Christina O'Neill

Slipknot turntable man Sid Wilson will go head-to-head with Limp Bizkit ex DJ Lethal in a DJ battle at Fresno's Strummers venue in California this weekend

Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison announces first Vimic shows in US next month – and they'll hit Europe, Asia, South America and Australia in 2017

Watch a nun's head get blown off in Officer Downe trailer – the forthcoming film directed by Slipknot man Shawn 'Clown' Crahan

Ahead Of Knotfest Japan Corey Taylor and Clown recall confusion at silence between songs at Japanese Slipknot shows – but say it's a "beautiful" culture

Former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis says he hopes his former band "die slowly" and wishes he never met them

Exclusive: Metallica's Kirk Hammett on why a metal song should be "like a horror movie," Slipknot's Corey Taylor discusses "cohesion" between shock and rock

Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan says music and film are the "same animal" business-wise – but rock'n'roll is "more fun"

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root admits it's difficult not to go to "the dark side" while on the road

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has had to have a disc replaced and additional work on his vertebrae

Lars Ulrich says it's a "mindfuck" that Metallica's 1991 record is the best-selling album of the last 25 years – but it means less as he gets older

Exclusive: Slipknot ex Joey Jordison teams up with Dragonforce's Fred Leclercq for album - issue Army Of Chaos video

Metallica share behind-the-scenes video for Here Comes Revenge from new album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

Drummer Lars Ulrich says Metallica's laissez-faire attitude is shaped by uncertainty in "Wild West" music business

TV host Mike Rowe issues public apology to Metallica singer James Hetfield after the awkward mix-up

Re-release of Metallica's 1982 demo No Life 'Til Leather which was due out last summer has been pushed back after legal "tug of war"

A Midland Metro tram in Ozzy Osbourne's home town will be named in his honour

Ozzy Osbourne says he and son Jack will discuss the possibility of filming second season of history show, Ozzy & Jack's World Detour

Ozzy Osbourne reveals he's writing solo work with Billy Idol men Steve Stevens and Billy Morrison – and that he'll "carry on" after Black Sabbath call it quits

But Sharon Osbourne says she and Black Sabbath man Ozzy are working to save their 34-year marriage

Range includes Ozzy Osbourne's postcards to his parents, handwritten lyrics and tour posters from Black Sabbath early days – when they were named Earth

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins relives the early 80s in Range Rover Bitch video – lifted from his solo album Kota

Middle Of Beyond launch festive Iron Maiden jumper and scarf in the run-up to Christmas

The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me, Every Time I Die, Sikth are among latest bands to jump on the Christmas sweater bandwagon for 2017

Chad Smith contacts fellow drummer Taylor Hawkins after Blink-182's Travis Barker recalled infamous story in recent interview

Clip shows Bruce Dickinson in pilot's seat as plane takes off from Fortaleza