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Everything you need to know about Back To The Beginning, Black Sabbath’s reunion and Ozzy Osbourne’s final concert
From who’s playing to how to stream it, we answer all your questions about this summer’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza
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From punk, metal and hardcore bands bringing the heavy to surprise sets and emotional tributes, Glasto 2025 had it all
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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“As I grew, hopefully my writing was growing too”: Five great Al Di Meola albums
From fruitful fusion forays to gentle world acoustica, the revered guitarist has covered a lot of ground since joining Return To Forever at the age of 20
How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal
The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it
Jimmy Page or Tony Iommi? A heated debate over who is the best guitarist
Two Classic Rock writers go toe-to-toe over the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath guitar legends
The incredible story of King’s X, the greatest band the world doesn’t know about
Jesus, grunge and near death experiences – the story of cult Texan rockers King’s x has it all
Voivod didn’t try to invent prog metal. They just tried to be like Van der Graaf Generator
Drummer Away recalls the Canadian outfit’s rapid transition from thrash over the course of their first four albums
