The return of heavy

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 song that rebuilt the band for the 21st century

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

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

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

From Britpop to bucket hats and the Blur and Oasis feud, music journalist Miranda Sawyer relives the highs and lows of the decade