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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

Queen took Live Aid by storm when they ran on to the stage at Wembley to perform their greatest hits – so why do Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the band being so apprehensive beforehand?

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

The song that rebuilt the band for the 21st century

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

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