Adam Brennan

He threw horror nights with Rob Zombie and is up on his Norwegian black metal – Mandy and Renfield star Nicolas Cage is Hollywood’s most metal actor

From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months

From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore albums of 2022

Onstage meltdowns, backstage fistfights, egg bombardments and empty venues – this is what happens when touring goes horribly wrong

From Metallica to Poison, Korn are kings of the unexpected cover version – and here are their best

For every Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage, there were hundreds of 2000s bands the world has forgotten. Here are 10 who should have been massive

From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side

Looking back over the rollercoaster career of 21st century metal heroes Trivium

Never heard of Siren? Fozzy’s Chris Jericho has – and he wants bring their story to the world with a new documentary

We demand Metallica, Slipknot, Slayer and more open up the vaults and let the public hear these lost treasures

Limp Bizkit as Guns N’ Roses? James Hetfield as Elvis? Pantera as Kiss? This is how your favourite stars celebrate Halloween

The hits, the misses, the buried treasures – this is Sepultura’s mighty back catalogue arranged in order of greatness