‘At my age, I can rant!’ Bernie Taupin on Elton John, hellraising vampires and competing in full-blown rodeos

He is the outstanding lyricist who propelled the Rocket Man to 300m sales. As Taupin releases a wistfully grouchy solo album, he talks about the joy of anonymity, his LA drinking gang – and owning a p ...
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Album of the week club review: Tony Iommi upholds the Riff Lord branding

A first solo album in more than two decades from the Black Sabbath maestro ...

You Can Become Anyone—Where Did MISS MERCY Come From, and Where Are They Going?

The girl group I have been paying attention to lately, MISS MERCY, made their major debut from Teichiku Entertainment on ...

The 50 best thrash metal albums ever, from Metallica to Power Trip

From the 'Big Four' of Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth to the newer crop of thrashers like Evile and Municipal Waste, here are the 50 greatest thrash albums of all time as voted for by Metal ...

The five best songs produced by Jim Steinman

Five songs on which Jim Steinman is credited as the producer, all harnessing his defining blend of theatre and rock ...

The Sisters of Mercy—The Construction of 'Black' and Its Stylization (1980–1990) Part III: 'First and Last and Always'—How the Sound of Darkness Was Constructed (1984–…

AMS, Doktor Avalanche, and two mixes Re-listening to a record I listened to often, as a constructed soundFor me, 'First and ...
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Espacio Dios is finding balance beyond the physical on new album “DIOS”

The artwork for DIOS, the highly anticipated new album from elusive singer-songwriter and producer Espacio Dios, features a ...

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen On New Album ‘Hate To Go,’ Ministry Farewell

Ministry's Al Jourgensen on the satire that drives the scathing political rebuke at the heart of the industrial metal act's ...