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Dream Theater share tour diary music video for new track Midnight Messiah

Dream Theater's will release Parasomnia, their first new album with Mike Portnoy for 16 years, in February

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One of the most savage screamers in modern metal is unexpectedly showing off his singing voice in the brilliant new, Office-homaging video by UK metalcore heroes, Employed To Serve

Will Ramos of Lorna Shore can be seen screaming his guts up and, in a real rarity, singing his heart out in the video for Employed To Serve's excellent new single, Atonement

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Metallica released their first music video 35 years ago. This is how it ruined my life.

A Metal Hammer writer looks back on the scarring effects of the video for Metallica’s One, which debuted on January 22, 1989

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Nine Inch Nails announce long-rumoured world tour with UK, Europe and North American dates

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have confirmed they’ll be trotting across the globe from June to September

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“We have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last year.” UK metal favourites Orange Goblin to break up after 2025 tour

The London metal crew will play in Europe and the US in spring and summer, and then… that’s all, folks!

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“I’m still amazed to this day that no one outside of Birmingham can understand a word I say!” Founding Black Sabbath members to be awarded with Freedom Of The City honour by Birmingham City Council

The original lineup of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward will join just 50 others in being recognised as Freemen by the City Of Birmingham

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"The stunt co-ordinator said, 'Don't put your hand here - you'll blow it off.'" The story behind Ice Nine Kills' ultra-gory Terrifier 3 tie-in A Work Of Art

"It's not a movie, it's a cultural movement." The story behind Ice Nine Kills' ultra-gory Terrifier 3 tie-in A Work Of Art

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"Hopefully Babymetal can teach me their dance routines, and I’ll teach them mine." How Eurovision helped Bambie Thug became Ireland's next breakout star

From wowing audiences at Eurovision to selling out dates of her headline tour, 2024 was a massive year for Bambie Thug - and they're just getting started

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"We’re in a really weird spot, and I can’t really tell you what’s going on. I don’t know myself." Faith No More's Bill Gould has no clue as to his band's current status, and it seems like no-one else does either

Faith No More haven't played live since 2015 and co-founder Bill Gould admits that he's as clueless as anyone else as to whether the band have a future

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“I should have been dead that night!”: Ace Frehley looks back on Kiss' wild on-stage mishaps, including the trick that doctors warned could have left him in a wheelchair

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley fell down many, many times...and once even almost died on stage

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson finishes 13th in fencing tournament, watch him compete

The Iron Maiden singer faced off against a three-time Olympic medallist and concluded, “He’s not bad.”

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"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her

Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA

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“It was the most explosive diarrhoea you’ve ever seen in your entire life!” The ballad of Heriot’s Debbie Gough and the guitar shop window pooper

We’ve all had rough days at work, but walking up to your shop’s window and seeing it covered in faeces is a new level of nightmarish

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“They were a gang!” The first band Metallica supported on tour didn’t think the thrashers had a chance in hell of making it big

“‘Do you see them in 10 years being the greatest thing since sliced bread?’ No, not a chance!”

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"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"

System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days

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“The director came up with this idea of flying at me with a helicopter. I thought, This will be the last thing I ever do.” Guns N' Roses guitar hero Slash on the making of the epic music video US President Donald Trump considers the greatest of all time

With over 2.2 billion views on YouTube, Guns N' Roses' epic video for November Rain is one of the most-watched rock videos in history. Guitarist Slash has vivid memories of the shoot, not least because he thought that it might be his last day on earth

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Former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dead at 65

The death of John Sykes, whose contributions to Whitesnake spurred them to become one of the biggest-selling bands of the eighties, has been confirmed

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"Don’t call it a happy album!" Katatonia and the story of Sky Void Of Stars

Katatonia's upbeat, up-tempo Sky Void Of Stars was born from the need for adrenaline at a time when the stage felt very far away....

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"You sound sexy": Watch Kid Rock once again prove to be one of the most cringeworthy rockers on the planet as he attempts to flirt with a BBC News reporter during a live TV interview

During an appearance on BBC News ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, Kid Rock couldn't quite contain himself over hearing the sound of a female journalist's voice and invites said professional skiing

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"When I heard her sing that for the first time, I had tears streaming down my face." Jinjer on their emotional new album - and why it's taken so long to get here

We catch up with Ukrainian metallers Jinjer ahead of new album Duél

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"It’s a break from touring, it’s not a permanent stop." Floor Jansen on Nightwish, Yesterwynde and what comes next

Nightwish might not have been on the road in 2024, but they still put out one of the year's best albums

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“This song is nuts! It’s a very violent, angry call for being a champion of all who deserve it”: Matt Heafy on the classic Trivium song inspired by Muse

How a sci-fi obsessed British rock group influenced a key track on Trivium’s breakthrough Ascendancy album

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“The producer was saying, ‘You guys suck! You can’t play!’ I don’t know if that was a tactic to get us to perform better!”: How Cathedral reinvented doom metal for a new generation

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"Every night I was living out my teenage fantasy." Lzzy Hale talks joining childhood heroes Skid Row

Lzzy Hale grew up watching 80s rock stars on TV. In 2024, she got to be one, playing with a beloved childhood band

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"I terrified and annoyed countless people for decades." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe on the karma of being cornered by drunks

Sober for 14 years, Lamb Of God frontman says he of all people can't complain about drunkards getting on his nerves

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