Black metal luminaries 1349 return to form with The Infernal Pathway: A relentless barrage of ice-cold riffage By Dom Lawson The Infernal Pathway delivers fresh devilry from Norway’s guardians of the grim, the merciless 1349
The 20 greatest horror movie themed metal anthems By Merlin Alderslade, Chris Chantler, Joe Daly, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Metal’s history with horror movies goes back decades. We count down the 20 greatest anthems inspired by the screen, from the gruesome, to the grizzly, to the straight-up glorious
The 50 Greatest Judas Priest songs EVER By Dom Lawson, Chris Chantler In honour of Judas Priest's 50th anniversary, we decided to count down their 50 greatest songs of all time, chosen by a panel of bands, Hammer staff and you...
Piracy Rules: Alestorm's Guide To Life By Dom Lawson Hornswagglers! Observe Alestorm’s pirate rules or singer Chris Bowes’ll cleave ye to the brisket!
Primus: a guide to the best albums By Dom Lawson Primus might be an acquired taste, but at their best this musically unique and gloriously oddball trio made some truly compelling records
Why The Wildhearts are Britain's greatest band right now By Dom Lawson Sponsored The Wildhearts play 10 dates at smaller venues next month. Here's why you'd be mad to miss them…
10 Rock and metal tours that went to sh*t By Chris Chantler, Eleanor Goodman, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Meltdowns. Accidents. Implosions. Bomb threats?! We dig inside some of the most chaotic tours in metal history
1994: The albums that changed the world By Chris Chantler, Alex Chillingworth, Ali Cooper, Connie Gordon, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Dayal Paterson, Jonathan Selzer, Jon Wiederhorn 1994 was the year when metal came of age, bands twisting heavy music into new forms that would echo through the ages. We take a look back at the year's essential releases
Machine Head's Burn My Eyes: Riots, religious cults and one hell of an album By Dom Lawson In a year of game-changing albums, Burn My Eyes was truly one for the ages. Inspired by riots, religious cults and a desire to push the boundaries of heavy music, this is the story behind an absolute classic
What Camel really thought about John Field’s cover art for Moonmadness By Dom Lawson Camel's Andy Latimer tells us about Moonmadness’ unique artwork
The story behind Camel's Moonmadness By Dom Lawson Camel guitarist Andy Latimer looks back at the creation of Moonmadness, one of the all-time classic prog albums.
Iron Maiden - four reissues of The Beast, reviewed By Dom Lawson Four slabs of prime Iron Maiden from a tricky, transitional time: Fear Of The Dark, The X-Factor, Virtual XI and Brave New World
The greatest metal records that never were By Alex Chillingworth, Adam Rees, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time
Amon Amarth vs Grand Magus: who are the ultimate Vikings? By Dom Lawson We pit Amon Amarth and Grand Magus' frontmen against each other in the ultimate Viking test. But who will have Odin on their side?
Venom's Black Metal: From metal's black sheep to forging a new genre By Dom Lawson Venom never planned on changing heavy music forever. They just wanted to write songs that were as ugly, heavy and fast as possible...
Iron Maiden: How We Made Brave New World By Dom Lawson When Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith returned to Iron Maiden in 1999, the pressure was on the metal legends to deliver an album that could take them back to greatness
Heilung's Furtha is an album of unstoppable primal power By Dom Lawson The amplified historians deliver another psychedelic sermon
The origin of death: How Possessed sparked a metal revolution By Dom Lawson More than three decades since their last album, Possessed, death metal’s OGs, are ready to show the world of extreme music how it’s done again. What took so long?
EXCLUSIVE: Death metallers Pathology premiere brutal AF new track By Alice Pattilo, Dom Lawson Ex-Cattle Decapitation and The Locust drummer, Dave Astor, drops Hieroglyphs On Cement Walls with his band Pathology
The 10 essential melodic death metal albums By Dom Lawson Melodic death metal, melodeath – call it what you want. Here are the albums you need in your life
Exclusive: Unboxing Venom's In Nomine Satanas 40th anniversary box set By Alice Pattillo, Dom Lawson Dom's back with his Iron Sandwich and he's unboxing the new deluxe vinyl set from extreme metal pioneers, Venom
How Rush made Hemispheres By Dom Lawson Geddy Lee recalls the creation of Rush's sixth studio album Hemispheres
‘I’m a f**king berserker!”: inside the mind of Slipknot’s Sid Wilson By Dom Lawson Slipknot's hyperactive DJ spills the beans about broken heels, wheelchair skillz and the joys of buying MC Hammer pants
The Memory Remains: Robb Flynn on Burn My Eyes By Dom Lawson 25 years of Machine Head's debut album Burn My Eyes – how does Robb Flynn remember it now?
Coven, blood oaths and the real story of how heavy metal was born By Dom Lawson Devil horns, hailing Satan, a song called Black Sabbath. No, it’s not a metal highlight reel: they were all found on Coven's unsung classic from 1969
