The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history By Matt Mills published 22 November 23 Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.
"Between burn-out and a looming crisis, Sabbath somehow hit their greatest high." Which is Black Sabbath's best album? Metal Hammer's writers argue it out By Merlin Alderslade published 22 November 23 Paranoid? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? Heaven And Hell? Hammer's top writers duel it out to declare Sabbath's best album ever
"There are so many variations on the Sabbath influence and that is what keeps it exciting and evolving": How stoner rock sparked a musical revolution By Josh Harper published 17 November 23 The stoner rock scene that Kyuss made famous: Much like the 60s, if you remember it, were you really there?
Jack Osbourne doesn’t think his dad Ozzy will ever tour again – but doesn’t rule out “one-off shows” By Matt Mills published 15 November 23 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s son doesn’t see a future tour from the Prince Of Darkness
The 10 greatest solo albums in heavy metal history By Matt Mills published 11 November 23 Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Ozzy Osbourne have all proven you don’t need to be in a band to make top-notch heavy metal
Every cover song by Metallica, ranked from worst to best By Matt Mills published 8 November 23 We’ve listed the 40 covers that metal’s biggest band recorded in the studio and released to the public in reverse-order of excellence
If you ever wondered how Rage Against The Machine would sound with Godfather of Soul James Brown on vocals and Eddie Van Halen on guitar, we finally have the answer By Paul Brannigan published 8 November 23 The funkiest, grooviest, most soulful piece of righteous rap-metal you'll hear today, or any other day, to be honest
Black Sabbath and Napoleon are a match made in Heaven (and Hell) By Fraser Lewry published 8 November 23 A heavily doctored version of Black Sabbath's iconic War Pigs is burning up the internet via a trailer for Ridley Scott's upcoming Napoleon blockbuster
The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever By Stephen Hill published 7 November 23 For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments
The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history By Joe Daly published 7 November 23 From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes
Someone made a life-sized Ozzy Osbourne cake By Stef Lach published 4 November 23 The life-sized cake in honour of Black Sabbath icon Ozzy was put on display at an event in Birmingham, UK
The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history By Joe Daly published 2 November 23 From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater
“It was a very weird beast because all the bands were our mates, but the managers were greedy": Sharon Osbourne reveals why we can't have Ozzfest any more By Paul Brannigan published 1 November 23 Sharon Osbourne says that Ozzfest is no longer cost-effective because band managers got greedy
“Like the Velvet Underground playing an early Black Sabbath riff, but in the desert. At night… it’s bonkers. And it’s also rather beautiful”: Goat’s Medicine By Fraser Lewry published 1 November 23 Enigmatic Swedes up the ante after Oh Death, with more twisted multi-genre shapes
10 amazing metal albums that were too ahead of their time By Will Marshall published 1 November 23 From Black Sabbath’s debut album to Cynic’s Focus, these metal masterpieces were either lambasted or ignored when they first came out
The 10 spookiest heavy metal songs of all time By Emily Swingle published 31 October 23 These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist
The 10 scariest heavy metal album covers of all time By Matt Mills published 31 October 23 These albums by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Slayer will terrify you before you even press play
The 10 worst creative decisions in heavy metal history By Matt Mills published 25 October 23 From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas
“A cop knocked at the door and said, ‘You’ve got to stop!’” Ozzy Osbourne once put a chicken full of antifreeze on his neighbour’s fence and the police thought it was a satanic effigy By Matt Mills published 24 October 23 The Prince Of Darkness’ scheme to stop local coyotes attacking his dogs ended in a visit from the police
"An era of decadence began with a hope, passion and joy centred on music": how Los Angeles in the 1980s became the hair metal mecca By Katherine Turman published 23 October 23 The Sunset Strip sound generated major money for the lucky handfuls of bands who broke big: Many others weren't so fortunate
