Merlin Alderslade

In 2018, Power Trip singer Riley Gale spoke to Metal Hammer about life, death and everything in between. Here’s what he had to say

Dropping incendiary new songs, taking to the streets to protest, spicing things up at home: Machine Head mainman Robb Flynn hasn’t wasted his lockdown time

How Avenged Sevenfold’s 2005 breakthrough turned them from metalcore upstarts into genuine contenders

Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes reaches into his record collection and pulls out King Diamond, Slayer and Björk

Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water sent nu metal supernova and changed everything for the band that made it – and not necessarily for the best

From metal’s need for unity to the joys of Tiger King, this is the world according to Trivium’s Matt Heafy

You put the questions to Within Temptation singer Sharon den Adel

From teenage basketball camp to the arenas of the world, this is the inside story of Avenged Sevenfold’s stellar rise

The gospel according to Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel

Disturbed’s David Draiman faces down your questions on Simon & Garfunkel, alien invasions and ‘Ooh wah ah ah ah!’s in the street

It’s been a rollercoaster few years for punk-metal mavericks Kvelertak. Now they’re back with a new singer and a shitkicking new album

Delving inside the head of Baroness frontman John Baizley

After putting on one night of killer gigs around the world, Metal United Worldwide is looking to go even bigger for 2020

We count down the 20 best Avenged Sevenfold songs of all time and hear the real stories behind how they were made in this ultimate career-spanning guide to the band's best work

From Metallica's S&M2's origins in ’99 to its triumphant rebirth, we go inside the story of the metal titans’ most ambitious project

Metal’s history with horror movies goes back decades. We count down the 20 greatest anthems inspired by the screen, from the gruesome, to the grizzly, to the straight-up glorious

We united four of the scene’s most prominent modern guitarists for a look at the current state of guitar music, the evolution of the guitar hero, and what it takes to be a true rock star in the modern era. Here’s what they had to say…

We witnessed the Legacy Of The Beast tour touch down in Oakland earlier this week. Here’s what we learned from it

From dropping rarities to going Full Classical, it was a show unlike any other we’ve seen

Friday's headliners Sabaton brought in the heavy artillery for this year's Bloodstock

Live We're on-site at BOA and we're bringing you the lowdown on the biggest and best performances all weekend

Slipknot's new album We Are Not Your Kind is upon us – here's everything you need to know about it... one track at a time