When Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach invites you for a hike in a bear-infested wood, you don’t say no
Talking break-ups, breakdowns and tripping balls on pyschedelics while dodging potentially lethal animals with Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach
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All hail the Mona Lisas of 80s metal album sleeves
How Indonesia built the world’s most exciting underground metal scene
In 2019, we spent a week deep in Indonesia’s vibrant metal scene with grindcore icons Burgerkill. This is what we found
Exclusive: listen to Imperial Triumphant’s insane new song City Swine – featuring Meshuggah’s Tomas Haake
Avant garde metal visionaries Imperial Triumphant enlist Meshuggah’s Tomas Haake for new song City Swine and the result is next-level crazy
New Years Day’s Ash Costello: “I try not to give a f**k, like Marilyn Manson”
The lessons life has taught New Years Day frontwoman Ash Costello
Every Avenged Sevenfold album ranked from worst to best
From Sounding The Seventh Trumpet to The Stage, here are Avenged Sevenfold’s seven albums ranked from worst to best
This Sabbath-loving rapper is set to rule 2020
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10 legendary albums that turn 25 this year
From At The Gates to White Zombie, these are the albums that ruled 1995
Oranssi Pazuzu: the psychedelic shamen taking black metal into other dimensions
No one is making psychedelic black metal like interdimensional warriors Oranssi Pazuzu
Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon: 10 albums that changed my life
Sevendust frontman Lajon Witherspoon reveals the soundtrack to his life
The top 10 best Voivod albums
Voivod singer Snake ranks the prog metal pioneers’ 10 best albums
Slipknot’s Slipknot: the inside story of the debut album that shook the world
In 1999, Slipknot released their self-titled debut album. Metal has never been the same since
Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell: “If the Messiah were to return, what a load of shit he would step into”
God, drugs and interactions with the spirit world – inside the mind of Jane’s Addiction singer and alt-rock godfather Perry Farrell
20 upcoming metal albums we can’t wait to hear when the world returns to normal
2020 has been a crazy year, but these 20 upcoming albums prove there are some bright spots on the horizon
The top 10 best Powerwolf songs according to Powerwolf
Guitarist Matthew Greywolf picks out the 10 Powerwolf songs guaranteed to get every metal fan howling at the moon.
What happened when the Big Four played together for the very first time
In June 2010, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax played together for the very first time as the Big Four. We were there to watch history being made
The story behind the song: Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back In Town
Had Thin Lizzy's manager not had an ear for a good tune and some American DJs not picked up on it, the band might never have even bothered to record what became their signature song, The Boys Are Back In Town
Venom Prison have re-recorded a bunch of old tracks and they sound even more brutal than before
Venom Prison unleash a brand new version of early track Defy The Tyrant – and it slays
Bring Me The Horizon’s new single Parasite Eve is bizarre, baffling and brilliant
Robotic voices? Eight armed nurses? The return of riffs? We crack open BMTH’s new single Parasite Eve