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Nazi fights, emotional Dio encounters and 40 years of Napalm Death
By Rich Hobson published
Extreme metal legend Shane Embury shares some of the wildest stories from his life in Napalm Death and beyond

The magic and mystique of black metal pioneer Attila Csihar
By Jonathan Selzer published
Attila Csihar is an extreme metal pioneer and has the wild stories to prove it

How Converge defined metalcore for a generation
By Alex Deller published
Before Killswitch Engage, Bring Me The Horizon or Architects brought metalcore to new commercial heights, Converge were shaping the genre for the future

How Max Cavalera became a global metal icon
By Joe Daly published
From losing his father at an early age to transforming metal with Sepultura and Soulfly, Max Cavalera looks back on a life on the front lines of metal

Meet N0trixx, the Russian-born trap metal artist exploring mental health
By Emily Swingle published
N0trixx's experiences with dissociative identity disorder have inspired one of 2026's most fascinating metal debuts

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89
By Jerry Ewing published
Drummer Terry Cox was part of the classic Pentangle line-up alongside Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson

Bottled offstage by Alice Cooper's audience. Derailed by a death in The Pretenders. How Big Country made The Crossing
By Scott Rowley published
In an exclusive extract from a new book about the life of Stuart Adamson, we look at the hidden story behind The Crossing

"We were like, ‘What if we take speed? Maybe we can play even faster!’ We were definitely better without the drugs." How Europe's biggest thrash band went from getting their mum to sign deals to satanic metal mastery
By Dom Lawson published
"When we heard Venom, all our songs became satanic."

How Black Sabbath and ‘major death anxiety’ inspired metal’s new fantasy sensation, Castle Rat
By Mischa Pearlman published
How a fantasy doom band became a viral sensation everyone is talking about

"In Russia, when you see a bear, it's not ****ing funny." Alex Terrible is a bear-wrestling, bareknuckle fighting controversy magnet. He's also made Slaughter To Prevail unlikely metal icons
By Steve Appleford last updated
We head Stateside to speak to the man behind the mask as Russian deathcore crew Slaughter To Prevail prepare to unleash their new album
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