Latest articles by Dannii Leivers
How Paramore blazed a unique trail in the world of 2000s emo
Hayley Williams is one of 21st century rock’s most inspirational icons
Motionless In White finally find their identity on Decades
More than 20 years since starting, Chris Cerulli and co. escape the shadow of their influences and revel in dark humour
How Count Your Blessings made Bring Me The Horizon the most divisive band in metal
As the Northerners release their re-recording of their 2006 debut, singer Oli Sykes recalls clashing with the press and concertgoers literally turning their backs on them
The greatest Alice In Chains songs ever, picked by Kerry King, Max Calavera, Lzzy Hale and more
The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians
The songs that defined Babymetal (and the stories behind them)
Babymetal talk us through the songs that charted their journey from Japanese curio to international metal stardom
Amy Lee reflects on 20-plus years of Evanescence, A-list collabs and more
Evanescence are in a better place than ever, but Amy Lee isn't about to slow down
The chaotic but colourful story of nu metal and its world domination
Nu metal may have been shunned by metal elitists, but it took heavy music to the masses like never before, or since
The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era
Few bands have two separate versions of one song celebrated equally as classics, but Linkin Park did that
How one bizarre but brilliant song about chocolate brought Babymetal to the world
In 2014, one viral, sugary-sweet anthem introduced metal to one of the most unique and divisive bands in its history
Amy Lee looks back on her internet-breaking collab with Poppy and Courtney LaPlante
When the three modern metal icons united, it was a special moment - and Amy hasn't taken it for granted
Foo Fighters go back-to-basics with punky new album: Review
Dave Grohl and co. go back-to-basics to kick out the jams
A guide to every Poppy album so far
From debut Poppy.Computer to this year's Empty Hands, here's what you need to know about the discography of one of modern metal's most unique creatives
How Linkin Park's In The End became one of the biggest songs ever - despite Chester not liking it
Incredibly, if Chester had had his way, In The End would have never made the cut on Hybrid Theory!
How Waking The Fallen turned Avenged Sevenfold into rising stars
Waking The Fallen took metalcore to the next level - only for Avenged Sevenfold to ditch it on their next album
How The Hu became Mongolia's biggest ever metal band
The story of the Hu's unlikely ascent to heavy metal household name
How Sleep Theory became baddiecore's fastest rising stars
Sleep Theory founder and vocalist Cullen Moore shares his band's journey from military service to selling out venues both sides of the Atlantic
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them
The Hara are inspired by Avenged Sevenfold, BMTH and... Robbie Williams?!
The Hara found a whole new heavy side for their second album
How Kittie broke up nu metal's boys club
Kittie were barely teenagers when they signed their first record deal - 30 years on, they're bigger than ever
"We beat Britney Spears!" The song that turned a group of Dutch goths living with their parents into one of Europe's biggest bands
With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal
The classic album that turned Lacuna Coil from cult band into household names in metal
Before this release, these gothic metallers weren't well known outside of their homeland. That quickly changed
The heartbreaking tragedies behind the rise of Dayseeker, metalcore's next kings
Dayseeker have been on the scene for some time, but have exploded in popularity. We go inside their story
From Slipknot to Calvin Klein, the story behind Kittie's classic nu metal anthem, Brackish
Kittie's breakthrough single made them accidental trailblazers in a nu metal scene dominated by men
