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Fred Durst sues Universal Music over alleged unpaid royalties amounting to more than $200 million

The Limp Bizkit frontman filed the suit at federal court in Los Angeles

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“When somebody first called me a rock star it was like a dream come true. And my ego reflected that.” An audience with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor after “self-destruction” forced him to confront some ugly, painful home truths

The success of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album made Trent Reznor lose his mind. But as a new millennium dawned, he found a way out of the abyss

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"The intensity and that whole, 'playing a bit faster than we are able to' type of approach, makes this such a gem." Dark Tranqullity/Halo Effect vocalist Mikael Stanne picks the greatest death metal album of all time

Mikael Stanne picks the ten death metal albums that put him on the path to making melodeath history

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Converge surprise-release new live album to aid victims of Hurricane Helene

All proceeds will go to US charity Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

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Tool’s Maynard James Keenan and wife Jennifer open new vinyl cafe, will start hosting concerts this month

The Keenans’ Queen B Vinyl cafe will host such artists as Thou, Galactic Empire and more from October 23

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Touche Amore team up with Ross Robinson to make post-hardcore perfection on Spiral In A Straight Line

The Los Angeles band's mix of angst and anthems prove to be as effective - and emotionally resonant - as ever

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“Another declaration that this band are UK metal’s uncrowned kings”: Sylosis reaffirm themselves as overlooked greats on surprise EP The Path

Across five blistering songs, Reading bruisers Sylosis summarise everything that makes them one of Britain’s best metal bands

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“It was ridiculous!” Why Rick Rubin couldn’t stop laughing the first time he saw System Of A Down live

Rubin, who co-produced every System Of A Down album from 1998 to 2005, explains why the band split his sides for an entire set

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Watch pro-shot video of Linkin Park playing new single Heavy Is The Crown live in London

Reactivated nu metal sensations Linkin Park played Heavy Is The Crown live the day it came out last month. Watch the performance in glorious HD now.

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"It's one thing to take off your shirt, but it's another to pre-rip the seams": How Soundgarden's dig at rock star excess helped turn them into rock stars themselves

Soundgarden were still waiting for their big break when they released Jesus Christ Pose

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"They invented stainless steel there": Saxon pay tribute to Sheffield with new video for Fire And Steel

The release of the Fire And Steel video comes ahead of Saxon's upcoming tour of mainland Europe

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"Like being unexpectedly dragged down into cold depths and finding yourself surrounded by blind, carnivorous eels." Oranssi Pazuzu's Muuntautuja is the weirdest and most wonderful black metal record you'll hear this year

The Finnish blackened psychonauts dive to new depths of sonic depravity on album six

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“The festival lost so much money they asked us for our fee back!” How Rage Against The Machine's generosity helped Coachella recover from a potentially ruinous start to become the world's coolest music festival

Coachella might now be American social media influencers' festival of choice, but it owes a massive debt of gratitude to Rage Against The Machine, Tool and more for its existence

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Finnish supergroup Crownshift to crossover brutes Drain, doomgazers Iress and nu metal revivalists Profiler, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2024

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Watch power metal heroes Powerwolf burn their own keyboardist at the stake as part of their massive new arena show

Watch Powerwolf burn keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel at the stake in Hamburg

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"It’s time to blow the candle before it burns from both ends." Finnish former Eurovision entrants Blind Channel announce hiatus

New five-part documentary series Blind Channel: After Dark Side charts the Finnish band's trials and travails over the past three years

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Watch Korn perform Freak On A Leash with Evanescence's Amy Lee at Los Angeles' BMO stadium for their 30th anniversary

Korn brought out Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee to guest on Freak On A Leash during their 30th anniversary show at Los Angeles' BMO stadium this weekend

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"A true celebration of heavy metal greatness." Arch Enemy, In Flames and Soilwork bring melodeath magic to the Hammersmith Apollo

A generational bill brings equal parts nostalgia and cutting edge excellence to London

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"We snuck in under the whatever threshold, wherever that was, where we got away with f***ing murder": Motley Crue drop new track about their surprise on never having been cancelled

Motley Crue share the new song Cancelled, about managing to avoid getting hit by cancel culture, as featured on their new EP of the same name

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Iron Maiden kick off The Future Past North American tour in San Diego: Official photos published

The Future Past tour will wind its inexorable path through the US and Canada over the next six weeks

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Florida metal festival loses headliner and other acts after announcing Kyle Rittenhouse as a special guest

Bands shun upcoming Shell Shock II festival as man who shot 3 people during Wisconsin unrest confirmed as guest

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“I’ve seen a lot of things. Supernatural things. I’ve seen the place between heaven and hell”: The outrageous life of King Diamond, the occult metal icon Metallica love and Gene Simmons wanted to sue

Hauntings, heart attacks, exorcisms and lawsuits – King Diamond looks back on 40 years as Satan’s Little Helper

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“No one ever interferes with us creatively and we’d like to keep it that way”: The story of Karnivool, prog metal’s most elusive band

It’s been more than a decade since Karnivool released an album – this is the how they became the prog metal fan’s favourite cult prog metal band

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Two of the cute kids from Jack Black's smash hit movie School of Rock have got engaged

In today's most heartwarming story, Marta and Frankie from School of Rock have got engaged in real life

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“I’m not a Satanist, I’m an atheist, but I write the best Satanic lyrics on the planet”: How Slayer went from thrash provocateurs to metal’s unlikeliest elder statesmen

Some bands mellow with age – but not thrash icons Slayer

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