The internet — that cultural cesspool where good ideas go to die, and tragedy, controversy, celebrity gossip and cat memes inevitably rise to the top — has spoken and these are RevolverMag.com's biggest stories. True to form, death reigned among the most viewed posts of 2018, as did Marilyn Manson's latest click-baity meltdown, but in more surprising turns, so did in-depth #longreads on the strange origins of Swedish occult band Ghost, the tribal mission of sonic archeologists Heilung and the personal motivation behind Underoath's anti-religious conversion. Check out the top 20 below.
20. Slayer's Kerry King Picks Favorite Pantera Song
19. Tool's 'Aenima': 10 Things You Didn't Know About Band's Watershed Second Album
18. 20 Essential Nu-Metal Albums
16. Jill Janus, Huntress Singer, Dead at 43
15. Tool, A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan Recalls His Time in the Army
14. Marilyn Manson Cuts Concert Short After Onstage Meltdown
13. Tool's New Album: Everything We Know So Far
12. Bam Margera on 'Jackass' Hijinks, Slayer Backyard Show, Smoking With Snoop
11. How Denmark's Heilung Are Creating "Amplified History" With Human Bones, Throat Singing
10. Spencer Chamberlain: How Losing Religion Saved Underoath
9. Watch Evanescence Cover Ozzy's "No More Tears" With Violinist Lindsey Stirling
8. Kyle Pavone, We Came as Romans Singer, Dead at 28
7. Ghost's Tobias Forge Reports From Studio in First "Unmasked" U.S. Interview
6. Fan Poll: 5 Greatest Live Bands of All Time
5. Zakk Wylde Opens up About Fight for His Life, Keeping Sober, Ozzy's Advice
4. Ghost: The True Story of Death, Religion and Rock & Roll Behind Metal's Strangest Band
3. Deven Davis, Wife of Korn's Jonathan Davis, Dead at 39