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In 1972, Deep Purple were falling apart – then they made the album that changed rock music
By Mick Wall published
Deep Purple’s Made In Japan is arguably the most influential double live album in history

The inside story of Black Sabbath’s stoned masterpiece Master Of Reality
By Henry Yates published
How Black Sabbath pushed metal to ever heavier levels on their immortal third album

The explosive story behind System Of A Down’s Toxicity album
By Dave Everley published
System Of A Down’s second album Toxicity gave nu metal’s most political band a platform to be heard . But some people wanted to shut them up – permanently

How David Bowie came back from the abyss and made four albums in one year that changed music forever
By David Quantick published
In 1977 David Bowie helped create four albums and found redemption. Not a bad year

“They had become genuine rock stars, with all the excess and trappings that go with it”: Why Korn’s most divisive album is way better than everybody thinks
By Stephen Hill published
The campaign to rehabilitate Korn’s divisive fourth album Issues album starts here

The 25 best goth metal albums
By Rich Hobson, Chris Chantler, Dave Everley, Perran Helyes, Matt Mills, Paul Travers published
From HIM to Evanescence, Type O Negative to Misfits, these are the greatest albums released in the goth metal pantheon

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: June 5 2026
By Simon Young published
Pussy Riot, Evanescence, DevilDriver and more feature in this week's best new metal song round-up

The story of Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes, the game-changing album that revitalised 90s metal
By Dom Lawson published
Machine Head’s Robb Flynn looks back on the making of his band’s classic debut
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