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From Judas Priest's seminal debut to nu metal and metalcore landmarks, these iconic records all changed the game

Watch Metallica, Evanescence, Slipknot, Sepultura and more rock the airwaves

From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

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

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

These masterpieces by Megadeth, Judas Priest and Lamb Of God all put their greatest moments at the very start

From Metallica to Slipknot, Sylosis frontman and guitar virtuoso Josh Middleton picks 10 heavy riffs that are far harder than they sound

Iron Maiden's only number 1 single, an AC/DC classic and title-tracks aplenty - we're amazed these songs haven't been played more

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