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Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows

The genre has been knocking on the mainstream door for decades. Now, with a horror earning the most Oscar nominations of any film, we’ve let it in – and it’s here to stay...

One of metal’s buzziest bands is fronted by a sword-waving, chainmail-bikini-clad barbarian who dies and is reborn onstage each night. Step into the world of Castle Rat

SFX’s time machine hurls us back to a random month once again

Pagan doom, Marmite metalcore, genre-smashing hardcore, razzle-dazzle arena metal… this has been the soundtrack to the decade to date