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Everyone knows metal’s evilest genre for the arson and murder, but the music’s been transgressing boundaries for four decades
Buying guide 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
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?
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
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
New range of figures inspired by classic metal album sleeves coming to a shelf near you
Buying guide Taking the spikiness of punk and welding it to hard rock tradition, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal remains the stuff of legend
In Nomine Satanas was released as a vinyl box set in 2019 - now it's to be reissued across six CDs and a DVD. Venom's Black Metal will also be reissued to mark 40th anniversary
