Latest articles by Alec Chillingworth
The Misfits’ debut album Static Age is one of the rock’s great debut albums – but it nearly didn’t come out
It was the emotional highlight of Tool’s 10,000 Days album
From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal
Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh
They might be prog metal geniuses, but Between The Buried And Me are also still fallible
Tribulation continue to flirt with the gothic rock flourishes they've moved towards in recent years
The Oregon goth rockers embrace the dark side on album three
Rearranging Bring Me The Horizon's fascinating, diverse back catalogue in order of greatness
You won't get any surprises from Powerwolf at this stage, but with songs this good, who cares?
Lord Of The Lost's bloated new covers album is harmless fun, but absolutely nothing more than that
Sleep Token, Creeper, Within Temptation: 2023 has been a massive year for metal, and these 50 records represent the very best the year has had to offer
From the monolithic Metallica to rising stars like Green Lung, these are the greatest shows that Team Hammer saw this year
From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
Georgian glam rockers Starbenders' third album Take Back The Night fails badly to deliver on the promise of sex, drugs and romantic turmoil
Slipknot’s Great Big Mouth has a great big soft spot for Sleep Token, Code Orange and Bad Omens
From history-obsessed power metallers to sonically devastating singer-songwriters, here are the new artists you need to know about
French pagan-folksters Skáld, Danish hardcore rabble-rousers Eyes, Aussie animal rights activisits To The Grave and synthwave-laden black metal from Nighted: these are the bands you need to hear in August 2023
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
From London pubs to rugby stadiums, this is the story of Iron Maiden distilled into 10 shows
AC/DC, Disturbed, Electric Six: Tenacious D talk us through some of rock and metal's funniest songs
The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career
Their shows may be spectacular, but these are the 23 songs Rammstein have yet to play on a stage
