Latest articles by Alec Chillingworth
Every song on Nirvana's Nevermind, ranked from worst to best
Nirvana's classic second album Nevermind might have inspired a generation - but that doesn't stop us messing with it
Between The Buried And Me: the story behind Colors II, the bizarro, brilliant sequel to a landmark album
Progressive metal pioneers Between The Buried And Me return to the weird and wonderful world of their classic album, Colors
Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay album review
Cradle silence their critics with a filthy masterpiece
Andrew W.K.'s God Is Partying: the Party God throws a load of new curveballs
Michigan's bloody-nosed rocker Andrew W.K. seeks transcendence on God Is Partying
The Story Behind The Song: Rammstein’s Du Hast
How Du Hast introduced Rammstein and their exploding dildos to the world
Bossk take post-metal to bleak new peaks on new album Migration
Post-metal is safe in the hands of UK experimentalists Bossk if their new album Migration is any measure
Flames, fetishes and pickled babies: the twisted story of Rammstein‘s Mutter
How Rammstein’s third album, Mutter, took them from cult band to global metal superpower
Gojira’s Fortitude is metal for the masses – and all the better for it
Album review: Gojira have delivered 2021’s most important metal album with Fortitude
Rammstein's maddest merch ranked in order of WTF!?!-ness
Toasters? Disembodied heads? Sex toys?! Step into the weird world of Rammstein merch. Mein Gott!
Cannibal Corpse’s Violence Unimagined: death metal legends gouge out a new classic
They may have been around since the dawn of time, but Cannibal Corpse’s new album Violence Unimagined is perilously addictive
Tribulation are holding the future of goth metal in their hands
Sweden’s Tribulation have delivered the finest goth metal album of 2021 – and even the departure of a key member can’t knock them off course
Raucous noise, epic tunes and maximum weirdness? Tomahawk‘s Tonic Immobility has got it covered
Mike Patton’s deranged provocateurs Tomahawk are in prime form on their first album in eight years, Tonic Immobility
All hail Glenn Danzig, the misunderstood genius of horror movies
Glenn Danzig’s horror movies are bad. Really bad. And that’s what makes them so brilliant
Tribulation’s Where The Gloom Becomes Sound: gothic grandeur and dark litanies
Goth metal mavericks Tribulation put more swish into their capes with fifth album Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
The Top 50 best Rammstein songs
We asked you to vote for the greatest Rammstein song ever. And you voted in your thousands
Every Rob Zombie and White Zombie album ranked from worst to best
Acid witches, astro creeps and living dead girls – step into Rob Zombie‘s international spookshow
Puscifer’s Existential Reckoning is deliberately annoying, genuinely funny and weirdly emotional
Maynard James Keenan and co find serenity beyond the silliness on Puscifer’s new album Existential Reckoning
Igorrr singer Ricinn swaps chaos for beauty on new album Nereïd
Post-metal icon Ricinn makes her way out of the Igorrr menagerie on second solo album Nereïd
15 things you didn’t know about Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine
Shaved eyebrows, record label rucks and inspiring Fight Club - here are are 15 things you didn’t know about Nine Inch Nails’ debut album Pretty Hate Machine
The Story Behind The Song: Rammstein’s Ausländer
A dig at sex tourists? A takedown of colonialism? Or just the ultimate Eurotrash industrial metal song? We unpack Rammstein’s mischievous 2019 single Ausländer
Ulver’s Flowers Of Evil: a dark journey into danceable decadence
Post-black metal adventurers Ulver head deeper into 80s pop nirvana on Flowers Of Evil
The 10 best Faith No More songs not written by Faith No More
Faith No More are the kings of the unexpected cover version – and are 10 of the best
