10 times metal hit the headlines for the wrong reasons
The mainstream media doesn’t bother with metal very often. And when it does, it’s usually for a really crazy reason
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156/Silence’s savage madness proves Pittsburgh is hardcore’s new frontier
From the home of Code Orange come another hardcore band ready to explode
Why HIM’s Love Metal is the greatest goth album of the 21st century
If Anne Rice had made a goth-metal album, it would have sounded like HIM’s Love Metal
“We were four f**king dummies from Birmingham”: the epic story of the birth of Black Sabbath
50 years after Black Sabbath unleashed their debut album, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler look back on the birth of the band that changed the world
Make Them Suffer: “There’s an epidemic of suicide in our society. It’s horrible to see”
Aussie metalcore crew Make Them Suffer’s new album How To Survive A Funeral is more than just their shot at the big time – it’s a chance to process their grief
Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach: why I love Angel Dust by Faith No More
“It changed everything for people of my generation”: Jesse Leach salutes Faith No More’s iconic 1992 album Angel Dust
The Top 10 best albums of 1992
From Iron Maiden and Megadeth to Faith No More and Alice In Chains, these are the 10 best albums of 1992
Vredehammer: where Stephen King meets death metal
Ever thought that It needed a death metal makeover? Vredehammer have got you covered
Slayer: “It’s nice to smile when you’re singing about death, murder and killing babies”
In 2006, Slayer returned with new album Christ Illusion. When Hammer joined them on the road in the US, we found a band more malevolent than ever
Shavo Odadjian on his new band North Kingsley and the future of System Of A Down
EXCLUSVE! “My heart is in this because System is not working,” says SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian of his new band North Kingsley
The wisdom of Bruce Dickinson: Iron Maiden's frontman on creativity, cancer and cocaine
Highlights from the feverish brain of Iron Maiden singer and polymath Bruce Dickinson
Tobias Forge: why I love Possessed’s Seven Churches
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge salutes the cult debut album that invented death metal
Avatar’s track by track guide to new album Hunter Gatherer
How Swedish metal heroes Avatar made their darkest, angriest albums yet – and roped in Corey Taylor for the year’s most unlikely cameo
Watch Tallah tear nu-metal a new one on monstrously heavy new single Placenta
EXCLUSIVE Nu-core stars Tallah drop brand new single Placenta – and you can see it here first
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water: inside Limp Bizkit’s obnoxious masterpiece
Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water sent nu metal supernova and changed everything for the band that made it – and not necessarily for the best
Imperial Triumphant: “Some people have their minds blown, some people think we’re pure sh*t”
Enter the world of Meshuggah-approved avant garde-metal visionaries Imperial Triumphant
Trivium’s Matt Heafy: “M Shadows saved my voice”
From metal’s need for unity to the joys of Tiger King, this is the world according to Trivium’s Matt Heafy
The Top 10 best metal albums of 1994
From Korn and Pantera to Emperor and NIN, this is the soundtrack to 12 crazy months
Iron Maiden’s Powerslave: the story behind the most epic metal album of the 80s
Iron Maiden were on their way to becoming megastars, but with 1984’s blockbusting Powerslave all bets were off
