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Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.
“The blueprint for the beginning of death metal.” How Slayer dragged metal to new depths of evil with Show No Mercy
From the otherwise hair metal backdrop of Los Angeles, Slayer began a campaign of pure, satanic thrash with Show No Mercy
The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history
Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.
"We’d build our own pyro - there was a lot of smoke and chaos": Dave Lombardo talks Cuban heritage, befriending Mike Patton and why Slayer were the greatest thrash metal band
One of thrash metal's architects, Dave Lombardo recounts a life in music from Slayer to Dead Cross, Testament to Empire State Bastard
The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever
For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments
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
Slayer's Kerry King drops major tease that we may finally be seeing his new band soon
This is the clearest sign yet that new music from Kerry King is on its way
The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history
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
