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10 heavy metal bands who need to reunite in 2024
We’re not ready to bid farewell to Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Black Sabbath just yet…
Don't bank on Ville Valo reuniting HIM any time soon: "We haven’t really been in touch"
HIM leader Ville Valo is enjoying his solo career right now, and it looks set to stay that way
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
Bam Margera, toilet chats and Dave Grohl's tongue: how Love Metal finally took HIM worldwide, and proved Ville Valo was a rock star like no other
"Things got kinda wild and weird," says Ville Valo today when he looks back at Love Metal, 20 years on. He wasn't kidding
"I felt this hairy tongue on my face": Ville Valo recalls meeting Dave Grohl for the first time and the album that made HIM goth metal stars
2003's Love Metal helped propel HIM to international fame and Ville Valo had some interesting run-ins with his fellow rock stars
10 metal bands who thankfully retired before they turned rubbish
While some bands may choose to push on years past their sell-by date, these metal icons called it quits at just the right time
The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
A beginner’s guide to goth metal in 5 albums
The beating black heart of goth metal summed up in five essential albums
