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Blood Incantation on cosmic sounds, a near studio meltdown and the making of Absolute Elsewhere
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Paul Riedl and Morris Kolontyrsky takes us back to “the craziest summer ever“, when the cosmic expansion of their sound yielded a landmark of prog death and an air con outage near destroyed it all

Prince’s Purple Rain follow-up came out of leftfield, but did it derail his career?
By Ben Rogerson published
As Around The World In A Day turns 40, it's time for a reappraisal

“It pretty much half killed us”: The Radiohead album that almost broke up the band - and became their best record
By Matt Mullen published
“It’s our classic album - our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”

Serj Tankian and Gibson team up for limited edition Foundations Les Paul Modern Sublimation
By Jonathan Horsley published
They're only making 25 of these, each of them signed, and they come with a signed LP, signed art print, a copy of Tankian's memoir, plus VIP tickets to an upcoming System Of A Down show

Deadmau5 gets drunk at Coachella, falls over, is escorted off stage by security, and apologises
By Daniel Griffiths published
The famously critical DJ and electronic superstar had a new target for his ire the following morning. Himself

“The last thing we wanted to do was say, ‘Hey, let’s do another Rebel Yell’”: Steve Stevens on the new Billy Idol album
By Andrew Daly published
"I’m always looking to embellish the melody of the vocal," the guitarist says

The Fortin Meshuggah head is the amp every metal player wants – now you can get its crushing tones in a pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Designed by Mike Fortin, US-made, featuring an active 3-band EQ and noise gate, the Meshuggah preamp/distortion pedal could be the gain monster you need to destroy, erase, improve your tone

Lady Gaga apologises to fans as she falls victim to a mic malfunction at Coachella
By Ben Rogerson published
She overcame the technical problem to deliver another stunning performance
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