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AFI announce 24-date North American tour

Davey Havok's influential punks set out their plans to conjure up their dark arts across the US and Canada

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“Why not go out swinging with the angriest sounds you can?”: Metal Hammer writers name the albums they’d listen to during a zombie apocalypse

As 28 Years Later lurches its way towards box office success, we suggest the rock and metal albums that would best soundtrack a zombie killing spree

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"Babymetal inspired me!" Poppy explains the meaning behind her collaboration with the Japanese metal superstars, from me to u

Poppy discusses one of the biggest metal team-ups of 2025 so far

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Ex-Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adler is “estranged” from brother Willie following 2019 exit

Chris admits that he hasn’t spoken to his guitarist brother since his Lamb Of God dismissal, which he claims happened via email

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"The council has a responsibility to take action where there are risks of discrimination, harassment and victimisation." Brighton MP calls for Marilyn Manson gig in the city to be cancelled

Siân Rebecca Berry, the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion, wants the opening show of Manson's UK tour pulled

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"One of the most vital creatives working in the metal scene right now." A guide to every Poppy album so far

Our guide to every full-length studio album made by one of alternative music's most fascinating and unpredictable creatives

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These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025

The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production, dedicated to the godfathers of heavy metal, will hit the road from September to November

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Heaven Shall Burn are one of metal's most criminally overlooked bands. Heimat is the perfect gateway album to fix that

German metalcore veterans Heaven Shall Burn deserve to be far bigger outside of their homeland. Is this the album that will make that happen?

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12 alternative acts you should try and watch at Glastonbury 2025

Think Glastonbury Festival is all about mainstream artists? Think again

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Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France

Matt Bellamy’s hard rock powerhouse played a short snippet of Stranded at one of Europe’s biggest metal festivals last weekend

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Matt Tuck names the song that “encapsulates what Bullet For My Valentine is”: “It’s heavy, it’s melodic, it’s anthemic, it’s intricate”

And no, it’s not a track from The Poison

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AC/DC announce Australian leg of PWR⚡️UP tour

Could these be the final AC/DC shows ever?

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Linkin Park fans in Switzerland left heartbroken by last-minute cancellation

Linkin Park cancelled show in Bern due to "medical issue" and so far there's been no update

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

Biohazard, Omnium Gatherum and Beyond The Black are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense

From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

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Local council leader hopes to cancel Bournemouth date of Marilyn Manson UK tour due to sexual misconduct allegations

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s Millie Earl wants to “reinforce the message that violence against women and girls isn’t something that’s acceptable in our community”

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Muse share suitably bombastic new single Unravelling, their first new music for four years

UK trio Muse have released new single Unravelling, their first new music since 2022's Will Of The People

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Sunset Strip meets Nashville as Mötley Crüe and Dölly Partön team up for unexpected version of Home Sweet Home

Listen to Dölly Crüe's version of the classic power ballad Home Sweet Home now

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"It was a very slow descent, but it was a descent - we were going in the wrong direction": How Skunk Anansie saved themselves from sickness and uncertain times

Skunk Anansie’s future hung in the balance, but a new album and the power of love changed everything

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"This is how you make a comeback, not pandering, not acquiescing to expectations, but reconfiguring your art with fearlessness and quiet confidence." Nine Inch Nails' Peel It Back tour is a breathtaking spectacle, and a personal triumph for Trent Reznor

Nine Inch Nails wow London's O2 Arena on date three of their European tour

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“The rest of the band saw something there, something real from deep inside”: James Hetfield says that Mama Said was never meant to be a Metallica song

The Load country ballad was supposed to be a personal piece that Metallica’s frontman kept to himself, according to a recently unearthed 1996 interview

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10 classic rock and metal tunes you (probably) forgot were released as movie tie-ins

From U2 in a Batman movie to Korn in Tomb Raider and Slayer in Dracula, these songs have outshone the movies they were first featured in

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“Someone made up something and said, ‘If you believe in this, you’ll be better off when you die’”: Paradise Lost won’t offer any religious enlightenment on new album Ascension

Singer Nick Holmes talks to Metal Hammer about Paradise Lost’s new music, dealing with depression, and why the band aren’t returning to electronica any time soon

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Metal Hammer has teamed with rock festival Radar to design the cat pyjamas your wardrobe is incomplete without

Get your paws on a neon set of kitty PJs via the Louder webstore – and do it quickly, because we only have 50!

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Javier Bardem once saw a Bruce Springsteen show with Brad Pitt after being invited along by Bono, is cooler than you in every way

The No Country For Old Men star also reveals the long list of metal bands he loves, after being spotted at a Judas Priest concert last year

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