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The Norwegian band have been pushing things forward with their Norse mythology-inspired music for over 25 years. Guitarist Ivar Bjørnson explains how they forged their own path…

Revered and reviled in equal measure, Bring Me The Horizon talk bullying, heaven and hell and being perceived as cocky bastards

Dark Funeral brought their Scandinavian extremity to London Town for an evening of corpsepainted mayhem

There's more to Italian metal than Cristina Scabbia and co

Lamb Of God’s frontman went from hopping trains to bullying his way into Burn The Priest. He is metal’s accidental hero.

Misunderstood movement or dangerous cult? We chat to a member of the Church Of Satan, with Behemoth mainman and Satan enthusiast Nergal at the helm

He's a beer-swilling Viking who sets off on his longboat to raid and trade his way around the world. It's Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg…

There's an amazing metal scene in Greece – these are the best bands crushing it in Athens and beyond…

The records that made the Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist the man he is

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

One of the most adventurous bands to have emerged from Norway’s black metal scene, In The Woods... have emerged from a a 14-year hiatus with all their enchantment intact

They were one of Norway's most significant and influential black metal bands, and they never stood still musically - here are Emperor's 10 best songs

It's well known that the frostbitten north of Scandinavia is home to countless metal bands, but it's Norway where things take a turn for the darker side...

The bands that dragged the black metal scene into the 21st century: here ten of the best albums

Black metal's most fruitful period was during the 1990s, as these twenty albums will attest...

Diving back to the birth of black metal and the records that have stood the test of time.