As frontman with Mayhem, Tormentor, Sunn O))) and more, Attila Csihar has been the enigma at the heart of extreme metal for 40 years – and he’s seen the best and worst of it

CENTURY MEDIA Scotland’s goat-worshipping speed metal prodigy shows his trve colours

Mortician. Meshuggah. Morbid Angel. What does Igorrr’s mastermind love? Why, extreme metal of course!

…For Randy’s friends to ask him whatever they hell they want. We sat the Lamb Of God frontman down for an all-star grilling

Metallica ’s 1984 began with a gear heist and a cancelled UK tour; it ended with them being heavy metal’s Next Big Thing. Then came Master Of Puppets. This is the inside story of the making of that album and the two year whirlwind that took four “alcoholica” outcasts from the El Cerrito garage to the big time.

A choir on one of Germany’s Big Four thrash bands’ new album? “We always did our own thing.”