Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Dafydd Goff explains how a religious upbringing was no match for the seedy tales of Axl RoseI was eight years old when Appetite for Destruction was released in 1987 – and I wanted a copy more th... more info

ContactMusic — Heavy rockers Iron Maiden have raised more than 57600 36000 for the ongoing relief efforts in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 11 The band was travelling to Tokyo for two shows when the massive 9 0-magnitude tremor s... more info

Stereogum — I sort of can’t believe I’m typing this, but Ryan Adams has been straight killing it lately; his new songs “Lucky Now” and “Ashes & Fire” and his Iron Maiden cover are all varying degrees of great. And now here comes another song from the... more info

Stereogum — In the run-up to his new album Ashes & Fire, Ryan Adams has been on, uh, fire lately. First there was the lovely, scaled-back new single “Lucky Now.” Then, there was the equally (and improbably) lovely cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years.”... more info

Metal Injection — A little media trick for all you metal fans. It used to be fairly common practice for musicians to have live performances overdubbed with "playback" of the originally recorded song, in pop music particularly. Maiden was asked to perform on a German T... more info

CNN Showbiz — Now that you can fly to Iceland on the Iron Maiden plane (check out our recent Q&A with the plane's captain, Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson), we thought we'd acknowledge a few other ways you can travel 'with the stars' -- by going to their own shops, ... more info

Guardian Music — Let us know what you think of Laura Marling's third albumThings have changed for Laura Marling. The once fey folkie who wouldn't say boo to a goose now comes wrapped in an Iron Maiden T-shirt and plays thrash-metal songs called things like The Beast.... more info

Guardian Music — (EMI)Despite having won "best new act" awards from both Kerrang! and Metal Hammer last year, London-based metalcore five-piece Rise to Remain have attracted almost as much attention for the fact that frontman Austin Dickinson is the son of Iron Maide... more info

Guardian Music — At just 21, folk star Laura Marling is already three albums into a career built on furious talent and untempered ambition. She talks to Laura Barton about her new album A Creature I Don't KnowLaura Marling sits at her kitchen counter, small and pale ... more info

Metal Injection — Some guy on YouTube ripped the audio from Ryan Adams performing Iron Maiden's Wasted Years the night before last (August 30). This cover is awesome. It makes me kind of, sort of, like Ryan Adams. Stay br00tal! more info