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“We were surrounded by bands like Animals As Leaders, Meshuggah, Plini… and the crowd could clap in time over a 7/8 time signature, too!” From a virtuoso Tool support to Rabea Massaad’s new supergroup, meet the next generation of progressive guitar heroes

The UK’s ArcTanGent Festival is the world’s biggest celebration of heavy progressive music, and this year’s lineup featured epic sets from Meshuggah, Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. Could these 5 bands be the headliners of the future?

Guitar World

“I”m stunned that some bands have success. I don’t like many bands, actually. The metal scene today is horrible”: How Opeth separated themselves from the herd with Ghost Reveries

2005’s Ghost Reveries was the album that kicked Opeth to the next level, but Mikael Åkerfeldt wanted to untangle his band from the metal scene

Metal Hammer

“Rob Zombie hates my guts. He owes everything to us”: GWAR’s Dave ‘Oderus Urungus’ Brockie was a genius, and here’s proof

GWAR frontman Dave ‘Oderus Urungus’ Brockie died on this day in 2014

Metal Hammer

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“I’m excited to infuse some nasty, dirty, effects-laden stuff into Gwar and make it sound disgusting sonically… And I think I’m gonna have a mullet”: Gwar’s new guitarist Tommy Meehan gets set to destroy

The Squid Pisser and Cancer Christ guitarist will officially replace Brent Purgason, aka Pustulus Maximus, armed with his usual disgusting effects, a blood-spattered Electrical Guitar Company offset and a hot pink Star Destroyer. Will it help the band take over the Earth? Find out on tour

Guitar World

“There’s a new era coming”: We interviewed the artist who made Sleep Token’s incredible new masks

21-year-old Lani Hernandez-David is the man responsible for Sleep Token’s striking new look. We talked to him about making the band’s masks and what they’re doing next.

Metal Hammer

From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

Metal Hammer

Mudvayne announce first headline tour in 14 years in dramatic fashion: 'An Event. On the Horizon... You, and the alien seed, MuDvAyNe'

Mudvayne are to hit the road this summer with Coal Chamber and GWAR, and they're promising "An Event"

Metal Hammer

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Review: With Depictions of Politician Beheadings and Plunger Abortions, How Has GWAR Not Been Canceled Yet?

Joe Biden, MAGA fans, and Xi Jinping all fall victim to the band's violent displays on its current tour.

Reason

Riot Fest must-see sets: punk, hip-hop, rock, metal punctuate the annual music festival

It’s the only place you can show up, get married at an onsite wedding chapel if you’re so inclined, take a victory lap on a Ferris Wheel and enjoy a whole lotta live music all in one day.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Is Gwar review – bodily fluids spray freely in oral history of monsters of metal

In-depth rock doc about the unmistakable legends of heavy metal and their outrageous antics will be best appreciated by their fans

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