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Six times huge bands have secretly performed under fake names

As the Churnups – aka Foo Fighters – rock Glastonbury, we look back on six times major bands have taken to the stage under a top-secret pseudonym

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Glastonbury headline sets – ranked!

From Bowie’s stage invader to Stormzy’s ballet, the festival has seen some unforgettable lead acts. We round up the best ever

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"We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there

Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?

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The 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, as chosen by The Darkness' Dan Hawkins

Ahead of his band's BST Hyde Park show with Guns N' Roses, The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins selects his dream festival line-up. Scream for me Danington!

Louder

Legendary rock band defends musician after 'bagpipes don't belong' attack

ONE of the world’s biggest rock bands has come to the defence of a piper after they were told “bagpipes don’t belong” ...

The National (Scotland)

Metallica just smoothly shut down a fan attempting to dunk on a bagpipe cover of their songs: "This guy doesn't speak on our behalf"

Metallica refuse to tolerate any negativity from within the 'Tallica Family!

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Bob Rock says Jimmy Page is a big fan of Metallica's St Anger: "He said it's a great album, so I'm OK!"

Does everyone have St Anger wrong? According to living rock gods Jimmy Page and Jack White: yes

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Listen to a haunting version of Metallica's The Unforgiven sung in the indigenous Inuktitut language

Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie covers Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Rolling Stones and more on upcoming album Inuktitut

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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan once told Pantera to "shut the f**k up" when they kept moaning about Metallica not being metal

Billy Corgan once interrupted Pantera lamenting over Metallica's lighter sound during their Reload era, with surprising results

Louder

Watch Metallica's absolutely epic version of Whiskey in The Jar from Download Festival

Metallica's latest official live video from the M72 tour has been released and it's a banger

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James Hetfield once revealed what Cliff Burton would have made of Metallica's 90s era: "there would have been some resistance"

Metallica underwent a drastic evolution in the 1990s, and James Hetfield had some interesting thoughts on what Cliff would have made of it all

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11 brilliant albums that aren’t on Spotify

The classic studio albums by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, AC/DC, Judas Priest and more that aren’t on the world’s biggest streaming service

Louder

Rodrigo y Gabriela and the long journey towards the transcendent bliss of nondualism

With a new album that’s their heaviest, rockiest yet, Rodrigo y Gabriela are boldly taking metal and rock to where no one has so successfully taken it before

Louder

According to science, these are the bands with the saddest and angriest fanbases

Researchers analysed the fanbases of various artists to found out which bands were making people most miserable

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A YouTuber has covered Metallica's 72 Seasons in the style of Slayer and it's as brutal as you'd expect

Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

MusicRadar

Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner on Painkiller and the 10 albums that changed his life

“That is an album that changed my life in more ways than one because it almost killed me!”

Guitar World

Zakk Wylde: “The sound of Pantera comes from Dimebag’s love for Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. The playing is rooted in precision”

Is it a reunion or a tribute? If you ask Zakk, it’s simply a celebration of the music, spirit and legacy of his fallen brother. In this exclusive interview, he shares his fondest memories of Dimebag Darrell and reveals the challenges of mastering his iconic guitar parts

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This Nintendo-style cover of Metallica's ...And Justice For All is the album you didn't know you needed

Some absolute wizard has recreated Metallica's classic 1988 album using the Super Mario 64 Soundfont and it'll make you want to mosh through Mushroom Kingdom

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Download festival review – 20th birthday brings double Metallica, occult glam and a new breed

After travel chaos this proves to be an epic four-dayer, with an eclectic mix from Bring Me the Horizon to AA Williams plus Metallica spanning their career

Evening Standard

Download Festival at Donington Park: this 20th anniversary of the rock-fest was a smasher

From Metallica to Nova Twins, the rock get-together showcased heavy metal’s changing of the guard

Nottingham Post

Download Festival organiser responds to claims this year's event is 'louder'

Its festival booker said it could instead be down to weather conditions

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Metallica at Download night two: the ultimate celebration of heavy metal

An even better setlist, a big party atmosphere and all the bells and whistles: Metallica's second night at Download was truly special

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Download headliners Metallica make 'lifeline' donation to local homeless charity

Thrash icons donate £40,000 to homeless charity based near Download festival site in Leicester, England

Daily Mirror

Residents 'can't sleep' as rock music blasting out 15 miles away makes walls RATTLE

People living in Derbyshire have complained about the noise coming from Download Festival this weekend, with some people saying that their walls were rattling due to loud rock music

Nottingham Post

Metallica's Download performance mistaken by residents 10 miles away in Stapleford as a 'party'

Residents have shared their thoughts on the noise, which was reportedly heard as far as Mapperley

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