Jimmy Martin

Judas Priest, Sad Wings Of Destiny & The Birth Of Modern Metal

Half a century ago – between the release of Sad Wings Of Destiny and Sin After Sin – Judas Priest were engaged in a revolution of image and sound... one that would cement the heavy metal aesthetic for good

Low Culture Essay: Jimmy Martin On Ministry’s With Sympathy

In this month’s Low Culture Essay, Jimmy Martin revisits Ministry’s much-maligned synth pop debut With Sympathy and asks, with the distance of 40 years, if it’s actually Al Jourgensen’s finest work

Man And Machine: An Interview With Meshuggah

Meshuggah's Tomas Haake speaks to Jimmy Martin on the band's bruising new album Immutable, the string of injuries that have dogged the band's career, misgivings with the way they've been marketed and more

Walk On In Darkness: Tom G Warrior’s 13 Favourite LPs

Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost, Triptykon and Hellhammer speaks to Jimmy Martin about the elements that fed his nightmare kaleidoscope, from Quincy Jones to Venom, Roxy Music to the 'Sisters and 'Sabbath

INTERVIEW: Gazelle Twin On Kingdom Come

As Gazelle Twin prepares for a weekend of live dates presenting her 'Kingdom Come' show, Jimmy Martin talks to her about the show's motivations and J.G.Ballard. Photos courtesy of Earl Wan and Raymond Van Mill

Judas Priest, Sad Wings Of Destiny & The Birth Of Modern Metal

Four decades ago - between the release of Sad Wings Of Destiny and Sin After Sin - Judas Priest were engaged in a revolution of image and sound... one that would cement the heavy metal aesthetic for good

FESTIVAL REPORT: Reverence Festival

Jimmy Martin heads to Valada, Portugal to witness sets from the likes of Psychic TV, Electric Wizard, and Hawkwind, as well finding time to sit down with festival organiser Nick Allport. Photos by Jorge Pereira

Ritual Music For The Accumulation Of Energy: Anji Cheung Interviewed

The transportive, ritualistic drones of London's Anji Cheung conjure up portals to uncanny other worlds, heavy with the thrill of the unknown. Ahead of her performance at Supernormal this weekend, she meets Jimmy Martin to discuss a fascination with the occult, and how Throbbing Gristle and Coil have inspired her music's trips into inner space

A Scrap Metal Colossus: Helios Creed Of Chrome Interviewed

Currently touring across Europe, the industrial rock titans' bandleader speaks to Jimmy Martin

Return To Orbit: The Long, Strange Trip Of Terminal Cheesecake

London's clown princes of synapse-shredding noise rock and psychedelia Terminal Cheesecake have just reunited with help from Gnod, and are preparing to lay waste to Supernormal Festival. Jimmy Martin caught up with the band's members to talk onstage drug experiences and their strange and addled history

Neoprolific History: Julian Cope’s Copendium Reviewed

Jimmy Martin sets off on an expedition in to the rock 'n' roll underworld with the former frontman of The Teardrop Explodes by way of his new book

Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction – 25 Years On

Jimmy Martin examines the perfect storm of raunch, repulsiveness and riffs that went into "the greatest hard rock record of the 80s"

Turbonegro

Sexual Harassment

Get In The Back Of The Van! Parts & Labor vs Teeth Of The Sea

As Teeth Of The Sea prepare to support Parts & Labor on their UK tour, the two bands discuss the myths, perils, and joys of life on the road

Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere: A Rare Interview With The Heads

Jimmy Martin talks to reclusive Bristolian psychedelic warriors The Heads about being the UK's best cult rock group. Essential moral and technical guidance from their "whipping boy, dogsbody and chief enthusiast" Mr Simon Keeler

Where Terror, Awe And Rapture Fuse: Dario Argento’s Suspiria

On the eve of Cigarette Burns' screening of Suspiria, Jimmy Martin explains why Dario Argento's masterpiece is the cream of occult horror

Loveboxx Is The Drug: Proxy Music Say Roxy Aren’t Poxy

Last weekend saw Roxy Music headline Loveboxx. We decided to send our favourite tribute group Proxy Music, who were playing a Festival afterparty that same night, to attend and deliver their verdict

Gene Genie: Why Playing A Gig In A Shopping Centre Brings Kiss Alive

It might not be the original line-up, but Jimmy Martin is still in thrall to the ridiculous might of Kiss at their recent Islington Academy gig

Double Bubble: Supersonic Previewed – Goblin Interviewed

Our favourite extreme music festival - Supersonic - is almost here. We look forward to the treats in store and Jimmy Martin talks to Italian psych/prog horror legends Goblin

Brand Neu!

Tribute To Neu!

Sunn O)))

Monoliths And Dimensions

Luke Haines Interviewed: “Britpop, My Part In Its Downfall”

As Luke Haines' Bad Vibes sours the nation's bookshelves, Jimmy Martin gives the affable writer a call to work out if there was anything worth celebrating about Britpop

The Verve

Forth