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After 50 years of pioneering heavy metal, Accept are in the mood to celebrate
Accept's Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 features guest appearances from Rob Halford, Kirk Hammett, Billy Corgan and more
"I had an A&R guy at one label tell us that we were the next U2." The story behind Helmet's Meantime, the alt.rock masterpiece that even Beavis and Butthead thought was "cool"
Helmet's Meantime is still shaping modern metal, 34 years after its release
What happened when country icon Dolly Parton met Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford
Two icons met in the most unusual of circumstances and it left an indelible impression on Rob Halford
Why Arctangent is my favourite festival ever – and how the 2026 edition proved it all over again
The 12th Arctangent was another showcase of genre-splicing talent, laden with quality and fostering the friendliest atmosphere I’ve ever felt at a festival
The messy story behind Nightwish's Bye Bye Beautiful - the most controversial song of their career
Nightwish's angry-sounding goodbye song for Tarja Turunen left her replacement Anette Olzon in a difficult position
Why it took Loathe six years to release new album A Stranger To You
Loathe looked set to capitalise on the acclaim of 2020's I Let It In And It Took Everything. They didn't release a proper follow-up for six years
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner made us a playlist
Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick
"I very much connect to shadow." How three family tragedies and the surprise support of Alice Cooper saw Holy Wars make one of 2026's most emotional metal albums
Holy Wars have channelled grief into their art - but they won't be defined by it
Biff Byford reveals why he thinks Metallica have never covered a Saxon song
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?
The story of Sabbat’s cult late 80s pagan-thrash classic Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
UK thrashers Sabbat made an overlooked classic with their second album, Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
A week in the life of the Metal Queen, Doro Pesch
Doro: Night owl, gym regular, painter, reader, film lover, spiritualist
How Eihwar's Viking war trance has brought chaos to the European folk metal scene
French duo Eihwar are one of the funnest and most unique things to hit the alternative music scene in recent years
The best metal albums of 2026 (so far)
Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir, Evanescence: it's been a great year for metal (and we're not done yet)
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen on her worst album – and the prog metal deep cut which makes her cry
The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life
The story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner
Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer
The story behind Kiss's ultimate party anthem, Rock And Roll All Nite
Kiss desperately needed a hit. So they wrote Rock And Roll All Nite, and it's become part of the cultural furniture
The best new metal songs you need to hear this week: August 14 2026
Mastodon, Green Lung and Noctule are among the best new metal songs you need to hear this week
