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The Damned: punk's old dogs pick up ferocious new tricks
After 44 years of smashing things up, The Damned have just released one of the finest recordings of their entire career
Wrestling, homemade instruments, and the world's strangest Guns N' Roses cover
Meet Fundo De Quintal OFC, whose mixture of cartoon violence and music is taking the internet by storm
Celtic Frost’s Into The Pandemonium: the madness and the magic of metal’s most visionary album
Former Celtic Frost mainman Thomas Gabriel Fischer looks back on the Swiss visionaries’ avant garde metal masterpiece
Live music and the road ahead
Are drive-in gigs and pay-per-view concerts the post-pandemic future?
Metallica’s Death Magnetic: how the kings of metal reclaimed their throne
After a decade of controversy and near-implosion, Metallica seriously needed to right the ship. With Death Magnetic, they did just that
Lars Ulrich: “There’s not a f**king moment I’d change”
Lars Ulrich is more than just Metallica’s drummer – he’s the beating heart of the band. In this classic 2012 interview, he looks back over the band’s epic journey
The 10 best 80s movie soundtracks
The 80s was the decade of brat packers, teen movies, and big films about fast cars and fighter pilots – all of which had killer soundtracks. We round up 10 of the best
Massive Wagons: booze, blood, and the British Legion
With touring on hold and a new album out, Massive Wagons take us back to the times and gigs that shaped them
Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman: My Life Story
An audience with mad-eyed Killing Joke frontman and warrior-mystic Jaz Coleman
The story behind Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty's Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
How a song from Tom Petty’s reject pile unwittingly became a Petty/Nicks duet, and the massive hit single that launched the Fleetwood Mac icon’s solo career
Listen to Megadeth’s Holy Wars… get the country-bossanova-reggae treatment it deserves
This head-spinning reworking of Megadeth’s 1990 hit Holy Wars… The Punishment Due is enough to give Dave Mustaine nightmares
Could this tribute to Slayer be the feelgood hit of the summer?
The Dirty Nil's Doom Boy is the van-smashing, romance-starting metal anthem you need right now
The 12 best budget wireless headphones 2020: go wire-free with top choice cheap wireless headphones
These are the best budget wireless headphones for cutting the cord, including top cheap wireless headphones from Beats by Dre, Sennheiser, AKG and more
Tracks of the Week: new music from Brothers Osborne, Piston and more
Want to hear the best new rock music in the world right now? Look this way
The Top 10 best Iron Maiden album opening songs
Few bands know how to kick off an album like Iron Maiden, and here are their 10 best opening tracks
Jay And Silent Bob’s Jason Mewes: 10 albums that changed my life
Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes reaches into his record collection and pulls out King Diamond, Slayer and Björk
Peter Gabriel: my life story
From Genesis to solo star, Peter Gabriel's song writing has been as diverse and it's been thought-provoking and unique
The 11 best metal songs about wizards
Never mind the warlocks – here are the greatest metal songs about our wizarding friends
