Rage Against The Machine guitarist sings praises of Irish rappers Kneecap – and Disturbed's David Draiman is unimpressed

Might of US military is no match for Metallica's lawyers as they demand removal of track from social media drone video

The Lo-files project contains 23 lo-fi reinterpretations of the UK metal band’s biggest songs

The nu-metal-but-not-really superstars will play the UK and mainland Europe from January to February

Now that Back To The Beginning is in the rear-view mirror, heavy metal’s foundational guitarist is returning to work on his first solo album in 20 years

Pieces co-painted by The Prince Of Darkness and his primate pals are now up for auction

Pretend to Remember Me arrives a week after Rage Against The Machine man Morello directed Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning celebration

New Deftones album private music finds the band working with an old friend once again

Remember that time a metal legend was almost decapitated on British TV?

From Deftones and Halestorm to Babymetal and Slaughter To Prevail, these are the essential metal albums coming out this year

Confess frontman Nikan Khosravi was imprisoned by the Iranian authorities for being a metal fan

Soothe your post-Back To The Beginning blues with new tracks from Babymetal, Deftones, Halestorm and more, and vote for your favourite

Black Sabbath may be over, but are Ozzy and co actually hanging up their boots?

Symphonic metal band Plague Of Angels became the first metal band to play the 800-year old York Minster

Max Cavalera: “If it was all up to me, I’d love to do it”

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

Sound N' Fury, due to be published in July, has been pushed back. But it might be the best book about Guns N' Roses ever written.

King Diamond rolls back the years with a bombastic, theatrical showing in Murcia

Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out

Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback

“I think we did Mr Flint proud”

No offence Jarvis, but THIS is hardcore

Iron Maiden come back to their birthplace and – armed with a new drummer, a stacked setlist and some extravagant visuals – show 75,000 people just how much they’ve grown

"The crowd in front of the Other Stage is a bubbling sea of pits, dancing, headbanging and fist-pumping"