heavy metal

From Sleep Token and Scene Queen to Ghost, Halestorm and Type O Negative - these are the bands who brought some sex positivity back to metal

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist

These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play

From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas

Metallica, Disturbed and Guns N’ Roses have all covered hit songs, only for their versions to become even bigger hits

'Colonel' Tom Allom created the iconic tolling bell on Black Sabbath's debut album, although he admits to not liking their music very much

Spotify isn’t the be all and end all of heavy music, as these 10 classics prove

The likes of Blaze Bayley, Tim Owens and Gary Cherone are great singers in their own right, but following the beloved frontperson before them proved an impossible task

Doro is the one and true Metal Queen, but as far as she's concerned, there are plenty of other contenders who also deserve the moniker