Slayer had begun to attract the wrong kind of reputation in the UK in the late 80s. So, when they came back for their first full UK tour, they made sure that we’d never, ever forget it

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As humanity celebrates 50 years of heavy metal, here’s half a century’s worth of pioneering heavy music, from the classics to the contemporary hard-hitters

Here's 10 records that reveal possibly everything about the life and times of Glenn Hughes, a.k.a. the Voice Of Rock™

Interstate Love Song started out as a bossa nova tune, had a country riff added, and ended up as a hit single on Stone Temple Pilots' multimillion-selling Purple album

Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion

AC/DC became one of the biggest-selling bands of all time by never trying to fix what wasn’t broke in the first place. In 2003, we asked Malcolm and Angus Young how they did it

It began with a gig – which turned into a riot – in a Troubles-blighted corner of Northern Ireland. The end result, however, was one of the greatest triumphs of thrash metal

To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter

To this day, some fans cite Iron Maiden and Killers as their favourite Iron Maiden albums. This is the best of the man who sang on them

From big hitters like Journey, Boston and Foreigner to the lesser known lights of AOR, these are the 50 albums that truly sparkle

In 2016, the late producer and Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O'Neill told us about his favourite Prog acts

10 southern standards from Jacksonville, Florida's second-most famous sons, Molly Hatchet

Mysterious musician marries AOR and prog in fine fashion...

Heavy metal’s founding father looks back on what life has taught him

Epic albums that brought symphonic power into the metal world

How John Lennon accidentally inspired a metal classic that sounded like “Clint Eastwood clutching a condom”

Former Journey Singer Steve Perry gives us the low-down on the songs from Traces, his first album in 24 years

Samson had critically acclaimed albums under their belt and a future superstar out front, but fate conspired against them. Dave Ling remembers the man who leant the band his name, Paul Samson

By the early 80s, in the wake of new wave and disco fever, supergroup Asia coined a pared-down version of the prog-rock sound

Warning: headbanging to these songs could result in serious injury