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Wishbone Ash's Argus was voted album of the year in 1972: Its standout track went on to influence Steely Dan, Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden

With a riff claimed by both of the band’s guitarists and lyrics inspired by a summer romance, Blowin' Free became Wishbone Ash’s signature song and a rock classic

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Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier will bring the death metal thunder to Late Night With Seth Meyers next week

The drummers of Iron Maiden, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and more have previously manned the kit on the late-night show

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“We had our pockets stuffed with $16,000 in $100 bills, and there were 8,000 kids in front of us in Bangkok. We caused a riot at the airport coming home”: the rise and fall of Girl, the cult glam rock band who should have been huge

Swaggering and arrogant, NWOBHM-era glam rockers Girl were the biggest band in the world – at least in their own heads

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"It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band.The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

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Singapore's Only Heavy Metal Bar Rocks 'Something Different'

Tucked away in the basement of an old mall lies gleaming Singapore's only heavy metal bar, where music fans brush shoulder-to-shoulder with international rockers who helped pioneer the genre.

International Business Times

Watch Dragonforce’s Through The Fire And Flames be played on the harp by someone with faster fingers than you

Harpist extraordinaire Kristan Toczko has also covered tracks by AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and more

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Bruce Dickinson is worried that Iron Maiden don't "challenge" themselves enough when it comes to writing music: "We have this devoted following and they’re happy with the way we are"

Iron Maiden leader Bruce Dickinson is concerned that the band might be over-catering to their fans instead of pushing themselves creatively

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"The man once known as Vincent Furnier was struggling during Flush The Fashion, but his alter ego was still snapping and snarling": Alice Cooper embraces new wave on Flush The Fashion

Recorded during Alice Cooper's "blackout" period, Flush The Fashion found The Coop exploring new sounds

Louder

Iron Maiden weren’t part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, says ex-singer: “We felt like we were on our own”

Former Iron Maiden man Paul Di’Anno has distanced the group from Def Leppard, Saxon and the rest in an exclusive Metal Hammer interview

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“I said, Adrian, why aren't you singing in Iron Maiden? Be the singer!” Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham once encouraged Adrian Smith to return to Iron Maiden as the band's frontman

In 1997, Scott Gorham suggested that Adrian Smith should rejoin Iron Maiden in place of Blaze Bayley

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“Nothing against Maiden, but their songs have gotten so long”: Kerry King critiques Iron Maiden’s recent albums

The Slayer guitarist admits he doesn’t have the attention span for Iron Maiden’s double albums The Book Of Souls and Senjutsu

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Bruce Dickinson review – metal’s charismatic star indulges his goofy side

Letting rip with that still thrilling and propulsive voice, the Iron Maiden frontman performs an all solo material set – keytars, bongos and demonic laughter included

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"It was all a bit exhausting and emotionally draining": Meet the man who auditioned to replace Bon Scott in AC/DC and Paul Di'Anno in Iron Maiden

Terry Slesser, singer with Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler, recalls the days when AC/DC were a humble support act

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“The lights would go out and 15 kids would beat the crap out of me”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson opens up on traumatic boarding school days

The Iron Maiden vocalist has reflected on his difficult early years in public school

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"People chucked pesetas at us, bottles, you name it": How Gun survived Spanish crowds, an X-rated video and that "strange cookie" from INXS, then hit the bullseye again

Gun's debut album Taking On The World was a killer, and with new album Hombres their aim is once again true

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“As far as the 80s are concerned, we’re in for some very good heavy metal years”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford predicted the future of metal in 1979

45 years ago, Judas Priest’s Metal God explained why people love heavy metal. What he said is still accurate in 2024.

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Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris to play intimate fundraising concert with British Lion this month

The Iron Maiden bassist’s side-project have also announced a short European tour for later this year

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“To promote an album and play some football, it’s the ultimate for me”: The bizarre story of the time Iron Maiden became a football team

In 1998, Iron Maiden tried to promote Virtual XI by putting on football games with journalists and professional players. It was all a bit weird.

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"You're talking to a person that's never heard an Iron Maiden record." Watch Better Lovers frontman and former Dillinger Escape Plan man Greg Puciato take on the most daunting (and ridiculous) metal true or false quiz ever

Greg Puciato takes part in the first ever Metal Hammer Trve Or False. But is there really a vegan Pig Destroyer tribute called Fig Enjoyer?!

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“My role in the black metal scene is probably exaggerated, because I was a visible frontman… In many ways I was just the nerd making music”: Ihsahn has never stopped progressing, and can’t understand why others did

The avant-garde maestro explains why his new, self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet

Guitar World

Gallop guitar is the metal equivalent of riding to war on horseback – and Iron Maiden are masters of the craft

This action-packed metal lesson will hone your palm-muting and cram Maiden’s triple-guitar approach into one all-action rhythm part

Louder

“Not even in the territory of prog metal – closer to dyed-in-the-wool prog rock”: Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son remains their best prog album

A good-versus-evil concept story featuring keyboards and a nine-minute title track set the scene for records that would arrive in future decades

Guitar World

“I grow the nails on my right hand as long as I can, so I can get that trebly sound”: Steve Harris delivered one of the coolest bass guitar intros in the history of metal on Iron Maiden’s Wrathchild

Every would-be metalhead should learn from the best: Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris

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"Everything up to then had been about climbing the mountain. With Powerslave it felt like we were looking out over the rest of the world": How Iron Maiden grew up

When it came to making the follow-up to 1983’s Piece Of Mind album, Iron Maiden knew they needed to come up with something a bit special. That was Powerslave

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Meet Lee Bradshaw: the opera composer inspired by Iron Maiden

Last month, the world’s first grand opera in Arabic was shown in London. Here the Australian composer explains how he took a modern approach to the work

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