We can't all start at the top, and once upon a time music videos were fertile ground for training up soon-to-be-A-listers – as these 10 cameos prove

What happened when death metal legends Cannibal Corpse appeared in Jim Carrey's 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

We look back at Big Dumb Face, the brilliantly bonkers and impossible to categorise side project from Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland

Ska punk has long suffered from a credibility problem – but these 10 forgotten anthems prove it's a genre that deserves way more love than it gets

The week begins with Halloween and ends with fireworks, which we think you'll agree is way more metal than prancing around as the Joker

Christmas isn't very metal, is it? Well that's all about to change.

That Linkin Park video in a tunnel featuring flying monks

Watch a deer punch Josh Homme in the mouth

That video all about the he-says-she-says bullshit

This Marilyn Manson video is definitely not safe for work

Are you frightened of clowns? You'll absolutely hate this Mastodon video.

Lamb Of God are the world's most unlikely children's party booking

Sitting on the floor and jumping up again is getting a bit overused, so what else can we do?

In the run up to the release of David Brent: Life On The Road, we've realised that Slough's finest is a punk Trojan Horse in the corporate world...

Shredding on the sea bed? Partying hard on Hoth? It's only a matter of time before science makes our festival dreams a reality