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“You haven’t truly danced until you’ve thrown shapes to Rational Gaze in a festival field”: Why Meshuggah are my comfort band

They’re arguably the heaviest and most technical band of all time, but they’re also extraordinarily easy to listen to

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Slipknot become early frontrunner for ‘weirdest collaboration of the year’ award as (sic) pops up in hallucinogenic Gucci advert

Who knew that nine masked, bodysuit-wearing, baseball bat-wielding hooligans were so synonymous with fashion?

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“Genocide still occurs today. We have not learned our lesson of people over profits”: Watch System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian sing heartfelt prayer for genocide victims at Sick New World festival last weekend

The frontman sang the traditional prayer Der Voghormia, one day after Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day was recognised on April 24

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"My chin hit this broken bottle on the stage. I pulled it out, there was blood gushing down my face." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe comes clean on sobriety, UFOs and what he'd have as his final meal

Max Cavalera, Cristina Scabbia, Scott Ian and more grill Randy Blythe in an all-star interview

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"Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we'd write another it was like: 'Oh my god!'" The inside story of Master Of Puppets and the two-year whirlwind that took Metallica to the big time

From an El Cerrito garage to stadiums with Ozzy Osbourne – as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and more

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Watch Megadeth play Metallica's Ride The Lightning for the first time

Megadeth gave a debut to Ride The Lightning at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia

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"It's a violent, wild and out-of-control time, especially for women, but for all people." Evanescence's Amy Lee on why she's embracing having a platform in an increasingly troubled and dangerous world

Evanescence's leader is keenly aware that the world is going to hell, but she sees a light at the end of the tunnel

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"I felt misunderstood by the German music industry. They called me too extreme." From Eminem teaching her about authenticity to the Nirvana song that made her pick up a guitar, this is the soundtrack to Mimi Barks' life

Nu gen provocateur Mimi Barks talks us through the songs that have defined her life

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"Did we realise how important it would be? Hell no. We just wanted to make people dance." How an "evil disco" classic channelled Ministry, Prong and Salt 'N' Pepa to crown one of the 90s' last breakout metal bands

Static-X became main eventers of nu metal's second wave thanks to their classic banger, Push It

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Every metal album to get to number one in the UK - and the story behind them all

From Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Skindred and Sleep Token, here's every single time metal topped the album charts in the UK

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"I wasn’t going to smoke angel dust or rob people, so I thought straight edge was a good antidote." The Beatles, Blondie, New York hardcore and those disgusting CBGBs toilets: an interview with Quicksand's Walter Schreifels

The Quicksand frontman reflects on the transformative power of music

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Watch Queens Of The Stone Age perform Auto Pilot with their former bassist Nick Oliveri

Queens Of The Stone Age joined onstage by Nick Oliveri for first time since 2014

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Slam Dunk festival director steps down in wake of sexual assault allegation

A director of UK's Slam Dunk festival "strongly refutes" claim he drugged and sexually assaulted woman

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

Robb Flynn teams up with Black Veil Brides, Tarja Turunen recruits Dani Filth and Korn bounce back in this week's best new metal song round-up

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“It’s historically important for music lovers of that genre”: The legal dispute over Black Sabbath’s earliest recordings has been settled – and they could finally be released

The legal beef between Sharon Osbourne and Sabbath’s original manager has been squashed – and it could be good news for fans

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"I had to fight for everything I wanted and got treated like a child." How Amy Lee fought to take back control of Evanescence

As Evanescence prepared to release Synthesis, Amy Lee reflected on her position as one of metal's most prominent women

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"They blame us as musicians because it's easier than blaming family or society." How Brazilian metal legends Sepultura were demonised in the media following a heartbreaking tragedy

"The blame is being pushed onto Heavy Metal"

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"I want to dedicate this next one to a dear friend of mine in the sky tonight!" Watch a tearful Yungblud pay emotional tribute to Ozzy Osbourne with his cover of Black Sabbath's Changes in Birmingham last night

Yungblud made the most of playing Ozzy's home city

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"I was grossly overconfident because I was 21 years old: ‘Of course I’m going to get the gig.'" Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson opens up on what it was like joining the metal legends just as they were blowing up

Bruce Dickinson joined Maiden at a crucial point in their career. We all know what happened next

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"This is the sound of a band finding their spark again amid the wreckage." Foo Fighters bounce back from turbulent few years with punky, at-times surprisingly thrashy new record Your Favorite Toy

Dave Grohl and co. go back-to-basics to kick out the jams

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"He's jumping up in the air and breathing really heavily, making these animal noises. I'd never seen anything like it." The story of Andrew W.K. and the strangest TV performance in music history

In 2002 Andrew W.K. was interviewed on New Zealand TV series Space. It did not go according to plan

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Korn return with pounding single Reward The Scars, in collaboration with new Diablo IV expansion Lord Of Hatred

It’s the first new music from the nu metal superstars since 2022 album Requiem

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“It was cheaper to come here and rent a whole hotel out of season. The bar was open 24/7”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson recalls writing classic albums in empty Jersey hotel

The singer looks back on writing Piece Of Mind, Powerslave and Somewhere In Time in a hotel on the Channel Islands

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"We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...

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"One love for the world!" French psychedelic rock mind expanders Slift announce North America, Europe and UK tour dates

Slift reveal 2026 tour itinerary

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