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Lamb Of God, Slaughter To Prevail and Judas Priest to headline Bloodstock festival 2026; Sepultura, Bleed From Within and 20 other acts also confirmed

The four-day heavy metal festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary at Catton Park, Derbyshire from August 6 to 9

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Trivium, Babymetal and AFI are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch Nine Inch Nails give live debut to new single As Alive As You Need Me To Be as they launch North American Peel it Back tour with Josh Freese back on drums

Josh Freese returns to NIN live duties as Trent Reznor's band play Oakland Arena to kick off North American tour

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Sharon Osbourne says that reports that Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning farewell show raised $190 million for charity are "just ridiculous"

Sharon Osbourne hits out at "false press" around the money raised by Ozzy's farewell spectacular

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A Sons Of Anarchy and The Walking Dead star has teamed up with Bad Omens for two weird, creepy teaser videos and the fandom are losing their minds

Bad Omens are teasing an August 8 announcement, and fans of Noah Sebastian's metalcore heroes are as excited as kids impatiently awaiting Santa's arrival

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"I didn't plan on making music anymore." How Paradise Slaves gave Brock Lindow a new lease of life after 36 Crazyfists

After a final show in December 2019, 36 Crazyfists' Brock Lindow thought he was done. But a message from Killswitch Engage's Joel Stroetzel brought him back to music

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“People are so passionate about it. It’s almost more important to some of them than watching the bands”: Bin Jousting is the insane heavy metal festival sport that the Olympics needs right now

How Bin Jousting went from after-dark guerrilla sport to Bloodstock fixture

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"I didn't have a clear idea of what I was doing...I just felt lost." Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson on the existential crisis that helped shape one of his most beloved songs

This classic power ballad was seen by many as a goodbye to Iron Maiden, but the real meaning runs a little deeper

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BBC to broadcast documentary film Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, about final three years of Black Sabbath singer’s life, later this month

The 60-minute standalone documentary will air on BBC One and via BBC iPlayer on August 18

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“Nobody walked away going, ‘That’s the last time we’ll see Ozzy’”: Metallica’s Lars Ulrich looks back on Black Sabbath’s retirement show, Back To The Beginning

Metallica’s drummer says Sabbath were “great, if not better than ever” at their final show, which took place just 17 days before singer Ozzy Osbourne’s death

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John Carpenter announces Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection to be released in October

John Carpenter's new Halloween trilogy of soundtrack albums are released in expanded editions as well as collected in a limited edition deluxe box set with a lenticular cover

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Hear Trivium return with Ascendancy-coded new single Bury Me With My Screams

The Florida metal mavens headline Bloodstock festival on Friday and will release a new EP, Struck Dead, on October 31

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Just when you thought vinyl couldn't get any more adorable, Black Sabbath release a 4" single

Also available: Ghost, Mötley Crüe, the Rolling Stones and more

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Texan terrors Die Spitz share video for new single Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry For The Delay) as a preview for incoming debut album Something to Consume

You'll be hearing a lot about Die Spitz in 2025: start listening now

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“I was so lucky and blessed to be a part of a very small group that got to call him ‘Dad’”: Jack Osbourne posts emotional tribute to late father Ozzy on social media

Ozzy’s youngest child has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to his father, who died aged 76 last month

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Metallica announce one of their most intimate shows ever, playing to just 250 people later this month – and you can win a ticket

The biggest band in metal will play their smallest gig in decades on August 28

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New Creeper single Blood Magick (It's A Ritual) is a cross between Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Ozzy Osbourne's The Ultimate Sin, and Laibach, and if that doesn't get you excited for new album Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death we give up

Creeper preview new album Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death with a conjuring from 1987

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Watch Linkin Park thrill 90,000 fans with a killer version of The Emptiness Machine recorded at their spectacular sold-out show at London's iconic Wembley Stadium earlier this summer

Watch the 21st century's biggest metal band on peak form at huge UK show back in June

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What happens when a Eurovision band turns to the dark side? Lord Of The Lost’s new album almost answers that question

The first entry in a planned trilogy, Opvs Noir, Vol. 1 sees Lord Of The Lost shed their vibrant look while retaining their goth/glam bluster

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Watch one of the most dramatic makeovers of 2025, as Davey Havok turns into goth rock Frank Zappa for new AFI anthem Behind The Clock

The newly mustachioed frontman and his band will put out their next album Silver Bleeds The Black Sun in October

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“All of a sudden we’re satanic and controversial. People wanna buy our records and burn them? Go ahead!” Why heavy metal fell in love with the Devil

For as long as it’s existed, heavy metal has been obsessed with the Devil. We investigate why.

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“Easily the band’s boldest work to date, boasting some of their most interesting songs yet”: Halestorm reach a career peak with new album Everest

Halestorm are still Halestorm on album number six, but the hard rockers have more ideas in their back pockets than ever before

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Michael Schenker releases first song with new singer Erik Grönwall

Don’t Sell Your Soul is the title track of a new Michael Schenker Group album

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The Decline Of Western Civilisation, Part II: The Metal Years is now free to watch on YouTube

The classic movie, starring Ozzy, Lemmy, Kiss and Aerosmith, has been liberated by its distributors for all of humankind to enjoy

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"I'm holding on tight to the love, the light, and the legacy left behind." Kelly Osbourne shares touching thank you note to all who've supported her amid the heartbreaking loss of her beloved father

"Knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference"

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