“Lars and I saw him at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’”: James Hetfield on Cliff Burton

James Hetfield will always remember the first time he saw Cliff Burton on stage. It was in 1982, and Burton was bassist for ...

“Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist

As Dave Mustaine prepares to ride Megadeth out into the sunset, we chart the thrash pioneers’ explosive studio output, album by album, guitarist by guitarist ...
Louder

"I could feel the power behind me and it was like being in front of a locomotive." The Swedish metal icons whose biggest hit was so confusing even Metallica's Kirk Hammett ...

It's safe to day that even the most patient music teacher struggle to explain the polyrhythms that provide the backbone of this Meshuggah classic ...
Classical Music

These are the 21 greatest heavy metal albums of all time

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.