
These 4 obscure black metal bands deserve to be as big as Emperor and Dimmu Borgir
From Brazilian trailblazers to a shadowy Norwegian one-man outfit, these are the cult bands every black metal fan should know
From Brazilian trailblazers to a shadowy Norwegian one-man outfit, these are the cult bands every black metal fan should know
In 1983, one intrepid journalist flew to Copenhagen to interview Mercyful Fate – and endured a night of occult weirdness and table football
1984’s Stay Hungry should have turned Twisted Sister into megastars - but it was the beginning of the end for them
Thirteen is definitely not unlucky for Finnish prog metallers Amorphis whose Queen Of Time delivered the goods in style
Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest debut albums in history
When tragedy led to ditching the album they’d planned to release, the “Radiohead of metal” delivered something much more unorthodox
Lorna Shore, Within Temptation and President are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
One of the UK's greatest ever metal exports has amassed a hell of a catalogue. Here's our guide to every album, in reverse order of greatness
Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010
Lamb Of God's frontman has a new book in Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head
From appearing on America's Got Talent to getting endorsements from Bring Me The Horizon and Spiritbox, Harper is leading metal's next generation
From Killswitch Engage and Ghost to Spiritbox and Bloodywood, these are the best metal albums of 2025 so far
Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil are showing no signs of slowing down
How Mastodon crawled from the Atlanta underground metal scene to become one of the most important bands of the 21st century
There’s big, and then there’s Dream Theater’s 2016 prog metal blow-out The Astonishing
The Scorpions proved that Britain and the US didn’t have the monopoly on hard rock and heavy metal
Armored Saint were one of the greatest 80s metal bands never to hit the big time
There was more to thrash metal than speed
Incubus may have risen at the same time as nu metal, but they wanted nothing to do with it