How British metal almost ruled the 90s By Stephen Hill 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
While She Sleeps’ provocative new album So What? is the sound of genres being mashed By Stephen Hill Sheffield’s ever-evolving punk metallers jump off the deep end
The 10 essential alt-metal albums By Stephen Hill 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.
Metal’s most interesting voices are all female – and it’s about time By Stephen Hill Women are finally being given the platform to provide some fresh perspectives
Alice In Chains’ Facelift: the grunge masterpiece that kickstarted the 90s By Stephen Hill 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
Parkway Drive: every album ranked from worst to best By Stephen Hill Byron Bay bruisers Parkway Drive have made a career from circle pits and beatdowns – but which album is their moshy masterpiece?
The Story Behind The Song: Step Down by Sick Of It All By Stephen Hill How a “funny little fool around song” became a 90s New York hardcore classic – and an MTV staple
Every Tool album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best By Stephen Hill We put every Tool album in order of greatness, and add in one EP for good measure
King 810 – Suicide King album review By Stephen Hill Divisive gangster metallers King 810 are still hitting the highs and lows
Review: Puppy’s debut album The Goat is where Weezer meets Ghost By Stephen Hill Rising alt-rockers embrace all shades of metal on their first album
Scott Ian turning into a White Walker is the most metal thing you’ll see today By Stephen Hill The Anthrax guitarist went behind the scenes on Game Of Thrones and emerged looking very different
Trivium: the story behind Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr By Stephen Hill Matt Heafy looks back on one of the great metal anthems of the 00s
Max Cavalera: how tragedy and heartbreak inspired Soulfly’s Bleed By Stephen Hill Max Cavalera reveals how heartache led to one of Soulfly’s greatest anthems
Why the death of genres is bad news for metal By Stephen Hill With fans having access to more different types of music than ever, are metal’s various scenes in trouble?
Azusa: Heavy Yoke album review By Stephen Hill Ex-Dillinger bassist finds a new partner in crime with Azusa
Every A Perfect Circle album in their own words By Stephen Hill A Perfect Circle guitarist Billy Howerdel shares the stories behind all four APC albums
Sick Of It All: Wake The Sleeping Dragon album review By Stephen Hill NY’s hardcore punk heroes Sick Of It All keep their furnace fully stoked on Wake The Sleeping Dragon
In defence of Lulu: why Metallica's most despised album is misunderstood By Stephen Hill Lou Reed and Metallica's concept album Lulu has alienated fans since its release. But has it been given a fair hearing?
Shining – Animal album review By Stephen Hill Norway’s ‘blackjazz’ pioneers Shining throw the baby out with the bathwater on Animal
In the studio with Venom Prison as they work on album number two By Stephen Hill Get ready for one of 2019’s most anticipated extreme metal albums – Venom Prison are not holding back
Coheed And Cambria – The Unheavenly Creatures album review By Stephen Hill New York’s prog sci-fi visionaries Coheed And Cambria return to the warfront with The Unheavenly Creatures
The best albums to get stoned to, according to Matt Pike By Stephen Hill Greenfingered Sleep/High On Fire frontman Matt Pike guides us through his favourite smoking records
The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén By Stephen Hill Sabaton frontman Joakim Brodén salutes the discs that have soundtracked his life...
Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses album review By Stephen Hill Emma Ruth Rundle returns in haunting fashion with On Dark Horses
In the studio with While She Sleeps as they work on album number four By Stephen Hill Exclusive Why have While She Sleeps starting jamming Daft Punk?!
