Watch 80s punk brawlers Fear upset everyone on Saturday Night Live in 1981
Mosh pits, slam dancing and stage diving...not what you'd usually expect from your standard Saturday Night Live, but Fear were bound to cause chaos
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Scott Ian: the time I got arrested with Cliff Burton
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian looks back on his friendship with late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton
Foo Fighters: a guide to their best albums
25 years into a career that's turned Foo Fighters into perhaps the most successful second act in rock history, we guide you through the best albums from Dave Grohl and the gang
A metal fan has turned his dead uncle’s skeleton into a guitar, because why not?
Yes, this is a guitar made from actual human bones
“It’s like a church to the heavy music community”: What we'll lose if our metal venues collapse
Two of London’s most-loved metal haunts, The Crobar and The Black Heart, are at risk of disappearing forever – but can Crowdfunding and campaigns save them?
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Why Chip King and Lee Buford – AKA US experimental metal duo The Body – are the most exciting force in heavy music right now
Children Of Bodom riffs on the hurdy gurdy are the perfect tribute to Alexi Laiho
Children Of Bodom classics get the medieval wheeze-box treatment courtesy of hurdy gurdy queen Michalina Malisz
The Hu: the folk-metal warriors who conquered the world
How an unknown Mongolian metal band became the decade’s most surprising success story
Anvil: the 80s metal icons who were born to fail
Anvil’s debut album Hard ’N’ Heavy is an 80s metal classic that should have turned them into superstars. Mainman Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow looks back on a career of missed chances
Korn's Brian ‘Head’ Welch: My Life In 10 Songs
Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch talks us through the 10 songs from his own back catalogue that mean the most to him
We need to talk about the response to the Marilyn Manson abuse allegations
When abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson broke earlier this week, it sparked a dangerous narrative around abuse and its victims – here, experts address key doubts and questions head-on
Porcupine Tree’s In Absentia: the 21st century masterpiece that changed the face of prog metal
In Absentia was a game-changer for Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. But it would ultimately mark the beginning of the end for modern prog’s most influential band
The Story Behind The Song: Forever Failure by Paradise Lost
How Charles Manson and 80s metal inspired the anthem that would propel doom merchants Paradise Lost towards the big time
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1990
20 killer albums that kicked off the decade that would transform metal forever
Living with tinnitus: "We all love music – why would we want to lose that?"
Metal Hammer Deputy Editor Eleanor Goodman has been living with tinnitus since she was 16. Here, Eleanor reveals what it’s like to live with the condition and what she does to protect her hearing
Every Architects album ranked from worst to best
A deep dive into the back catalogue of modern metal heroes Architects as we rank their albums from worst to best
The 10 filthiest death metal riffs ever
Tom Cronin of death metal terrors Celestial Sanctuary picks 10 filth-encrusted riffs guaranteed to take your head off
10 essential folk metal albums
From the forests of Scandinavia to the steppes on Mongolia, these are 10 must-hear folk metal albums
Sólstafir’s Addi Tryggvason: The Mixtape Of My Life
Sólstafir frontman Addi Tryggvason reveals the 10 songs that made him who he is, from Autopsy to Duran Duran
