Metallica at Download 2004: the story of the night Lars Ulrich went missing By Alexander Milas While 100,000 tanked-up, vibed-up metal fans wait for an already late Metallica to take the stage, their drummer has gone AWOL
Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler: My Life Story By Alexander Milas The man behind Black Sabbath's game-changing lyrics reveals all about his life and times
Type O Negative’s Peter Steele: ‘I’m an old man having his last fucking tantrum.’ By Alexander Milas In 2007, Metal Hammer talked to Peter Steele about Type O Negative’s new album Dead Again. No one knew it would be his swansong
HIM at The Roundhouse, London - live review By Alexander Milas Ville Vallo’s love gods bow out in impeccable style
HIM is dead: Ville Valo's final interview ever By Alexander Milas Here, for the first and only time, Ville Valo reveals why HIM have chosen to go out with a with a bang after 26 years, and why some things are best left to die
How the 90s dragged goth from the underground By Alexander Milas As the 80s drew to an end, post-punk and goth rock were going overground, subverting the mainstream and turning everything but the water black…
How The Black Parade turned My Chemical Romance into superstars By Alexander Milas Six months after The Black Parade made My Chemical Romance the biggest band on the planet, we tried to find out if that success had become a poisoned chalice...
What happened on the first day of Heavy Metal Truants 2016? By Alexander Milas The Heavy Metal Truants are cycling to Download festival for charity once again
Opinion: Why Bruce Springsteen was right to boss North Carolina By Alexander Milas The Boss isn't being "a bully" or a petulant millionaire rock star – he's making a genuine difference in highlighting an unfair law
Greatest Albums Of The 70s: The Story of Robert Calvert’s comical concept album By Alexander Milas #59: Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters - Robert Calvert. United Artists, 1974
What Mountain Taught Me About Moby Dick By Alexander Milas How a classic rock song started a personal obsession
Louder Than Life: we get fried in Kentucky By Alexander Milas It's Louisville's premier Bourbon and gourmet man-food festival... and a bunch of bands just happen to be playing
Slayer: Houses Of The Unholy By Alexander Milas Kerry King isn’t just the face of Slayer. As he revealed one sunny day in LA back in 2006, he’s got more than just a few litres of Jägermeister beneath the surface.
Mastodon & Clutch: Minority Report By Alexander Milas There are few certainties in life but death, taxes and Clutch and Mastodon putting on a show for the history books. We caught up with them in New York to talk new music and a metal bromance...
Heavy Metal Truants: Powerful Stuff By Alexander Milas All the action from the second day of Heavy Metal Truants III
GALLERY: Heavy Metal Truants 2015, Day One By Alexander Milas What happens when you send dozens of metalheads on a bike ride to Download for charity?
Kelliher on new Star Wars: "JJ better have balls the size of Alderaan By Alexander Milas What does one of Star Wars' biggest fans make of the new trailer?
GALLERY: Judas Priest live at Rock On The Range 2015 By Alexander Milas The Metal God closes the second night of Rock On The Range
Babymetal conquer Rock On The Range By Alexander Milas Babymetal plant the flag for the Fox God on their first trip to Rock On The Range
Hammer Does Australia: Soundwave Festival By Alexander Milas Soundwave Festival is a juggernaut, spread over two weekends and four cities...
Live: Faith No More / Soundgarden / Judas Priest By Alexander Milas Not yet rated General Patton leads the charge in a 36-degree heat knees-up.
GALLERY: Steel Panther headline Wembley Arena By Alexander Milas The boys are back in town and claiming it in the name of Panther
