Features Tony Iommi's 13 greatest riffsWe reflect on Tony Iommi's 13 greatest riffs – from Black Sabbath and beyond
Features “We need to be accepting of other people’s secrets, and willing to share our own”: Normandie are turning childhood trauma into a message of hopeNormandie frontman Philip Strand reveals how turning his back on the church he grew up in inspired new album Dark & Beautiful Secrets
Features Taylor Hawkins: “I used to do a lot of f*cking drugs… I believed the bullsh*t myth of live fast and die young”Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins reflects on his introduction to rock, working with his heroes and a former life of excess…
Features SKYND: Why we wrote a song about Elisa LamSKYND were writing about Elisa Lam long before Netflix came along, but why?
Features 11 bands and artists who wouldn’t be here without Green DayGreen Day’s impact on music cannot be underestimated, as this genre-spanning selection of artists prove.
Features Nirvana’s 10 best videos ranked in order of greatnessIs Smells Like Teen Spirit the best Nirvana video? Or maybe it’s In Bloom? Time to find out…
Features Brian ‘Head’ Welch: “I struggled with my thoughts, I struggled with my looks, so I found things to help me like comedy and music”Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch discusses his formative years, his destructive streak at the height of the band’s fame, and how he was saved by spirituality…
Features Avenged Sevenfold: 12 reasons The Rev absolutely ruledFoREVer: Remembering Avenged Sevenfold’s The Reverend Tholomew Plague – songwriter, vocalist, pianist and drummer extraordinaire…
Features The 15 most metal songs on movie soundtracks everWe definitively rank the greatest metal songs to ever appear on movie soundtracks…
Features 12 musicians who recorded songs under fake namesWhether it’s down to legal wrangling or secretive alter-egos, some of the biggest names in rock have recorded music under a variety of pseudonyms…
Features 10 bands who wouldn’t be here without SlayerSlayer are the true embodiment of metal, and their impact can be heard across the past four decades of bands that came in their wake. Here are just 10 who danced in the raining blood…
Features 9 bands who wouldn’t be here without ParamoreParamore’s shapeshifting pop-emo antics have had an indelible impact on the world of rock music…
Features 11 Hollywood actors who got their big break in music videosActors can’t just walk on to the set of a blockbuster, they’ve got to cut their teeth somewhere first – whether it’s on TV, onstage or in a music video. Here are 11 actors who found name on MTV before Hollywood came calling…
Features Steve Albini: “I realised that other people’s opinions had no power over me… I still don’t give a sh*t if I get judged”Punk veteran and legendary producer Steve Albini on growing up, Big Black, Kurt Cobain and much more…
Features What was it like to come out as the first openly gay rock star?“I think everyone has both sexualities in them… It’s just that the special people let the homosexual elements surface.”
Features 12 celebrities you didn't know were punksA dozen of famous people you probably didn't know lived the punk lifestyle – safety pins and all!
