Simon Young

Only true Maggots will ace this Slipknot trivia quiz

Only true Maiden fans will get 100 per cent correct

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart did not like Ozzy Osbourne, and after listening to Miracle Man, it's safe to say the feeling was mutual

As Human turns 35 this month, we look at how Chuck Schuldiner thirst for revenge helped redefine the sound of death metal

How one writer discovered that it's easy to casually nap through 110 decibels

As Somewhere In Time turns 40, we reveal the secrets hidden in Iron Maiden's most intricate album artwork

Fugazi's Ian MacKaye called Bad Brains "the greatest band in the world"

You Suffer appears on the band's 1987 debut album, Scum

Iron Maiden's eponymous anthem would go on to inspire their mascot Eddie and closes their set to this day

Slipknot, Spiritbox, and Suicide Silence are among those serving up this week's best new metal songs

Slayer's controversial ninth album was released on September 11, 2001

Albums, t-shirts, tattoos, books and games: the Not Man has been everywhere

The Fargesta Five went from being underground garage rock heroes to signing a major label deal on the strength of a "fairly monotonous" song

Step this way for some "savage blasts of junk shoppe punk that kicks you in the ding ding"

The 1997 single with the inaudible crackly bit has been streamed 1.8 billion times on Spotify