The best new metal songs you need to hear this week
Beartooth, Spiritbox and Sleep Token are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
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Every Parkway Drive album ranked from worst to best
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After leaving Sepultura following the death of his stepson, Max Cavalera was at his lowest ebb. Then he got an idea for something new
Time For Livin': How Check Your Head brought Beastie Boys back from the dead
Released on April 21, 1992, the kaleidoscopic, irreverent Check Your Head saw the Beastie Boys tap into their punk roots, silence haters and become kings of their own ultra-cool universe
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Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic
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"New York in the '80s was lawless and f**ked-up": How heroin, hardcore and a headless corpse inspired Unsane's insane early adventures in Gotham
Unsane vocalist/guitarist Chris Spencer revisits the NYC noise rock band's formative years ahead of their upcoming Early Cuts European tour
What happened when AC/DC played an intimate show for 3000 lucky fans in Berlin
In 2003, AC/DC were scheduled to perform for 450,000 fans in Toronto, but warmed up with an intimate show on the other side of the Atlantic - and our man was there to tell the story
A beginner's guide to melodic death metal in five essential albums
Born in the UK and perfected in Sweden, modern metal has a lot to thank melodeath for. Mainly via these five classics
Have your say on Metallica's new album 72 Seasons
We want to know your thoughts on Metallica's new album 72 Seasons
The story behind every Avenged Sevenfold album cover art
From the striking to the bizarre, here are the stories behind all eight of Avenged Sevenfold's album covers
10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 2000s pop songs
From Children Of Bodom covering Britney to Dillinger Escape Plan covering Justin Timberlake, these are ten surprising times metal did noughties pop and pulled it off
The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs
AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe
A beginner's guide to hardcore in five essential albums
Over four decades since its birth, hardcore punk remains in rude health. From Black Flag to Turnstile, here are the albums that have defined it
The best new metal songs you need to hear this week
Metallica, Ghost and Sabaton are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Ghost: the definitive guide to every member of their crazy universe
From Papa Emeritus I to IV to Papa Nihil, Sister Imperator and beyond, here's everything you need to know about Ghost's colourful cast of characters
