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The Story Behind Megadeth's Countdown To Extinction
9+ hour, 44+ min ago (1056+ words) A freshly sober Megadeth entered the 90s with one goal: conquer the world at any cost...
"This album is the absence of God. It's a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1055+ words) In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band's rise - and admits he doesn't think they'll stick around forever Ghost are one of the biggest breakout metal bands of the last 15 years, rising from unknown Swedish…...
"Most of what I listen to in my car is Adele. She's the greatest vocalist of her generation." Exodus are back, but don't expect retro thrash
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (453+ words) Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, Mexican cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car Exodus are no strangers to upheaval, even 45-plus years into their career. After splitting with three-time frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza in…...
What happened when Lee Aaron declared herself the Metal Queen
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (262+ words) We really had to put up with a lot of crazy bullshit in the 1980s. Video games were just blips and bleeps, Kiss took off their make-up, people wore parachute pants and headbands, some lunatic mashed a guitar and a keyboard…...
"Did we realise how important it would be? Hell no. We just wanted to make people dance." How an "evil disco" classic channelled Ministry, Prong and Salt 'N' Pepa to crown one of the 90s' last breakout metal bands
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (991+ words) Static-X became main eventers of nu metal's second wave thanks to their classic banger, Push It On May 14, 1996, an aspiring industrial metal three-piece took to the stage of Bar Deluxe, a two-floor club in a grotty area of Hollywood known…...
Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1845+ words) From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK Metal isn't a genre that was built for the mainstream. Or at least, that's the conceit the…...
Megadeth sucks! : This is what it was like being in the van with Slayer on their first ever UK tour
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (795+ words) In 1987, one intrepid writers got in the van with thrash's most controversial band as their Reign In Pain tour hit the UK When Slayer began their first real tour of the UK in April 1987, thrash was barely out of its…...
Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That's a part of being an artist: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world's biggest metal band " the epic story behind rock's greatest orchestral gig
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (873+ words) Metallica's S&M2 remains the ultimate meeting of metal and classical music Metallica's 1999 live album S&M, recorded with the San Francisco Symphony, saw metal colliding with the classical world with astounding results. Twenty years later, on September 6 and 8, 2019, they revisited…...
"They blame us as musicians because it's easier than blaming family or society." How Brazilian metal legends Sepultura were demonised and scapegoated by the media following the horrific murder of a 12-year-old school girl
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (189+ words) "The blame is being pushed onto Heavy Metal, and Sepultura's name is being dragged down" One of the young women who spoke to the newspaper was then a forensic nurse, who had come to terms with what had occurred at…...
Marillion are "cooking with gas" as new album nears completion
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (239+ words) Marillion are expected to release their twenty-first studio album later this year Marillion have revealed the band are "cooking on gas" as work proceeds on their upcoming studio album. The band have been busy working on the follow-up to 2022's…...