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"We thought, 'What the hell is going on around here?' They thought he was some lunatic who got into the castle." How a ghostly apparition ended Tony Iommi's writer's block and inspired one of Black Sabbath's greatest riffs

With Tony Iommi suffering from writer's block, Black Sabbath did the most logical thing: They hired a haunted castle

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"I’m like, Wow this is wild. This sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard before." Slipknot are recording new material with Faith No More producer Matt Wallace, and Jim Root says there are "at least 50" song ideas being worked on

Work on the follow-up to 2022's The End, So Far has begun

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"I look over, and Daron had fallen off the stage and was on the ground. He had completely lost himself." Even a band as huge as System Of A Down had to start somewhere. This is the untold story of Soil

Before System Of A Down, there was Soil. Its former members look back on what would be the birth of a metal legend

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"Nice to see ya!" Watch grindcore legends Napalm Death play the heaviest Tiny Desk Concert in history

Grindcore innovators and British extreme music legends Napalm Death have followed in the footsteps of Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter and Turnstile

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"I thought it’d be funny to ask Gerard Way if he wanted to sing on a song. He text straight back: 'Absolutely!'" From collabing with a My Chemical Romance legend to taking death metal to Red Rocks, five minutes with Frozen Soul's Chad Green

Frozen Soul are one of the most exciting bands in death metal right now - and it turns out MCR's Gerard Way agrees!

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"Satan’s the original outlaw. He questioned authority, fought for himself, refused to bow down or conform." Twin Temple announce new album Doomed Lovers, share its title track

"Being surrounded by creativity slowly brought us back to life"

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"Cliff's music and spirit continue to inspire fans around the world, and our family is proud to celebrate his legacy in this way." KnuckleBonz reveal details of a 3D digital museum in collaboration with the late Metallica bassist's estate

"Cliff Burton redefined the role of the bass guitar in thrash, and his influence is stronger than ever..."

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"I was shocked at how fast it is on the record. If we’d recorded that song at the tempo we’d play it live a year later, it would have crushed buildings.” The 10 best Rollins Band songs chosen by guitarist Chris Haskett

Chris Haskett was the guitarist for the Rollins Band for a decade

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"I am very excited about the ability we now have to pursue, facilitate, and finance our many plans and dreams." Iron Maiden announce deal with creatives behind the ABBA Voyage virtual show

Could there be a virtual Iron Maiden show experience in the future?

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"And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay, a million voices full of fear." How Tool recorded a 15-minute song about crying carrots and absolutely destroyed some old pianos in the process

The closing song on their debut album Undertow was tucked away after 59 silent tracks

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"Metal is a better place for having a happy, healthy System Of A Down in it." System Of A Down's UK return was electric, euphoric and one of the best rock stadium shows in recent memory

"Are System Of A Down back?!" one fan on our row remarked. Yes, yes they absolutely are

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"Her voice was insanely gorgeous and powerful. I've got all her albums, live recordings, everything." Tarja picks the songs that have soundtracked her life

Former Nightwish singer and solo star Tarja picks her records,artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the music that terrifies her

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Alice Cooper announces more Alice's Attic tour dates

Alice Cooper continues to have a busier year than almost anyone else in showbiz

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Guns N' Roses launch fundraising campaign in support of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Fans at every show on Guns N' Roses' North American tour will be able to donate money and be entered into a grand prize draw

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"It streams more than double any other track we have weekly, yet a portion of the fanbase acts like it was a failure.” How Avenged Sevenfold's "funny little experiment" with Hail to the King yielded extraordinary results

The title track of Avenged Sevenfold's 2013 album has earned over 819.8 million streams to date

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"Thousands of fans with knees far less reliable than they were are bouncing around, screaming every word." Bring Me The Horizon's crushing Count Your Blessings show is a reminder of how ferociously heavy they can still be

Bring Me The Horizon roll back the years with their heaviest show in well over a decade

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"Mr. Taylor is trying to record vocal tracks, and you guys are goofing off and being way too loud over here." The story of how Converge laid the template for their boundary-smashing classic Jane Doe in just 79 seconds

Converge released the classic Jane Doe in 2001 and reshaped hardcore forever

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"It’s reminiscent of the very beginning of our band, where all members are hungry, we're united, and excited to get to work." Mastodon reveal new album Marrow Deep, expand to a five-piece and recruit Josh Homme for new single

The progressive sludge metallers will release their ninth album on August 28

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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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Iron Maiden's first ever festival is a triumph and a true celebration of one of heavy metal's most storied bands

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“If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

The song was the centrepiece of Iron Maiden’s Eddfest set

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"Metal was never built for moulds. It was built for the people who refuse to fit inside them." Watch Lzzy Hale give inspirational speech at opening of Women in Metal exhibition

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale pays tribute to metal's female trailblazers at Rock Hall event

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"I can't do this on my own and I need help." Shinedown's Eric Bass steps away from tour to deal with mental health crisis

Shinedown bassist will miss opening dates of North American tour after "serious mental health crash"

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“We were kinda like the odd man out in the nu metal scene and had to prove we could whip ass”: From hanging out with Lemmy and Willie Nelson to the carnage of Woodstock, how Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon became a modern metal icon

“Lemmy said, ‘I like your band. Don’t f**k it up.’”

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“Get in front of me, Satan!”: Jack White rides to the rescue after occult duo Twin Temple were kicked off a country tour for being too Satanic

Jack White offers Twin Temple a support slot after country singer Charley Crockett decided they were too much

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