Latest articles by Dom Lawson
10 essential rap metal albums
Get the party – or the riot – started with these rap metal classics
Every Iron Maiden album ranked from worst to best
Ranking Iron Maiden albums in order of greatness is a tough job. But we’ve done it anyway
Peter Hammill: inside the mind of prog's renaissance man
When Peter Hammill released his first ever covers album, In Translation, Prog sat down with him to discover just what really makes him tick
The 20 greatest prog metal bands of all time
The results of the poll to find the greatest prog metal band ever are in and we have a winner
Devin Townsend's immaculate sonics and huge melodies thrill on heartfelt Lightwork album
Devin Townsend's Lightwork: Melodic bliss from the previously Hevy Devy
Every Cypress Hill album ranked from worst to best
From their self-titled 1991 debut to Back in Black, here's how we ranked Cypress Hill's studio albums, all rolled up in one definitive list
Sodom's 40 Years Of War: a brutal and bruising re-thrash of four decades of diehard metal
40 Years Of War: The Greatest Hits sees German legends Sodom's gnarliest deep cuts, re-made
"We wanted to capture the magic of prog's classic era" – Wobbler: the story of From Silence To Somewhere
Norwegians Wobbler recreate the epic sounds of early 70s prog rock, but in 2017, with the help of Karisma and a new line-up, they finally started to get the recognition they deserve
How David Coverdale Americanised Whitesnake and sold 8 million albums
David Coverdale explains how Whitesnake were transformed from a successful blues-rock band into an MTV-friendly commercial juggernaut
Enslaved and the making of Utgard
In 2020 Norwegian prog metallers Enslaved released Utgard, their proggiest album to date. This is the story...
Every Venom album ranked from worst to best
Venom’s Black Metal album gave the most evil metal subgenre its name, but which albums get the horns and which are as diabolical as the devil's diaper?
Every Megadeth album ranked from worst to best
Ranking the work of one of thrash metal's most legendary bands
5 new bands you need to hear this month
From a death metal supergroup to alt-metal’s next heroes, these are the bands you should be at the top of your New Music playlist
Hair plugs, cancel culture and the song he refused to play on: the confessions of Anthrax’s Scott Ian
“Having Meat Loaf as a father-in-law was fantastic”: you ask the questions, Anthrax riff king Scott Ian answers them
Nick Cave's Ghosteen: a mind-blowing prog masterpiece
Exploring the prog credentials of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' 2019 album, Ghosteen
“A lot of people think I’m a f**king idiot”: Machine Head’s Robb Flynn comes out swinging
Their last album was slated and half the band left – Machine Head had a rough few years. But with new album Of Kingdom And Crown, Robb Flynn is up for the fight once more
The greatest metal records that never were
Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time
Remembering Slipknot’s Paul Gray
On the anniversary of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray’s death, Metal Hammer's Dom Lawson looks back at the legacy of an unsung metal hero
This is what happened when Slipknot met The Walking Dead
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is a comics nut. The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard is a music fanatic. We put them in a room together then stood back to watch what happened
Slipknot’s Sid Wilson: “I hate all drugs, cos I know what they can do to you”
Q&A Slipknot's hyperactive DJ spills the beans about broken heels, wheelchair skillz and the joys of buying MC Hammer pants
The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant bands
Step into a world of WTF, as we round up the biggest turkeys from metal’s greatest bands
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct album review
San Francisco's metal overlords finally recapture their mojo
