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10 essential groove metal albums
From Pantera to Pissing Razors, this is the groove metal experience at its cranium-crunching best
August Burns Red’s Jake Luhrs: “I have drunk so much wine that I literally sh*t the bed”
Jake Luhrs of metalcore heroes August Burns Red on faith, family and booze-related ‘accidents’
The 8 most underrated nu metal albums
Not every nu metal band could reach the heights of Korn or Limp Bizkit. But here are 10 albums that deserve a second chance
Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses: the story behind the ultimate goth-metal vampire soundtrack
How Type O Negative brought goth-metal into the mainstream with Bloody Kisses
We got Slipknot to put together the ultimate 25 track mixtape
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Shawn Crahan and Jim Root compile their ultimate mixtape featuring AC/DC, Metallica, NIN, Depeche Mode and more
Peter Green, Judas Priest, and the acid-induced nightmare of the Green Manalishi
How Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green wrote The the Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) and accidentally created one of heavy metal's building blocks
The Top 10 best albums of 1998
From Korn’s Follow The Leader to Marilyn Manson’s Mechanical Animals, here are 10 albums that shaped 1998
How Back In Black brought AC/DC back from the dead
The death of AC/DC’s frontman Bon Scott looked like it might deal a fatal blow to the band as well. But they got a new singer and made a career-rejuvenating record that became the biggest-selling rock album of all time: Back In Black
The secret history of Avenged Sevenfold
From teenage basketball camp to the arenas of the world, this is the inside story of Avenged Sevenfold’s stellar rise
How Pantera invented 90s metal with Cowboys From Hell
Just when the world thought metal was on its last legs, four brawlers from Texas arrived with an album that nobody saw coming...
The Story Behind The Song: Killswitch Engage’s The End Of Heartache
How Killswitch Engage’s 2004 anthem The End Of Heartache cut through the singer-related turmoil to carry them to greatness
This man single handedly invented death metal… in 1979
He founded death metal visionaries Possessed before a gunshot wound left him partially paralysed. Now Jeff Becerra is finally getting the respect he’s due
Master Of Puppets: How Metallica made the greatest metal album of all time
We look back at the history of Metallica's Master Of Puppets masterpiece
How Iron Maiden conquered The World
The Iron Maiden story told by the "control freaks" who got them there, from East End pubs to worldwide stadiums, via sackings, internal squabbles and new business models
Donald Trump singing Iron Maiden’s Run To The Hills is just as insane as you’d imagine
YouTube prankster Lars von Retriever strikes again with this Maiden/Trump mash-up
Slash's 10 best guitar solos, from Guns N' Roses to Velvet Revolver and beyond
In an age where the guitar hero is somewhat diminished, no one is more heroic than Guns N' Roses man Slash - and these are his best solos
10 metal compilations that changed the world
Forget Spotify playlists – here are 10 of the most speaker-shattering 80s and 90s metal compilations
Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel: “Everything is f**ked, but there are good things”
The gospel according to Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel