Stephen Hill

Zakk Wylde talks Ozzy, hot sauce and turning Mark Wahlberg on to metal

By Stephen Hill published 15 June 26

A fun, frantic five minute interview with Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde

Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore

By Stephen Hill published 13 June 26

Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.

From Metallica surprise shows to Slipknot triumphs, these are the 13 greatest Download festival sets ever

By Stephen Hill published 10 June 26

For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

10 brilliant bands that broke up far too soon

By Stephen Hill, Jonathan Selzer published 10 June 26

Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give

How Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into landmark prog metal song Welcome Home

By Matt Mills published 9 June 26

Thanks to its venomous lyrics and hard, screeching riff, the 2005 single became a Platinum-selling breakthrough moment

“They had become genuine rock stars, with all the excess and trappings that go with it”: Why Korn’s most divisive album is way better than everybody thinks

By Stephen Hill published 6 June 26

The campaign to rehabilitate Korn’s divisive fourth album Issues album starts here

How Mastodon overcame moments of self-doubt and rebuilt themselves on The Hunter

By Stephen Hill published 5 June 26

In 2011, Mastodon wrote an album that would fly in the face of everything we thought we knew about them. but they had to fight hard to make it happen...

10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill published 2 June 26

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

How Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, and Maynard James Keenan helped Tenacious D unleash Tribute

By Stephen Hill published 27 May 26

Tenacious D had friends in high places, and they used them to bring this 2000s smash hit to life

How Urne became one of the best-kept secrets in British metal

By Stephen Hill published 26 May 26

After exploring the effects of dementia on 2023's A Feast On Sorrow, Urne decided to reconnect with metal's roots for their 2026 follow-up

How alt. rock godhead Bob Mould finally struck gold with Sugar's Copper Blue

By Stephen Hill published 23 May 26

Released in 1992, Sugar's debut album Copper Blue gave former Hüsker Dü man Bob Mould the commercial success he so richly deserved

How a grudge and an obscenely expensive bill pushed Korn to write Here To Stay

By Stephen Hill published 22 May 26

Korn's Here To Stay proved the nu metal legends weren't going anywhere, but its creation was chaotic and expensive

The story of the new System Of A Down album that will (probably) never happen

By Stephen Hill published 13 May 26

Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.

How Biohazard got signed to a major label - and then shut down Monsters Of Rock

By Stephen Hill published 12 May 26

Biohazard were swept up in the major label hysteria that swamped rock and metal in the 90s

Why Type Of Negative wrote a 60s pop bop that Austin Powers would be proud of

By Stephen Hill published 3 May 26

Peter Steele was a contrarian at the best of times, and rarely more so than when he oversaw Type O Negative'a most surprising single

How Oathbreaker made one of the 21st century's best metal albums - and then disappeared

By Stephen Hill published 21 April 26

Oathbreaker seemed destined for greatness after the release of the superb Rheia. Then the band went on a near-ten-year hiatus. But why?

The mysterious disappearance of the UK's answer to Korn

By Stephen Hill published 20 April 26

Pulkas were beloved in the UK metal press and signed to one of underground metal's most illustrious labels - so what happened?

The story of the album that almost killed Metallica

By Stephen Hill published 20 April 26

Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003's St. Anger

The Corrosion Of Conformity classic that got them championed by Metallica

By Stephen Hill published 12 April 26

Corrosion Of Conformity might have thought they'd already peaked by 1994. They were very wrong

How Unplugged marked a heartbreaking end of an era for Alice In Chains

By Stephen Hill published 11 April 26

30 years ago this week, Alice In Chains played a legendary MTV Unplugged set that has only grown more poignant with time

How Slipknot's sweariest, angriest song helped them land the heaviest number one album ever

By Stephen Hill published 8 April 26

As soon as people heard that crushing first song on Iowa, they knew we weren't getting a soft, sell-out second album

How In This Moment's Maria Brink finally got her message heard

By Stephen Hill published 23 March 26

In this Moment have been on the metal scene for two decades, but it took years for frontwoman Maria Brink to truly get her message heard