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Order your exclusive Iron Maiden bundle featuring an Eddie T-shirt you won't find in shops

The bundle also comes with an alternate Metal Hammer cover

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I'm an Iron Maiden fanatic and decided to rank every single one of their live albums from worst to best

Iron Maiden are the undisputed heavy metal daddies of live albums. Here's every one they've released so far, in reverse order of excellence

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“It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting – most importantly – it’s a wake up call”: Rock band speak out as AI-generated ‘artist’ modelled on their music gets more Spotify listeners

Holding Absence singer Lucas Woodland urges fans to “oppose AI music” as a non-existent band overtake them on Spotify

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I saw Black Sabbath play three days after their debut album was released - and tickets cost 30 pence

When bluesman Freddie King pulled out of a show in early 1970, a young band from Birmingham stepped in

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"You forgot the bass!" Metallica's ...And Justice For All producer recalls his shock at hearing album's final mixes

Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica's ...And Justice For All and was as surprised as anyone else by the bass guitar sound

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AC/DC smashed "permitted noise level" during Edinburgh show

AC/DC performed at Murrayfield Stadium in the Scottish capital in the summer and – surprise, surprise – they were very loud

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New book puts Canadian prog metal pioneers Voivod in the spotlight

Jeff Wagner's 540-page biography, Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse Of Voïvod is published in November

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Debate: who are the greatest metalcore band of all time?

Killswitch Engage? Converge? Architects? Tell us who’s the best of the blegh-st

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Nine Inch Nails announce new North American tour dates for 2026

The Peel It Back tour isn't done yet, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross heading back out for a fresh batch of shows in the US and Canada

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"In Brazil, especially in the early 80s, it was all about Samba – nobody would talk about metal." Five minutes with Sepultura legend Iggor Cavalera

Hammer chats with global metal icon - and all-round metal legend - Iggor Cavalera

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TesseracT celebrate tenth anniversary of Polaris with new clear vinly remastered reissue

TesseracT's third album, Polars, saw singer Dan Tompkins return to the band's line-up

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The long lost album from Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot project Vimic is finally here. But does it live up to his legacy?

Almost a decade since Vimic first released music, their debut album Open Your Omen is finally here

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"The whole day felt bigger than music or sport; it was about women showing strength, power and unity on a global stage." Watch Sophie Lloyd shred Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and more at the Women’s Rugby World Cup final

The renowned YouTuber played in front of 82,000 people at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Chepang's philosophical grindcore to Slung's sleek doomgaze, screamo revivalists Static Dress and chaotic metalcore mob Idle Heirs, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2025

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Watch the wholesome trailer for new BBC documentary Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, which airs later this week

The hour-long film airs on October 2 and chronicles the Black Sabbath singer and his wife/manager’s move from the US to the UK

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“You tour for so long. You’ve got a family, a mortgage, and you come home from America after eight weeks with £100. That’s unsustainable”: Dan Tompkins had to leave Tesseract – so what brought him back for third album Polaris?

2015 album saw the djent pioneers continue their move away from frenzied metal to thought-provoking prog, meaning the singer had to embrace a new way of creative thinking

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Ozzy Osbourne's face appears on the side of New Zealand's tallest building

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"We had a decision to make as to whether we wanted to carry on or not": Steve Harris on Nicko McBrain's departure from Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring with Iron Maiden earlier this year

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Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned

The hardcore vocalist was first diagnosed with the disease in summer 2024 and said he was cancer-free in May

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An old skit of Ozzy Osbourne acting as Gandalf The Grey in The Lord Of The Rings is going viral, and it’s magical

Glorious footage of The Prince Of Darkness battling a Balrog is doing the rounds on multiple social media platforms

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“People were letting surfers fall hard into the crowd”: Fans at recent Sleep Token show reportedly dropped crowd-surfers, and now everyone is arguing about concert etiquette

A woman who attended Louder Than Life festival claims that she was knocked out after a crowd-surfer got dropped on her during Sleep Token’s performance

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Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see

Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down

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Lamb Of God seem to be teasing new music for later this week

The Richmond groove metal heavyweights are hinting that something will go down on Thursday, October 2

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Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine’s spat was blown out of proportion, says support act: “Whatever was going on, they were professional enough to keep it from affecting the tour”

Bleed From Within supported Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine at multiple US shows, and singer Scott Kennedy says the co-headliners’ falling-out “wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be”

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"Smell this! It smells like my childhood!" Bombsites, buttocks, and two encounters with Ozzy Osbourne

Interviewing the Prince Of Darkness was not like interviewing other members of the rock royalty

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