Playlist! Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach talks us through the music that's essential to his life – and he goes big on the ’core, throwing in some healthy slabs of metal (and trip-hop) for good measure

Aversions Crown guitarist Mick Jeffrey on drugs, European crime show addiction and the trials of being in a deathcore band

Avast, ye landlubbers! Alestorm’s swashbucklingly ridiculous breakthrough hit Captain Morgan’s Revenge ushered in a new era of pirate metal

Jake Luhrs of metalcore heroes August Burns Red on faith, family and booze-related ‘accidents’

In Flames frontman Anders Fridén looks back over three decades on metal’s frontlines

Meet Brit doom crew Godthrymm: FFO My Dying Bride, Vallenfyre and Pallbearer

Thrash pioneer Schmier on rock stardom, magic mushrooms and what Lords Of Chaos owes to Destruction

How Beneath The Remains turned four Brazilian metalheads into unexpected global superstars – and changed the sound of metal

Municipal Waste’s ass-kicking singer guides us from righteous anger to juvenile delinquency via hardcore punk and hip hop in his ultimate playlist

Established at the tail-end of a military dictatorship, Rock In Rio was much more than just another festival. The bands that played it would never be the same again

With new singer Mike Patton on board, Faith No More’s genius third album The Real Thing blew metal’s doors wide open

With many still pining for a new System Of A Down album, do we really need legendary bands putting out music for the sake of it?

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…

This year's Bloodstock Sunday headliners rocked Catton Park like a hurricane

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

Metal is producing killer bands from all around the globe – and it’s about time

Killswitch Engage are making a rager of a new album, but it is taking its toll on frontman Jesse Leach

Maryland rockers Clutch returned in 2018 with Book Of Bad Decisions, another album full of weird shit and tall tales. We asked them to school us on the songs

When Skeletonwitch parted ways with singer Chance Garnette, they didn’t know if they could carry on. Now they’ve got a whole new lease of life – and a kickass album to prove it

Hangman's Chair have survived tragedy and turmoil to become one of the best doom bands in metal

Doom metal with melodies so rich they’d make Iron Maiden look twice? Khemmis are toying with one of metal’s most ancient formulas

In 2008, a pirate metal band from Scotland broke into the metal scene with one of the most ridiculous debuts in history. A decade later, Alestorm are still here. How did this happen?!

They may have arrived to the party a little late, but Wolftooth might just be the best pureblooded heavy metal band in the world right now

Megan Osztrosits isn’t here to toe the line. And, with their vitriolic blend of punk and metal fury, neither are Couch Slut