Seeing Joe Biden sing a Metallica song proves America made the right call
President-elect Joe Biden is a Metallica fan! Unless… this video is more fake news
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Lars Ulrich: Phil Towle 'saved' Metallica
Metallica's therapist Phil Towle became an "easy target" following the release of Some Kind Of Monster – but drummer Lars Ulrich actually credits him with keeping the band together
The crazy laughing televangelist from the US election has been turned into a metal song
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s bizarre anti-Biden meltdown has been turned into a metal song, because why not?
Slipknot are bringing Knotfest to Brazil
Brazilian Maggots, are you ready? Slipknot are coming to São Paulo
The Grammy nominations are in and holy smoke that's a lot of categories
The Recording Academy discover that women can rock, while Body Count, Code Orange and Power Trip lead the metal nominations
Have you always wanted a tiny Papa Emeritus II? Well, we've got good news
Ghost release the latest in their range of action figures – and this time, it's a tiny version of Papa Emeritus II
Deftones recruit an unlikely fan in the shape of Michael Bublé
Christmas crooner Michael Bublé outs himself as a secret Deftones fan – is "absolutely loving" new album Ohms
Metallica confirm they've started "serious" work on their next album
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells Phoebe Bridgers that the band are "three, four weeks into some pretty serious writing"
Our Black Friday magazine subscription sale is now on!
Treat yourself – or someone you love – to a half price magazine subscription for Christmas, but be quick, because our Black Friday sale only lasts until December 1st
The Darkness announce Xmas concert and livestream, launch Bells End bitter
The Hawkins brothers promise ‘an unparalleled night of true artistic integrity’ in London to kiss 2020 goodbye
Here’s that Iron Maiden vs Judas Priest vs Wham! mash-up you never knew you needed
Mash-up wizard DJ Cummerbund pits Iron Maiden and Judas Priest against Wham!, because why not
Angus Young thanks AC/DC fans for their ‘guiding inspiration’ as Power Up hits number one on the UK albums chart
AC/DC’s comeback album Power Up racks up the biggest first-week sales of 2020 in the UK
Watch Killed Be Killed’s stunning animated video for From A Crowded Wound
Metal supergroup Killer Be Killed share striking fourth video from new album Reluctant Hero
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Every AC/DC album ranked, from worst to best – the ultimate guide
Updated From Powerage to Power Up, from Back in Black to Black Ice, from Rock Or Bust to... you get the idea. These are AC/DC's albums ranked, from worst to best
Every Within Temptation album ranked from worst to best
From symphonic metal to hip hop collaborations, we untangle Within Temptation’s epic discography
What the hell is going on with Slipknot’s unreleased Look Outside Your Window album?
In 2008, Slipknot recorded Radiohead-inspired ‘secret’ album, Look Outside Your Window. Twelve years on, we're still waiting for it to be released
How Black Sabbath ditched the hippy dream and faced brutal reality on Paranoid
With themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid remains the ultimate difficult second album. Fifty years on, we remember how it razed the rock’n’roll landscape
The best home brew kits 2020: brew your own beer and cider at home
Whether you enjoy drinking beer, cider or both, we’ve picked out the best home brew kits to help you on your summer brewing journey
Architects' Royal Albert Hall livestream: a potent reminder that heavy music is more than just mosh pits
Review Architects' livestream from the Royal Albert Hall this weekend was a powerful performance from a band who've never shied away from embracing the future
10 bands who wouldn’t exist without Tool
The prog metal icons have influenced some of music’s greatest artists. And Justin Bieber
Why I love Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger, by Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Glutz
Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa White-Glutz salutes Soundgarden’s grunge-era masterpiece
The Story Behind The Song: Sepultura’s Choke
Derrick Green looks back on the song that reinvented Sepultura and the enormous task of stepping into Max Cavalera’s shoes
Every Slayer album ranked from worst to best
It’s a dirty job, but we’ve done it and ranked Slayer’s untouchable back catalogue in order of greatness
The Story Behind The Song: Bring The Noise by Anthrax and Public Enemy
Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D look back on the birth of a rap metal landmark
Some genius has covered Master Of Puppets in the style of Type O Negative
This goth metal cover of Metallica’s thrash classic would make Peter Steele proud
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Sodom’s Genesis XIX: thrash veterans strip away the fuss – and the thrills
Euro-thrash mainstays Sodom go back to their roots on new album Genesis XIX with mixed results
Tombs’ Under Sullen Skies: black metal majesty meets New York City grit
NYC’s esoteric black metallers Tombs refine their book of spells on new album Under Sullen Skies
Insidious Disease’s After Death: extreme metal A-listers’ deathly old school salvo
Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death
Jinjer’s Alive In Melbourne is a sh*t-kicking reminder of how great gigs used to be
Tech-metal marauders Jinjer are captured full pre-COVID flight on Alive In Melbourne
Iron Maiden make epic even bigger on Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast live album
Heavy metal’s indefatigable warhorses Iron Maiden cement their legacy on new live album Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast
Killer Be Killed’s Reluctant Hero: stellar return from modern metal’s greatest supergroup
Metal all-stars Killer Be Killed stake their claim as the greatest supergroup of the last 10 years with Reluctant Hero
Macabre’s Carnival Of Killers: the kings of murder-metal reclaim their crown
Serial killer-obsessed sickos Macabre return from their slumber on new album Carnival Of Killers
Henrik Palm’s Poverty Metal: what A Nameless Ghoul does after Ghost
Former Ghost guitarist Henrik Palm goes on a weird, wild ride on debut solo album Poverty Metal
Black Stone Cherry seize life with both hands on new album The Human Condition
Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry carve through the isolation blues wiith new album The Human Condition
Sólstafir’s Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love: a post-metal snowstorm to get lost in
Icelandic enigmas Sólstafir fuse the intimate and the epic on new album Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love
Puscifer’s Existential Reckoning is deliberately annoying, genuinely funny and weirdly emotional
Maynard James Keenan and co find serenity beyond the silliness on Puscifer’s new album Existential Reckoning
