Latest articles by Paul Travers
From shivving Oscar winners to being mates with Ozzy Osbourne, Biohazard's frontman shares the lessons he's learned
One of the best metal collaborations of the 2000s featured two unique creative forces joining forces
Allegedly written about a self-obsessed goth Peter Steele was infatuated with, there's a reason Black No. 1 is still on every self-respecting Halloween playlist
Roping in hardcore, mathcore, doom, black metal, industrial, post-rock...Pupil Slicer do it all in style on new album Fleshwork
Riverside’s Mariusz Duda concludes his circle-of-life-and-death story with eighth instalment (that takes place between the fifth and fourth)
An oral history of Iron Maiden's iconic Eddie the 'Ed by those who know him best
You might not be surprised to find that the new Soulfly album bangs
40 years after Live After Death set a new standard for heavy metal live albums, this is the story of the epic (and chaotic) tour behind it
17 albums in, Paradise Lost remain masters of the gothic arts on new album Ascension
Textured and laced with extremes, plus a guest appearance from Enslaved’s Grutle Kjellson, each song stands strong alone but the collection works best as a whole
Tallah's third album sees them branch out from their more obvious nu metal inclinations
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
Type O Negative’s 2007 album Dead Again would prove to be frontman Peter Steele’s swansong
Gavin Rossdale proves a bit of earnestness and a whole lot of heart can make all the difference on Bush's I Beat Loneliness
From Slipknot and Through The Eyes Of The Dead to AFI and Tracy Chapman, these records made Bury Tomorrow vocalist Dani Winter-Bates who he is
From helping shape symphonic metal in the 90s to the romantic split that almost destroyed the band in the 2000s, this is the history of Within Temptation
From Bullet For My Valentine to Knocked Loose, modern hardcore and metalcore owes a debt to Atreyu
Controversial t-shirts, murder confessions, being held at gunpoint at the Vatican - Cradle Of FIlth have plenty of stories from over 30 years on the frontlines of extreme metal
From playing to a room filled with nuns to losing a drum battle against a teddy bear, these moments helped make Iron Maiden Britain's most iconic metal band
Members of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Halestorm and more choose the best songs featuring the Prince Of Darkness
We got bands and academics to tell us why heavy music can’t get enough of big, burly berserkers
Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia
Indian nu metal machine Bloodywood are packing nothing but bangers
From their goth metal breakouts to Ozzfest and requiring FBI support against stalkers, Lacuna Coil put Italian metal on the map
Claudio Sanchez has suggested this album came from a musical midlife crisis. Luckily for us, he pushed through and the results were well worth it
