Dio live albums: repackaged but still offering more Heaven than Hell By Jason Arnopp Ronnie James Dio's live albums Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live get taken out for another spin
Manowar's Black Wind, Fire And Steel: three albums of the truest metal By Jason Arnopp Black Wind, Fire And Steel: The Atlantic Recordings 1987-1992 is a barebones repacking of Manowar's major label adventure
Pantera celebrate 20 years of Reinventing The Steel with a vibrant new mix By Jason Arnopp Heavy, heavy metal on the 20th anniversary Pantera's Reinventing The Steel
How Carcass twisted grindcore into repulsive new shapes on Symphonies Of Sickness By Jason Arnopp With their second album Symphonies Of Sickness, Carcass put grindcore through the mincer – and made an underground metal classic
U.D.O. And Das Musikkorps Der Bundeswehr: We Are One album review By Jason Arnopp Former Accept vocalist Udo Dirkschneider hooks up with the concert band of the German armed forces on We Are One. Of course he does.
Metal and horror: a match made in hell By Jason Arnopp As Halloween rolls around, we investigate why metal enjoys such a close relationship with horror, and how they’ve shaped each other in the darkest of ways
The Top 10 essential horror movie soundtracks By Jason Arnopp Every day is Halloween with these 10 essential horror movie sountracks for the discerning metal fan
I was held at gunpoint in the Vatican with Cradle Of Filth By Jason Arnopp Don't expect a warm welcome if you're a Satanic metal band in Vatican City with no photo permits...
King Diamond live review – London Forum By Jason Arnopp Not yet rated Metal’s regal maverick King Diamond revisits a high point. Check out our live review here...
Flotsam And Jetsam – Flotsam And Jetsam album review By Jason Arnopp Arizona’s thrash stalwarts full just shy of full power
Death Angel – The Evil Divide album review By Jason Arnopp Thrash metal veterans fire up their furnace once more
Artillery: Penalty By Perception By Jason Arnopp The great Danes unleash their eighth burst of heavy fire
Is Lemmy god? By Jason Arnopp Lemmy was more than a rock star. The Motörhead man transcended his own legacy to become an icon of mythical proportions
Proof that Lemmy was the nicest guy in rock 'n' roll By Jason Arnopp For all the amazing stories that have emerged in his wake, one thing unites them all: the guy was as genuine and decent a man as you could ever meet
10 albums that prove 1986 was the best year for thrash By Jason Arnopp Why the year 1986 is thrash metal's pinnacle
A track-by-track guide to Megadeth – Dystopia By Jason Arnopp Your essential guide to the Megadeth album Dystopia
The complete history of Overkill By Jason Arnopp Bobby Blitz looks back at Overkill's thrashtastic career
