Slipknot

The Grammys have always got heavy metal wrong. But, with them defaulting to Metallica and Slipknot while the next generation is rife with talent, there is no excuse this year.

From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes

Slipknot's Corey Taylor heard the world’s dirtiest joke from Lemmy, hung out with Björk, battled Dave Grohl at table tennis, raided Metallica’s fridge, talked ‘weirdness’ with Mike Patton and almost joined Anthrax

Inspired by Corey Taylor’s divorce and redefined after the death of Paul Gray, Snuff shows Slipknot at their most beautifully vulnerable

These songs by Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Ghost could make for the perfect Halloween playlist

Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot have all turned some of their heaviest songs into lovely acoustic numbers

Metallica, Slipknot and Megadeth have all played fan-favourite albums in their entirety to very, very lucky audiences

Anyone who thinks bands run out of steam after a couple of decades needs to listen to these modern classics

Metallica, Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne and more have released fan-favourite songs, only to perform them just one time

Slipknot, Ghost and Sleep Token all have the look to match their monstrous music

Common wisdom says that replacing a singer is a dangerous idea, but Bruce Dickinson, Corey Taylor and Rob Halford pushed their bands to new heights

From Metallica, Maiden and Sabbath to Ghost, Nightwish and Slipknot, here are the songs these heavyweights have played more than any other

From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms