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Music

The Epic Story of 'Back in Black': How AC/DC Rose From Tragedy Stronger Than All

The making of the biggest hard-rock album in history

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Metallica's Blackened American Whiskey: Rob Dietrich's Journey From Stagehand to Master Distiller

Sponsored by Blackened American Whiskey

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'Sounding the Seventh Trumpet': Avenged Sevenfold Look Back on Early Days

O.C. metal stars talk origins of Deathbat, makeup mishaps and more

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Music

Iron Maiden's Steve Harris on Playing Smaller Venues Than His Son

NWOBHM icon talks British Lion side project, Seventies influences, staying grounded

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Music

The Unstoppable Rise of Higher Power

How the melodic hardcore upstarts made the album to match the hype

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Music

25 Best Albums of the 2010s

Deftones, Ghost, Code Orange and more

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Music

Why Slayer Will Never Die

Thrash masters can take their final bows. But this isn't the end.

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Music

25 Best Albums of 2019

The finest LPs from one of the biggest years in heavy music in recent memory