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Watch Wargasm hit The K! Pit: “It feels so good to be back!”

Electro-punx Wargasm celebrate the return of live music with the first post-lockdown K! Pit set in association with ALT+LDN, and announce new single, Salma Hayek.

Walter Schreifels: My life in 10 songs

Quicksand frontman and New York hardcore legend Walter Schreifels guides us through some highlights from his extensive back-catalogue…

The spellbinding story of Type O Negative, album by album

Examining what made each of Type O Negative’s seven studio albums some of metal’s least-worst releases…

The 20 greatest Rammstein songs – ranked

From 1995’s Herzeleid to 2019’s untitled masterpiece, we rank Rammstein's most incendiary offerings...

Metallica: 20 things you probably didn’t know about The Black Album

Everybody knows Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ from front to back, but how much do you know about the record itself? Well, we’ve got some juicy secrets for you…

When The Sun Hits: How Deafheaven stepped out of the shadows to embrace a brave new dawn

Over the past decade, Deafheaven’s signature blend of blackened ballast and soothing shoegaze has earned their reputation as one of the most captivating, cutting-edge outfits in heavy music. As gauzy fifth LP Infinite Granite pushes forward, into softer textures and sweeter melodies, we find out how they’ll never risk stagnation for the sake of safety...

The most important gateway songs in rock, as chosen by the fans

From Linkin Park to Guns N’ Roses to Paramore, these are the songs that have turned millions of people into fully-fledged rock and metal fans. To be fair, they’re all bangers.

Machine Head: Robb Flynn’s track-by-track guide to Burn My Eyes

Over a quarter of a century since its release, Robb Flynn talks us through Machine Head’s seminal debut Burn My Eyes.

The 20 greatest Weezer songs – ranked

From Blue to Green to Red to White and beyond, we rank Weezer’s coolest cuts…

Slipknot: Jim Root’s track-by-track guide to We Are Not Your Kind

Jim Root takes us inside the creation of Slipknot’s sixth album We Are Not Your Kind, one track at a time.

“You have to be prepared to go 10 steps beyond”: The magic of Nightwish’s Once

With 2004’s Once, Tuomas Holopainen let his imagination run wild – and it turned Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish into one of the biggest bands in Europe…

Dee Snider: "We used to wear women's clothing, until the night my wife showed up and I was wearing the same top she was"

Dee Snider revisits his first forays into rock'n'roll, brawling onstage, his iconic Twisted Sister look and how he stood his ground against the PMRC...

“Lulu is better than it gets credit for” and 18 more of your controversial rock opinions

We present a selection of fans’ most controversial opinions, taking aim at rock giants, bourbon and more…

The story of nu-metal in 14 songs

From great beginnings to glorious success, your 14-point map of how nu-metal changed the world…

Meet Me @ The Altar are changing the face of pop-punk for the better

Growing up, Meet Me @ The Altar didn't see a band that represented them or that they could call their own. So they simply made it for themselves. Ahead of their new EP, Model Citizen, meet the trio who are sweeping long-needed change through pop-punk…

Missing links: 12 rock and metal albums that never were

In an alternate universe you could be listening to these lost and unreleased projects – from Slipknot and Green Day to Deftones and Metallica.

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