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Our cover star was one of rock and metal’s shining stars – the head honcho of Slipknot and Stone Sour...
HMA is in its infancy, but they’ve taken big strides to recognise artists and charities that celebrate heavy music subcultures...
The ‘Nashville’ actor and his band return with another offering of anthemic rock music packed with both riffs and emotion...
The metal godfathers have confirmed that their first new LP for nearly a decade will be coming out this November...
We get to know the Grammy nominated producer-songwriter who went from studying law to working with Sheeran, Swift and Cyrus...
‘Mack The Knife’, ‘Piano Man’, ‘I Will Survive’ and Metallica’s album ‘Master Of Puppets’ among US National Recording Registry selection...
By adding elements of grunge and metal to their shoegaze sound, this Texan trio have come up with something exceptional...
Fans of punk have been found to be less empathetic than those who enjoy Queen in a Cambridge University study o...
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett pleases fans by announcing that work on the band’s new album is very much under way...
The Grammy nominations have been announced, with UK songwriter Sam Smith and US pop mega star Beyoncé each receiving multiple...
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I have been writing songs now for over 40 years and I am not about to stop.
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I wrote 'Start a party' for Freedom day and the nightclub scene. It all started with Gary Barlow's course, I am now on the TSA
I have plenty of ideas and try to get one end product at one time! Focus, making, listen to it until I am satisfied with
Continue to build an incredible music catalogue
I have been writing songs privately for the last 5 years, but never recorded any. I almost gave up on recording, and was going to
It's my passion, to be honest.