Emily Swingle

Hammer spent the day riding the rails at Thorpe Park with self-confessed rollercoaster fanatic Serena Cherry to uncover the truth behind Svalbard's new album Weight Of The Mask

Fresh out of rehab and living in his guitarist's basement, Bert McCracken wrote The Taste Of Ink - the song that would put The Used on the map and turn them into rising stars of emo

These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist

Ever wished Christmas Jumper Day was more metal? Charity Metal For Good have you covered with Metal Merch Day on October 20

The likes of Blaze Bayley, Tim Owens and Gary Cherone are great singers in their own right, but following the beloved frontperson before them proved an impossible task

These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short

From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms

Vexed were rising stars after 2021's Culling Culture. But the loss of a parental figure saw them bin a follow-up EP and dig deep to write the emotionally powerful Negative Energy

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow

When Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst took a potshot at Creed singer Scott Stapp live onstage, it ignited a spat between the two biggest bands of the nu metal era

It turns out Wolfgang Van Halen has one hell of an eclectic sonic palette.

As Barbie barrels past a billion dollars at the box office, we celebrate its star’s love for Metallica and Bullet For My Valentine – and the fact she isn’t shy about it

Under the pseudonym Haunt, singer/multi-instrumentalist Trevor Church is releasing old-school metal bangers at an unbelievable pace

French pagan-folksters Skáld, Danish hardcore rabble-rousers Eyes, Aussie animal rights activisits To The Grave and synthwave-laden black metal from Nighted: these are the bands you need to hear in August 2023

This long-forgotten horror, starring Cradle Of Filth leader Dani Filth, is “the most successful underground British film of recent years” – according to Dani Filth

Pink, sparkly and packing sugar-sweet hooks and slamming riffs in equal measure, Scene Queen is unlike anything else in metal right now

From the brutal hardcore of Jesus Piece to Distant's sci-fi deathcore, Fvnerals' nihilistic drone-metal and Punk Rock Factory's fun covers, you need to check out these brilliant new bands

From masked nu metal revivialists Blackgold to 'cyber-grind' pioneers Thotcrime, you need to check out these brilliant new metal bands

"We woke up in a nightmare": meet Death Pill, the Ukrainian hardcore band who refuse to let the war define them

From Kruelty and Demonstealer to Ad Infinitum, nothing,nowhere. and Lana Del Rabies, don't sleep on these brilliant new metal albums

From symphonic deathcore to neogothic Ukrainian black metal, these are the five bands you need to hear this month. Plus, vote for your favourite!