Judas Priest: “We’ve been flying the flag of metal for 50 years, and there’s more to come” By Joe Daly Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner and Scott Travis look back on half a century of defending the faith
Katatonia’s Dead Air: live and kicking in lockdown By Joe Daly Sweden’s masters of melancholy Katatonia bust the lockdown blues on new live album Dead Air
Wayfarer’s A Romance With Violence: the Clint Eastwoods of extreme metal strike gold By Joe Daly Extreme metal meets Deadwood on Denver gunslingers Wayfarer’s epic new album A Romance With Violence
The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave By Joe Daly It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever
Metallica’s S&M2: metal’s biggest band changes the game once more on epic live album By Joe Daly Metallica reunite with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on S&M2 – and the results are bigger, bolder and more brillant than ever before
Shadowy Portuguese cult Gaerea open up a thrilling new black metal front on new album Limbo By Joe Daly Gaerea’s new album establishes them as one of the newest visionaries in metal
Steve Von Till’s No Wilderness Deep Enough: gothic Americana for hardcore insomniacs By Joe Daly Not yet rated Neurosis man Steve Von Till takes an existential walk on the wild side on new solo album No Wilderness Deep Enough
Lamb Of God: US metal heroes hit an exhilarating new high on Lamb Of God album By Joe Daly Randy Blythe and co join the pantheon of metal greats on new album Lamb Of God
Jonathan Hultén: the maverick guitarist leading metal into strange new realms By Joe Daly Tribulation guitarist Jonathan Hultén stares down mortality with mesmerising solo project
Oranssi Pazuzu’s Mestarin Kynsi is the ultimate black metal headtrip By Joe Daly Cosmic black metal shamans Oranssi Pazuzu unleash a psychedelic maelstrom on new album Mestarin Kynsi
The 10 best moments from Metalocalypse By Joe Daly Adult Swim has made all four series of Metalocalypse free to stream. Here are the all-time best moments from the most metal show ever made...
Myrkur goes back to her resonant roots with Folkesange By Joe Daly Myrkur's Folkesange is a captivating collection of largely new folk songs rendered with ethereal harmonies, wistful lyrics and the thrum and drone of primal instruments
Avenged Sevenfold remember the Rev: "He never ceased to create music that touched my very soul" By Joe Daly He was a visionary, he was a hellraiser… but beneath it all, he was a man who simply loved to create. Ten years after the death of Avenged Sevenfold’s most beloved member shocked the metal world, we explore the life and legacy of The Rev
Dez Fafara: How Coal Chamber saved LA and why nu metal rules By Joe Daly Back in '15 we caught up with Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara to discuss the birth of nu metal and how it shifted music
Jay Weinberg hits the ice with his very own Slipknot-inspired hockey mask By Scott Munro, Joe Daly He might be better known as the drummer in Slipknot, but Jay Weinberg is also a hockey fan and plays between the pipes – and he’s even got his own specially designed goalie mask
The improbable rise of Ghost, the breakout band of the decade By Joe Daly We chart the rise and rise of Ghost, from a group of Occult-peddling outsiders to arena-smashing global stars
The wild and deadly story behind the 1979 World Series of Rock By Joe Daly With Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC lined up to play, chaos reigned in the streets and backstage... and five people were shot
The 20 greatest horror movie themed metal anthems By Merlin Alderslade, Chris Chantler, Joe Daly, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees 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
Asagraum's Dawn Of Infinite Fire is an instant black metal classic By Joe Daly Dutch black metallers Asagraum weave potent new magick from the old school with new album Dawn of Infinite Fire
Why Sacred Reich's Awakening was worth waiting twenty three years for By Joe Daly The Politically charged thrash originals Sacred Reich break a near-quarter-century silence wand prove thrash metal is still alive and well
Death masks and redemption: Inside Static-X's Wisconsin Death Trip tour By Joe Daly Static-X are currently on the road with their controversial Wisconsin Death Trip tour - we went along to see what it's all about
The wild tale of what happened when Jackass star Steve-O met Motley Crue By Joe Daly We look back on what happened when Jackass alumnus Steve-O met his heroes Motley Crue for the very first time
The story behind the song: Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice In Chains By Joe Daly The Seattle legends’ emotional tribute to Layne Staley would require them to dig deeper than ever – and get some unexpected help from Sir Elton John
LoG guitarist Mark Morton’s Anesthetic album is an all-star show of force and soul By Joe Daly Randy Blythe, Alissa White-Gluz and the late Chester Bennington elevate Lamb Of God man’s debut solo album
