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Black Sky Thinking

Taking The Heavy Metal Umlaut Seriously (Or, Why Motörhead Are Azerbaijani)

Riffing on the themes he explores in his new book The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language, Keith Kahn-Harris shares his love of diacritics and explains how the heavy metal umlaut might be less teutonic than it first appears
Anniversary

A Disease With A Long Incubation: Blue Öyster Cult’s Imaginos

Joseph Stannard charts the protracted gestation of BÖC's most fearless gesture, Imaginos, which turns 25 this month, and recalls the impact it had on him as a teenager
A Quietus Interview

Masked Balls And Papal Bull: Ghost B.C. Interviewed

Toby Cook talks to a Nameless Ghoul from the none-more-entertaining Ghost B.C.
A Quietus Interview

Iron Lion Scion: Steve Harris Interviewed

The Crown Prince Of Heavy Metal and founding member of Iron Fucking Maiden speaks to John Doran about going back to his roots with solo project British Lion. This is a longer version of the feature that initially ran in The Stool Pigeon

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 3

Baker's Dozen

Sweet Thirteen: Jennifer Herrema’s Favourite Albums

Following their interview about Black Bananas' new LP Electric Brick Wall, Jennifer Herrema talks Nick Hutchings through her Baker's Dozen of seminal records
Baker's Dozen

Tailor Made For Worship: Dave Wyndorf Of Monster Magnet’s Favourite Albums

The Monster Magnet frontman turns the clock back 40 years to tell Val Siebert about 13 formative favourite records
Baker's Dozen

“The Spirit”: Mike Watt Of The Missingmen’s Favourite Albums

Currently in the middle of a European tour, the Minutemen, Dos and Firehose founder pares down his record collection to give John Calvert his thirteen all-time top LPs

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