Latest articles by Chris Chantler
The twisted story of Tobias Forge’s favourite cult horror-metal band, Death SS
They were as infamous as they were influential, inspiring everyone from Venom to Ghost. This is how Death SS became a cult metal legend
How Emperor made black metal masterpiece In The Nightside Eclipse and changed metal forever
Emperor’s landmark debut In The Nightside Eclipse is one of the most important metal albums of the 1990s
The 50 greatest Iron Maiden moments
From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band
The ultimate Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath playlist
Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness
Biff Byford on Lemmy, inspiring thrash metal and the greatest heavy metal riff ever written
Ever wondered who'd win in a fight between Vikings and Saxons? Biff Byford has the answer
The twisted story of Morbid Angel and the birth of death metal
How a bunch of kids from Florida took metal into extreme new realms
"It’s peak Cradle." British black metal institution Cradle Of Filth continue to soar
Fourteen albums in, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their roots to produce an expansive, era-encompassing epic
"We made power metal survive!"
Avantasia frontman Tobias Sammet takes fan questions on power metal, dream guests and more
The best Black Sabbath songs that don’t feature Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio
Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love
J.B. Christofferon shares the secret of Grand Magus's stability
With a stable line-up since the beginning, Sweden's Grand Magus have been staunch defenders of the faith for over 25 years
We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs
Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.
Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2024
From Judas Priest's Invincible Shield to Nightwish's Yesterwynde and Opeth's return to extremity, these are the metal albums that ruled 2024
How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England
How Ghost teamed up with Katy Perry’s producer to kick things to the next level with Meliora
Ghost’s third album Meliora found them going darker and poppier than ever before – and the result pointed towards what was to follow
Melodeath all-stars unite to create goth brilliance on Cemetery Skyline's Nordic Gothic
Not content with mastering melodeath Mikael Stanne is leading a goth pop revolution with Cemetery Skyline's debut, Nordic Gothic
The 20 songs that defined Slayer's career (and the stories behind them)
The ultimate guide to thrash metal titans Slayer - as told through their greatest songs
Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf talks AI, aliens and 35 years as a stoner rock icon
Monster Magnet's space lord has a lot to say on rock'n'roll, the future and what it takes to become stoner rock royalty
Nightwish's Yesterwynde is "heavier and livelier than they've been in years"
Yesterwynde is as much a chance for Floor Jansen to spread her wings as it is a showcase of Nightwish's incredible ambition
The releases on Neat Records you should definitely listen to
Run from an office above a bingo hall, Neat Records released the debut recordings by Venom, Raven, Tygers Of Pan Tang and more
The 50 most metal movie moments ever
From the sinister appearance of Count Orlok to Iron Man rocking out to AC/DC, these are the 50 most metal movie moments ever
Hammerfall remind everyone why they remain one of heavy metal's most trusted defenders with Avenge The Fallen
Power metal icons Hammerfall return another another top notch slab of epic bombast with Avenge The Fallen
Apocalyptica's Eicca Toppninen on how they helped metal and classical music forever
Raised in one of Finland's worst suburbs, Eicca Toppinen would go on to form Apocalyptica and change metal - and classical music - forever
