From Siberian black metallers Grima to Texan metalcore heroes Catch Your Breath, loving hardcore heroes Church Tongue and Melbourne deathcore champs Mélancolia, these are the bands you need to hear in April 2025
A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music
We're Not Gonna Take It had a long and difficult birth, but the song Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider predicted would become a “monster” is reportedly now the most licensed song in heavy metal history
We have a quick catch up with the frontwoman of one of UK metal's most exciting bands
A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making
This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different
How Meshuggah inspired a generation of tech metal bands
Bloodywood weren't India's first metal band, but they've become the country's loudest champions
Heaven & Hell’s The Devil You Know was a Dio-era Sabbath record under any other name
It's no secret that Metallica's members love Motorhead - but Kirk Hammett shares his own personal journey to discovering the rock'n'roll legends
Doom metal never sounded so huge as it did on Candlemass’ game-changing 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Evanescence, Linkin Park and Wednesday 13 are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
After decades in the business of rock'n'roll, this is the Gospel according to Alice Cooper
Meet Ginger Wildheart, the multi-tasking musical superhero who's shared stages with Cheap Trick and Motörhead and drinks with Axl Rose, Tony Iommi and Liza Minnelli
Ever wondered why Chinese Democracy took so long to make? This is the truly unbelievable story of a year in the life of Axl Rose
Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul
In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved...
The story of the Washington instrumental trio's third album, 2014's The Joy Of Motion
Inside one of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal
