By taking dance music into heavy new territories, The Prodigy started a fire under metal that burned so brightly, it couldn’t be ignored

We asked 5FDP’s Zoltan Bathory and Ivan Moody to interview each other – then stood back to watch the fireworks

It was the album that took Korn from metal’s Great Pretenders to international megastars. But behind the scenes of Follow The Leader, things were going off the rails

From AC/DC to Dead Kennedys, these are the very best songs about getting getting those drinks in

Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul died one year ago at the age of 54. Here, Hammer writer Mörat pays tribute to his late friend

Five Finger Death Punch looked in dire straits in 2017, as a lawsuit stalled their album release and Ivan went back to rehab. Here's what happened when we caught up with a defiant Ivan and a thoughtful Zoltan

Kyuss came from out of the Californian desert in a fog of weed smoke to make one of the greatest cult albums of the 90s

His voice was unmistakable, his presence powerful, and his unexpected passing shocked our world. Hammer’s own Mörat remembers his friend, Chris Cornell

They're not singles, but they're still stone-cold Motorhead classics

The year began with the world still reeling from losing one of metal’s greats, but Lemmy’s legacy shines bright

The records that made Alice In Chains frontman William Duvall the man he is today

Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltán Báthory and Ivan Moody on booze, beatings, enteraining the troops and the American way

His day job might be with Metallica, but Kirk Hammett's has another passion for the macabre, Metal Hammer travels to his inaugural Fear Festevil to witness the horror at first hand...

Celebrating the best tracks from recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees and all-round punk rock superstars Bad Brains

Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats founding member Kevin Starrs remembers his first defining musical milestones

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor picks his favourite moments of literary genius

There's a reason New York is the city that never sleeps – it's too busy inspiring great rock songs

It's been mythologised and idolised in rock'n'roll for decades – here, we have the 10 best songs inspired by the City Of Angels

Korn's new album The Serenity Of Suffering marks a return to their heavier roots – so we go back in time with them to remember where it all began

Machine Head’s Robb Flynn has opened up about his past heroin use and the fatal OD of a friend. While drugs have their place in music, smack is a different – and deadly – beast.

The best songs from Al Jourgensen's industrial metal crew

Cor blimey, get your King Lears around this London playlist. Love a duck.