'OU frequently sound like they’ve beamed in from the 25th century.' Devin Townsend-approved Chinese band OU put the prog back into progressive metal on II: Frailty trib.al/p4QykZm

'You're talking to a person that's never heard an Iron Maiden record.' Watch former Dillinger Escape Plan and current Better Lovers frontman Greg Puciato take on the most daunting (and ridiculous) metal true or false quiz ever trib.al/Wlu5Dj1

'Given titles like Bury The Cross… With Your Christ, it’d be a sucker’s bet to imagine Deicide taking their boot off the throat of organised religion': Satanic death metallers return from the abyss with Banished By Sin trib.al/zQUCmkI

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Evanescence's Amy Lee on rumours she could replace Chester Bennington in Linkin Park: 'It's not true...but they should ask me about that, I might do it part time.' trib.al/NsGQBl5

'Nostalgia is big business, and Mantras is swimming in it.' Alien Ant Farm's first album in almost a decade is pretty much what you'd expect, and that's just fine trib.al/H5sqV2F

'It allowed us to push the boundaries of what we thought was feasible.' Listen to Knocked Loose and Poppy's outrageously heavy (yet hella danceable) new single, Suffocate trib.al/cjdt4mx

'Rather than a fascinating document of Linkin Park’s movements over the years, Papercuts is little more than a playlist set to shuffle.' Linkin Park's first greatest hits album is a disappointing missed opportunity trib.al/UOZdki4

'Join us as we destroy all enemies!' Megadeth announce US tour with Mudvayne and All That Remains trib.al/S60AEG2

'The wave of legacy bands striking new gold in their twilight years continues unabated.' Almost 50 years in, German heavy metal legends Accept have found a new career peak with Humanoid trib.al/7UioOrB

'We don't want to stagnate': Mötley Crüe sign with Big Machine Records – Vince Neil exclusive trib.al/os57ESu

'I wanted to expand upon what we had and introduce new colors.' Zeal & Ardor announce new album Greif and UK headline show: listen to gorgeous new single To My Ilk now trib.al/rxXU9V1

'A doom take on trance by way of Radiohead.' Chelsea Wolfe bewitches and delights with spellbinding set at Roadburn trib.al/eohclZg

Swedish Metal Aid: The point where charity, hairspray and a singing horror show collide trib.al/UqPjz90

“Kurt said some stuff about us that was a real bummer. I thought Nirvana were a good band. Our response to their criticism was, Dude, why are you being such a dick?” Pearl Jam look back on their 'feud' with Nirvana trib.al/sXUFyOr

'It's a song for the losers!' How Halestorm's Here's To Us became the ultimate underdog anthem - and ended up being covered by everyone from Slash to the cast of Glee trib.al/4iy7aYE

'I was like, 'This stuff is Undertaker music!'' WWE World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest on the many ways that heavy metal changed his life trib.al/qRiZlLU

'The line between a Clipping. and Slayer gig is tighter than you'd think.' Daveed Diggs' alt hip hop group challenge notions of heaviness at Roadburn Festival 2024 trib.al/jnQLf7h

'She looks and feels like a next-gen star.' Zambia-born Canadian rapper Backxwash looks to evolve beyond her trap metal roots with surprise set at Roadburn Festival 2024 trib.al/Retu1cN

Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, Peter Frampton and more to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame trib.al/D9stvev