The time The Kinks' Dave Davies invented three music genres with a knife
Here's how Dave Davies of The Kinks slashed his amp with a razor, accidentally inventing distorted electric guitar, pioneering sounds for heavy metal and punk music.
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Why Ozzy Osbourne called it Black Sabbath's 'last truly great album'
Their fifth studio album is enduring in its influence, but the band never reached this creative zenith again. Why?
'I can’t do it anymore': Ozzy Osbourne on his last-ever neck surgery
In a family roundtable on The Osbournes Podcast, Ozzy Osbourne revealed he's having his last neck surgery following years of health issues, including a 2019 fall and a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
Iron Maiden at Motorpoint Arena review | Thoroughbred heavy metal majesty
Honouring 1986’s Somewhere in Time and 2021’s Senjutsu in equal measure, the British metal masters are still finding new ways to integrate decades-old music into a must-see live show.
‘Our legacy’s huge, but we’re a small band’ | How Godflesh smashed hip-hop into heavy metal
In the late ’80s, Godflesh used a drum machine and hip hop-inspired beats to make heavy metal even heavier. The sound earned them three decades of acclaim and the approval of Metallica. But – for singer, guitarist and programmer Justin Broadrick – it was moulded by a traumatic childhood in a Birmingham council flat.
whynow is the time to listen to… Pupil Slicer
With their new album, Blossom, out now, whynow talks to Pupil Slicer as part of our ongoing series spotlighting new, promising artists.
Bury Tomorrow: ‘We do live in chaos, but we have to make steps towards a better future’
With their new album, The Seventh Sun, out now, Emma Wilkes speaks to Bury Tomorrow frontman Dani Winter-Bates about how the Southampton metallers went from the brink of calling it a day to becoming a rejuvenated outfit.
