Latest articles by Emily Swingle
10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have
These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short
"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life
From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms
"Negative Energy destroyed me in the best way": How Vexed turned tragedy and trauma into one of 2023's most emotionally explosive albums
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
10 terrible heavy metal albums that sold shockingly well
Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow
“Scott Stapp is an egomaniac, he’s a punk and he thinks he’s Michael Jackson!” Limp Bizkit and Creed once feuded and didn’t stop until Scott Stapp challenged Fred Durst to a boxing match
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
"My dad put on the song Big Balls by AC/DC. It made me laugh so hard." From System Of A Down to Peter Gabriel, these are the songs that have soundtracked Wolfgang Van Halen's life
It turns out Wolfgang Van Halen has one hell of an eclectic sonic palette.
“Even if you don’t like metal, you’d like a Slipknot concert”: Is Margot Robbie the most metal actor in Hollywood?
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
“I have 40 incomplete songs on the go”: We met the busiest solo artist in American metal, and he’s a one-man NWOBHM revival
Under the pseudonym Haunt, singer/multi-instrumentalist Trevor Church is releasing old-school metal bangers at an unbelievable pace
4 brilliant new bands you need to hear this month
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
“It is, ultimately, a ridiculous, vomit-smeared, gleefully violent good time”: Remembering the brilliantly daft Cradle Of Filth horror movie, Cradle Of Fear
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
"Some people will be like, ‘That’s not what metal is’. I know. That’s the point." Meet Scene Queen: innovator of 'bimbocore' and the artist calling out predators in the metal scene
Pink, sparkly and packing sugar-sweet hooks and slamming riffs in equal measure, Scene Queen is unlike anything else in metal right now
4 brilliant new bands you need to hear this month
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
4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month
From masked nu metal revivialists Blackgold to 'cyber-grind' pioneers Thotcrime, you need to check out these brilliant new metal bands
Ukrainian hardcore band Death Pill were working on their debut album. Then Russia invaded and their worlds turned upside down
"We woke up in a nightmare": meet Death Pill, the Ukrainian hardcore band who refuse to let the war define them
