Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
How Avenged Sevenfold went from metalcore brats to 21st century metal heavyweights
The rise and rise of Avenged Sevenfold, in their own words
Deathcore heroes Fit For An Autopsy have their sights on being extreme metal's biggest band
Fit For An Autopsy want to be extreme metal's biggest band
Glastonbury 2025 lineup confirmed: The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, Biffy Clyro, Deftones, Weezer, Kneecap, Turnstile, The Prodigy and many more set for this year’s festival
Glastonbury has officially unveiled its lineup for 2025!
Watch Ghost's new video Satanized and meet new frontman Papa V Perpetua as the band officially announce brand new album Skeletá
Ghost are back with a new figurehead and some new-look Nameless Ghouls with the devilishly daft video for new single Satanized
Architects sound absolutely livid on The Sky, The Earth & All Between - and it's made for one of the best metal albums of 2025 so far
There's a seething sense of urgency permeating Architects' eleventh studio album and we are very much here for it
Limp Bizkit to play Reading and Leeds 2025, more than 25 new names also added
Nu metal legends Limp Bizkit are amongst dozens of new additions to this year's Reading and Leeds lineup
Sleep Token have shared sheet music for what might be a new song - here's what it sounds like
A pianist has played the sheet music shared by Sleep Token's mysterious new social media accounts. It sounds pretty damn good!
Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Evanescence and more announced for Louder Than Life 2025
Louder Than Life 2025 is go and it is STACKED!
Pre-order your exclusive The Darkness Dreams On Toast Classic Rock bundles, with limited edition signed vinyl and glow-in-the-dark cassette variants
We've teamed up with The Darkness for two exclusive bundles to celebrate their imminent new album, Dreams On Toast
Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s Wembley Arena
Papa Roach prove why they’re one of their era’s most enduring and celebrated bands
Every Trivium album ranked from worst to best
Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of Ascendancy
One of the most savage screamers in modern metal is showing off his singing voice in the Employed To Serve video
Will Ramos of Lorna Shore can be seen screaming his guts up and, in a real rarity, singing his heart out in the video for Employed To Serve's excellent new single, Atonement
"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"
System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days
A story of Ghost's concert movie, logistical complexity and Hollywood finance
Ghost’s concert-film-and-much-more Rite Here Rite Now fully immerses fans in what has helped turn them into today's greatest theatrical rockers
“Anger needs to be used as a tool”: The game-changing 2015 album that reinvented metalcore
"Cannibal Corpse have made it to a level where they’re playing to thousands." Gatecreeper want to make death metal as big as possible
Arizonan death metallers Gatecreeper put out one of 2024's best albums - and they're just getting started
Could we get a James Hetfield and Jerry Cantrell project one day?
Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell has discussed the possibility of collaborating with James Hetfield
"I was a dangerous addict." Nita Strauss on the struggles of staying sober while touring
The ultra-talented metal guitarist says her addictions became "insidious"
"It’s actually Sid Wilson’s favourite Slipknot song." Inside nu metal's greatest deep cuts
From a Slipknot buried treasure to the long-overlooked Korn rarity, these are the overlooked classics in the nu metal canon
Jinjer pick the five songs that have defined their career so far
Jinjer's Tatiana and Eugene dig into their discography
Why the return of Linkin Park was so important
The countdown, the comeback, the controversy - Linkin Park's return was one of the biggest stories of 2024
Stoner rock legend Brant Bjork on why he didn't want Kyuss to be "the next Metallica"
Brant Bjork explains why he had no real interest in seeing pioneering stoner rockers Kyuss become the new Metallica
"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album
Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?
