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"There’s a lot less ‘James Hetfield strangling a goat’ in the singing department."
Volbeat know their formula and stick to it well - for better and worse
Ian Dury becomes an unlikely pop star on New Boots And Panties!!
Ian Dury: Equal parts music-hall scamp, art school troubadour, estuary poet and new-wave figurehead
"Future festival headliners without a doubt."
Babymetal celebrated 15 years with a massive metal celebration in front of 20,000 fans at London's O2 Arena.
“His carefree aesthetic is wonderfully captured’”: Kevin Ayers’ Shooting At The Moon
Canterbury icon’s erratic second album, on vinyl for the first time, shines with the contributions of Mike Oldfield and Lol Coxhill
Supergroup the Dead Daisies kick back down south with uneven blues covers album
Lookin' For Trouble was recorded at Fame Studios in Alabama, home of the Muscle Shoals Sound
“Is this a feel-bad album?”: 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord’s solo debut
New vinyl version proves that songs he writes outside The Pineapple Thief’s domain still deserve to be heard
Six bands that defined Slam Dunk 2025
Boasting everything from cheeky pop-punk to guttural metalcore, Slam Dunk delivered another er, slam dunk in Leeds last weekend
The electro-goth revival continues on Garbage's Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Shirley Manson and co. are still in their prime, going both nowhere and back to the future-rock frontline
"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style
