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10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

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“They were a huge part of the beginnings of Metallica”: How the Metal Massacre albums launched Metallica, Slayer and the next decade of metal

From Metallica and Slayer to Possessed and Overkill, Metal Blade Records’ underground demo series shone a light on the future of metal in the early ’80s

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10 metalheads in movies and TV that break all the cliches

Hollywood likes to portray metalheads as either bullies or dimwits. These 10 movie and TV characters smash all the stereotypes.

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"When Dahmer hit the news I thought, ‘I have a lot of stuff to work with here!'" Tom Araya explains Slayer's fascination with serial killers

Ever wondered why there are so many Slayer songs about serial killers? Vocalist Tom Araya unpicks the band's grisly preoccupation

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A beginner’s guide to Metal Blade Records in five essential albums

From the ferocity of Slayer to Amon Amarth’s viking melodeath, Metal Blade Records are masters of getting in on the ground floor with the next big thing

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"People were spitting at us": How one of Alice In Chains' worst gigs ever earned them the respect of hardcore Slayer fans

For Alice In Chains, playing on the 1991 Clash of the Titans tour was an eye-opening, and sometimes terrifying, experience

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"We never felt like we were in anybody's scene". How System Of A Down invaded nu metal, baited Slayer fans and created a classic debut album in 1998

System Of A Down were terrified by Kiss as kids, but by the time they released their self-titled debut they were trolling Slayer fans and invading nu metal

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How Sunny War went from shredding Slayer to honing her standout acoustic style: “Guitar can be a new thing forever if you let yourself be experimental all the time”

The folk fingerstylist explains the Logic-al evolution of her sound and why she isn't your garden variety strummer

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10 metal b-sides and bonus tracks so perfect that they should have been classics

These bangers by Metallica, Linkin Park and more never got an album or single release – but, in hindsight, they really deserved one

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"He was Slayer. He affected a lot of people and he didn’t even realise it.” The life and tragic death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman

Jeff Hanneman was the architect behind some of Slayer's biggest - and most infamous - songs but his 2011 passing was a tragedy that shook thrash metal

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10 times stand-up comedians made brilliant references to heavy metal

From Slayer to Napalm Death, we didn't see some of these hilarious references coming

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Here’s everything we know about Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s new band so far

Ex-Slayer axeman Kerry King has been teasing us with notions of a new band for years. Here are all the details we’ve seen so far.

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"Ancient aliens? I'm open to the idea." The incredible life, career and beliefs of Testament frontman and thrash metal legend, Chuck Billy

From his belief in ancient aliens to battling cancer and auditioning for Sepultura, Chuck Billy has seen, done and thought about it all

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10 non-famous bands who have the same name as a way more famous band

The psychedelic Nirvana, the thrash Poison and the early 70s Iron Maiden - come on in, your time is now

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A beginner’s guide to Nuclear Blast records in five essential albums

Nuclear Blast has risen from an underground German label to one of metal’s most powerful institutions. Here’s how it did it – boiled down to just five albums.

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"The other kids in school voted me 'Class Clown'". From taking English lessons to becoming a thrash legend, the life of Slayer's Tom Araya, in his own words

Moving to Los Angeles from his native Chile in the 1960s, Tom Araya began a journey that'd take him to heavy metal immortality

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10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers - apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

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A YouTuber has covered Metallica's 72 Seasons in the style of Slayer and it's as brutal as you'd expect

Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

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Kerry King: Jeff Hanneman “wanted nothing more than to come back” to Slayer before his death

Jeff Hanneman suffered numerous health issues in his final years, but his former Slayer bandmate Kerry King reveals that the guitarist wanted to return to the band

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Rob Trujillo would love Slayer to cover the title track from Metallica's 72 Seasons

Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo says he would "love it" if Slayer covered the title track from 72 Seasons "because some people say there’s a competition [between us]"

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Here are the hardest songs to play by each of the Big 4, as chosen by one of thrash metal’s greatest drummers

Jon Dette has played with two of the Big 4, so he knows exactly which songs by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are toughest to nail

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Anarchy in the UK: the chaotic story of the 80s punk scene that changed metal forever

Riots, teargas and slamdancing – how The Exploited, Discharge and GBH inspired Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and more

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Ice-T on metal, Dave Mustaine and making it against the odds: “My hustle is strong. It’s a survival instinct”

Body Count frontman, hip hop icon, controversy magnet, friend of Megadeth, Lemmy, Slayer and more – it’s Ice-T’s world, we just live in it

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Bristol's award-winning masked rapper B of Briz talks hip-hop, feminism and Buffy the vampire slayer

B of Briz was recently crowned the winner of Audiotarky's 'Future Sound of Bristol' competition

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10 metal songs that are weirdly popular on streaming

These lesser celebrated tracks by Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Slayer and more have even outshined some of their biggest hits

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