Joel McIver

Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep

Children Of Bodom did as much as HIM and Nightwish to put Finnish metal on the map

Cannibal Corpse kept the deathly flag flying during the nu metal era

Sacred geometry, lunar currents, media baiting, arena shows… nothing has been beyond the pale for the ever enigmatic and elusive band

Slayer’s 2009 album World Painted Blood was the best since their 80s heyday – and this is how they made it

Briefed to keep Gong going after Allen’s death, the new leader pursues the same aim with a different vision. How have the fans reacted?

Moving to Los Angeles from his native Chile in the 1960s, Tom Araya began a journey that'd take him to heavy metal immortality

In June 2010, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax played together for the very first time as the Big Four. We were there to watch history being made

Metallica spent the time between ...Justice and the Black Album in a drink-and drug-induced fog. In the same period they went from thrash heroes to the biggest metal band in the world...

In 1970, Deep Purple introduced a new era of loud music, with the seminal In Rock album. Here's the story of the making of the album that ushered in heavy rock

The life and times of Children Of Bodom frontman and fully paid-up wild child Alexi Laiho

Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D look back on the birth of a rap metal landmark

Black Sabbath’s debut album staked their claim as the Godfathers Of Metal. But follow-up Paranoid turned them into stars

The world of funk rock was a fusion of genres, that opened its doors to riffs, grooves and even hip-hop. Get down!

An audience with enigmatic Rammstein drummer Christoph ‘Doom’ Schneider

Former Slayer/Fantomas drummer Dave Lombardo delves into his record collection and pulls out Kiss, Judas Priest, The Prodigy and Beethoven

The heavy metal horror icon Rob Zombie reflects on his life full of guts and glory

How Germany’s most vicious thrash metal band took on the Big Four – and almost won

From Kiss and Iron Maiden to the Germs and Prince, this is the soundtrack to Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan’s life

Dave Lombardo had rejoined the band, Tom Ayara was losing his sister to cancer and Kerry King was still as reassuringly angry as ever. Little wonder that Slayer's World Painted Blood roared...

Burning churches, jail time, a slew of landmark albums and then they broke the band up before a surprise reformation. What were Emperor thinking?

Anthrax and Public Enemy legends Scott Ian and Chuck D shoot the shit on rap metal, Bring The Noise, groundbreaking tours and the song that changed it all