Latest articles by Dom Lawson
The 20 greatest horror movie themed metal anthems
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
Dave Mustaine: "I know how it feels to have people gunning for you"
Cancer. Lost bandmates. Covid. Dave Mustaine has had a lot to contend with, but Megadeth's new album puts the thrash king back on his throne
Do vinyl LPs really sound better on drugs?
Putting the myth that vinyl is best experienced when you're 'baked' to the test.
The 20 best thrash albums of all time
Counting down the greatest thrash records of all time. Warning: heads will be banged.
22 killer old school thrash songs that will instantly improve your day
Bust out the white hi-tops and skate shorts and celebrate the glory days of thrash with this ultimate old school mixtape
The 10 greatest metal covers of Pink Floyd songs
Prog icons Pink Floyd are a huge influence on metal, and here’s proof
"I said, 'I gotta meet this guy'" - why Dave Mustaine and Ice T became BFFs
Legendary rapper and Body Count frontman Ice T and Megadeth icon Dave Mustaine go back three whole decades
"I’m really happy to be in Prog. I grew up with that stuff and I absolutely love all those bands, to this day." Steve Harris on his love affair with prog rock
Iron Maiden's Steve Harris on ELP, Yes and King Crimson and how he might be the only person who likes Jethro Tull's A Passion Play
The Top 10 greatest Iron Maiden stage sets ever
No band delivers an onstage spectacle like Iron Maiden, and these 10 stage sets are their very best
Coming home: Iron Maiden gear up for their first UK tour in six years
It’s finally here! As Iron Maiden prepare for their upcoming UK tour, Steve Harris reflects on a metal legacy – and why we shouldn’t be kissing it goodbye quite yet
If you want a big rock show, you have to pay for it
Metallica tickets aren't cheap, but why should they be?
Iron Maiden’s Brave New World: the resurrection of the metal legends
Iron Maiden’s Brave New World saw the return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith and marked the start of the metal legends’ resurrection
The Top 10 best Megadeth songs featuring Nick Menza
The 10 best Megadeth songs to feature the late, great Nick Menza
Why Somewhere In Time is Iron Maiden’s most underrated 80s album
The singer wanted to make an acoustic record, the fans objected to the synths and the onstage inflatables wouldn’t inflate. What the hell was going on with Iron Maiden’s Somewhere In Time?
How Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls became an epic triumph over adversity
In this classic 2015 interview, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris reveal the secrets behind Iron Maiden’s most ambitious album ever – and the cancer diagnosis that changed everything
82 Minutes, 10 Songs, one Samurai: the real story behind Iron Maiden's epic new album Senjutsu
Iron Maiden interview: the epic story behind the new album Senjutsu
Iron Maiden don’t care about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame – and neither should you
Iron Maiden won’t be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this year. So what? The Hall Of Fame doesn’t deserve them
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: 10 albums that changed my life
Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine opens up his record collection and pulls out Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd
Megadeth’s Rust In Peace: the inside story of the greatest thrash album of the ’90s
How a newly cleaned-up Megadeth made Rust In Peace – the 1990 masterpiece that sealed their place in thrash metal’s Big Four
"We don't have any rules!": the story behind Marillion's Sounds That Can't Be Made
In 2012, Marillion released Sounds That Can't Be Made, one their most controversial recordings to date. This is the story behind the prog titans' 17th studio album
Clutch's Sunrise On Slaughter Beach: "a joyous conflagration of riffs, grooves and bittersweet wit"
Sunrise On Slaughter Beach proves that even after 30 years and 13 studio albums, Clutch are rock'n'roll's most reliable champions
