Latest articles by Stephen Hill
How Killswitch Engage's The End Of Heartache brought some romance to the metal scene
One of the gretaest metalcore songs ever written turned this band into household names
How Skindred mixed reggae and metal to produce a classic 2000s rock banger
How Skindred hit on the ragga-metal classic that would save frontman Benji Webbe’s career
How Laid To Rest – against all odds – gave Lamb Of God an actual career
The opening track of 2004’s Ashes Of The Wake helped lift the band from heavy metal underdogs to generation-defining superstars
The story behind the Foo Fighters classic that everyone assumed was about Kurt Cobain
People misinterpreted this song's meaning for years, but it made it no less poignant
How Cave In briefly became alt-metal’s next big thing with their single Anchor
In 2003, Cave In embraced mainstream attention and wrote Anchor. Unfortunately, their stint in the big time would be short-lived.
How Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into landmark prog metal song Welcome Home
Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, Welcome Home became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment
How A Certain Shade Of Green turned Incubus into poster boys for a scene they hated
With one song, they suddenly found themselves at the front of a music scene they truly hated
"They talk about that album in the same way I talk about Ziggy Stardust...and it was the first time a Slipknot member had unmasked!" How a metal icon embraced horror and glam rock to make one of the most surprising side projects ever
When it was revealed that one of Slipknot's most beloved members had a new project on the go, no one could have predicted how it'd end up sounding
How Korn broke the charts with a smutty song, a controversial look and a truly deranged video
Anyone who grew up with nu metal has a very different idea of what the letters A, D, I, D, A and S mean
The crazy forgotten project featuring a host of rap and metal superstars
This could have been incredible, but it was an absolute flop
Inside the top secret HQ of Sabaton, power metal's biggest band
20 years on from their debut, Hammer joined Sabaton in their hometown of Falun to dive into the band's history
The surprising influences behind Metallica's most successful single (and no, it isn't Enter Sandman)
With a new look, a new attitude and a dizzying new set of musical influences, Metallica crafted one of their most controversial singles. It was also their best-selling
Why Sabaton don't sing about modern conflicts
For 20 years Sabaton have sung about battles and warriors, but they admit there's lines they won't cross
How a Primus song about a beaver sparked a surprise encounter with Winona Ryder
When Primus wrote this weird art rock classic, they weren't expecting a visit from one of America's coolest actresses
Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta names the essential hardcore bands everyone needs to hear
If you need someone to guide you through the world of hardcore, you won’t find a bigger aficionado than the frontman of Hatebreed
The surprise smash hit 90s rap-rock single that beat Alanis Morissette to an MTV award
No one saw this coming in 1995!
How Trent Reznor wrote Nine Inch Nails' first big hit - and why it annoyed the hell out of him
This dancefloor anthem turned Nine Inch Nails into household names in the 90s
The story of the landmark Alice In Chains album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind
A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map
How one rap legend helped bring hip hop to the nu metal generation
The idea of Ice Cube and Korn sharing a bill might not seem strange now, but in the 90s, it was a thrilling novelty
"She was so ****ed off that she tried to get us chucked out of the hotel." The wild night Green Day trashed their hotel room, rang a Rolling Stone and did something unspeakable over an Oscar-winning actress' balcony
Green Day might be a polished stadium rock band now, but they didn't exactly enamour themselves to the Hollywood elite when they first blew up
The bizarre story of Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror swapping singers in the 90s
These two underground favourites found themselves trading singers like football stickers in the 90s
This cult 90s film soundtrack mixed Slayer, Metallica and Korn with edm icons
Years after Judgement Night blazed a trail with hip hop and metal, this album seemed destined to do the same with metal and edm. So why didn't it?
Farewell to music on MTV: it's the end of an era (even if that era really finished a long time ago)
MTV will cease broadcasting its music channels after this year. For generations of rock fans, this is a sad moment
