heavy metal Archives - Desperate Living

The seminal recording from the occult-driven art-metal masters.

Rob Halford of Judas Priest is still belting it out on stage at the age of 72. Let’s hear it for rock stars who refuse to age and can still bring it.

The story of The Runaways, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of the 1970s.

Our New Christmas Music Countdown begins with a doom-metal take on a collection of festival favourites… including THAT Mariah Carey tune.

A new project aiming to combine the visuals and merchandising of rock music with the literary classics of the past.

A charming animated film about the power of music to help the lost and broken find identity and friendship.

The strange world of cash-in heavy metal music magazines at the start of the 1980s.

Germany takes the industrial metal route to hopeful Eurovision success in 2023.

It’s been a while since we shared a selection of music with you and what better time to come up with a new playlist than Halloween?

Dismissed by critics, forgotten by their creator – could there be more to Alice Cooper’s ‘blackout albums’ than people have suggested?

The odd story behind one of heavy metal’s most obscure, salacious and elusive bands.

Gene Simmons might be an egotistical, greedy, sex-crazed narcissist – but at least he’s honest about it.