Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
Watch a tearful Yungblud pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham last night
Yungblud made the most of playing Ozzy's home city
Bruce Dickinson opens up on what it was like joining Iron Maiden just as they were blowing up
Bruce Dickinson joined Maiden at a crucial point in their career. We all know what happened next
A guide to every Poppy album so far
From debut Poppy.Computer to this year's Empty Hands, here's what you need to know about the discography of one of modern metal's most unique creatives
What it was like seeing Metallica in their early days, according to Death Angel frontman Mark Osegueda
Mark knew that Metallica were destined for great things from the very start
7 metal songs from the year 2000 that were way ahead of their time
Metal was in a time of serious evolution as the New Millennium dawned, and these seven bands were already getting ahead of the pack
Bring Me The Horizon will play Count Your Blessings in full at a special UK show this summer
Bring Me The Horizon doing Count Your Blessings in full in Manchester this July? There's a sentence we didn't expect to be writing today
How metal became a lifelong passion for WWE Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer
From her love of Iron Maiden and Megadeth to her fiery entrance, Stephanie Vaquer is one of WWE's most metal superstars ever
"People were throwing coins!" What it's like playing to a hostile Iron Maiden crowd, according to Atreyu
Atreyu might be one of metalcore's most celebrated bands, but they had a hard time winning over a rowdy Maiden crowd in Mexico
Gwar received death threats over their Donald Trump and Elon Musk routines
The veteran comedy-thrashers were surprised that people were kicking off over the kinds of routines they've been doing for decades
Watch fantasy metallers Castle Rat slay their up close and personal new live show
It's the Rat Queen's world, we're just living in it now
Harm's Way guitarist Bo Lueders dead at 38
Bo was also co-host of the hugely popular HardLore Podcast
Lordi are the face of a new recycling campaign in Sweden (yes, really!)
In one of the strangest stories we've heard this year, Lordi will be the face of a new recycling campaign in Sweden
Mysterious Viking war trance duo Eihwar bring a party like no other to London
Eihwar bring the bangers to the UK capital
Watch brand new Arch Enemy singer Lauren Hart crushing it at the band's comeback show
Lauren Hart looks like a perfect fit for the Swedish metal machines!
The 30 best metal albums of the decade (so far)
From legends like Iron Maiden and Metallica to rising stars such as Bloodywood and Spiritbox, these are the metal albums that have defined the 2020s so far
"I was kicked out of Deftones' show for being too aggressive. I was like, 'I used to be in this band!'"
Dominic Garcia was Deftones' original bassist, but a misunderstanding ended his tenure long before they'd eventually blow up
Watch the first trailer for new Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition
We've finally got a proper glimpse of the biggest heavy metal documentary coming in 2026!
Paleface Swiss are challenging masculinity in metal
Inspired by Slipknot, Paleface Swiss have rapidly evolved into one of extreme metal's most boundary pushing bands
At The Gates have posted a moving new tribute to frontman Tomas Lindberg
The melodic death metal innovators have also explained how they were able to record their new album following Lindberg's cancer diagnosis
From Midsommar to Simon Cowell, how Spiritbox's Holy Roller became a viral metal classic
Spiritbox were already on the way to becoming modern metal stars, but their brilliant Holy Roller video sealed the deal
Ginger Wildheart diagnosed with cancer, says he has "2-3" years left
Ginger has released a statement this morning following the sad news of his diagnosis yesterday
How Katy Perry ended up as a backing singer for nu metal stars P.O.D.
In 2006, years before she became one of the biggest stars on the planet, Katy Perry found herself a gig with nu metal favourites P.O.D.
