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Starbenders 2023
"I was a little punk kid. I skateboarded. I had purple hair and dressed like a boy": How addiction, heavy metal and a Greek family in Atlanta helped build Starbenders, one of rock'n'roll's most compelling new bands

By Polly Glass Published

Starbenders aren't just a great glam rock band: they're much weirder than that

Albums
Quiet Riot in 1983
"What most people only think of or whisper in private, Kevin would scream at the top of his lungs. That kind of honesty is rare, and it comes with a price": the chaotic story of Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot

By Paul Elliott Published

Six years after their debut album, Quiet Riot became an overnight success with Metal Health, the first 'heavy metal' album to top the US charts

Albums
Metallica, Evanescence, Ghost and Disturbed performing live
The 10 greatest heavy metal live performances on late-night TV

By Matt Mills Published

Watch Metallica, Evanescence, Slipknot, Sepultura and more rock the airwaves

Concerts & Shows
James Hetfield, The Osbournes and Honer Simpson
"As metal staggered to its feet and limped out of the 80s, it was on the cusp of becoming stronger than ever before": How heavy metal got its mojo back

By Jon Hotten Published

Big hair and bad spandex almost killed any credibility metal had in the 1980s. But metal not only survived, it also came back bigger and stronger than ever

Music Industry
Power Trip crowd
"It’s the biggest heavy metal party in the world." Metallica, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses and Tool, plus insane ticket prices, 40° heat and, er, lobster dinners. Inside the brilliance and the absurdity of Power Trip festival 2023

By Rich Hobson Published

We headed out to Power Trip in October for a first-hand look at the biggest heavy metal festival ever assembled

Music Festivals
Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon onstage with Ed Sheeran
10 pop stars who’ve championed heavy metal bands

By Emily Swingle Published

Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion have proven that metal and pop needn’t be polar opposites

Bands & Artists
Queen Of The Damned poster, Iron Maiden Somewhere Back In Time art and Metal For Muthas art
The 10 greatest compilation albums in heavy metal history

By Will Marshall Published

From greatest hits to rarity-stacked soundtracks, these are the best compilations in the history of heaviness

Albums
Lemmy of Motorhead onstage in 1981
“Black Sabbath are afraid of us blowing them offstage. I’d feel the same in their position”: Lemmy, Ozzy and the story of legendary 80s rock festival the Heavy Metal Holocaust

By Dave Ling Published

In August 1981, 40,000 rabid fans descended on an English football ground to watch Motörhead headline the Heavy Metal Holocaust. And it got chaotic

Music Festivals
Dolly Parton
"I’m not one to be marching in the streets with a sign or holding a gun or a knife, but my words are my tools and my weapons": Dolly Parton on why her heavy metal protest song World On Fire needed to be written

By Paul Brannigan Published

There's more to Dolly Parton's Rockstar album than superstar-assisted karaoke, as she proved with its furious first single World On Fire

Albums
Chris Cornell and Tom Morello onstage together in 2017
10 heavy metal supergroups that actually turned out super

By Matt Mills Published

Murderdolls, Audioslave and Roadrunner United have proven that the supergroup can sometimes yield amazing results

Bands & Artists
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