Slipknot: Mounting injuries, member dramas and toxic fanbases By Stephen Hill They are Slipknot. But what does that really mean in 2019? We're granted a tense but entertaining audience with metal’s most chaotic band
Beavis and Butthead: A love letter to Mike Judge's MTV masterpiece By Stephen Hill How two foul-mouthed animated teenage delinquents became the authority on 90s metal – and somehow hit the mainstream
Rock left the mainstream behind this decade – and saved itself in the process By Stephen Hill Rock music seemed to loosen its grip on the zeitgeist and slip out of the public's consciousness this decade – but the truth, as always, is a lot more complicated than that
In praise of Vitalogy, Pearl Jam's forgotten best album By Stephen Hill As Vitalogy turns 25, we make the case that the underrated gem is actually Pearl Jam's finest album
Korn's Issues: Why the nu-metal OG's fourth album shouldn't be overlooked By Stephen Hill On November 16, 1999 Korn dropped their fourth studio album. Twenty years on from its release we look back at Issues – an album that highlighted the nu-metal outsiders' struggle with the reality of commercial success
Lamb Of God: how we wrote Laid To Rest By Stephen Hill Laid To Rest was the song that gave Lamb Of God a breakthrough single and a spot on Guitar hero. Just don’t ask them about that last bit...
Metallica S&M2 movie review: vanity project or the film their career deserves? By Stephen Hill As Metallica's S&M2 movie heads to theatres, we give our verdict on their third cinematic attempt
Korn's The Nothing: Your ultimate track-by-track guide By Alice Pattillo, Stephen Hill, Eleanor Goodman Korn's new album promised to be their heaviest yet, but is it? We've picked apart every track to find out...
Korn's The Nothing recaptures the genuine darkness of their earlier works By Stephen Hill Jonathan Davis exorcises his most ferocious demons yet in Korn's new album The Nothing
10 Rock and metal tours that went to sh*t By Chris Chantler, Eleanor Goodman, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Adam Rees Meltdowns. Accidents. Implosions. Bomb threats?! We dig inside some of the most chaotic tours in metal history
Tool's Fear Inoculum: Your definitive track-by-track guide By Stephen Hill, Eleanor Goodman 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 - Fear Inoculum review: an enigma inside Pandora’s box By Stephen Hill Tool's Fear Inoculum album follows LA’s multi-dimensional metallers as they journey beyond all expectations
1994: The albums that changed the world By Chris Chantler, Alex Chillingworth, Ali Cooper, Connie Gordon, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Dayal Paterson, Jonathan Selzer, Jon Wiederhorn 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
Bloodstock Open Air 2019: The Ultimate Review By Alice Pattillo, Merlin Alderslade, Stephen Hill, Rich Hobson, Jonathan Selzer Live We're on-site at BOA and we're bringing you the lowdown on the biggest and best performances all weekend
Pop music doesn't have to be metal's enemy By Stephen Hill 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
Marilyn Manson vs Courtney Love: The true story of 1999's Beautiful Monsters Tour By Stephen Hill 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...
10 Essential Tool tracks to stream right now! By Stephen Hill Tool have finally released their back catalogue to streaming services. We've compiled a playlist of 10 essential tracks for the newly initiated
Every Tool album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best By Stephen Hill Tool's albums are finally hitting streaming services, so here they all are ranked from worst to best
The greatest metal records that never were By Alex Chillingworth, Adam Rees, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time
Deftones: How we made Around The Fur By Stephen Hill 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...
Hail Stan: The inside story behind Periphery's ear-battering new album By Stephen Hill Expression, experimentation and striking out on your own: we get the inside story behind Periphery's new album, Periphery IV: Hail Stan
The 10 best wrestling entrance themes By Stephen Hill There can be little argument that wrestling is the most metal sport of them all – and these badass entrance themes prove it
Metal doesn’t need Bring Me The Horizon – and they don’t need us By Stephen Hill Bring Me The Horizon left metal firmly behind with Amo, but they’ve left a scene in ruder health than ever
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
