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"Our manager gave us each $1000 and put us on the plane, economy class. We later found out we had received $250,000 for the show: he kept it all." The true story behind Black Sabbath's biggest show ever

On April 6, 1974, Black Sabbath performed for 250,000 rock fans at the first California Jam festival. It was a gig that would live long in the memory for all involved, for reasons both good and bad

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This is the Metallica song that makes Kirk Hammett cry – and it’s really not the one you’d expect

Turns out it’s not Fade To Black, One or Mama Said that gets Metallica’s guitarist misty-eyed…

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Tobias Forge says most Ghost songs aren’t about the Devil: “They’ve always been about mankind’s relationship with the concept of life and death”

Despite having written such songs as Satanized and Devil Church, Tobias Forge insists his band aren’t actually obsessed with Old Scratch

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This WWE icon once invited a fake Sammy Hagar backstage and watched him snort so much cocaine his nose bled

“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine”

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Machine Head toured America six days after 9/11: “Everybody in the front row was like, ‘Why am I here? Tell me it’s gonna be OK’”

Robb Flynn looks back on Machine Head playing across the US less than a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks

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"I'm not a dictator. I'm a good king": Tobias Sammet on the democracy of Avantasia, the late Tony Clarkin, and whispering Bruce Dickinson

With some big names in the studio and on the tour bus, Here Be Dragons continues Avantasia's all-star journey

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“I didn’t just walk away from Nightwish. I walked away from everything, so I could figure out what the problem was”: Marko Hietala had to adjust to a new normal, and the result is Roses From The Deep

Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep

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“All these men were like, ‘Lose your brother, lose the band, lose your buddies – you should be in pop’”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals industry pressure to start a solo career

Halestorm’s singer/guitarist says that a number of businessmen tried to pull her away from being in a heavy metal band during her teens

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The new issue of Metal Hammer features Ghost on the cover – and comes with three exclusive gifts!

Get your hands on a new Grucifix patch, a purple logo patch, and a special art print

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"Touring Australia with the Sex Pistols was horrendous. Seeing the audience doing Nazi salutes really wore me down, and Johnny Rotten didn’t say anything." Skunk Anansie's Skin recalls "violent" 1996 tour with the Sex Pistols

For Britrock stars Skunk Anansie, joining the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre reunion tour was one of the worst experiences of their lives

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

Meet Knocked Loose spin-off spinkickers Church Tongue, Siberian black metallers Grima, Texan metalcore mob Catch Your Breath and Melbourne deathcore brutes Mélancolia

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Mixing Sepultura groove with Gojira stomp, Alien Weaponry step up into the metal A-league with Te Rā

New Zealand's Alien Weaponry step up to the big leagues on stunning third album

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"So much happened during those 12 months that it's hard to pack the impact into mere words": The greatest year in heavy metal history, revisited

A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music

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“If it wasn’t for those four guys, we might still be wandering around in the dark”: While Kirk Hammett hails Black Sabbath as metal’s founders, Ghost’s Tobias Forge names the “neglected” aspect of their sound

As the build-up to Black Sabbath’s farewell show continues, Metallica’s guitarist and Ghost’s mastermind explain why the Birmingham four-piece are so special

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"There's not a doubt in my mind that when I'm gone that song will live on forever": Dee Snider on the Twisted Sister song that transcended its era

We're Not Gonna Take It had a long and difficult birth, but the song Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider predicted would become a “monster” is reportedly now the most licensed song in heavy metal history

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"We have a very, very simple goal, to make this the greatest day in the history of heavy metal." Tom Morello reveals what we can expect from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning mega-gig, teases added surprise from "huge superstars"

As if we weren't already excited enough for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's final show

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Babymetal announce new album Metal Forth, featuring collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Polyphia, and more

The Fox God has big plans for Babymetal's 15th anniversary year

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"Discover the lasting influence of a band that changed the face of rock music." Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition to open in London

Nirvana exhibition to open in London this summer

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"Refused are f**king dead, and this time they really mean it." Swedish hardcore legends Refused announce last ever UK and European tour

"We want to come and sweat and dance with you one last time" says Dennis Lyxzen, as Refused share final tour details

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Bleed From Within's new album Zenith doesn't just raise their own bar, but dares everyone else in the modern metal scene to match it

Bleed From Within's seventh studio album confirms their status as one of the UK's most vital and consistent metal bands

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"I had Nails, Oathbreaker, Power Trip, Billie Eilish and Labrinth on my writing playlist.” From being chummy with members of Slipknot to the worst show ever, here's what we learned in five minutes with Heriot's Debbie Gough

We have a quick catch up with the frontwoman of one of UK metal's most exciting bands

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“She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, ‘Put it down. Live right now’”: Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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Listen to Sum 41's ferocious cover of Rage Against The Machine hit Sleep Now In The Fire

Canadian punk heroes Sum 41 bid farewell with Rage Against The Machine cover for Spotify Singles series

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“She was literally getting onto the plane. I felt awkward about it, but I’ve got a bad enough reputation and so has she”: The classic Megadeth song that was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley

This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different

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“I was living a couch, with no food and no money, just hoping the band would come through this”: The epic story of Meshuggah’s rise from thrash metal wannabes to tech metal giants

How Meshuggah inspired a generation of tech metal bands

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