Latest articles by Merlin Alderslade
Wrestling fans might want to check out Hot Topic's Cyber Monday WWE deals - they include one of the coolest shirt collabs I've ever seen
Horror and wrestling is the crossover that I didn't realise I needed so badly
I'm a Ghost fanatic and some of my favourite ever merch designs are included in EMP's Cyber Weekend sale
Pick your favourite Papa - they're all here!
Do I need yet more Iron Maiden stuff? No. Am I going to dive into Amazon's Cyber Weekend Iron Maiden sale anyway? Yes, yes I am
Why only have five Eddie Pop! Vinyl figures when I could have seven?!
Black Friday streaming deals 2025: the best music, TV and movie streaming discounts from Paramount, Prime, Disney & more
The doors are closing on the Black Friday weekend - but you can still get top deals on TV, film & music streaming services
Black Friday record player deals 2025: The turntable deals are continuing but the sale is almost over
The Black Friday weekend is in its closing stages, but there's still time for you to grab a record player discount
Black Friday vinyl deals 2025: There's still time to grab vinyl for less, but you'll have to be fast
The Black Friday weekend is coming to an end, but if you're quick, you can still pick up LPs for an awesome price
Black Friday music deals 2025: It's your last chance to save on the Black Friday bargains
The Black Friday weekend deals will soon be coming to a close - but there's still just enough time to save on turntables, speakers, headphones, streaming services, Lego sets & more
My mum made me take my old CDs back from her house so I'm using Black Friday deals to find a new portable CD player to play them on
It's me, an elder millennial refusing to let go of physical product
I'm a horror nut and these are the Black Friday streaming deals that'll give you the biggest scares (in a good way!)
Wanting to watch a load of great horror but don't know which streaming service to use? I got you
I badly need a new portable speaker – here’s why I’m thinking hard about upgrading to Sonos in the Curry’s Black Friday Sonos sale
My speaker is no longer fit for purpose. It’s time for an upgrade, and this Sonos sale is seriously tempting me
I'm a lifelong metalhead and EMP's Black Friday sale has up to 70% off band merch. My wardrobe's about to get even blacker
Do I already have merch by all these bands? Yes. Do I want more? Also yes.
Lemmy's nearest and dearest on how the Motörhead man faced death "like a champ"
You might not be surprised to find that Lemmy faced his own mortality with the kind of no-nonsense attitude that defined his life
Watch Will Ramos nail a one-take of Lorna Shore's emotional metal anthem, Glenwood
Is someone cutting onions?
Vote: who are the Big 4 in all of metal?
Thrash's Big 4 has been settled for decades, but what if we push it out to the whole genre? Who gets in?
The story behind Ghost's Mary On A Cross - and what it really means
The story behind Ghost's viral mega-hit, and what its lyrics mean, in Tobias Forge's own words
How a punk rock hero helped Jimmy Cliff spark a late career peak
When Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong teamed up, it continued a decades-long relationship between reggae and punk rock
Ex-American Head Charge singer Cameron Heacock has been found living on the streets
Cameron Heacock, whose band American Head Charge toured with Slipknot and Rammstein and worked with Rick Rubin, says he has been homeless for years
"This isn’t just a screening; it’s a full-scale adrenaline rush." Iconic sci-fi action sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day will be getting a live concert screening - and its premiere will take place in London
He told us he'd be back!
From drug hell to Stranger Things - the story behind Metallica's Master Of Puppets
Metallica's most celebrated song helped define a generation of thrash metal and found new meaning decades later with a certain TV show
Dave Mustaine wants Megadeth's final show to be in space
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has lofty ambitions for the band's final ever show. Like, seriously lofty
"I came in like, ‘Doc, I know you like Rush. I’m in a metal band, we’re flying out in a week to go do one of our biggest shows in a long time. Any way you can help me out?’" An interview with metal's busiest man, Matt Heafy
Trivium frontman, streamer, dad, jiu-jitsu black belt... Matt Heafy is a man of many talents
Here's who I'd put on my Mount Rushmore of nu metal (three spots were easy, one was excruciatingly hard)
Nu metal has produced some of heavy music's biggest bands - and here are the four artists I'd hold up as the genre's Big 4
"Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
Some of Lemmy's closest allies share warm stories of the typically bullish way Lemmy would deal with any health problems
