Unleashed from the east

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

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

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 genre-agnostic mastermind behind Zeal & Ardor gives us a tour of his quirky record collection

Former 36 Crazyfists frontman finds his second wind

The Ouija-pop inventor on obsidian crystals, taxidermy ducklings and alien tattoos