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Nine Zakk Wylde albums to listen to, and one to avoid
First with Ozzy Osbourne and later with his own bands, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a formidable guitarist – and these are his best albums
Fuelled by humanistic thinking and pure, feminine power, Bianca's debut album is more proof that black metal has progressed far beyond Satanism and petulant rebellion
This is a special debut from a special new force in extreme metal
Vote: who are the Big 4 in all of metal?
Thrash's Big 4 has been settled for decades, but what if we push it out to the whole genre? Who gets in?
How Metallica turned tragedy into Fade To Black: the acoustic epic that put the elitists in their place
Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh
9/11, censorship and conspiracy theories: the story of System Of A Down's Chop Suey!
Not even System Of A Down themselves could have predicted just how big this song would become
Three decades in, Paradise Lost still haven't made their best album
Goth-metal progenitors cast a cautiously optimistic eye on the future
“It’s voted biggest spectacular and biggest folly. That’s a compliment!” Six myths and legends of Rick Wakeman
Keyboard maestro on his 36-year wait to play Hampton Court, the apparent disaster of King Arthur on ice, buying a £1,000 synth for £35 because its owner thought it was broken, his innocence over the Sex Pistols’ firing from A&M and more
Smuggling, private jets, and expecting the unexpected on the road with the Osbournes
Witnessing the warmth and wit of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
