Linkin Park are the biggest selling band of this decade, nay, century. That’s a statement that really hurts, isn’t it. They’ve sold more records than Metallica, Iron Maiden or even The Beatles. Yes, feel free to weep because there doesn’t seem like much to celebrate. Right? WRONG!
There really have been some amazing bands, albums and [...]

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Glassjaw
Peak: 2001
Era: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence

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Killswitch Engage
Peak: 2004
Era: The End Of Heartache

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Alkaline Trio
Peak: Crimson
Era: 2005

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Where were you on the night before the dawn of the New Millennium? Jon Kerr was getting a pit going in Jilly’s Rockworld, Manchester. We’ve asked him to summarise the ten years since then in all things metal in a handy A to Z

Slayer
No Slayer, no thrash. Right? Following their four classic ’80s albums, Slayer’s [...]

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Fall Out Boy
Peak: 2005
Era: From Under The Cork Tree

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Where were you on the night before the dawn of the New Millennium? Jon Kerr was getting a pit going in Jilly’s Rockworld, Manchester. We’ve asked him to summarise the ten years since then in all things metal in a handy A to Z

Judas Priest
As if one seminal British vocalist returning to his former band [...]

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Converge
Peak: 2001
Era: Jane Doe

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Where were you on the night before the dawn of the New Millennium? Jon Kerr was getting a pit going in Jilly’s Rockworld, Manchester. We’ve asked him to summarise the ten years since then in all things metal in a handy A to Z

Avenged Sevenfold
Not just any Californian metalcore outfit, this lot. A7X have produced [...]

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Deftones
Peak: 2000/2001
Era: White Pony

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