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"Vikings were known for their impeccable hygiene." Watch Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg debunk everything you thought you knew about Vikings

Viking metal hero Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth busts the biggest myths about Vikings

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"It's great when music leaves your head and inhabits your body, but there are some songs where you need to keep thinking." The story behind Metallica's apocalyptic thrash masterpiece, Blackened

“Dude, that riff’s good enough to open our album."

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Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller dead at 59

NYHC linchpin Lou Koller was originally diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2024

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"It's time to herd goats." Ministry announce Goodbye Europe farewell tour, share animated video for Burned Out, the first single from their final album Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)

"It doesn't matter if you're left or right, we're all dead unless we all unite"

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

Amon Amarth, Hatebreed and Imminence are among the bands with killer new metal songs out this week

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Watch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson make a surprise appearance with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's covers band to sing a David Bowie-penned classic rock anthem

Watch Bruce Dickinson onstage with The Coverups at San Diego Comic-Con

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Sleep Token's Take Me Back To Eden officially goes platinum in the US with over two billion streams

The band's 2023 breakthrough marks their first Platinum Certified record, but also confirms their status as one of the biggest and most successful metal bands of this century

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Avenged Sevenfold surprise release bold, futuristic new four-track EP Statica, and its a wild, mind-blowing trip

If you only know Avenged Sevenfold via Hail To The King, prepare to have your mind blown by what they sound like in 2026

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"I've entered a time in my life where I wanted to create something I could conduct and drive." Clown from Slipknot launches new website and new side project O' Day Monster, debuting with a single that's light years removed from metal

Check out the video for Un Life, the debut single from M. Shawn Crahan's new musical venture O' Day Monster

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“Gallops like The Trooper and evokes Iron Maiden’s double-lead-guitar histrionics”: Mongol champions The Hu take after their hard rock heroes on long-awaited new album Hun

The folk metal horde have been endorsed by Metallica and Iron Maiden – and their third album bears those icons’ influence

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“Wales and its legends are to be celebrated”: Mystery project Ysbrydnos is putting The Land Of Song on the black metal map

The faceless solo artist says his music is “a rallying cry for Welsh culture” – but don’t call him a flag-shagger

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“There were liquids I couldn’t identify all over my bed!”: the new issue of Metal Hammer features Electric Callboy on the cover

Metal’s ultimate party band grace the front of our brand-new issue

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“I’ve always listened to the suggestions of the people I work with. It doesn’t mean I do what they say, but I listen”: How Symphony Of Destruction turned Megadeth from tech-thrashers to Platinum-selling sensation

Dave Mustaine revisits the 1992 anthem that lifted his band to heavy metal’s A-tier

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“Welcome to a night you will remember forever”: Ghost release first trailer for concert film/documentary 2 Big To Rig

The behind-the-scenes look at the Swedes’ globe-trotting Skeletour hits cinemas and IMAX screens next month

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“Everyone wanted Hayley Williams’ haircut. There’s some horrific photos of my attempt!”: As Everything Unfolds’ Charlie Rolfe reveals the 10 songs that made her who she is

From Paramore to Depeche Mode, the metalcore singer breaks down her musical DNA

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“It’s like something genius: a treasure lost and found”: The 18-year-long story behind Slipknot’s Radiohead-inspired detour, Look Outside Your Window

Metal’s leading nine-piece recorded an experimental side-project during 2008’s All Hope Is Gone sessions. It didn’t come out until this year.

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Iron Maiden thank fans who attended Eddfest – and reveal that the festival dive bar was a victim of crime

Go behind the scenes at Knebworth Park with Steve Harris and some very enthusiastic fans

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"This performance honours Lemmy's legacy." Hollywood Vampires launch cover of Motörhead's Ace Of Spades

Supergroup Hollywood Vampires tour Europe next month to mark the release of the live album At Montreux Jazz Festival

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"I still can’t believe that he’s not with us. There will never be another Ozzy." Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward share reflections on Ozzy Osbourne on the first anniversary of their friend's passing

"Gone in body, but his legend lives on"

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"I wanted to dance with it, meld his incendiary words with my soul." Listen to Halestorm's Lzzy Hale take on a Soundgarden rarity with Chris Cornell tribute project King Ultramega

Chris Cornell tribute project King Ultramega tackle a deep cut from grunge superstars Soundgarden

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Viking death metal berserkers Amon Amarth still Vikings, still death metal, still berserk on new single Gjallarhorn; upcoming album The Allfather Awakens announced

Will you accept their 10-song offering on October 2?

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“We have a giant container that we fill with joints, and usually we’ve all eaten 100 to 200 milligrams of edibles”: Hashtronaut, the stoner rockers who make Sleep look straight-edge

The Denver trio care about four things: weed, riffs, amps and weed

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Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante kicks violent fan out of US gig: “This show is not gonna continue until we make sure everybody’s safe”

The band are touring North America with Evanescence and Nova Twins

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“One of the most consistent forces in heavy music”: Every Mastodon album ranked from worst to best

Re-acquaint yourself with the Atlanta behemoth’s back-catalogue before Marrow Deep comes out in August

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“Even if it might lead to a poisonous leg amputation, I’d literally die for the music”: The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen on her journey from child actor to AC/DC-approved rock star

She could have peaked with The Grinch aged five. Instead, Taylor Momsen repackaged herself as the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless and lived her rock’n’roll dream. This is her story, in her words.

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