Liz Scarlett

Gene Simmons' hair “went up like a f**king matchstick" after his attempt to breathe fire for the very first time on stage with Kiss

Danny Elfman goes shopping at Hollywood’s Amoeba Music and picks out a selection of records that have defined his life

Metallica bassist Robert isn't the only musical talent in the Trujillo clan

Tom Morello says people are so desperate for Rage Against The Machine to play they're driven "mad", offers insight on what the band's future holds

Iranian deathcore frontman Amin Yahyazadeh triumphs in The Voice Persia after impressing judges with his vocal range

Nadya Tolokonnikova from feminist punk band Pussy Riot issues a statement after being placed on a Russian wanted criminal list

"I ain't mad at Jesus, but y’all can’t just be out here bootleggin' my s**t"

Opera singer and voice coach, Elizabeth Zharoff serves up an in-depth analysis of Babymetal's Akatsuki as she listens to it for the first time

Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has partnered with an auction house to sell off a collection of his most-prized gear

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was interviewed on film for the final time in 1987, the same year he was diagnosed with AIDS, a fact undisclosed to the public at the time

Tom Morello says RATM's Zack de la Rocha is better than 99% of other frontmen "in the history of all time" even when "sitting on a box in the middle of the stage" and injured

Brian May names his favourite guitar players, and shares love for Nirvana's Kurt Cobain for "some of the greatest guitar music of all time"

Nick Cave thinks the world's reliance on artificial intelligence is insulting, says "AI may very well save the world, but it can’t save our souls"

The World Is A Vampire trek is an "alternative festival, where all the self-proclaimed weirdos and outsiders of the world can get together and have a party"

Nicolas Cage, who plays Dracula in the forthcoming movie Renfield, reveals that his particularly sharp fangs caused him to accidentally drink his own blood on set

Profound experiences shared by vocalist M Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates while tripping on DMT have apparently influenced their band's new "boldness"

You might not be able to keep them as pets, but these animals are undeniably metal AF

In a 1986 interview, Jason Newsted discussed the "abuse" he received from an unapologetic Metallica and their crew due to being the group's "new kid on the block"

Meditating monks, pro wrestlers...Fall Out Boy's brilliantly bizarre video for Hold Me Like A Grudge is here, and it serves as the follow-up to This Ain’t A Scene (It’s an Arms Race)

We're shaking our booties to this dance remix of A7X's Bat Country, but kinda against our better judgement

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have released a new single Dead To The World, and Liam has some words to say about it

Linkin Park share the hard-hitting Fighting Myself, a previously unreleased track lifted from the 20th anniversary edition of Meteora

Babymetal release their final single ahead of the arrival of their new album, The Other One

Rina Sawayama shares new single Eye For An Eye from the soundtrack of John Wick: Chapter 4, in which the Japan-born, London-based singer makes her acting debut