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10 lesser known Tool songs that everyone needs to hear

With only five full-length albums, Tool’s back-catalogue isn’t too hard to dig into. But even so, there’s some semi-hidden gems that are worthy of much more attention…

"The dictionary definition of a sellout…" Watch Metallica read real one-star Amazon reviews of The Black Album

Metallica read out some brutal one-star reviews of The Black Album on Amazon during their recent Jimmy Kimmel appearance.

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: “People don’t know me at all. They think they do, but they don’t”

Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine talks Metallica, The Big Four and how he’s still “just getting started”.

How God Hates Us All made Slayer great again

In 2001 Slayer re-established themselves as kings of metal with their church-baiting warcry God Hates Us All.

The 164 songs that were banned from American radio after 9/11

We look at the songs deemed too “lyrically questionable” to play on the radio after the 9/11 attacks.

Nirvana: The story behind Smells Like Teen Spirit

Smells Like Teen Spirit: the story behind the single that made Nirvana global megastars…

Linkin Park’s A Thousand Suns changed the way we think about concept albums

Linkin Park stretched boundaries by thinking big on their “multi-concept” epic that still continues to divide and bewilder today.

“This is my purpose and why I’m still alive”: Dana Dentata reveals the pain behind Pantychrist

On debut album Pantychrist, Dana Dentata channels the trauma of her formative years into hyper-aggressive shock-horrorcore. But rather than wallowing in misery, it's a record of empowerment. Here, Dana shares her story and why she'll never compromise her art. Trigger warning: Sexual abuse.

Hole: The turbulent birth and misunderstood beauty of Celebrity Skin

In 1998, Hole released Celebrity Skin – a brilliant record born from a long, well-documented period of turmoil…

Amyl & The Sniffers: The untamed duality of Australia’s weirdo punk misfits

With their 2019 self-titled debut album, Amyl & The Sniffers were poised to take over the world. Two years, a global pandemic, and one questionable shed later, the quartet are ready to do it all over again – now with some added strings to their bow…

“A revolution in noise”: Our original 2001 review of Converge’s Jane Doe

On September 4, 2001, Converge unleashed their fourth album Jane Doe – a “whirling, screaming assault of a record” that redefined hardcore…

How Toxicity turned System Of A Down into the biggest metal band of the early ’00s

This is the story of System Of A Down’s iconic second studio album, Toxicity.

Metallica: The untold story of the album that changed everything

After four albums of world-beating thrash, Metallica looked to push things to the limit and become the biggest metal band on the planet with 1991’s colossal ‘Black’ album. As the record turns 30 and the band celebrate with the triumphant Metallica Blacklist, Jason Newsted and Kirk Hammett look back at how it all happened…

“If we were worried about being famous, we should have quit a long time ago!” Why The Bronx will never die

Now six albums deep, The Bronx are still, somehow, at the top of their game. We sit down with frontman Matt Caughthran to find out the secrets of their survival and why they’ll never give up the fight…

“This is one beautifully crafted labour of hate”: Our original 2001 review of Slipknot’s Iowa

On August 28, 2001, Slipknot more than lived up to the hype with their second studio album on Roadrunner Records, Iowa…

Slipknot: Every song on Iowa, ranked from worst to best

Every song on Slipknot’s second album is pretty damn great, but which of Iowa’s 14 tracks is the greatest of all?

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