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Spanning rock, hip-hop and metal, the best Reading and Leeds Festival performances have become some of the most talked-about gigs of all time.

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From bold Britpop anthems to incendiary blasts of gangsta rap, the best 90 songs shine with old-school swagger and head-spinning diversity.

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Bouncing back after the harrowing ‘Iowa’, nu-metal icons Slipknot made their mainstream breakthrough with ‘Vol.3: (The Subliminal Verses)’.

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The album that introduced Iron Maiden’s classic line-up, ‘Piece Of Mind’ saw the group make a powerful bid for the big league.

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Containing the earth-scorching power to wipe out humanity, Linkin Park’s second album, ‘Meteora’, tore up the planet with a nu-metal classic.

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With emotionally charged lyrics and rap-metal howls of rage, the best Linkin Park albums showcase the group’s evolution and experimentation.

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Heavy metal with punk attitude, Iron Maiden’s second album, ‘Killers’, remains one of their most pivotal releases.

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Super-charging the blues with a sound as heavy as their name, Led Zeppelin’s debut album continues to send shockwaves around the world.

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As the best Slipknot songs prove, the extreme metalheads are, hands down, the most brutal band ever to trouble the mainstream.

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Iron Maiden’s colossal 17th album, ‘Senjutsu’ reveals why the group are still the troopers every other metal band tries to topple.

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