Luke Morton

Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you

Kanye West inspired it and MTV refused to play it – this is how Steel Panther made their breakthrough hit Death To All But Metal

Behind the delirious shows and acclaimed records, many of our heroes are struggling to keep going. We investigate why depression is increasingly common in metal musicians

Kreator's fearless leader picks his all-time favourite Kreator songs

In conversation with Cradle Of Filth’s frontman Dani Filth about his name, his music and the intense days of black metal

Venom Prison's terrifying leader Larissa Stupar reveals the records she deems the ten best death metal albums of all time

You put the questions to Guns N’ Roses guitarist and all-round rock icon Slash

The Fever 333 frontman shares his thoughts on race, politics, religion and mortality

Metal's master of horror Wednesday 13 on life after death, the existence of aliens and lip syncing to Whitesnake

Slipknot’s turbulent fourth album All Hope Is Gone saw them scaling new commercial heights. But what they didn’t know was that it would also mark the end of an era

Making a pact with the devil was always going to have a bloody end

A festive mashup of the Christmas Song and Cannibal Corpse's Hammer Smashed Face

Their blistering blackened hardcore and righteous lyrical fury has made Svalbard one of the underground’s next breakout bands. This is their story

Bangkok metallers Defying Decay pick the ten best bands from their homeland of Thailand

Canadian metallers Witchrot post about their split on Facebook in dramatic fashion