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The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
Tom Morelllo on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life
Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life
Joseph Arthur’s first acid trip turned him on to the majesty of Rush
In an incident he doesn’t recommend emulating, the singer-songwriter’s appreciation for the Canadian giants was cemented – but that’s only one of four reasons he loves them
The epic story of Budgie, the cult heroes who inspired Metallica, Iron Maiden and Soundgarden
Budgie are one of the greatest rock bands no one really talks about these days
The Pink Floyd songs that influenced final Pink Floyd album The Endless River
The biggest influence on The Endless River? Pink Floyd themselves. Here are the sounds from the band’s past that informed their 2014 release
A timeline of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest film, TV and videogame cameos
From screaming “boobs!” at a TV in Austin Powers to spilling orange juice during The Decline Of Western Civilization, these are the Prince Of Darkness’ greatest pop-culture moments
“He was not doing well physically”: The tragic story of a late goth metal icon’s final album
Type O Negative’s 2007 album Dead Again would prove to be frontman Peter Steele’s swansong
The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal
Cult US hard rockers LIllian Axe should have been way bigger than they were
Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy Osbourne once planned to steal a taxi together
Watch Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson reflect on a drunken night where he ordered 50 beers then plotted grand theft auto with the Prince Of Darkness
Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?
What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980
Tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet Ravagers, the band soundtracking the end of the world
Ozzy Osbourne’s chaotic cameo on Late Night With Conan O’Brien is the funniest Prince Of Darkness moment nobody talks about
Over the course of a six-minute skit, Osbourne forgets the lyrics to Crazy Train, calls Barry Manilow “the antichrist” and unintentionally strangles a guy
The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
The Prince Of Darkness, heavy metal's original madman and the architect for an entire genre - these are some of the finest songs Ozzy lent his talents to
The night The Black Crowes got Oasis' Noel Gallagher so wasted that he passed out in a toilet cubicle and had to be carried out of the building
Noel Gallagher's first night partying with The Black Crowes could have gone better
The rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career
After his turbulent exit from Black Sabbath, it turned out Ozzy's wild story was only just beginning
At home with Lemmy: A classic Motörhead interview
With a two-guitar line-up instead of the usual trio, Motörhead's Orgasmatron album signalled a decibel-driven new start
Rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure: Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranked
A guide to the recorded solo work of the late Prince Of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne
