Also on the bill for Louder Than Life 2021: Judas Priest, Snoop Dogg, Jane’s Addiction, Staind, Rise Against, Mudvayne, Cypress Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Anthrax, Gojira and more
We speak to metal-loving superstar Rhea Ripley ahead of this weekend’s Wrestlemania Backlash
After splitting from Sepultura, Max Cavalera was set to walk away from the music business, until Ozzy changed his mind
Documents reveal Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer was sprayed in face with “chemical irritant” while exiting Capitol Building during January riots
Guitarist Andre Antunes got creative with an eccentric American pastor's speech back in 2020, and it's the best thing you'll hear all day
Denis Pauna offers another killer re-imagining of a metal anthem with a Motorhead take on Symphony of Destruction
Nu metal godfathers Korn will hit up 28 cities this summer, with Staind in support
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame excludes Iron Maiden, with Foo Fighters, The Go-Gos and Tina Turner all set for induction
A metalhead is haunted by Lars Ulrich's St. Anger snare drum in his sleep as he's struck by sleep paralysis...no, really
‘He wasn’t just my guitarist, he was my friend’, says Ozzy Osbourne of Randy Rhoads, the subject of a new Ross Halfin photo book
Mash-up extraordinaire Bill McClintock returns with another mighty musical concoction, featuring Motley Crue
Stöner, featuring Kyuss alumni Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork, will undertake their debut UK/Ireland tour in spring 2022
How Gerard Way’s tribute to his late grandmother became My Chemical Romance’s breakthrough hit – and helped spark a new movement
Amy Lee opens up about the inspirations behind Evanescence’s long-awaited new album The Bitter Truth
Loathe are one of the UK’s most exciting bands. Which is why we let you grill them about celebrity fans and whether the US version of the Office is better than the original
Whitesnake’s album 1987 sold millions and turned David Coverdale into a rock legend. It also made David’s future wife Tawny Kitaen a star
Sulfur Crazy is the smoothest mix of Slipknot and Gnarls Barkley you'll hear this side of humankind's return to normality
If the Brits’ organisers cared at all about heavy music, this is what the winners’ list would look like
The story of the unlikely rise of German metal, as told by members of Scorpions, Accept, and Doro Pesch
From soft rock and tech metal to hip hop, these are the albums that made Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante the force of nature she is
10 hair metal bands who deserved to become megastars but ultimately fell short
Former W.A.S.P guitarist Chris Holmes has a new film out. He thinks it's the only W.A.S.P. movie you'll ever see
Skindred and Dub War riotstarter Benji Webbe on health scares, outlaw country side projects and the legendary ‘Newport Helicopter’
Dordeduh’s transcendent second album Har contains worlds within worlds
US metallic punks Capra unleash a fiery opening salvo with debut album In Transmission
The debut album from rising Atlanta stars Tetrarch updates the best bits of nu metal – and leaves the dodgy rapping behind
Album review: Gojira have delivered 2021’s most important metal album with Fortitude
Album review: modern thrash flagbearers Evile pick up where they left off on first new album in eight years, Hell Unleashed
Album review: America’s most stoned Bongzilla fire up the cosmic bong once more on new album Weedsconsin
Album review: Bodom After Midnight’s posthumous Paint The Sky With Blood is an bittersweet end to Alexi Laiho’s all-too-brief career
They may have been around since the dawn of time, but Cannibal Corpse’s new album Violence Unimagined is perilously addictive
Noise rock surrealists Årabrot are still orbiting a planet of their own on new album Norwegian Gothic
Ex-Iron Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley hits new heights of power on new album War Within Me
Lamb Of God capture their onstage glory on COVID-busting live-in-lockdown album
