The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)
From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.
“I told Jimmy Page: ‘Come on! People want to see Zeppelin back together!’ I won’t say I was responsible, but after that they did play that reunion gig”: Mick Fleetwood’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more
Future rock superstars, US presidents, Hollywood megastars –Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood has met with them all
“Once James Hetfield said he liked the album, that was it. He said that it kicked his ass”: How Machine Head’s The Blackening became their own Master Of Puppets
The Blackening remains Machine Head’s masterpiece
“It’s such an interesting life he led”: The Waterboys’ Mike Scott on why he’s written a whole album about Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper
The band’s leader tells us about the making of Life, Death And Dennis Hopper – and why one period of Hopper’s life feels like a...
“It’s out there. I don’t have to hide behind it anymore”: Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner reveals he suffered a stroke and it’s affected his playing
Faulkner says he suffered the stroke as he recovered from the aortic aneurysm he experienced at Louder Than Life in 2021, and it's left him...
Bootblacks Return with a Sultry Sax Solo in Their New Wave Single “Only You” — Featuring Chris Vrenna and Benjamin Harrison
What have you lost? You don’t have to say Is it love? Doesn’t have to be that way There is a silence that sits heavier...