Will Marshall

Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it

What’s a great band without a great mascot? Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Ghost all prove that a made-up character can carry you far!

Black metal covers of Justin Bieber, gothic post-punk revival and Linkin Park style nu metal from the former guitarist of letlive. - make sure you check out these brilliant new bands this month

Simone Simons talks Disney covers, pastafarianism and how Epica worked out their collaborative EP The Alchemy Project

From Escuela Grind's progressive grindcore to tongue-in-cheek nu metal from Chuggaboom, these are the bands you need to hear this month

From Californian hardcore heroes Scowl to Icelandic post-punks Kaelan Mikla and Brazilian black metal brutes Vauruva, these are the 5 new bands you need to check out this month

From Gojira-style Swiss prog metal to anti-war Ukrainian death metal, these are 5 new bands you need to hear right now

From gothic reflections of smalltown America to world-conquering deathcore, these are the five new bands you need to know this month

From Tory-bashing metalcore to experimental mathcore and Britain's answer to Every Time I Die - these are the five new metal bands you need to hear this month

From a death metal supergroup to alt-metal’s next heroes, these are the bands you should be at the top of your New Music playlist

From nu-metal partystarters to Chinese prog-metal mavericks, this is the best new noise around right now