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Sharon Osbourne remembers first thoughts when she laid eyes on Ozzy: “What the f*ck?!”

Sharon Osbourne first saw her husband at a Black Sabbath show when she was 18 – and it was unlike anything she’d experienced before

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"They completely destroyed the bar we were playing and broke a waitress’s leg. It was a trainwreck." Inside the chaos and carnage of Acid Bath - the great lost Louisiana sludge metal band.

Tragedy might have cut Acid Bath's career short in the 90s, but now they're back and bigger than ever

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"A rollercoaster of epic musical detours, great songwriting and completely unhinged twists and turns": Halestorm announce upcoming album details and mammoth tour

Halestorm's sixth album Everest will arrive in August - huge touring schedule also confirmed

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Metallica are going to re-release their Load

The metal titans’ controversial sixth album is getting remastered and reissued via an expanded package, featuring demo versions and live recordings

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Sleep Token are on the cover of Metal Hammer’s 400th issue – and there are two collectible covers to choose from

Sleep Token fans: will you choose the House Veridian Edition, or the House Feathered Host Edition?

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“I came from a subculture of rock that didn’t quite get what all the fuss is about.” Soundgarden's Kim Thayil originally didn't see the point of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but says Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about Soundgarden being inducted

Soundgarden will be inducted into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame in November, and they couldn't be happier about the honour

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Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale says it’s an “honour” to be the only woman performing at Black Sabbath’s farewell show

The singer/guitarist believes that other leading women in rock and metal will “be there in spirit”

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"Life has simply caught up with me": Devin Townsend is taking an indefinite break from touring

Devin Townsend won't be going on the road for "the foreseeable future" after his upcoming run of PowerNerd live shows

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Beast mode: how Beast In Black, Diablo IV and Berserk have created 2025's ultimate metal-gaming-manga team-up

As the universes of Diablo and Berserk cross over, Blizzard have partnered with Beast In Black to reveal brand new song Enter The Behelit

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"Our message to the government is clear: we’ve only got a summer to save music. Act now." MP Jeremy Corbyn's Peace & Justice Project declare A Summer To Save Live Music in the UK

"A Summer To Save Music is not hyperbole," says Music For The Many

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"I was talking with Kurt, and he said, You should join my band." The night that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, and DinosaurJr's J. Mascis realised that newcomers Nirvana were going to change alternative rock forever

Watch a four-piece Nirvana play one of the most important gigs of their career in July 1989

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Ghost may have banned phones from their 2025 tour, but you can see footage of their latest shows in the new music video for Peacefield

The song is taken from the Swedish devil church’s new album Skeletá

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Jerry Cantrell has an amazing solo song on the Sinners soundtrack and no one seems to be talking about it

Listen to the Alice In Chains guitarist/singer’s raspy and overlooked new track In Moonlight here

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Slayer’s Kerry King admits he isn’t close with Tom Araya: “He’s not the guy I started the band with”

King says that Slayer’s singer/bassist is “a very different person” compared to when they started the band together in 1981

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Hit horror movie Sinners is inspired by Metallica track One

Sinners director says One from Metallica's ...And Justice for All album was the inspiration for his new hit horror film

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Family of late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison launches Kickstarter campaign for unreleased Vimic album Open Your Omen

Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot band Vimic could finally see their debut album released thanks to family's crowdfunding effort

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"In Russia, when you see a bear, it's not ****ing funny." Alex Terrible is a bear-wrestling, bareknuckle fighting controversy magnet. He's also made Slaughter To Prevail unlikely metal icons

We head Stateside to speak to the man behind the mask as Russian deathcore crew Slaughter To Prevail prepare to unleash their new album

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"I hit a wall. I am not built to do that." Ghost's Tobias Forge reached burnout in 2024. This is how Skeletá brought him back to life

After the weight of 15 years of carrying Ghost got too much, Tobias Forge needed something special to get his mojo back. He tells us how it happened

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These are the 12 new metal songs you need to check out this week

Linkin Park, Sleep Token, Ghost, Sabaton and more have spoiled us with excellent songs this week. Hear them all and vote for your favourite here.

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I sing anti-fascist songs in a thrash band – why aren’t more metal musicians angry about the state of the world?

Hardcore and thrash still pride themselves on being politically conscious: we should all follow these ballsy bands’ examples

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Machine Head's Unatoned has so many crushing riffs that it should come with a health and safety certificate. This is a band back in peak condition

Machine Head's epic bounce back continues with the brilliant Unatoned

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Code Orange are on hiatus: “It’s on the shelf for a good reason, for many reasons”

Singer Jami Morgan confirms that the US metalcore hopefuls are on ice for the foreseeable future

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Sleep Token invite listeners to "confront what lies beneath the mask" on exultant new single Damocles

Vessel and co. will release their new album Even In Arcadia next month

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Hear power metal wardogs Sabaton dive into mediaeval history with new song Templars

The armour-plated Swedes have signed to Better Noise Music and are readying their next album

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Original Kiss drummer Peter Criss announces first solo album in 18 years

The Catman's new album includes contributions from John 5, Billy Sheehan, Paul Shaffer and more

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