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Amaranthe's Elize Ryd would love to star in Wicked
By Emily Swingle published
Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd harbours a secret love for musicals - and would love to star in Wicked

Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times
By Niall Doherty published
Why we all need to put down our phone and pick up a glass of gin

How Slipknot's sweariest, angriest song helped them land the heaviest number one album ever
By Stephen Hill published
As soon as people heard that crushing first song on Iowa, they knew we weren't getting a soft, sell-out second album

From Scorsese and Michael Bolton to black metal greatness, the surprising career of Myrkur
By Dave Everley published
Few artists in modern metal have had a career quite like Myrkur

16 albums into a 44-year career, German veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing
By Dave Ling published
Kreator's Krushers Of The World album is out now

How Linkin Park's In The End became one of the biggest songs ever - despite Chester not liking it
By Dannii Leivers published
Incredibly, if Chester had had his way, In The End would have never made the cut on Hybrid Theory!

If you like The Distillers, Petrol Girls and Dying Wish, you need Le Rox in your life
By Madison Collier published
It's pretty impressive that Le Rox even exist, let alone putting out some of hardcore punk's best new material

Burning toilet paper and sleeping on a sink: how Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog
By Giulia Mascheroni published
Vocalist believes there’s a strong and clear link between his band and Gong: their weirdness

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine on the band’s final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness and more
By Paul Brannigan published
With Megadeth's final album topping the US charts, Dave Mustaine is determined to go out on a high note

"We didn’t always know what we were doing on this record, and I think that’s the beauty of it." Jonathan Davis and Munky share the stories behind every song on Korn's game-changing debut album
By Paul Brannigan published
A track by track breakdown of Korn's legendary 1994 debut album, by the men who wrote it

Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, working with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him
By Dave Everley published
A candid interview with Blaze Bayley from 2023

Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released
By Metal Hammer published
The Misfits’ debut album Static Age is one of the rock’s great debut albums – but it nearly didn’t come out

How Chuck Billy survived cancer and grunge to become a thrash metal legend
By Alex Deller published
Testament, Marvel's What If...?, an upcoming biography: Chuck Billy is a man of many talents

Type O Negative and Crowbar unite in Sun Don't Shine
By Perran Helyes published
The 90s most miserable metal bands have united to create a brilliant new supergroup

How Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer explore comedy and tragedy
By Jon Wierderhorn published
When the world gets dark, Puscifer get weird and their new album Normal Isn't is as weird as it gets

Tailgunner want to be the new Iron Maiden. Or the new Metallica. Or the new Judas Priest
By Dave Ling published
If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in Tailgunner's firing line

How Max Cavalera became a global metal icon
By Joe Daly published
From losing his father at an early age to transforming metal with Sepultura and Soulfly, Max Cavalera looks back on a life on the front lines of metal
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