Dannii Leivers

You had the chance to put your questions to Architects singer Sam Carter. You asked him about on-the-road madness, metal gatekeepers and real-life Pokémon

How divorce and toxic relationships helped inspire Halestorm's empowering anthem I Miss The Misery

From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months

From Architects and Parkway Drive to Ithaca and Motionless In White, these are the 10 best metalcore albums of 2022

Lacuna Coil‘s 2002 album Comalies was became their calling card. Twenty years later, they’ve revisited their breakthrough album

From Aborted and Immolation to Venom Prison and Lorna Shore, these are the 10 best death metal records of 2022

From Sabaton and Blind Guardian to Wind Rose and Bridear, these are the 10 best power metal albums of 2022

From gothic reflections of smalltown America to world-conquering deathcore, these are the five new bands you need to know this month

Electric Callboy are taking their metalcore via 90s eurotrash into arenas. Naturally we had to be there for the maddest metal party of the year

The grunge icons’ best songs, chosen by 22 of today‘s biggest musicians

Korn may have kickstarted the nu metal revolution, but Limp Bizkit were about to steal their thunder with debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all

Back flips, booze and a horrible work ethic – meet Aussie slacker punks The Chats

From the nu metal years to today, these are the highs and lows of Papa Roach’s career

Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time

...Or 13 reasons why Slipknot's live shows are abso-f*cking-lutely unmissable

Iowa was the record that confirmed Slipknot as metal’s biggest band in a generation. Corey Taylor takes us through each song

Slipknot’s psychotic masterpiece Iowa was released on this day in 2001 – and it would eventually top the UK charts

Jinjer vocalist Tatiana Shmailyuk on growing up in Ukraine, representing her country and how Britney Spears is her idol

From brutal new-gen thrashers to a Lamb Of God-loving ‘fairy metaller’, these are the new bands and artists that you need to check out right now

The offspring of Des Moines’ finest are gouging out their own path to superstardom – and f**k the haters

"It’s very easy to die in that city,” says Dorothy of Los Angeles. “It’s full of darkness, drugs and alcohol"