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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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Beyonce dominates female-led Grammy Award nominations - with success for Raye too

British stars Charli XCX, Raye and The Beatles also received major nods

Evening Standard

Beyoncé leads Grammy award nominations with 11 nods

The star is out in front with multiple genre recognition for Cowboy Carter while Kendrick Lamar, Charli xcx, Post Malone and Billie Eilish follow

The Guardian - US

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“I want an instrument to give me the start of a song. And, often, getting discomfited slightly helps that process along”: David Gilmour on why the guitar is still a vehicle for giving “birth to new tunes” – decades deep into his career

Gilmour talks about how limitations and “getting discomfited” are crucial to his songwriting process – and to keeping things sounding fresh

Guitar World

"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

Metal Hammer

Partial list of nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards

The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced, and Beyoncé leads the way

The Independent UK

Zach Bryan: Net Worth, His $12M Offer To Ex, And How To Stream 'Smallest Man' Online

Country star Zach Bryan's life, from his $10-15 million net worth to his turbulent breakup with Brianna LaPaglia and the viral Smallest Man diss track, has sparked intense public interest, blending music success with personal drama.

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“I had moments where I thought, ‘I am in a great place. I can make music… then somehow, everything would fall apart. That’s what the song was about”: Brian May on how The Night Comes Down was born of depression – and the desire to prove people wrong

With a radically-modded cheapo classical guitar, a head clouded by darkness, May wrote a great Queen epic and tore up the production rulebook that said you can’t mix electric and acoustic

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“He knocked on the door of his girlfriend’s ex. The guy said, ‘No, man, not my guitar!’ ‘Yep, you’ve got to give it up’”: George Benson on how he got the Gibson that shaped his 1976 chart-topping record, Breezin’

Benson recalls how he bought his Breezin' Gibson Johnny Smith from someone he calls “one of the bravest guys I’d ever met”

Guitar World

Great prog you must hear from Nine Stones Close, Tiberius, Krokofant and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week!

Cool new proggy sounds to enjoy from Could Seed, Danafae, Lawrence English and more...

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7 stocking filler gift ideas under $20 that guitar players actually need

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Guitar World

“The moment I played the first note, I knew we achieved Holy Grail-level results”: John Petrucci’s Majesty signature guitar has hit its 10th Anniversary – and brands are rolling out the red carpet to celebrate

DiMarzio and Ernie Ball Music Man have both helped Petrucci commemorate the milestone by unveiling a Majesty fitted with new-look humbuckers

Guitar World

“I went in there and I was like, ‘I need a really good fuzz.’ And they had this pedal there”: Myles Kennedy names the “secret sauce” stompbox he thinks every guitar player should own

The Alter Bridge icon used the sub-$200 octave fuzz pedal on his recent solo record

Guitar World

Brian May opens up about Queen's doubts on having Freddie Mercury as their frontman in their early days: "He did a lot of running around the place and screaming his head off. So we thought, ‘Is this going work?’"

Queen guitarist Brian May reveals how the band used to find working with Freddie Mercury "a little unnerving"

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“I know we’re making twice as much money as Metallica, but can you please put ’em on after us, because they’re killing us?”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare

The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken

Guitar World

“I don’t think it’s wrong for certain people to like my style of playing better. It’s about who speaks to you”: Jake E. Lee on comparisons with Randy Rhoads – and what his fellow Ozzy shredder was better at

The virtuoso has weighed in on the decades-long debate that has pitted him against his Prince of Darkness predecessor

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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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“It’s like there’s another guitar player there - he’s just not actually there!”: How one metal guitarist sounds like two

The DIY approach of Within The Ruins axeman Joe Cocchi

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“To be honest, when Bruno first sent me the demo I thought it was kind of cheesy. But he just knew, and he said - in the nicest possible way - ‘It’s this way or the highway’, and he was completely right”: Mark Ronson on the making of Uptown Funk

As the song celebrates its 10th anniversary, Ronson says that “it remains one of the most meaningful musical experiences of my life”

What Hi-Fi?

Portable audio peaked 14 years ago – is it time to come full circle?

The fourth-gen iPod Shuffle was portable audio at its practical peak – here's why it should make a comeback.

The Independent UK

Grammys 2025 nominations live: Charli XCX up for Album of the Year with Beyonce and Taylor Swift

Beyonce becomes the most-nominated artist in Grammy history as she receives multiple nods for her country-influenced ‘Cowboy Carter’, while Swift breaks a record to become the most-nominated woman for Album of the Year

What Hi-Fi?

9 of the best Quincy Jones tracks for testing your system

From performing his own tunes to peerless production for other artists, the world of music owes a serious debt to Quincy Jones.

Metal Hammer

"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

Louder

“They stopped making a furious racket a long time ago, but they’ve never sounded as elegant or assured as they do here”: Klone’s The Unseen

Continuing the melodic explorations they began in 2019, French prog metallers’ 10th full-length album is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of work

Louder

“I had a wake-up moment with Jon Anderson – ’It can be this great, so why am I in a band with people who just wait for the pay cheque?” Roine Stolt slashed the average age of The Flower Kings before making Waiting For Miracles

Tired of people who “put a lid on the joy” of music, a line-up change presented a fresh front with younger energy on their 2019 double album

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