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Epica cover a 19th-century symphony on new single The Ghost In Me, and it’s the most gloriously bombastic thing you’ll hear today

A symphonic metal band adapting a classical piece to promote the opening of a rollercoaster? Why not!

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"Lacuna Coil only seem to grow bolder and more extreme with age." Triumphs, setbacks and singalongs as goth metal heroes celebrate a three-decade career in Wolverhampton

Lacuna Coil might've started out in goth metal but three decades on its only a small part of their magnificent sonic offering as they return to the UK for a headline tour

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“There’s not one lyric that’s light-hearted… We’ll see what the tear-shedding level for this album is!” Epica’s Simone Simons waited 20 years to make Vermillion

Singer explains how Arjen Lucassen helped realise her long-held dream, what she’s saying with her songs, and why she chose a colour as her solo record’s title

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2000 Trees announces five headliners for 2025: Kneecap, Pvris, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed And Cambria and Alexisonfire

The Cheltenham weekender will also host Million Dead, Kid Kapichi, La Dispute, Bambie Thug and dozens more in July

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The Prodigy, In Flames, Spiritbox and dozens more added to Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Park 2025 lineups

70 of the 100 bands that will play Germany’s two monster metal weekenders have now been named

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Megan Thee Stallion says Spiritbox will appear on her new album this week

The song TYG, out October 25, will mark the prog metalcore sensations’ second collaboration with Stallion

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"Even more melodic and intricate, while still packing more punch than Muhammed Ali in his prime." Fit For An Autopsy continue to transcend deathcore on The Nothing That Is

After breaking into the US top 50 with 2022's Oh What The Future Holds, Fit For An Autopsy are still pushing boundaries of deathcore

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Motörhead fans! Ye Book Of Inconsequential Scribbles, an official book of Lemmy's doodles, is on sale now

The limited edition book "offers an unfiltered peek into the mind of a man whose view of the world was wryly humorous and timelessly prescient"

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"This will be the Metallica Family reunion we've been waiting for!" Metallica announce M72 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand

18 months after Metallica's M72 tour began, the band have finally announced shows down under

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David Ellefson calls Megadeth’s most hated album “one of the great Megadeth records”

To quote John Cena: “Are you sure about that?”

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“We can’t wait to see everyone!” Sonic Temple festival announces full 2025 lineup, including Linkin Park, Bad Omens, Korn and much more

Linkin Park and Korn will join a double dose of Metallica, plus more than 100 other bands, at the Columbus weekender in May

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"We were nobodies but in that moment, it felt like we had a shot." How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band

25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal

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“They were there in the beginning”: Slayer/Exodus guitarist Gary Holt names the two thrash bands who deserve more credit

“They were ripping these albums apart and killing it before these other bands!”

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"It pulverises the boundaries of modern progressive metal." Jinjer announce fifth album Duél, release new single Kafka

Ukraine’s finest will release their next record in February

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Devin Townsend: “90 percent of the job is to be a content creator rather than write any music”

Hevy Devy says savvy branding on Instagram and TikTok is a bigger part of being a musician than actually making music

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“The way they craft their music, it becomes immortal”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, metal’s best person, pays tribute to Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and other pop giants

“I’ll still be banging my head to [Lady Gaga’s] Paparazzi on my deathbed,” the Metal God declares

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Cynic announce The Aggressive Progressive 2025 EU/UK Tour

Cynic will tour Europe and the UK in February and March with Rivers of Nihil, Beyond Creation and Daath

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"Maybe this was the catharsis he needed to propel his next chapter." Devin Townsend's PowerNerd isn't the all-out burst of Heavy Devy we expected, but it's still pretty damn good

Devin Townsend's PowerNerd isn't the all-out burst of Heavy Devy we expected, but it's still pretty damn good

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“For Paul Di’Anno! Scream for me!” Watch Bruce Dickinson pay tribute to late Iron Maiden singer during concert last night

Iron Maiden’s frontman offered a sombre onstage tribute to Di’Anno, whose death was announced Monday, calling him “groundbreaking”

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"When they put their cloaked heads down, Gaerea indubitably deliver the goods." Portugal's mysterious masked black metallers strive for greatness on Coma, but aren't quite there yet

Gaerea's third studio album is another very good, if sometimes over-egged, slab of epic black metal

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"Heavy doesn’t have to start with guitars." How Heriot became UK metal's most exciting underground band

Mixing death metal, sludge, metalcore and shoegaze, Heriot represent the diverse new direction metal is headed

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"We will travel to a world we have never experienced, with new songs." Babymetal announce European tour including biggest UK show ever - with Poppy and Bambie Thug in support

Babymetal will return to Europe in 2025, and they're bringing some stellar supports with them

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"It'll be like hanging with us in our living room": Halestorm's Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger announce intimate acoustic tour

The Living Room Sessions tour will find Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger telling stories, playing Halestorm classics and deep cuts, and covering some of the songs that inspired them

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Paul Di'Anno's 10 greatest performances with Iron Maiden

Some fans still cite Iron Maiden's first two albums as their greatest. This is the best of Paul Di'Anno, the late, great man who sang on them

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Cradle Of Filth release new single Malignant Perfection, their “horrific homage to All Hallows Eve”

Before you ask: no, Ed Sheeran isn’t on it

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