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The 50 greatest metal EPs of all time
From the early days of Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to modern classics via the likes of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the best metal EPs in history
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The 50 greatest metal EPs of all time
From the early days of Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to modern classics via the likes of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the best metal EPs in history
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“I think a lot of people are left feeling empty and isolated, with a loss of meaning and purpose. That’s something I felt the need to write about." Myrkur tells the story of Spine
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Every At The Gates album ranked from worst to best
They mastered melodeath, inspired the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal, then became one of heavy metals most consistent veterans. This is At The Gates back-catalogue in order of quality.
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10 metal bands who ‘went soft’ – and were better off for it
Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Gojira took their careers to new heights after dialling back the aggro
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Riots, breakups and a ghost in the attic: The track-by-track guide to Megadeth’s Rust In Peace
From Holy Wars… The Punishment Due to Rust In Peace… Polaris, this is everything you need to know about Megadeth’s thrashtastic masterpiece
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“It was reportedly a very taxing LP to make… but even today the beautiful mysteries remain intact”: Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther is conceptual, esoteric and more prog than indie
Inspired by Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, the 2006 album weaves a dream around a calculating hermit
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Ronnie James Dio's track-by-track guide to Dio's classic Holy Diver
"It was a very magical time. The right people came together at the right moment"
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A brief history of the metal Christmas song and why therell (probably) never be a heavy holiday classic
Superstars from Spinal Tap to King Diamond have all tried to make a heavy metal Christmas classic. Yet, these attempts have never become chart-smashing hits. What gives?
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“The only way we could afford it was to record on New Year’s Eve, because no one else wanted to.” How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes
A cash-strapped Iron Maiden slept on floors and recorded on New Year’s Eve to make their debut EP. 45 years later, it’s one of rock’s most sought-after rarities.
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“The kids who wanted to buy our records were like, ‘Cool! The religious right’s burning them!’” The track-by-track guide to Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast
From Invaders to Hallowed Be Thy Name, here’s everything you need to know about each song on Iron Maiden’s 1982 breakthrough
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The 10 greatest solo albums in heavy metal history
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
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Metal Hammer's writers battle it out to decide which is Iron Maiden's best album
Iron Maiden have made some absolute classics across their near-five decade career, so we got the Maiden megafans in our ranks to argue over which is the greatest album of them all
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The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history
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
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Mick Mars releases surprisingly heavy debut solo single Loyal To The Lie
Former Mtley Cre man Mick Mars will release his first solo album The Other Side Of Mars in February
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10 times classic metal songs sounded surprisingly beautiful on acoustic guitars
Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot have all turned some of their heaviest songs into lovely acoustic numbers
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"I was employed to take Jimi Hendrix round Paris for an evening, show him a good time": Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on his adventures in 1960s France, hanging with Jimi Hendrix, partying with Brigitte Bardot and getting arrested with Syd Barrett
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"They might just be the most underrated band ever." We asked Tobias Forge, Robb Flynn, Max Cavalera, Sharon Den Adel and more metal icons to recommend us some new music. Here's what they picked
We went and asked some of metal's biggest names for the best new bands we should be listening to
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“A lot of early Genesis and Roxy Music comes from Family… I think we set a certain kind of style for the next generation”: Roger Chapman recalls Music In A Doll’s House
With its twisted arrangements and otherworldly vocals, Family’s mind-boggling 1968 debut set a benchmark in underground music
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According to records, these are officially the 10 loudest concerts of all time
Motörhead, Deep Purple and Manowar have all broken records – and people’s eardrums, probably
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10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have
These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short
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“We’re at the festival and everybody else is a Viking and playing accordions… And then we watched what we were doing, like, ‘I hope this isn’t our fault!’” Ivar Bjørnson on how Enslaved avoided black metal to become prog
The trend in Norway was to explore the depths of darkness - but he decided to immerse himself in history instead, and accepts some people will never like his band’s music
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The old Genesis stuff is probably some of my favourite music ever created." Mastodon on their prog inspiration and recording The Hunter
When it came to recording a follow up to 2009's progtastic Crack The Skye, the band wrote bigger choruses for 2011's The Hunter but their prog roots remained the same