Sick new world

As Wacken fast approaches, we find out how a small gathering in Germany evolved into one of the world’s biggest metal fests

VARIOUS VENUES, CAMDEN

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

Cradle Of Filth’s corpsepainted frontman on his skate punk roots, exploding basketballs, and 11th-century ghosts

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 Back To The Beginning show features the greatest metal bill ever assembled. Over the next 12 pages, some of the musicians appearing share just what Ozzy and Black Sabbath mean to them