Last train

Chaos, blood, death, resurrection – Kerry King and Tom Araya look back on the tumultuous journey of the thrash icons who pushed metal to new extremes

THE AMERICAN DREAM is a simple one: if you work hard and are dedicated, eventually good things come your way. This is the myth we tell ourselves, whether you are a plumber, a lawyer or a band member.

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet the band soundtracking the end of the world.

Danny Hopkins rescues a vision of the future that is firmly in the past

SEEMINGLY OUT OF nowhere, the Darkness swooped out of Suffolk, England, and onto the international music scene in 2003 with their high-voltage debut, Permission to Land. At a time when hipster bands i