The story behind every cover version on Ghost’s new Phantomime EP By Paul Travers published 19 May 23 Everything you need to know about Ghost’s covers of classics by Iron Maiden, Genesis and Tina Turner
The top 20 best Tenacious D songs ever By Paul Travers published 18 May 23 The 20 best songs by the greatest band on earth – these are Tenacious D’s most epic anthems
Babadooks, drag kings and The Devil’s Arse: inside the world’s first Ghost convention By Paul Travers published 16 May 23 The world's first fan-organised Ghost convention was a gloriously OTT event held in a cave called The Devil's Arse
"I had been running, numbing and self-medicating": How The Interrupters turned abuse, trauma and depression into triumph on Into The Wild By Paul Travers, Paul Brannigan last updated 23 March 23 The Interrupters' Aimee Allen and Kevin Bivona reveal how laying some life-long demons to rest resulted in the most essential, emotional ska punk album of recent times
20 killer metal albums turning 10 in 2023 By Paul Travers published 1 February 23 From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers
12 times rock stars gatecrashed another band's video By Paul Travers published 1 February 23 Rock stars, eh? You never quite know where they'll pop up next, as these video cameos prove
Korn’s Blind: how a rewritten version of another band’s song invented nu metal By Paul Travers published 27 January 23 Korn’s Blind kicked off their debut album – and nu metal. But it started life with another band entirely
Fucked Up’s One Day: 24 hours in the life of the world’s most ambitious punk band By Paul Travers published 27 January 23 Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day
The 50 best metal albums of 2022 By Rich Hobson published 26 December 22 From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
The true meaning behind Ghost’s Mary On A Cross By Paul Travers published 19 December 22 How Ghost made 2022’s breakout hit – and exactly what it means
In Memoriam: remembering the musicians we lost in 2022 By Paul Travers published 18 December 22 Remembering those we lost this year from the world of music
Mummies, sphinx heads and Live After Death: the epic story of Iron Maiden‘s World Slavery tour By Paul Travers published 9 December 22 How Iron Maiden’s World Slavery tour kicked 80s metal to the next level – and nearly destroyed the band in the process
"If people think we’re a heavy metal band...I don't really care": how Load and Reload changed Metallica forever By Paul Travers published 18 November 22 Metallica were already one of the world's biggest bands in the mid-90s. Then came a chapter in their career that'd change many fans' perceptions of them for good
Type O Negative’s Dead Again: the triumph and tragedy of Peter Steele’s final album By Paul Travers published 13 November 22 Arguments, drugs and drunken jams: looking back at Type O Negative’s swansong album Dead Again
"We were at each others throats": Inside the intense, freaky, fairytale world of Palaye Royale By Paul Travers last updated 8 November 22 Meet Palaye Royale, three brothers from Las Vegas, with a bold new album, a unique worldview and big, big dreams
Every The White Stripes album ranked from worst to best By Paul Travers published 2 November 22 Ranking the studio albums of The White Stripes, the little band from Detroit who became a very big noise
10 things to look out for at this weekend's When We Were Young festival By Paul Travers last updated 27 October 22 The 'World's Biggest Emo-Fest Ever!' aka When We Were Young is set to take over Las Vegas this weekend: here are 10 things worth getting over-emotional about
"Overcoming darkness is a beautiful thing": How My Chemical Romance battled ghosts, addiction, the Daily Mail and Kasabian to take over the world with The Black Parade By Paul Travers published 25 October 22 The story behind My Chemical Romance's transformation from cult punks to global superstars with the gloriously ambitious The Black Parade
The story of Metallica and the ‘obscene’ punk cover that got them banned from MTV By Paul Travers published 21 October 22 “It just felt good to blast the words ‘cock’ and ‘fuck’”: the story behind Metallica’s shocking cover of Anti-Nowhere League’s punk classic So What?
Bob Rock thinks “the rules of metal are very confining”, says “Metallica stretched the boundaries” on Load and Reload By Merlin Alderslade published 20 October 22 Mega-producer Bob Rock, who worked with Metallica on Load and Reload, has some interesting thoughts on their mid-90s output
Green Day's Nimrod at 25: how Billie Joe Armstrong learned to stop giving a f**k about punk rock rules By Paul Travers published 14 October 22 Released on October 14, 1997, Green Day's fifth studio album taught Billie Joe Armstrong to trust himself and no-one else
10 things you never knew about Alice In Chains’ Dirt By Paul Travers last updated 29 September 22 Riots, broken limbs and firings – this is the story behind Alice In Chains’ landmark second album Dirt
