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Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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New Creed fragrance is a reworked version of a 22-year-old classic – it sounds like a perfect summer scent

Creed Wild Vetiver sounds like a delectably modern take on Original Vetiver.

"We saw the end coming." How the 90s' last big rock band reinvented after their frontman went off the rails - courtesy of one of the best singers in the game

Velvet Revolver's loss was Alter Bridge's gain when Myles Kenendy helped his bandmates shake off the bad taste of Creed

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A Signature Scent is So Last Year—Smelling Impossible to Pin Down is the Ultimate Luxury

An ode to fragrance layering

Marie Claire

Kid Rock’s MAGA-friendly country music festival canceled in South Carolina after artists drop out

It comes after rock band Shinedown announced their exit on Friday, citing their desire not to ‘create further division’

The Independent UK

"I live in my childhood home, so the studio's right there. It's what I need to watch and protect, for the rest of my life": Wolfgang Van Halen on 5150, battling demons and the good ship Mammoth

On his third Mammoth album, Wolfgang Van Halen raises his playing, singing and songwriting game - and channels experiences with A-listers and legends

Louder

"They get back to me like, 'You know, there's going to be how many hundred million people watching this thing. You have to do it'" How Creed's 2001 half-time show went from unifying the nation to fuelling their resurgence

At a time of tragedy, Creed used their 10 minutes on the pitch at a Denver Broncos game to represent something bigger than themselves

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The 4 chic and compliment-sparking scents our beauty team will be wearing over the Christmas week

From Maison Francis Kurkdjian to Creed, our fragrance-loving team has already selected their festive signatures

Woman & Home

“They called the police and said, ‘This is Mark Tremonti’s guitar’”: Mark Tremonti once had one of his earliest PRS guitars stolen – but a fan bought it back for him from a Guitar Center parking lot

The gorgeous single-cut was thought to be lost forever, until one eagle-eyed fan saved the day

Guitar World

"It’s just the most emotive piece of music": Alter Bridge's Mark Tremonti on the greatest guitar solo of all time – and how alternate tunings are the key to unlocking his lead playing

Like what, 99.99 per cent of players, the Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist looks for patterns on the fretboard, but alternate tunings set him free from reaching for the same old notes when soloing

MusicRadar

12 gifts for perfume lovers that aren't perfume, but belong in their possession all the same

A pricey perfume isn't the only present a self-proclaimed fragrance fan will love - these 12 buys would also score you major points...

Woman & Home

Forget Tinsel, This Year I’ll Be Hanging These 13 Beauty ‘Baubles’ On My Tree

Oh so cute and miniature

Marie Claire

"I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding

We reckon a lot of wedding guests couldn't believe their own eyes seeing this!

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Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti once performed a Led Zeppelin song with AC/DC singer Brian Johnson at a baseball player’s wedding

“I walked up behind him like, ‘Do you want to go onstage and jam?’ He grabbed his junk and went, ‘F*** yeah, mate!’”

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“I didn’t have the brainpower to focus – I was just like, ‘I need to make sure Frankenstein is safe’”: Anxiety, wildfires, slap guitar: How Wolfgang Van Halen made the monster guitar album of 2025

With his third album (and a bit of his dad’s Frankenstein), Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth are taking the world of rock guitar by storm once again

Metal Hammer

“There’s no other band that drew me in like them. It was the mood and atmosphere – and the aggression”: Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti on the visionary extreme metal band who changed his life as a teenager – and got him fanboying out as an adult

You may not hear Tremonti favourites Celtic Frost in Creed and Alter Bridge’s music but they’re there

Euronews

L’Oréal seals €4bn deal for Kering’s entire luxury beauty portfolio

In a move set to reshape the global beauty landscape, L’Oréal will take over Kering’s complete beauty portfolio, from Creed niche fragrances to Gucci makeup products.

International Business Times

Kering Sells Beauty Division to L'Oréal in €4 Billion Deal — Here's Why

Kering sells its beauty division to L'Oréal for €4 billion in CEO Luca de Meo's first major move to cut debt and refocus on core fashion brands Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga.

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Evening Standard

Gucci owner Kering to sell beauty unit to L’Oreal in £3.5bn deal

Luxury fragrance brand House of Creed will become part of the L’Oreal Luxe division under the deal.

The Guardian - UK

Gucci owner Kering to sell beauty division to L’Oréal for €4bn

New chief executive Luca de Meo aims to bring down debt burden and refocus on core fashion business

International Business Times UK

Kering Sells Beauty Division to L'Oréal in £3.36 Billion Deal — Here's Why

Kering sells its beauty division to L'Oréal for €4 billion in CEO Luca de Meo's first major move to cut debt and refocus on core fashion brands Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga.

Livingetc

These Genius Decorations for Your Tree Look Great, but Will Also Help an Artificial Tree Smell Like the Real Thing, Without the Hassle of Dropped Pine Needles

With a beautifully life-like faux Christmas tree, all you have to worry about is making it smell like true pine, and these ornaments have you covered

Louder

10 Reunions That Went Wrong

They don't all go as smooth and successfully as Oasis, as The Verve, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins and more will tell you...

Marie Claire

£500 and 80 years in the making—is this the world's most exclusive perfume?

Taking luxury to new levels

Guitar World

“If you can’t beat them, join them”: Mark Tremonti’s love for Dumbles and tube amps is well-documented – but he’s brought a Neural DSP Quad Cortex on tour

He’s previously said that nothing beats the PRS/Dumble doubt-act, but now the guitarist is embracing digital modelling tech

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