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🤘 Slipknot’s resident chaos merchant has returned to social media — but anyone expecting a straightforward explanation may be waiting a little longer The Slipknot rumour mill is currently spinning faster than Sid Wilson’s turntables. After reports claimed that the masked DJ had been removed from the Iowa metal giants following nearly three decades with the band, Wilson returned to...

“We heard people were starting to wear knives and weapons, so we did the same.” There are bands that start out rehearsing in somebody’s parents’ garage. There are bands that begin by playing dodgy pubs to six people and a confused Labrador. And then there’s Dimmu Borgir. Because when the Norwegian black metal giants were finding their feet during the...

There are songs that top the charts. There are songs that define a generation. And then there are songs that quietly break your heart every single time you hear them. For many fans, Peter Gabriel’s “Blood of Eden” remains one of the most emotionally devastating songs ever written. More than three decades after its release, it still feels as relevant...

Cover versions are one of rock music’s greatest traditions. Sometimes a band plays it safe, faithfully recreating a classic as a respectful nod to one of their heroes. Sometimes they drag the song through a wall of amplifiers, stamp their own grubby fingerprints all over it and send it back out sounding completely different. Then there are those rare performances...

Some bands spend years searching for the perfect line-up. Managers hold meetings. Record labels draw up contracts. Auditions are arranged. Musicians argue over money, songwriting credits, dressing rooms and whose name should appear largest on the poster. The Traveling Wilburys did things slightly differently. They more or less stumbled into existence while attempting to record a B-side in Bob Dylan’s...

The final frontier… now comes with blast beats There are certain headlines that make perfect sense. Metallica announcing another stadium tour? Fair enough. Ozzy Osbourne doing something gloriously unpredictable? Standard procedure. William Shatner performing heavy metal at Coachella at the age of 96? Now we’ve entered a timeline that even Star Trek would have rejected for being too ridiculous. Yet,...

Rock music has produced thousands of incredible albums over the past seven decades. Some changed music forever. Some launched entire genres. Others simply contain so many unforgettable songs that they’ve become essential listening for every rock fan. Trying to rank them is almost impossible. Every list will divide opinion, spark debate and probably cause at least one person to shout,...

🤘 Introduction A great radio station needs great music. But a truly legendary radio station also needs voices that listeners recognise instantly. The sort of voices that join you on the morning commute, keep you awake during long motorway journeys, provide the soundtrack to a rainy afternoon and somehow make sitting in traffic feel slightly less like being trapped inside...

🎙️ Introduction Some radio stations play music. Others become part of your daily routine. And then there’s Planet Rock—a station that has become the soundtrack to road trips, late-night drives, festival mornings, office headphones, garage tinkering, and countless air guitar solos across the UK. Since launching in 1999, Planet Rock has grown from a niche digital radio experiment into Britain’s...

The Metal Gods deliver nearly 90 minutes of classics, deep cuts and leather-clad heavy metal glory Judas Priest are back on the road, back in the leather and once again demonstrating exactly why they remain one of the most important heavy metal bands ever to plug guitars into dangerously large amplifiers. Fan-shot footage of the band’s full Warsaw concert from...

There are bad days at work… and then there’s being handed a bus ticket, kicked out of Metallica and sent packing across America while the band carries on without you. That was the brutal reality facing Dave Mustaine in 1983. For most musicians, getting booted from a band on the verge of greatness would have been enough to send the...

The Godfather of Heavy Metal is back — and he’s brought a sack full of monstrous riffs with him Sound the alarms. Lock up the light fittings. Warn the neighbours. Tony bloody Iommi is back. 🤘🔥 The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist and undisputed architect of the heavy metal riff has announced his long-awaited new solo album, From The Dark, arriving...

A new BBC investigation has brought a series of deeply serious allegations against actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto into the spotlight. The documentary, titled Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, features accounts from ten women concerning alleged behaviour spanning more than a decade. Four of those women accuse Leto of conduct that could constitute criminal sexual offences,...

Just when you thought the world of rock memorabilia couldn’t get any more unhinged, along comes a listing that makes signed guitars, rare vinyl and backstage passes look positively sensible. An online seller has listed what appears to be a crumpled Buxton water bottle, allegedly connected to My Chemical Romance, for the absolutely bonkers price of £30,000. Yes, you read...

For the first time since one of the darkest chapters of his life, legendary American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has announced a return to the stage. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has confirmed three special performances at the iconic Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles this November, marking his first headline concerts since the heartbreaking loss of his eldest...