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How Twin Temple bewitched the metal scene - without playing a single note of metal
Twin Temple are one of the most unlikely breakouts of the 2020s metal scene. This is their story
The Central American metal duo breaking out of their country via big, fat riffs
Alphawhores don't have the most SFW name but its inspiration might just surprise you
Why Meshuggah are my comfort band
They’re arguably the heaviest and most technical band of all time, but they’re also extraordinarily easy to listen to
An all-star interview with Randy Blythe
Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Scott Ian and more grill Randy Blythe in an all-star interview
The inside story of Master Of Puppets and the two-year whirlwind that took Metallica to the big time
From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more
From Eminem to Nirvana, the songs that have soundtracked Mimi Barks' life
Nu gen provocateur Mimi Barks talks us through the songs that have defined her life
How Push It helped Static-X become one of the 90s' last breakout metal bands
Static-X became main eventers of nu metal's second wave thanks to their classic banger, Push It
Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all
From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK
Quicksand's Walter Schreifels on New York hardcore, Minor Threat and those disgusting CBGB toilets
The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music
“Megadeth sucks!”: This is what it was like being in the van with Slayer on their first ever UK tour
In 1987, one intrepid writers got in the van with thrash’s most controversial band as their Reign In Pain tour hit the UK
The best new metal songs this week: April 24 2026
Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week's best new metal song round-up
“Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That’s a part of being an artist”: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world’s biggest metal band – the epic story behind rock’s greatest orchestral gig
Metallica’s S&M2 remains the ultimate meeting of metal and classical music
How Brazilian metal legends Sepultura were demonised in the media following a heartbreaking tragedy
"The blame is being pushed onto Heavy Metal"
How Amy Lee fought for control of Evanescence
As Evanescence prepared to release Synthesis, Amy Lee reflected on her position as one of metal's most prominent women
The story of Andrew W.K. and the strangest TV performance in music history
In 2002 Andrew W.K. was interviewed on New Zealand TV series Space. It did not go according to plan
"We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3
After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...
How Dave Grohl's drumming shaped the sound of Nine Inch Nails' album With Teeth
Trent Reznor wanted his drummer to play like Dave Grohl on their 2005 album, so he got the Foo Fighter frontman stop by the studio instead
