Latest articles by Simon Young
The origin story of Anthrax's gurning mascot, the Not Man
Albums, t-shirts, tattoos, books and games: the Not Man has been everywhere
The story behind the song: Hate to Say I Told You So by The Hives
The Fargesta Five went from being underground garage rock heroes to signing a major label deal on the strength of a "fairly monotonous" song
John 'Speedo' Reis: The 10 best songs from 10 of his bands
Step this way for some "savage blasts of junk shoppe punk that kicks you in the ding ding"
Hear metal queen Doro Pesch uncork heavy cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way featuring Whitesnake and Sepultura members
A taste of star-studded tribute album Steel Rumours: The Songs Of Fleetwood Mac Reforged In Metal, out on November 20
Bring Me The Horizon's Can You Feel My Heart is coming to Fortnite Festival
The band's 2013 single will be added to the globally popular video game off-shoot later this week
Yeah Yeah Yeahs release live Royal Albert Hall album and concert film
The New Yorkers' live recording is available to stream now through Secretly Canadian
What exactly is Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl whispering on Everlong?
The 1997 single with the inaudible crackly bit has been streamed 1.8 billion times on Spotify
Are Gallows teasing a reunion with Frank Carter?
Something appears to be going on behind the scenes
United States Secretary of Defense told Army Chief of Staff to stand down over Kid Rock helicopter flyby investigation
President Trump's pal Kid Rock is at the centre of Pete Hegseth's controversial military decision
Punk rock supergroup Fake Names share Until It's Normal, taken from upcoming album Punk Ruins
The band have also announced a series of European shows in early 2027
Nintendocore, unblack metal and the weirdest metal subgenres you never knew existed
When saying you love metal isn't simply enough for some people
What happened when Queens of the Stone Age played in a German salt mine
The band's unique 2007 show was filmed but footage has remained locked up in a record label vault ever since
Paramore, Deftones and Tool love them. This album broke them. The story of Failure's Fantastic Planet
Released on August 13, 1996, Failure's Fantastic Planet is beloved by Deftones, Tool, Paramore and a new generation of music fans, but it traumatised the band to the point of meltdown
The story of Mr Bungle: how Mike Patton’s ex-high-school band made one of the strangest debut albums in heavy metal history
On this day in 1991, Mr Bungle’s self-titled debut came out – confusing many but inspiring Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and other greats
How AC/DC’s Brian Johnson ended up playing on the same football team as Chuck Norris
This headline sounds a fever dream, but it really happened in 1983
How Beavis and Butt-head turned White Zombie into a million-selling band
"It was our most normal song. A song that a normal person might enjoy."
Here's 10 Mogwai songs every metal fan should listen to right now
'Two parts serenity and one part death metal', one promo sticker said – and they had a point
The story behind Metallica's apocalyptic thrash masterpiece, Blackened
“Dude, that riff’s good enough to open our album."
Why Devin Townsend is a bit "irritated" by Quebec microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine
Townsend says that after being told by many people to listen to Angine de Poitrine, he simply refused – but admits he probably should
Jason Newsted says that a Metallica fan once threw darts at the band during a show
The incident happened at a Canada arena show in the late 80s
Ghost to release tour film titled 2 Big to Rig in cinemas this August
The Skeletour concert film follows their 2024 release Rite Here Rite Now
Nicko McBrain ranks Iron Maiden's albums, from worst to best
The drummer ranked Iron Maiden's albums in order of greatest during a fan event at his barbecue spot in Florida
KnuckleBonz announce details of online museum dedicated to late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton
"Cliff Burton redefined the role of the bass guitar in thrash, and his influence is stronger than ever..."
