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Celebrating some of the best nights out the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith has ever hosted

From Slipknot to King Diamond, we rate the 20 finest records released by metal's biggest label, Roadrunner Records

Step into a world of WTF, as we round up the biggest turkeys from metal’s greatest bands

From Metallica to Korn and Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine vocalist Matt Tuck picks out the ten albums that shaped his love for music

From Ozzy Osbourne and Machine Head to Spiritbox and Megadeth, these are the week’s best new tracks. Plus: vote for your favourite!

Every track on Metallica’s classic 1986 album covered by some of metal and punk's greatest bands

Often loathed at the time of release, these albums are way better than you’ve heard

From Scott Ian and Dimebag Darrel to Yngwie Malmsteen and Logan Mader, these are the 10 guitarists that changed Zoltan Bathory's life

Looking at some of the best contributions to metal from The Golden State of California

Whoever said metal suffered at the hands of grunge in the 1990s was deluded. As these 10 albums prove, it was stronger than ever during that turbulent decade