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Death posing for a photography in 1998
The stellar rise and tragic demise of Death, the band who pushed metal to new extremes

By Malcolm Dome Published

How late Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner helped lay down the blueprint for death metal – then tore it up

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The late Dee Palmer at the piano
Former Jethro Tull arranger and keyboardist Dee Palmer has died, aged 88

By Jerry Ewing Published

Dee Palmer worked on Tull's classic early 70s albums and was the band's keyboardist from 1976 to 1980

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HIM press
The rise, fall and demise of HIM - Finland's goth metal princes

By Rich Hobson Published

From Sabbath-obssessed teens to celebrities in their own right, Ville Valo reflect on 30 years of HIM

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Max Cavalera Promo 2021
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

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Mastodon
Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

By Philip Wilding Published

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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Tarja Turunen and Sharon den Adel looking at the camera seriously
How Sharon den Adel and Tarja Turunen united for a collaboration over a decade in the making

By Rich Hobson Published

Metal fans couldn't believe their eyes when these two amazing singers appeared on the same song

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Dymna Lotva press 2026
How Dymna Lotva escaped a dictatorship to make black metal

By Perran Helyes Published

Dymna Lotva's music was banned by their government and they were hunted by the police - but that hasn't stopped them speaking out

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Portrait shot of Nina Saeidi, vocalist of Lowen
From a traumatic tube epiphany to representing Iran in the metal scene, Nina Saeidi's incredible life story

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Lowen are one of the most exciting bands in British metal - and their frontwoman Nina Saeidi one of the scene's most important emerging voices

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Poppy 2026
How Poppy became one of metal's biggest personalities

By Eleanor Goodman Published

From hyperpop maverick to one of the most in-demand collaborators in metal Poppy's journey is full of twists and turns

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Leather Angel as they appeared on the cover of We Came To Kill
The story of Leather Angel, the "female Mötley Crüe" with the Nikki Sixx-designed logo

By Sleazegrinder Published

Leather Angel had Sunset Strip in the palms of their biker-gloved hands, but lousy production and a laughable Led Zeppelin cover didn't help the cause

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