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Why I ❤️ Black Sabbath‘s Black Sabbath, by Clutch’s Neil Fallon
Clutch singer Neil Fallon salutes the terrifying majesty of Black Sabbath‘s self-titled debut
Tinnitus Week 2021: "No live event is more important than your hearing"
As Tinnitus Week 2021 gets under way, we speak with the British Tinnitus Association’s Emily Broomhead to find out more about the condition and how you can protect yourself when live music returns
Shinedown’s Brent Smith: “I thought I was gonna die from withdrawal”
Shinedown and Smith & Myers frontman Brent Smith on drug recovery, the death of Eddie Van Halen and the cover songs the world never needs to hear again
Should we be worried about the future of our festivals?
With Glastonbury having been cancelled for a second consecutive year, we ask industry insiders what festival season 2021 is really looking like – and if the festivals we love can survive another fallow year
Black Magic: 10 unlikely goth covers you need in your life
Here's that version of Paradise Lost doing Bronski Beat you never knew you needed – plus a goldmine of other unsuspecting pop hits given the goth treatment
Brian ‘Head’ Welch: “Our Justin Bieber cover came out better than I could ever imagine!”
Korn’s Brian ‘Head’ Welch has reactivated his long-dormant side band Love And Death. And he's got some surprises up his sleeve
Soen: The story behind Imperial
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE Soen's latest album Imperial is about a divided and broken world. But it's also a plea for unity, especially within the world of metal...
The Top 10 best Matt Heafy cover versions
From Cannibal Corpse to Queen, these are the best covers Trivium’s Matt Heafy has delivered over the years
Backyard parties and unbridled genius: the story of Van Halen's early years
Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Dave Lee Roth, Michael Anthony and others tell the story of the early days of the band that conquered the world
Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta: “My whole career is about raising heavy music’s profile”
Jamey Jasta has spent nearly 30 years manning the barricades in music. Here’s what he’s learned
Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan: “What are you gonna do? Lay around and whimper?”
The world is crazier than ever right now – and Puscifer have the perfect soundtrack
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: My Life In 10 Songs
The only man to have been with Judas Priest since the very beginning looks back over his band’s epic career…
The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999
20 albums that soundtracked the end of metal’s most epic decade
Evanescence’s Amy Lee: “We’re in a crisis and there’s more at stake than ever”
How the political insanity of 2020 prompted Evanescence’s Amy Lee to take a stand
Every Hatebreed album ranked from worst to best
Metallic hardcore pit-masters Hatebreed’s back catalogue in order of greatness
The whole of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power in the style of Metallica is the kick your day needs
Pantera collides with Metallica in metal’s ultimate clash of the titans
Six killer Mongolian metal bands (who aren’t The Hu)
Love The Hu? Go deeper into the Mongolian and Chinese metal scene with these six bands
40 years of friendship and one Zoom call: Lars Ulrich and Brian Tatler catch up
As Diamond Head celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album Lightning To The Nations, guitarist Brian Tatler and long-time fan Lars Ulrich catch up over Zoom
