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“The director lost control of the crowd and chaos ensued.” Ex-Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell shares his memories of 'starring' in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video

There were around 40 'extras' on the Smells Like Teen Spirit video shoot. Burton C. Bell was one of them

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Former Great White frontman Jack Russell diagnosed with two degenerative illnesses, announces retirement from touring

"I am unable to perform at the level I desire and at the level you deserve" - Jack Russell

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The 100 songs that changed metal

From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre

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“When you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well”: Sharon Osbourne remembers pelting Iron Maiden with eggs, still doesn’t like Bruce Dickinson very much

Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and had their power cut during a co-headline set at Ozzfest 2005

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The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates 40 years of Metallica’s Ride The Lightning and the year that thrash exploded

The cover features brand new, official Metallica artwork

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“Just like anyone who plays, you find your favourites and the others need to go!” Metallica legend Jason Newsted is selling 60 of his guitars and basses

Newsted’s instruments, including the bass that recorded classic Metallica track Until It Sleeps, will be available from July 24

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“The most boring family known to mankind”: Britney Spears vs the Osbournes is the newest beef nobody saw coming

Any diss tracks that come from this would surely be glorious

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Lamb Of God go industrial rock! Hear Health’s official remix of classic Laid To Rest here

The clanging reinterpretation is taken from a 20th-anniversary reissue of Ashes Of The Wake, out next month

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"An ambitious blend of groove, death and nu metal elements, with frenzied Afrobeat polyrhythms." Dzikkuh proves Togo's Arka'n Asrafokor are the band every metalhead should know in 2024

Cited as "Togo's only metal band", Arka'n Asrafokor set their sights on global recognition with ambitious second album

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"I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life": Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy picks the 10 albums that changed his life

These aren't Mike Portnoy's favourite albums - they're much more important than that

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Helmet announce US tour, plus UK and European dates celebrating the 30th anniversary of Betty

"We’re stoked to get back to Europe to perform the entire Betty album for the last time" says Page Hamilton

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"In a country with a nearly 80% Christian population, you can see the genuine social rebellion of metal in full force." Botswana death metallers Overthrust unleash another solid slab of noise with Slaves Of Myth

Botswana's premier death metal cowboys return

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"Samara from The Ring is a fashion icon!" Genre-mashing Eurovision star Bambie Thug names the five horror movies that have terrified them the most

Bambie Thug is a horror fanatic, so we asked them to name the films that have stuck with them through the years

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"Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong": Praying Mantis once vied with Iron Maiden for attention, but setbacks and bad decisions took them on a very different journey

Praying Mantis ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race, but only Maiden shot to fame

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"You have a right to a complete show. You paid for it. If they cut the power, be my guests, do what you want": Chaos, no-shows and bomb scares on Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion tour

Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion tour was one of the most volatile and mysterious to ever hit Europe. This is the full story

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"Fear no longer controls me. It has been replaced by an unwavering pursuit of justice": One of Marilyn Manson's accusers has revealed her identity

Bianca Allaine Kyne originally filed a Jane Doe suit last year – Manson's lawyer has responded

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“Welcome to the urban abyss”: Rising black metal favourites Gaerea release crushing single Hope Shatters, announce new album Coma and Zeal & Ardor tour

The masked black metal force’s fourth album comes out in October

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10 artists that defined 2000Trees festival 2024

From Bob Vylan's politicised grime-punk to Creeper's macabre theatrics, these are the bands that ruled over this year's epic 2000Trees

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Tenacious D cancel tour and seemingly enter hiatus after Kyle Gass’s Donald Trump joke: “All future creative plans are on hold,” says Jack Black

The comedy rock duo’s current run of Australasian shows has been stopped midway through

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Watch Corey Taylor cover Slipknot, Stone Sour and Spongebob Squarepants (seriously) in this pro-shot video from Rock Am Ring 2024

The entirety of the Slipknot/Stone Sour star’s set at Rock Am Ring last month has been posted online

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Lordi’s singer isn’t a fan of modern Eurovision rock songs: “They all go in one ear and out the other for me”

The frontman of 2006’s Eurovision winners says the likes of Blind Channel and Måneskin “don’t have the type of chorus that would stick to me”

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Watch Halestorm and I Prevail perform crossover single Can U See Me In The Dark? live for the first time

Hard rockers Halestorm teamed with metalcore squad I Prevail to release the single last month and are currently touring North America

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The Ocean share new Nathan Fake remix of Preboreal

The Ocean celebrate the anniversary of ninth album Holocene with new remix

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Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler declares love for nu metal, Slipknot and Fear Factory: “It was amazing to see what new bands were coming out”

The legendary bassist thought “it was great” how diverse metal sounded in the mid-to-late 1990s

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Heilung announce more European Rituals for 2025

Pagan folk trio Heilung will release live album Lifa Iotungard (Live At Red Rocks 2021) in August

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