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A new trailer for "the Citizen Kane of British pop movies" has been released

A fully restored version of Slade's classic 1975 musical film Slade In Flame is coming to cinemas next month

"I'm not a dictator. I'm a good king": Tobias Sammet on the democracy of Avantasia, the late Tony Clarkin, and whispering Bruce Dickinson

With some big names in the studio and on the tour bus, Here Be Dragons continues Avantasia's all-star journey

Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11: “Everybody in the front row was like, ‘Why am I here? Tell me it’s gonna be OK’”

Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks

“I didn’t just walk away from Nightwish. I walked away from everything, so I could figure out what the problem was”: Marko Hietala had to adjust to a new normal, and the result is Roses From The Deep

Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep

“All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals industry pressure to start a solo career

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens