: The Story of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman
- Traveling Wilburys: Tom Petty on the cosmic genesis of an extraordinary supergroup
- Tracks of the Week: new music from The Hot Damn!, Three Days Grace and more
December 5
- King Crimson and the making of Islands
December 3
- 10 surprisingly heavy records that inspired Volbeat
- The real story of The Beatles' Let It Be sessions, told by those who were there
December 2
- Dani Filth: "We were never going to be Metallica - we're too extreme for that"
- The top 10 metalcore albums of 2021
- Joe Elliott: supporting AC/DC taught Def Leppard the value of repetition
- The 40 best albums of 1969, the year rock got real
December 1
- Six things you need to know about Wayward Sons
- Vote for your favourite metal album of 2021
- The top 10 black metal albums of 2021
- The 20 best Pink Floyd songs, as chosen by 40 different musicians