Meltdowns. Accidents. Implosions. Bomb threats?! We dig inside some of the most chaotic tours in metal history

It's taken 13 years, but Tool's new album, Fear Inoculum has finally arrived – here's everything you need to know about it, one track at a time

Tool's Fear Inoculum album follows LA’s multi-dimensional metallers as they journey beyond all expectations

1994 was the year when metal came of age, bands twisting heavy music into new forms that would echo through the ages. We take a look back at the year's essential releases

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

Pop and metal have been going head-to-head again this week, but it's about time we realised the two can be stronger together

It was supposed to be one of the biggest tours of the 90s. But when Marilyn Manson teamed up with Hole, it descended into total chaos...

Tool have finally released their back catalogue to streaming services. We've compiled a playlist of 10 essential tracks for the newly initiated

Tool's albums are finally hitting streaming services, so here they all are ranked from worst to best

Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time

Deftones remember the making of Around The Fur, the record that set the template for their sound. It involved skating, Max Cavalera and a dodgy Maccy D’s trip...

Expression, experimentation and striking out on your own: we get the inside story behind Periphery's new album, Periphery IV: Hail Stan

There can be little argument that wrestling is the most metal sport of them all – and these badass entrance themes prove it

Bring Me The Horizon left metal firmly behind with Amo, but they’ve left a scene in ruder health than ever

British metal should have reigned supreme in the 90s, but nu metal stole its crown. We track down the era’s forgotten bands and the survivors who live on today

Away from the well-trodden path of traditional heavy metal lurk the bands that have been deemed alt-metal. These are the the albums you need to listen to.

Female metal singers are finally being given the platform to provide some fresh perspectives

Alice In Chains debut Facelift was the first grunge album to break into the mainstream. For the band who made it, things would never be the same again

Byron Bay bruisers Parkway Drive have made a career from circle pits and beatdowns – but which album is their moshy masterpiece?

How a “funny little fool around song” became a 90s New York hardcore classic – and an MTV staple