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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart did not like Ozzy Osbourne, and after listening to Miracle Man, it's safe to say the feeling was mutual
Fifty years after Sad Wings Of Destiny was released, Judas Priest‘s second album still sounds like the birth of a legend
How a teenage guitar hero from Boston had the pre-fame Tom Morello picking his jaw up off the floor – and the friendship that resulted years later
Trivium, Power Trip and Hanabie. are among this week's best new metal songs.
These are the things WASP's Blackie Lawless has learned while travelling life’s highway
Precinct 3 and Scavenger will be featured on the Texan thrasher's new album in 2027
Three-track EP At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb has just dropped out of nowhere – singer George Clarke reveals everything you need to know
The longest-serving member in Judas Priest's history on the songs that have defined his life
Comedian Ed Gamble became a metalhead as a teen - and has never looked back
The Israeli musician has toured with Palestinian bands, is a fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu and has written many songs against bloodshed in the Middle East. But after October 7 and the atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank, does he still believe unity is possible?
Sleep Theory have become hot new stars for their mash-up of metal and R'n'B, but Cullen Moore shows its more than just lip service
When Eddie Van Halen died on October 6, 2020, the world lost a legend. We celebrate the life of the man who changed rock‘n’roll forever…
Why am I welling up listening to a dude screaming about Bill The Pony? Blame Lammoth
Killing Joke released their self-titled debut album on October 5, 1980, and rarely put a foot wrong over the next five decades
Hair metal hasn't got anything on this deathcore barbershop quartet
Snot were cut down in their prime after the death of frontman Lynn Strait. Now they're back and working on new music
As Human turns 35 this month, we look at how Chuck Schuldiner thirst for revenge helped redefine the sound of death metal
