Features 18 album covers that were banned or censoredAvert your eyes! These rock and metal album covers have been banned or censored so they can no longer offend those with a weak disposition…
Features 16 rock and metal bands who've never let their fans downWe asked you guys to tell us who you think the most consistent rock and metal bands on the planet are. Here's what you had to say…
Features The 50 best albums from 2001From Slipknot and Sum 41 to Tool and Tenacious D, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2001…
Features 12 bands who succeeded by never selling outHere are 12 bands who conquered the world by refusing to sacrifice what they believe in.
Features 14 iconic guest vocal spots in rock and metalHere are 13 songs – and one whole EP – containing iconic guest vocal performances…
Features “One of the greatest albums you’ll hear this lifetime”: Our original 2001 review of Tool’s LateralusOn May 15, 2001, Tool followed up Ænima with an album that would re-write the metal rulebook once more…
Features “The beauty of not understanding it is letting it stay alive”: The untold story of Tool’s LateralusIt’s an album that continues to captivate and confuse fans the world over. Two decades on from its release, Kerrang! and Tool bassist Justin Chancellor search for answers to the enigma that is Lateralus…
Features Under The Wing: How Tool embraced their vulnerability on 10,000 DaysTool's fourth album 10,000 Days saw the alt.metal titans bear their souls for all to see…
Features Maynard James Keenan: “If you’re going to put on make-up and wear stupid wigs you have to understand the ‘w*nker’ comments are coming”Tool’s Maynard James Keenan talks comedy, A Perfect Circle, his creative process and more…
News Tool's Maynard James Keenan gives COVID update: "Everything's grand"Having contracted coronavirus twice over the past year, Maynard James Keenan says he's not aware of any "lingering effects" now.
Features How Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple put grunge out of its miseryStone Temple Pilots’ Purple album killed the idea of ‘true grunge’, and the world was better off for it…
Features The 13 essential progressive metal albums you need to knowFrom Opeth to Mastodon to Tool, these are the progressive metal albums that everyone needs in their record collection…
News St. Vincent initially wanted to make a heavy, Tool-inspired new albumSt. Vincent – aka Annie Clark – tells fans "we’ll get there, don’t worry" regarding a potential Tool-inspired future record.
News Tool's Sober got Jason Momoa into playing bass: "I could just feel the connection"Khal Drogo / Aquaman / all-round dude Jason Momoa reveals his passion for bass "exploded" when he learned to play Tool's Sober.
Features 18 rock stars who worked regular jobs before they became rock starsSome people are born to rock, but these musicians all had to really work for it…
News Maynard James Keenan contracted COVID-19 for the second timeAfter first contracting coronavirus in February 2020, Maynard James Keenan says he caught it again in mid-November: "Ugly, ugly. Couldn't breathe…"
