Latest articles by Joe Daly
Lemmy didn't feel Motorhead needed a warm-up band for their LA show in 2011: "We were like, ‘Oh ****, Lemmy hates us."
In an exclusive interview with Metal Hammer conducted by Tenacious D, Ozzy names the five musicians, alive or dead, he'd love to work with the most
Black Sabbath may have been the official ground zero for metal, but these heavy-as-lead bangers all predate that classic first album
Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic
When an overawed Nuno Bettencourt finally got to meet his hero Eddie Van Halen, he could not have predicted what happened next
Turning 20 this year, The Darkness' classic Permission To Land was like a glittery rocket fired into the heart of the early-00s rock scene
From trampolinists and human chicken legs to religious battles and, yes, that artwork, here are ten fascinating things you might not know about Iron Maiden's Dance Of Death
Legendary actor and honorary heavy metal hero Sir Christopher Lee had some choice words in response to rumours he owned a huge collection of occult books
It's a cold night in New York, and Kiss are about to play their first show... but there's almost no one in the crowd to witness history in the making
2022 was a massive year for Ghost, but Tobias Forge says there’s more to come in 2023
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
From Bruce Dickinson and Dave Mustaine to Rob Halford and Dee Snider, these are the must-read accounts of some of heavy music's most iconic names
From Abbath and Blackbraid to Gaerea and Zeal & Ardor - these are the 10 best black metal albums of 2022
From Conan and BlackLab to Crippled Black Phoenix and MWWB, these are the 10 best doom metal records of 2022
From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022
Watch Chris Cornell remain unflustered during an awkward interview about the weather, Soundgarden's "noise", and Jimi Hendrix
The Hu have got Metallica, Elton John and The Rock in their corner – and now America is theirs for the taking
Axl Rose certainly wasn't shy of sharing his opinion on fellow rock and metal heavyweights back in the day
Before they were the biggest band in the world, Nirvana were a bunch of kids, jamming above a hair salon owned by Krist Novoselic's mum
Album review: modern metal heavyweights Disturbed deliver power, passion and few surprises on new album Divisive
"I see punk rock as nothing," says Bon in this not-entirely-serious archive clip
Classic metal, DC hardcore, 70s prog and headspinning go-go: this is the soundtrack to Clutch singer Neil Fallon’s life
From hanging with Lars Ulrich to Sebastian Bach saying no to objectifying women, here are eleven facts about Skid Row's classic second album you may have missed
