The story of AC/DC’s Back In Black, the 50 million-selling album that emerged from tragedy
How AC/DC recovered from the death of iconic singer Bon Scott to make the biggest rock album ever
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I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind... allow me to introduce the magnificent seven
Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven...
Dream Theater were drained after The Astonishing, but wrote Distance Over Time in three weeks
The prog metal giants’ sleek, super-powerful 14th album was a conscious move away from its complex, opinion-splitting predecessor
Jack Bruce’s wild tales of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie West and more
From Ginger Baker’s genius to Leslie West’s food roadie, former Cream man Jack Bruce saw it all
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: February 21 2025
Machine Head, Disturbed and Black Label Society are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025
From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025
Great new prog you must hear from Karmakanic, Earthside, Bjørn Riis and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Fab new proggy sounds from Andre Drage, Derev, Dave Francis and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Why is buying gig tickets such a terrible experience?
From the agony of trying to get Black Sabbath tickets to the ongoing Oasis reunion ticketing fiasco, buying tickets to big shows has got worse than ever - here's how to try and navigate the madness
Recorded in secret, Sweet's Fox On The Run was given a second life by the Guardians Of The Galaxy
Recorded while their regular songwriters were away, Fox On The Run gave Sweet a huge hit and a song that would never go away
Mark Tremonti on the political climate, being a guitar hero and Frank Sinatra
Take care of business. Quit your comfort zone. Don’t listen to rock journalists. And never forget you could still be washing cars. Life advice from The Book Of Tremonti
How Rush and Pink Floyd led James Dean Bradfield to Man – a band he’d previously dismissed
Manic Street Preachers frontman wasn’t convinced by his fellow Welsh musicians, until he discovered the Steely Dan and Little Feat elements of their 11th album
"It’s timeless. It was always in its own world; it didn’t fit into any category.” Tangerine Dream and the story of Phaedra
Did you know that Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake & Palmer were both instrumental in the creation of Tangerine Dream's fifth album Phaedra? Read on...
Best Marshall headphones 2025: Top picks across the Marshall range from the legendary amp brand
From studio headphones to stylish noise cancelling earbuds, here's a round-up of the best Marshall headphones you can buy today
Why metal is obsessed with vampires
From Slayer singing about Dracula to Cradle Of Filth and Creeper taking style notes from Interview With The Vampire and Near Dark, this is how heavy metal has intersected with vampires in popular culture
Goth is the coolest it’s been in decades – and these 9 rising metal bands prove it
From Crippling Alcoholism to Kælan Mikla, these goth metal up-and-comers show it’s hip to be sad
Led Zeppelin albums ranked from worst to best
From anonymous sixties session men to globe-straddling seventies rock goliaths - the albums that soundtracked Led Zeppelin's conquest of Earth
The Yes Album was very nearly Yes’ final release. But fate intervened three times
The then-unknown band lost their management, got hurt in a serious road crash and cut a dodgy deal – and that’s why they’re still around today
The anarchic early years of one of rock's most enigmatic groups, The Mars Volta
An interview with The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala
"He was such an interesting man. A funny combination of intensity and craziness." King Crimson's Jamie Muir remembered...
King Crimson biographer and Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to percussionist Jamie Muir, who died this weekend, aged 82
