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The 10 scariest heavy metal album covers of all time
By Matt Mills published
These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play

The 10 worst creative decisions in heavy metal history
By Matt Mills published
From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas

10 heavy metal cover songs more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)
By Matt Mills published
Metallica, Disturbed and Guns N’ Roses have all covered hit songs, only for their versions to become even bigger hits

"You just can’t make it big enough, rude enough or loud enough": Producer Tom Allom on engineering Black Sabbath and helping create the sound of heavy metal
By Derek Oliver published
'Colonel' Tom Allom created the iconic tolling bell on Black Sabbath's debut album, although he admits to not liking their music very much

10 amazing heavy metal albums that you can’t find on Spotify
By Stephen Hill published
Spotify isn’t the be all and end all of heavy music, as these 10 classics prove

10 heavy metal replacement singers that just couldn’t live up to their predecessors
By Emily Swingle published
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

"There are so many phenomenal ladies and great singers." Heavy metal legend Doro Pesch reveals who else she thinks deserves the title of 'Metal Queen'
By Merlin Alderslade published
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

10 hard rock and heavy metal farewell tours that weren’t actually farewells
By Will Marshall published
Kiss, Judas Priest and Mötley Crüe have all made their goodbyes, only to continue touring and recording anyway

Rob Halford has revealed who he thinks is the first ‘definitive’ heavy metal band. And it’s Judas Priest
By Classic Rock published
Judas Priest singer sets the cat among the pigeons on new edition of Marc Maron’s WTF? podcast

Jack Black has been flying the heavy metal flag in the mainstream for nearly 30 years. It’s time we gave him his flowers.
By Joe Daly published
Since co-founding Tenacious D in 1994, Jack Black has enjoyed celebrated film and music careers – and he’s been a champion for heavy metal at every chance along the way
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