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“When are we going to stop with this Pink Floyd stuff and start playing some metal?”: The story of the most ambitious song in death metal history

In 1996, Sweden’s Edge Of Sanity filled an entire album with one winding track, inspired by black metal, melodeath, prog and plenty more. It remains a towering achievement long after the band’s break-up.

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"Apparently pretending to play guitar on a public path is a criminal offence." British metalcore crew Malevolence are beefing with UK nature charity The National Trust

UK metalcore mob Malevolence have found the hill they'll die on - falling foul of a nature charity formed in the Victorian era

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"He would have been so perfect in it." Sharon Osbourne says that blocking Ozzy from auditioning for a blockbuster film franchise is the biggest mistake she ever made

In another reality, Ozzy Osbourne could have been a Disney film superstar, and Sharon Osbourne has some regrets

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Turnstile announce US tour schedule for September and October

Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile will launch their American tour in Nashville in mid-September

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"The songs are the same, but you will just not recognise the vibe." Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson announces More Balls To Picasso, a heavier, expanded, remixed and remastered update of his 1994 solo album Balls To Picasso

"Putting more balls into Balls… was a labour of love' says Bruce Dickinson as he readies the re-release of his second solo record

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"I thought it was a joke. To get that nod was really nice." Turnstile's Brendan Yates on pop superstar Charli XCX's prediction that this could be 'Turnstile Summer'

Turnstile are enjoying rave reviews for their new album Never Enough, and Charli XCX's salute to the band at Coachella could well become reality

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"The worrying thing for me is the unknown. We don't know what's going to happen." Tony Iommi admits that he's feeling "excitement mixed with fear" as Black Sabbath's last ever gig draws near

"We’ll be touching on some stuff that we haven’t done for a long time” says Tony Iommi, ahead of Black Sabbath's final bow

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"Metallica rented our equipment but the sound guy wasn't up to his job." Former Nightwish bassist Marko Hietala on the 10 songs that changed his life

Former Nightwish bassist/songwriter Marko Hietala shares the 10 songs that changed his life

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“Bad songs do not go viral in metal – that may happen in other genres, but not in metal”: The Bloodywood guide to internet fame

Bloodywood found an online fanbase through their amped-up covers of pop and Bollywood tracks. We asked guitarist Karan Katiyar about the dos and don’ts of going viral.

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“It’s a really loveable ball of barbed wire”: Watch Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall praise the wholesomeness of heavy metal fans on Australian TV

The Byron Bay metalcore band will embark on the star-studded Summer Of Loud North American tour later this month

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“I really like Frantic! Killer song!” Wrestling legend Adam Copeland names his favourite track on each Metallica album

We sat down with the wrestler formerly known as Edge and wouldn‘t let him leave until he named the best track on each Metallica disc, from Kill ’Em All to 72 Seasons

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"Lucky gal right here!" Watch three absolute metal queens unite on stage as Sharon den Adel and Simone Simons surprise Cristina Scabbia for her birthday in the middle of a Lacuna Coil set

Fans couldn't believe their eyes as three modern metal icons embraced on stage and shared some delicious looking birthday cake

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"We are missing one of our brothers." Watch Slipknot play to a massive crowd headlining Rock Am Ring festival without founding member Shawn Crahan

Watch pro-shot footage of Slipknot's headline performance for 90,000 maggots in Germany

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"People need to know the sacrifices bands are making to play a live show.” UK metallers Vexed are showing everyone just how much it costs to be a touring band - and the numbers are eye-watering

Despite being a popular band in the UK metalcore scene, Vexed have had to turn to fundraising to ensure they can continue to tour

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"We're gonna warm you up!" You can watch Spiritbox's entire, pro shot, rain-soaked Rock Am Ring 2025 set right now

Metalcore heavyweights Spiritbox played a banger of a set at Germany's Rock Am Ring festival over the weekend, and you can watch it in full

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"I really like Slipknot." Watch Babymetal reveal their three favourite metal bands ever and discuss some of the surprising collaborations on new album Metal Forth

Babymetal's latest album features appearances from Bloodywood, Poppy, Electric Callboy and more

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Guns N' Roses announce more 2025 tour dates

The Because What You Want & What You Get Are Two Completely Different Things tour has grown another leg

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“I love what they have brought to the metal scene. They have a completely different spin on a genre that often runs on the same cart tracks”: Why Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello loves Babymetal

Tom Morello is one of the array of guest stars on Babymetal’s upcoming album Metal Forth

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Watch video for new Scars On Broadway track Killing Spree

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway are back with new album Addicted To The Violence due in July

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"It should have gone out with a fricking bang that shook the world, and it was more like a whimper." Michael Anthony on his Van Halen regret

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony wishes it had ended differently

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“Sometimes I think, ‘This has become so big that I can’t handle this monster any more.’ I have some trouble comprehending it”: How Nightwish became the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful

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Amorphis drop first new music from upcoming album Borderland with anthemic new single Light And Shadow

Finnish prog metallers Amorphis will release their new album, Borderland, in September

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“We went on our lunch break and when we got back, Tony had come up with the Paranoid riff. It was literally 25 minutes of work. People went nuts about it!”: How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness

Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it

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Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell gig in Birmingham next month will be livestreamed globally: find out how you can watch the greatest metal show ever

Black Sabbath's history-making Back To The Beginning show is to be made available for pay-per-view worldwide

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The 12 new metal songs you need to hear this week

Start your summer right with these new noises from Sabaton, Killswitch Engage, Battle Beast and more, then vote for your favourite

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