Malcolm Dome on the best of BOC… (more…)

Fresh off of the back of their Download headline performance, we bring you the ultimate guide to Def Leppard! (more…)

From jokey thrash guttersnipes to the biggest metal band in the world. Here’s how to best navigate their rocky road of heaviosity.

Words: Paul Elliot (more…)

Download Festival Organizer Andy Copping has said that, contrary to the band’s announcement, Heaven And Hell are not yet confirmed to be playing Download. (more…)

Geoff Barton’s pick of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal… (more…)

Had this British hard rock institution not been dogged by unsettled line-ups and an appetite for drugs an’ booze, they coulda been huge.

UFO are the British band who, more than any other over the last 30 years, have defined hard rock as the fertile middle ground between metal and AOR. In their prime the band delivered a near perfect blend of melodies, choruses and air-guitar-heaven riffs.

(more…)

With a consummate showman, the guitarist of a generation and some classic tracks, they revolutionised hard rock. (more…)

From Led Zep copyists and the sword-and-sorcery 70s, to prog rock giants and virtuoso instrumentalists, theirs has been an epic journey. (more…)

Picking up the progressive rock baton from Genesis in the 80s, they’ve recorded one of prog’s most impressive catalogues.

(more…)

Melodic troubadour, electric warrior, garage rocker, grunge forefather, forever Young… How to buy Neil’s solo stuff. (more…)