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It’s a reliable pattern that every two years, Andrew Lee (Ripped to Shreds) crawls out from under his waifu body pillow, clears his work bench...

You can now bid to make your ultimate metal dinner date fantasy a reality and take out Metallica's James Hetfield for a night in Colorado

UK prog quartet Frost* will release double concept album Life In The Wires in October

As Aerosmith prepared to play at Woodstock 1994, Steven Tyler looked back on his experience at the original festival

From Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver to his solo work, Duff McKagan is still a punk kid at heart - with big ambitions

Also in this issue: John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Joe Elliott, Creed, Phil Mogg, The Cadillac Three, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, LA Edwards...