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“She's got a fire raging in between her thighs, I got a hose to put it out, try this for size”: a deep dive into terrible heavy metal lyrics about sex
Metal might nail it when it comes to lyrics about death, war, Satan and existential terror...but sex? Um, not so much
"They’re not just wearing our shirts, they’re stealing the f**king music as well!" Venom's Cronos on his first impressions of Metallica, and nearly choking Lars Ulrich
Metallica made no secret of their love for Newcastle's extreme metal pioneers Venom, and when the two bands' worlds collided, things got kinda wild
10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song
Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up
A beginner's guide to black metal in five essential albums
Everyone knows metal’s evilest genre for the arson and murder, but the music’s been transgressing boundaries for four decades
20 spectacular reissues from 2022 you should definitely own
With notable anniversaries, mouth-watering retrospectives and great compilations, 2022 bestowed a ton of must-hear reissues upon us. Here are some that are definitely worth your time
Every Venom album ranked from worst to best
Venom’s Black Metal album gave the most evil metal subgenre its name, but which albums get the horns and which are as diabolical as the devil's diaper?
Venom‘s Cronos recalls backstage bust-up which stopped an out-of-control Metallica sabotaging their career before it started
After flunking their first European gig, Metallica smashed up their dressing room in frustration. Enter Venom’s Cronos with a lecture which stopped the furious four self-destructing on European soil
The 10 best NWOBHM bands, by the man who gave the movement its name
At the end of the 70s, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal revitalised the genre in the UK and now bears a weighty influence on metal worldwide. Geoff Barton – who invented the phrase all those years ago – charts 10 of the best
