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The 12th Arctangent was another showcase of genre-splicing talent, laden with quality and fostering the friendliest atmosphere I’ve ever felt at a festival
Nightwish's angry-sounding goodbye song for Tarja Turunen left her replacement Anette Olzon in a difficult position
Loathe looked set to capitalise on the acclaim of 2020's I Let It In And It Took Everything. They didn't release a proper follow-up for six years
Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick
Holy Wars have channelled grief into their art - but they won't be defined by it
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?
UK thrashers Sabbat made an overlooked classic with their second album, Dreamweaver: Reflections Of Our Yesterdays
Doro: Night owl, gym regular, painter, reader, film lover, spiritualist
French duo Eihwar are one of the funnest and most unique things to hit the alternative music scene in recent years
Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir, Evanescence: it's been a great year for metal (and we're not done yet)
The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life
Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer
Kiss desperately needed a hit. So they wrote Rock And Roll All Nite, and it's become part of the cultural furniture
Mastodon, Green Lung and Noctule are among the best new metal songs you need to hear this week
How Metallica had the last laugh at Glastonbury 2014, and became the first metal band ever to headline the festival
When Jonathan Davis brought Blind from an old band to Korn, it kick-started a genre, not to mention a bit of controversy
With almost 200 bands playing Louder Than Life 2026, you'll wanna get organised
