Latest articles by Dayal Patterson
Despite floods and two horrific hand accidents, the Swedes drew the blueprint for what heavy music would become in the 21st century
Members of Darkthrone, Satyricon, Enslaved and more celebrate the legend that is Lemmy
This is the soundtrack to Black Label Society frontman and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde’s life
Cacophonous Records launched Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir on an unsuspecting world
How cult early 80s metallers Hell bounced back from tragedy nearly 30 years later
Death metal began in the US - but the early 1990s Swedish scene gave it a run for its money
The story of Killswitch Engage’s controversial self-titled album – released 15 years ago today
In 2010, BMTH released There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. - the album that set them on the path to becoming one of metal’s most forward-thinking bands
Canadian prog metal icons Voivod released their classic second album Rrröööaaarrr on this day in 1986. Drummer Away looks back on a career like no other
The records that made the Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist the man he is
“We were stumbling drunk for three days”: Amon Amarth’s Viking warlord Johan Hegg on the events that shaped his life
It may be the land of ice, snow and Bjork, but Iceland has a vibrant metal scene. These are the 10 bands keeping the Viking flame burning
Diving back to the birth of black metal and the records that have stood the test of time.
There's more to Italian metal than Cristina Scabbia and co
We look back at when Darkthrone's Fenriz had fifteen minutes of mainstream fame as a politician and his band continued to confound expectations, not least their own, with 2016's Arctic Thunder
An exclusive excerpt from Black Metal: Into The Abyss on Norwegian black metallers 1349
The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd
Behemoth's masterpiece not only marked Nergal's return from the brink, it served as extreme metal's crowning achievement
Black metal pioneers Mayhem bring their most contentious album back from the cold
The story of Rotting Christ's beginnings in the Greek punk scene, taken from Dayal Patterson's new book Non Serviam: The Official Story Of Rotting Christ
We celebrate over three decades of extreme music with an epic count down of the all-time best black metal albums
Sweden’s black metal institution Marduk battles through the potshots with Viktoria
