The Dee Snider interview: "Twisted Sister and Manowar were gonna have fisticuffs"
We lined up Dee Snider's fans to ask 'Do you envisage that a day when you will, in fact, relent and take it?' and a host of other searching questions
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We put together the ultimate Nevermind covers album
Nirvana‘s landmark grunge album Nevermind turns 30 this week – and here it is as you've never heard it before
The beauty of the implicit: a guide to Chinese post-black metal
The obscure but brilliant bands fusing Chinese culture with post-black metal and blackgaze
Every song on Nirvana's Nevermind, ranked from worst to best
Nirvana's classic second album Nevermind might have inspired a generation - but that doesn't stop us messing with it
Motorhead: a guide to their best live albums
Motorhead never sounded better than when playing to sweaty, fanatical audiences... and these are their best live albums
"I’m proud of myself for surviving": how Dana Dentata overcame trauma to find empowerment
Rap metal artist Dana Dentata's startling album, pantychrist, chronicles a difficult yet revelatory awakening after suffering years of trauma and abuse
50 years of Judas Priest: the ultimate interview
Judas Priest are still very much around after 50-plus years, through ups and downs. We spoke to all the current members about life in one of the greatest metal bands of them all
Filth Is Eternal: "We lost a tour because people objected to our old name"
Filth is Eternal: caustic hardcore from the band formerly known as F***ed and Bound
Health: The Trent Reznor-approved industrial band angering hipsters
How Health went from LA's vibrant noise scene to collaborations with some of the most experimental names in metal
Green Lung’s Top 10 Occult Rock Albums
From Coven's Satanic rites to the drug-fugged doom of Electric Wizard, here are Green Lung’s top ten favourite occult rock albums
"You need to be able to stare into the abyss": Transylvania's Dordeduh make peace with their past
Romania's transcendental black metallers Dordeduh come to terms with the death of their former Negură Bunget bandmate
Sepultura's Derrick Green: "I knew there would be backlash when I joined"
Sepultura frontman Derrick Green offers his life lessons on veganism, the art of persuasion and the necessity of pre-bed talk
Jeff Walker: "Tom Hanks used to play Carcass to his friends"
Carcass frontman Jeff Walker discusses being namechecked on Friends, played on Red Dwarf, why he's responsible for nu metal and his kinship with Lars Ulrich
Between The Buried And Me: the story behind Colors II, the bizarro, brilliant sequel to a landmark album
Progressive metal pioneers Between The Buried And Me return to the weird and wonderful world of their classic album, Colors
How Ozzy Osbourne found Randy Rhoads and made a masterpiece
Ozzy Osbourne reveals how he beat the odds to release the classic Blizzard Of Ozz album, his first after being fired by Black Sabbath.
The Story Behind The Song: Kittie's Spit
How Kittie's empowering debut single Spit stormed the nu metal boys' club with all guns blazing
Betrayal, murder, colonialism: Alien Weaponry are confronting the dark heart of New Zealand
Māori metallers Alien Weaponry reveal the horrific true tales behind their new album Tangaroa
Employed To Serve: "This is an album about empowerment - about conquering yourself".
How Employed To Serve rallied after the collapse of their label to produce their most ambitious record to date
82 Minutes, 10 Songs, one Samurai: the real story behind Iron Maiden's epic new album Senjutsu
Iron Maiden interview: the epic story behind the new album Senjutsu
