Korn

From The Misfits getting Grinchy to a legendary actor doing a heavy metal Jingle Bells, some of these Christmas covers really are stranger than fiction

Napalm Death, Korn and Tenacious D don’t even need 60 seconds to make a tremendous impact

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play

Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot have all turned some of their heaviest songs into lovely acoustic numbers

Metallica, Disturbed and Guns N’ Roses have all covered hit songs, only for their versions to become even bigger hits

Metallica, Slipknot and Megadeth have all played fan-favourite albums in their entirety to very, very lucky audiences

Anyone who thinks bands run out of steam after a couple of decades needs to listen to these modern classics

Metallica, Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne and more have released fan-favourite songs, only to perform them just one time