
Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982
Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast
The Ghost mastermind hoped for the band’s new album to not continue the political themes of 2022’s Impera
Guillotines and motorbikes, together at last
Alex Terrible (Bearable) is now looking after two baby bears and is hoping to raise money to help with their care
The nu metal-era stars appear on the soundtrack of the new TV adaptation of action-adventure game Devil May Cry
Judas Priest have released a statement
Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven says the band are no longer a collective
Watch the appropriately feline-loaded clip for new Propagandhi single Cat Guy
LaPlante was one of a number of guests who performed with Megan Thee Stallion during her Coachella set this weekend
A bus flooded with toilet water, missed flights, death, crew member quitting – Nothing More frontman recalls the tour from hell
System Of A Down’s bassist dispels the widely circulated story that he punched Mastodon’s ex-guitarist/vocalist after an awards ceremony in 2007
The band behind Last Resort recently wrapped up an arena tour of the UK and Europe
Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach chooses his favourite Porcupine Tree song, and gives some love to Pink Floyd and Mikael Åkerfeldt
With a new album, a new Wildhearts, a new countryside home and a new head-space, Ginger Wildheart is enjoying a new lease of life
Canadian enigma Devin Townsend’s catalogue spans extreme metal, sublime prog-scapes, colossal riffs and extra-terrestrials. Where to begin?
How Electric Callboy went from down-and-out metalcore also-rans to rave-starting, arena-filling electronicore heroes with the best music videos in the business
The likes of Trivium and Opeth had banner years in 2005, but these master-strokes proved there should have been a bit more room under the spotlight
Coheed And Cambria’s latest album The Father Of Make Believe brings completion of the Amory Wars saga within sight, and has leader Claudio Sanchez pondering his future along with his past
Sabaton might not agree with the power metal tag, but they reinvented the genre for the 21st Century
Motorhead kept the rock’n’roll flag flying well into their fourth decade with 2006’s Kiss Of Death
Deftones were there at the beginning of nu metal
The modern doom scene owes a huge debt to Saint Vitus
1980’s British Steel officially sealed Judas Priest’s status as metal gods
Chris Connelly-fronted alt.rockers Sevendials get their groove on with A Crash Course In Catastrophe
Ghost aren't sweating their metal cred with the massive songs of Skeleta
Epica give Nightwish a run for their money in symphonic metal brilliance
Newcastle's finest Pigs x 7 deliver a masterclass in stoner/doom/psych riffathons on the release day for their new album Death Hilarious
Italian doom metallers Messa chuck out the recipe book on album four, The Spin
Māori culture meets titanic groove metal in this epic third record from New Zealand's Alien Weaponry
After straying from their black metal roots in recent years, Deafheaven come screeching back on Lonely People With Power
New Delhi’s viral superstars keep a sold-out O2 Forum Kentish Town singing and screaming for their entire 60-minute set
After plunging the depths of darkness in recent years, Cradle Of Filth reconnect with their gothic romantic roots on album fourteen
Supported by cellist extraordinaire Jo Quail, the shaman dazzle with their powerful voices and mystical production
Death metal riffs meet jazz skronk as New York's weirdest draft in Dave Lombardo and Thomas Haake for their most accessible album to date