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Nowhere2Run uphold Code Orange's boundary-pushing mentality
Code Orange is dead. Long live Nowhere2Run
How As Everything Unfolds rebuilt after tragedy
After losing her partner, As Everything Unfolds vocalist Charlie Rolfe retreated into daydreaming to process her trauma
How Metallica and Marianne Faithful united for one of the metal icons' most controversial hits
When Marianne Faithful got a phone call from Lars Ulrich asking her to collaborate with Metallica, she didn't believe it
Insane post-hardcore, hobby horses and cowboy cosplay: Meet Uncultivates
Meet the rootin' tootin' cowboys out of, erm, Cork, Ireland who are pioneering 'yee-hardcore'
“A loss of feeling in their hands after only one song”: When Tesseract played on a stage made of ice
Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems – and they weren’t even sure anyone would be there to watch
The Hu's Enkush Batjargal shares his life lessons
From growing up in Communist Mongolia to revolutionising folk metal, The Hu's Enkush Batjargal shares his wisdom (and why swordfighting with a horsehead fiddle is a bad idea)
How Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor pulled back from the abyss to make Year Zero
In 2007, Nine Inch Nails released their fifth album, Year Zero, after Trent Reznor threw off his demons
The 10 best football songs to sing during the World Cup
There's more to football songs than Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, it turns out
How Nita Strauss became a modern guitar hero
From Alice Cooper to Demi Lovato and her own solo work, Nita Strauss has become a modern metal icon
“It might seem odd for a death metal band to love him”: The prog rock icon who gave Gojira their identity
The French band were struggling for a direction before they deliberately introduced the eclectic British musician’s influence – then they started going places
The 10 greatest final albums in heavy metal history
These masterpieces by Black Sabbath, Motörhead and White Zombie made sure their careers ended on flawless form
The story of the Van Halen classic written to mock punk and embraced by the punk rockers
Producer Ted Templeman says Van Halen's Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love is his favourite song from all those he's worked on
The 10 bands who won Download festival 2026
From historic headliners to exciting new bands, Download 2026 was one for the books. Here are the 10 best sets from this year's festival
Pixie boots, dad dancing, mistaken identity and falling off stage: Dream Theater’s early days
Today they’re known for the intensity of their polished shows. But of course, that’s not how they started out…
The stellar rise and tragic demise of Death, the band who pushed metal to new extremes
How late Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner helped lay down the blueprint for death metal – then tore it up
Why Margot Robbie refuses to be embarrassed about being a lifelong metalhead
We celebrate the Barbie star's love for Slipknot, Metallica and Bullet For My Valentine – and the fact she isn’t shy about it
The wild story of Ann Boleyn and Hellion, the long-lost band loved by Ronnie James Dio
Hollywood in the early 1980s: Hellion were in the right place at the right time, but tragedy and bad luck got in the way
