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The 'terrible' metal albums (that aren't nearly as bad as people make out)

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

Metal Hammer · Aug 31

“I flew to his funeral in England, and I delivered a eulogy. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do”: Billy Morrison on collaborator and best friend Ozzy Osbourne, his partnership with Steve Stevens, and his all-star new album

Hollow features guest spots from Dexter Holland, Nuno Bettencourt, Duff McKagan, and more, with a credits list that reads like a who’s who of rock royalty

Guitar World · Aug 8

“To this day, I find it incredibly ironic and hilarious that it turned into a song, especially such a successful one”: How Slash’s throwaway riff became the most successful Guns N' Roses song ever

Sweet Child O’ Mine was a happy accident, and a lucrative one at that

Guitar World · Jul 23

“One of the few times Axl and I ever went out in public was to see Nirvana in Hollywood. And then people say grunge killed Guns N’ Roses”: Slash on the alternative rock revolution – and the groundbreaking album that blew Axl Rose’s mind

“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam

Farewell to Seasons documents McCready’s path through the Seattle grunge explosion of the ’90s. He reflects on the singers he’s loved and lost, the guitarists who left the biggest mark on his playing and why going digital has made him a better player

Guitar World · Apr 1

Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show

Slash, Clarke, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler brought the house down by taking an Appetite for Destruction classic for a spin

Guitar World · Mar 25

“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

Guitar World · Feb 2

What the 2026 Grammys got right about rock and metal this year - and what they got very wrong

As is so often the case, the rock and metal representation at this year's Grammys was a mix of deserved recognition and total clangers

Metal Hammer · Feb 2

"It wasn't as big as Guns N' Roses - but it could have been. It just didn't last long enough." A member of one of rock's most celebrated supergroups says things could have got even bigger if the wheels hadn't fallen off

This band of rock icons were a big deal in the 2000s - but could they have been even bigger?

Metal Hammer · Jan 26

“If you lived in LA, in the trenches, you could relate to it. And knowing Axl, I could relate to exactly where it was coming from”: The electrifying early Guns N’ Roses song written in a basement that signposted how huge they would become

One of the all-time great album openers

Louder · Jan 4