Norwegian multi-instrumentalist explains what the genres have in common, buying a synth just to learn one Pink Floyd song, and discovering musical airplane engines via his wife
The story of High On Fire’s bonkers stoner doom landmark De Vermis Mysteriis
Disturbed hit it out the park first time with debut album The Sickness
When Slipknot’s Corey Taylor met Machine Head’s Robb Flynn
From Danish prog metallers Danefae to Texan metalcore mob Cantervice, Zurich's "deathcore Slipknot" Paleface Swiss and UK alt metallers Vower, these are the bands you need to hear in March 2025
In late 2004, Classic Rock joined the reunited Judas Priest on the road in Spain
How Alice Cooper made shock rock classic Welcome To My Nightmare – with help from a horror icon
Bad Omens teaming up with Corey Taylor, Employed To Serve and Deafheaven are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Ithaca might be about to head off into the sunset, but not before we get one last brilliantly chaotic interview with singer Djamila Azzouz
Motionless In White might be a band with a unique aesthetic, but Chris Motionless has no time for needlessly keeping up appearances
Endless Forms Most Beautiful started with a handwritten letter and resulted in an extraordinary, inspiring concept album – plus the professor’s first-ever prog performance at Wembley Arena
With Metallica’s S&M reaching the grand old age of 25, we look back at how, and why, the world’s leading metal band teamed up with – shock, horror – the San Francisco Symphony
No Black Sabbath, no heavy metal as we know it
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale has been addicted to rock’n’roll since she was a kid
Death metal began in the US - but the early 1990s Swedish scene gave it a run for its money
Dimmu Borgir sealed their status as black metal’s biggest band with 2007’s In Sorte Diaboli
How AC/DC recovered from the death of iconic singer Bon Scott to make the biggest rock album ever
The prog metal giants’ sleek, super-powerful 14th album was a conscious move away from its complex, opinion-splitting predecessor
Machine Head, Disturbed and Black Label Society are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
