Latest articles by Paul Travers
"We don’t take our brotherhood for granted now": Max and Iggor Cavalera on mending fences, Sepultura and the legacy of global metal
From blinding each other as kids to meeting Pelé and Javier Bardem, Max and Iggor Cavalera reflect on 40 years of music
“We have got to get that monkey out of the office before he kills us all.” How metal (mostly) united against George W. Bush in the 2000s
Years before Trump dragged US politics into the gutter, George W. Bush's Presidency caused outrage amongst many prominent metal bands
10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles
David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were
The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s
These are the rock and metal songs that have achieved a billion or more streams on Spotify
Queen, AC/DC, Nirvana, Journey, and who else? The rock tracks that have achieved over one billion streams on Spotify
10 non-famous bands who have the same name as a way more famous band
The psychedelic Nirvana, the thrash Poison and the early 70s Iron Maiden - come on in, your time is now
“Led Zeppelin write weak, unimaginative songs”: 10 original reviews of classic albums that got it completely wrong
Everyone from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses had their haters
13 bands keeping occult rock alive who aren’t Ghost
Ghost might be bringing Satan to the masses, but these bands are putting the 'cult' in occult rock and metal
The story behind every cover version on Ghost’s new Phantomime EP
Everything you need to know about Ghost’s covers of classics by Iron Maiden, Genesis and Tina Turner
The top 20 best Tenacious D songs ever
The 20 best songs by the greatest band on earth – these are Tenacious D’s most epic anthems
Babadooks, drag kings and The Devil’s Arse: inside the world’s first Ghost convention
The world's first fan-organised Ghost convention was a gloriously OTT event held in a cave called The Devil's Arse
"I had been running, numbing and self-medicating": How The Interrupters turned abuse, trauma and depression into triumph on Into The Wild
The Interrupters' Aimee Allen and Kevin Bivona reveal how laying some life-long demons to rest resulted in the most essential, emotional ska punk album of recent times
20 killer metal albums turning 10 in 2023
From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers
12 times rock stars gatecrashed another band's video
Rock stars, eh? You never quite know where they'll pop up next, as these video cameos prove
Korn’s Blind: how a rewritten version of another band’s song invented nu metal
Korn’s Blind kicked off their debut album – and nu metal. But it started life with another band entirely
Fucked Up’s One Day: 24 hours in the life of the world’s most ambitious punk band
Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day
The 50 best metal albums of 2022
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The true meaning behind Ghost’s Mary On A Cross
How Ghost made 2022’s breakout hit – and exactly what it means
In Memoriam: remembering the musicians we lost in 2022
Remembering those we lost this year from the world of music
Mummies, sphinx heads and Live After Death: the epic story of Iron Maiden‘s World Slavery tour
How Iron Maiden’s World Slavery tour kicked 80s metal to the next level – and nearly destroyed the band in the process
"If people think we’re a heavy metal band...I don't really care": how Load and Reload changed Metallica forever
Metallica were already one of the world's biggest bands in the mid-90s. Then came a chapter in their career that'd change many fans' perceptions of them for good
Type O Negative’s Dead Again: the triumph and tragedy of Peter Steele’s final album
Arguments, drugs and drunken jams: looking back at Type O Negative’s swansong album Dead Again
"We were at each others throats": Inside the intense, freaky, fairytale world of Palaye Royale
Meet Palaye Royale, three brothers from Las Vegas, with a bold new album, a unique worldview and big, big dreams
