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There’s only one metal headliner at Download 2024 - and as a dedicated metalhead, I think that can be a good thing for the genre
Complaining about Fall Out Boy and Queens Of The Stone Age headlining the UK rock’s biggest event is to overlook the incredibly brutal bill beneath – and the new ears these bands can bring to heavy music
The best metal albums of 2023 so far
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
Download 2024 lineup announced: Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold to headline, plus Royal Blood, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Machine Head, Babymetal, Bad Omens and dozens more bands also confirmed
Download's 2024 lineup is officially here
The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history
From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes
The 10 scariest heavy metal album covers of all time
These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play
10 times classic metal songs sounded surprisingly beautiful on acoustic guitars
Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot have all turned some of their heaviest songs into lovely acoustic numbers
"It’s that time of year where Zacky, Johnny and Brooks transform into fiends": listen to Avenged Sevenfold cover Misfits classic Astro Zombies for Halloween (and show Zacky Vengeance is a hell of a singer)
If Avenged decided to do a full-on punk rock side project, we wouldn't be mad
The 10 greatest metal power ballads ever
Metal has produced some world class power ballads across the decades. Here are the 10 very finest
