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“I gotta get it on pop radio!” Michael Jackson’s Beat It was “too metal” before Quincy Jones stepped in, claims guitarist

Michael Jackson metal? It almost happened, according to Thriller guitarist Steve Lukather

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Ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di’Anno’s cause of death revealed

The vocalist’s family have specified how he died last month, aged 66

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“Her type of voice could work surprisingly well with our music”: Celeste (the black metal band) want to make a song with Celeste (the soul singer)

Celeste feat. Celeste? When we asked the metal band to name the soul singer’s best song, they opened the door for a team-up

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“Fans will experience something unprecedented”: Sabaton announce 2025 European tour featuring biggest-ever UK shows

The Swedish war machine will roll through Europe from November to December 2025

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"It's not the high operatic singing thing!" Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton announces new solo album

Michael Wilton will release his very first solo album Whip Vol. 1 in December

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"I'm talking about people doing some despicable stuff...I’m also talking about my first ex-wife." Nile leader Karl Sanders on the fun of the 80s, being a black belt badass and how to stay authentic while writing death metal about ancient Egypt

Nile are one of death metal's most reliably consistent bands. We caught up with mainman Karl Sanders for some lessons on life, death and more

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High Parasite are fronted by Aaron from My Dying Bride, produced by Greg from Paradise Lost and led by a fella called Tombs. You already know they're your new favourite goth metal band

With some true underground metal royalty in their ranks and a tour with Cradle Of Filth under their belts, High Parasite are the goth metal fix you've been looking for

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"We have a special treat for you tonight." Watch Linkin Park debut brand new song Casualty and play a deep cut for the very first time with Helmet's Page Hamilton on guitar at Texas show

Linkin Park mixed up their setlist a little ahead of new album From Zero dropping this week

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Saturday Night Live ran a hair metal sketch this weekend and it was exactly as bad as that sounds

Meet Snake Skin, your new least favourite fictional 80s band

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“I was very successful working in the mortuary, and then I was living in a closet. It was worth it, suffering for my art”: The dark and twisted history of Korn, the band who invented nu metal

In 2016, all five members of Korn looked back on the ups, downs and madness of their rollercoaster career

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Jerry Cantrell says some bands earn just "1000th of a cent" each time their song is streamed

Commenting on streaming revenues, Alice In Chains mainman says "It's a bad business model"

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Alien Ant Farm kick CKY off co-headlining tour as Dryden Mitchell claims he was punched in the face by Chad I Ginsburg

CKY frontman accused of punching Alien Ant Farm singer –resulting in swift removal from UK and Ireland tour

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“I wanted to be in a band that would appeal to younger musicians like Pink Floyd or the Ramones did to me. That’s the pinnacle of our success”: How Soundgarden returned from the wilderness with King Animal

Soundgarden’s 2012 comeback album King Animal was their first in 16 years –and it found the grunge pioneers finally comfortable with their legacy

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“He was called ‘the Wickedest Man In The World’ by the press – how can you fail to be fascinated by such a character?”: The twisted life and decadent times of Aleister Crowley, metal’s favourite occultist

How Aleister Crowley, aka The Great Beast, influenced generations of metal bands

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“Ozzy says, ‘I’ve never thrown a TV out the window.’ So I rip one out of the wall and launch it out of the window”: Zakk Wylde’s crazy tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Axl Rose, Eddie Van Halen and more

Trashing hotel rooms with Ozzy, teaching Mark Wahlberg how to rock and almost joining Guns N’ Roses –Black Label Society guitar berserker Zakk Wylde has done all of it and more

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“Am I Evil? was me trying to beat Black Sabbath’s Symptom Of The Universe. I was determined to come up with something heavier”: The story of Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations, the cult album that invented Metallica

Diamond Head’s Lightning To The Nations should have turned them into NWOBHM-era superstars, but instead it inspired Lars Ulrich to start his own band

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2025 Grammy nominations revealed: Metallica, Judas Priest, Spiritbox, Knocked Loose, Gojira, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent amongst metal and rock names nominated

Thrash legends, metalcore heavyweights and rising hardcore ragers are included in next year's Grammy nominations!

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Malevolence, Korpiklaani and Burning Witches are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"This is like WWE." What happened when Papa Roach met Justin Timberlake - and got some sage advice from Korn bassist Fieldy

When nu metal survivors Papa Roach exploded in popularity through Last Resort, they found themselves rubbing shoulders with music A-listers

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"Oh my god, there was so much talk: ‘I bet there’s a real rivalry going on!'" How Within Temptation and Tarja Turunen formed the ultimate symphonic metal tag team for blockbuster single Paradise (What About Us?)

Two symphonic metal icons united for this powerhouse 2013 single. Sharon and Tarja tell us how it all came together

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"Linkin Park have crafted a genuinely great album worthy of their canon." From Zero is a resounding success that fans of every era of Linkin Park can enjoy

Linkin Park's new album nods to every era of the band's career so far while still sounding fresh, new and like the band have something to say

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From The Gloom In The Corner's cinematic metalcore to Sgáile's mountain-inspired doom, industrial goth of Black Satellite and brutal Belgian post-metallers Divided, these are the brilliant new bands you need to hear in November 2024

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Stop the presses! Maynard James Keenan has named his favourite tool

A burning question, finally answered

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“The fastest album they’d made, chock full of hard-headed riffs and squealing solos”: Every song on Judas Priest’s Painkiller ranked from worst to best

As The Metal Gods gear up to celebrate Painkiller’s 35th anniversary, we revisit and re-order every track on their evolutionary opus

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"We were on a wave that hadn’t been ridden before." Papa Roach recreate the Last Resort video on Metal Hammer's new cover as they get ready to celebrate 25 years of Infest

Next year, Papa Roach will celebrate 25 years of their classic breakthrough album Infest. To celebrate, they're on the front cover of Metal Hammer!

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