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July 30
- The Top 10 best thrash metal power ballads
- Singles at 30: how a rom-com soundtrack became grunge’s greatest mixtape
July 29
- The Top 20 best Five Finger Death Punch songs
- Dave Mustaine: "I know how it feels to have people gunning for you"
- The story behind Kate Bush's first No.1 album, Never For Ever
- The 10 best stand-up comedians, by Geddy Lee
- The art of worrying: the inside story behind Leprous' Aphelion
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Attacking TV presenters, ruining Glastonbury and being banned by the BBC: how Carter USM became Britain's unlikeliest chart-toppers
July 28
- Zoltan Bathory: 10 guitarists that changed my life
- 10 rock and metal tours that went to absolute sh*t
- Radar Festival 2022: 7 things we’re looking forward to
- Tom Morello-approved riotstarters Nova Twins are ripping up the rulebook
- Coheed And Cambria are not a band for lightweights
- The life, music and legacy of ZZ Top’s enigmatic bassist and vocalist, Dusty Hill
- Roger Glover: how Deep Purple wrote Smoke On The Water
- Prison, poison and murder: the crazed story of Zakk Wylde's first show with Ozzy
July 27
- My Record Collection: Dave McKean
- The Top 20 best metal albums of 1993
- The story behind every song on Metallica’s Ride The Lightning
- Metallica: a salute to the timeless majesty of Ride The Lightning
- Rick Ventura was in Riot, rock's unluckiest band: now he's back with Riot Act
- The Knack's My Sharona: an everyday tale of obsession, rejection and real estate
July 26
- Every AFI album ranked from worst to best
- Best Bluetooth speakers under $100/£100 in 2024: Top budget choices from Amazon, Anker, JBL and more
- Gwar: “We are not the only aliens in music – Adele does not seem human to me!”
- Classless Act are the opening act on the Stadium Tour - and they're coming for you next
- The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd: the ultimate track-by-track guide
- The Rolling Stones: the 10 best Mick Jagger performances
July 25
- Metallica’s Kill ’Em All: the stories behind every song
- Tracks of the Week: eight new songs to enliven any environment
July 23
- That time Slash accidentally f**king swore on a Saturday morning kids TV show
- From Grey Daze to Linkin Park: the story of Chester Bennington’s long, hard road to success
July 22
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Jane Weaver: "Hearing Kate Bush for the first time was a crazy ‘Woah!’ moment”
- Funkadelic - Maggot Brain: it's up there with any traditional prog release
- The story behind the song: Within Temptation’s Angels
July 21
- Dirty at 30: how Sonic Youth became the world's most reluctant rock stars
July 20
- All the new metal albums coming out in 2022
- I switched music streaming services and kept all my playlists - here's how you do it
- We've had The Dirt and Pistol, but here are the band biopics we want to see made
July 19
- Farewell to Kings: how Kiss built and sustained The Greatest Show on Earth for 50 years
- Ville Valo: "When it comes to trashing a hotel room you have to follow your heart"
July 18
- Steve Jones: the Classic Rock interview
- How Jo Quail created The Cartographer
- How Heavy Pendulum gave Cave In hope: "We connect to Caleb’s memory through the band"
- Tracks of the week: eight new songs proving rock is in fantastic health right now
- My Favorite Things: The stuff Matt Heafy can’t live without
July 17
- “I still listen to music avidly and make music enthusiastically." Tim Bowness and Stupid Things That Mean The World
- The 10 best metal covers of Queen songs
- This is what it feels like to miss out on the chance to join Metallica
July 16
- 10 bands who didn’t let the death of a key member stop them reuniting
- "Is that in 17/4?". "No, it's in 17/8!" How Yes made Heaven & Earth
- Beardfish and the making of Mammoth
July 15
- Rot TV: meet the horror-obsessed Aussie rock'n'roll band named a fictional pirate television channel
- Heat 'em and smile: welcome to the world of Ghost's Tobias Forge
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- 10 killer performances from metal bands in Hollywood movies
- Chris Jericho: “I didn’t get nu metal. Limp Bizkit? What the hell is that?’
July 14
- "I love The Exploited!" Altered Images’ Clare Grogan on how punk rock changed her life
- The top 20 best Megadeth songs ranked
July 13
- Simon McBride on joining Deep Purple, setbacks, and the house fire that almost killed him
- How Leader of Down are keeping the memory of Motörhead guitarist Würzel alive on new album
- The Therapy? albums you should definitely own
- Roger Waters: The story of one man and his wall
- Megadeth's Kiko Loureiro: 10 guitarists that changed my life
- How Metallica’s Master Of Puppets became metal’s new gateway anthem
- Trollfest will be your new favourite party metal band - but there's much more to them than that
July 12
- How Bridge of Sighs helped turn Robin Trower into an international guitar hero
- The future’s bright, the future’s orange for Zach Tabori
- Thrash, Demons & Cock Guitars: a love letter to Deathgasm, the maddest heavy metal movie ever made
- Ms Marvel: how a Bon Jovi classic soundtracked one of this year's best superhero scenes
- Cancer Bats’ Liam Cormier: “How could we ever deny our love of Black Sabbath?”
July 11
- Three Days Grace's Matt Walst on juggling fatherhood, loss and recording new album, Explosions
- The Darkness' Justin Hawkins: the soundtrack of my life
- Tracks of the week: eight new rock songs you need to listen to immediately
- Glassjaw's Worship and Tribute at 20: saluting a post-hardcore masterpiece
- Vote for the best Five Finger Death Punch song of all time
- Remembering that time Rush's Alex Lifeson trolled the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the most ridiculous awards speech ever
- Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel: My Life In 10 Songs
July 10
- Muse's proggiest moments
- Ronnie James Dio was a king among men, and Anthrax’s Scott Ian has a story to prove it
- “Would Ghost ever have a female singer? Why not!”: Tobias Forge answers the burning questions
- Pearl Jam in London: a masterful lesson in the power of music
- The 10 greatest metal covers of Pink Floyd songs
July 9
- Simple Minds: "Genesis appealed to me: they were inventing their own world.”
- Magma and the story of Félicité Thösz
- 10 things we learned about the new Megadeth album from Dave Mustaine
July 8
- Every Helmet album ranked from worst to best
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Grindcore, machine guns and dead animals: inside The KLF and Extreme Noise Terror's infamous 1992 Brits performance
- 10 metal bands that went out on an absolute high
- Why 1973 was the greatest year in rock history
- The story of Manny Charlton and the birth of Appetite For Destruction
July 7
- Thor Love And Thunder director Taika Waititi: "Instead of going on PornHub, I'll watch old Guns N' Roses videos"
- The Story Behind The Song: Cradle Of Filth’s Her Ghost In The Fog
- Every Megadeth album ranked from worst to best
- 10 times movies and TV shows used heavy metal and it was awesome
- The Steve Hillage albums you should definitely own
- How Joy Division's only hit was also their singer's epitaph
- The Sheepdogs: a story of indefatigable spirit and the love of rock'n'roll
July 6
- 10 punk songs every metalhead needs to know
- Every Pixies album ranked from worst to best
- David Bowie and the most influential three minutes and 55 seconds of UK TV ever
- Jimi Hendrix and the story of the last great free music festival
- Ayron Jones: when music is taken away, you realise you were taking it for granted
- Graham Nash on songwriting: you’ve got to keep it alive and pumped full of blood
July 5
- These are the 3 greatest Chester Bennington songs, according to his former bandmate
- Roskilde Festival 2022 was utterly wild and here are 9 reasons why
- Shooting Daggers: the politically-charged hardcore band who will not be silenced
- Five Finger Death Punch's new album AfterLife has "a 60s/70s vibe, other things are almost futuristic"
- Kate Bush: the long road to Hounds Of Love and the hunt for perfection
- Jack Bruce: my stories of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and more
July 4
- This Will Ferrell comedy used Master Of Puppets nearly 20 years before Stranger Things
- Cheap vinyl records 2024: The best vinyl records on sale in rock, metal, prog and more
- 10 metal stars and the sports teams they love
- Here's who our readers voted as their favourite metal albums of 2022 so far
- Guitar hero Steph Carter talks amps, amps and more amps with Marshall
- Eight songs that sum up of the true greatness of rock right now
- Mick Jagger's day began in prison: it ended with an "impossible to satirise" TV interview
July 2
- "My hair still stands up on the back of my neck!": The making of ELP's Tarkus
July 1
- The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
- Three Dollar Bill, Y'all at 25: why Limp Bizkit's riotous debut album might just be their best
- Every Rancid album ranked from worst to best
- “I’m lucky with my intake of drugs I didn’t end up a glob of sh*t”: how Megadeth made Countdown To Extinction
- In which we interview Bryan Adams, the man who would rather not be interviewed
- Thunder's Luke Morley: the soundtrack of my life