John Doran

Fields Of The Nephilim frontman Carl McCoy on magick, mysticism and fake drug busts

How Mastodon crawled from the Atlanta underground metal scene to become one of the most important bands of the 21st century

Before Ville Valo and HIM, there was Jyrki 69 and The 69 Eyes

The story of High On Fire’s bonkers stoner doom landmark De Vermis Mysteriis

With 2011’s The Hunter, Mastodon ditched the concepts and came up with something different

Quitting? That’s not Max Cavalera’s style

Tensions between bandmates, bust-ups with their producer, divorce – Deftones’ fifth album Saturday Night Wrist almost didn’t happen

The story of Venom’s Black Metal, the record that inspired everyone from Metallica to Dave Grohl

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988

From Slash and Dave Grohl to glamour models and 80s girl groups, Lemmy worked with ’em all

The drunken trials and tribulations of being a heavy metal journalist

From a childhood in Armenia to ripping up Hollywood in the 90s, this is the life and times of System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian

With the advent of grunge, heavy music was dominating the mainstream for the first time since punk. We look back at how Nirvana helped change the course of rock music forever