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The 1975 say they could be a “heavy” band – but they’re not because it “wasn’t new”

“Unless you’re Glassjaw, Converge, Refused or further than that, heavy is fucking lame”

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“People say, ‘I never would have expected that to work.’ But we’re not just a gimmick – we want to create something new”: The Omnific’s two-bass line-up is a serious bid to redefine what the instrument can do

Australian trio’s second album The Law Of Augmenting Returns lays out their case for a rethink… they only wish Jaco Pastorius was alive to hear it

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"There are always fears and doubts lurking, because you're opening yourself up in a completely raw way": Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell on his new album and its guests, songwriting, AI, algorithm bots and AIC's legacy

Jerry Cantrell's new solo album I Want Blood features members of Guns N' Roses, Metallica and Faith No More

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"The album is very rejoicing, it's forward-thinking, it's very positive and celebratory": Ginger Wildheart on friendship, fans and the return of The Wildhearts

Two years on from their less than amicable split, The Wildhearts are back, re-energised, with a reconfigured line-up and live shows on the way

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Tim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he "lost his passion for playing"

US prog metallers Primus's live date in the Dominican Republic will go ahead with Tool's Danny Carey filling in on drums

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"I have to either be in this band or I have to destroy it." A chaotic interview with Slipknot from 1999

In 1999 Metal Hammer flew out to Memphis to meet Slipknot for the first time. A near-miss with SWAT teams, legions of fans and an insane show later, we knew they'd change the world

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"There are definite flashes of brilliance to be found here." Prog metallers Vola evolve in (mostly) the right ways on fourth album Friend Of A Phantom

Vola continue to move their sound forward on album number four

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"We will be playing new songs." Killswitch Engage announce 2025 North American tour with Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King and Frozen Soul

The kings of metalcore will hit the road next Spring!

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“It doesn’t wanna make us get out of bed”: Avenged Sevenfold won’t tour celebrating classic albums, says M. Shadows

If you were hoping for a City Of Evil 20th anniversary tour to happen next year, we have some bad news…

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Ghost’s 2025 tour will be a “phone-free experience”

Ghost famously banned phones from their L.A. concerts last year, and it seems the practice is here to stay

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"While the romps through Bon Jovi territory won’t be to everyone’s taste, Brothers Of Metal pull it off." Somehow, Sweden's most flamboyant power metallers have got even more ludicrous with Fimbulvinter

Brothers Of Metal harness everything from 80s glam to gothic rock on their fun as hell third album

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Ghost announce six-month 2025 world tour with UK, Europe, US, Mexico dates

Something wicked this way comes, as Papa Emeritus and his ghouls announce their return to the road

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Third Korn x Adidas merch drop announced

All Day, I Dream About Swag

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Faith No More are on “semi-permanent hiatus”, says keyboardist

The alt-metal pioneers haven’t performed together since 2016

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"Much of Sub Rosa In Æternum is music to imbibe bedecked in a ruff and cape...and it's delicious." Tribulation's sixth album is the perfect goth rock digestif to wrap up spooky season

Tribulation continue to flirt with the gothic rock flourishes they've moved towards in recent years

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Watch Avenged Sevenfold play setlist made up of tracks from Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil at special fan club show in California

Avenged Sevenfold thrill fans at sweaty throwback 25th anniversary show packed with early favourites

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“Getting validation from Beavis And Butt-head was much more gratifying. It showed that people do like this band even if your sales may not reflect fame and fortune”: How stoner rock enigmas Clutch became metal’s favourite weirdbeards

Straight out of Maryland, Clutch have spent 30 years following their own path and no one else’s

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“In my mind I was thinking this could be the last record we ever made, They thought I wanted to leave it”: How Deftones pulled back from the brink of oblivion to make Saturday Night Wrist

Tensions between bandmates, bust-ups with their producer, divorce – Deftones’ fifth album Saturday Night Wrist almost didn’t happen

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“We recorded it in 20 minutes. But then I am a genius”: The late, great Paul Di’Anno looks back on making Iron Maiden’s Running Free

Paul Di’Anno sang on Iron Maiden’s classic debut single Running Free – speaking to Metal Hammer earlier this year, this is what he remembered about making it

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“We had a living, breathing Sex Pistol come in and play on it. He wanted $100 and some ‘suction’”: The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash metal’s most self-destructive album

Megadeth’s first two albums were thrash classics. And then they made So Far, So Good… So What! and the debauchery caught up with them

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The 13 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Linkin Park, Jinjer and Cradle Of FIlth are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"2025 is shaping up nicely." Tool are hosting their own tropical getaway festival with Primus, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria and more

Tool Live In The Sand will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from March 7 - 9 2025

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Mastodon join stacked Bloodstock 2025 lineup

Mastodon will subheadline Sunday at Bloodstock, playing right before Gojira

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Listen to Megan Thee Stallion lairy collaboration with modern metal heavyweights Spiritbox, TYG

Hip hop heavyweight Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Spiritbox for the second time

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