The Story Behind The Song: My Dying Bride’s The Cry Of Mankind
How Brit metal miserabilists My Dying Bride made Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’ favourite nine-minute doom song
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A love letter to a city: How Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin made Detroit Stories
With some of Motor City’s iconic musicians on board for the thrill ride, Alice Cooper’s new album Detroit Stories is "an homage to the place to which we owe our careers"
Bust-ups, bankruptcy and backstabbing: how Burton C Bell escaped the wreckage of Fear Factory
From the rise of Fear Factory to lawsuits, broken friendships and a bold new start, Burton C Bell looks back on his eventful life
We got Hollywood Undead’s Johnny 3 Tears to make us the mixtape of his life
From industrial legends to international hip hop, these are Hollywood Undead vocalist Johnny 3 Tears’ top tunes
Eric Bloom: The Soundtrack of my Life
Blue Oyster Cult frontman Eric Bloom picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why he won't have (Don't Fear) The Reaper played at his funeral
How to get into… Eyehategod
Where to start with New Orleans sludge legends Eyehategod. Warning: may contain drugs
10 metal bands who went ‘soft’ – and were better off for it
Selling out or upping their game? These are the bands who took it to new levels after dialling back the aggro
We asked an Oxford professor what the hell Rammstein’s Mutter album is really all about
Oxford university lecturer Dr Alexandra Lloyd reveals the hidden secrets of Rammstein’s Mutter
Megadeth’s David Ellefson: “I was a heroin addict and playing the biggest shows of my life”
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson on drugs, broken bones and mortality
Tetrarch’s intense new single Negative Noise will make you think nu metal never went away
Tetrarch channel prime Slipknot on new single Negative Noise
20 things you didn’t know about Rammstein’s Mutter
Failed coups, bar brawls and Hitler’s dog - these are the secrets behind Rammstein’s breakthrough album Mutter
Smith/Kotzen: putting two guitarists together in a studio can be dangerous
Interview: Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and the Winery Dogs’ Richie Kotzen on how their Smith/Kotzen album was made
The Story Behind The Song: System Of A Down’s Chop Suey!
Bans, conspiracy theories and the shadow of 9/11 – System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian looks back on the most popular metal song of the 21st century
Revolution: The story of the lost pioneers of heavy metal
Beyond Black Sabbath and Judas Priest: The extraordinary story of heavy metal's originators – Iron Butterfly, Leaf Hound, Bloodrock, JPT Scare Band, Bang and more
Here are 8 things Metallica could be working on with Miley Cyrus and Elton John
What are Miley Cyrus, Elton John and Metallica cooking up together? We investigate the possibilities
Pupil Slicer are more than a a cool name – they’ve just released one of 2021’s most exciting debut albums
UK noise terrorists Pupil Slicer make brutal math-metal with a bruised heart and ideas to burn
How Guitar Hero III made Slash famous all over again
It's one of the biggest-grossing computer games of all time. Slash talks about how he became famous all over again through Guitar Hero III
Runes, ravens and sorcery: how pagan-folk mystics Wardruna are bringing the old ways back
Wardruna may have soundtracked the TV show Vikings, but their music goes deeper than battleaxes and longships
The 10 most criminally underrated riffs ever
Wheel frontman James Lascelles salutes the killer riffs that deserves way more love than they get
