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King Diamond's first new song in five years has a video shot at a haunted asylum that inspired Stranger Things

Spider Lilly comes from Saint Lucifer‘s Hospital 1920, the first part of an upcoming horror trilogy

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“There’s always a lingering chance that we’re going to get back together," says Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty

Post-hardcore heroes Fugazi have been on indefinite hiatus for more than 20 years

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Do gig goers need a hero to put an end to ticketing fiascos and price gouging? And is that hero...sigh...Kid Rock?

Kid Rock says he'll work with incoming US President Donald Trump's administration to protect live music fans

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"He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, drove us to see Judas Priest." Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello celebrates the fellow iconic metal guitarist he was in a high school band with

Tom Morello heaped praise and love on another guitar legend yesterday

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"They push the genre forward." Yungblud reveals who he believes are the "best metal band under 40 years old", explains how David Bowie inspired him

Genre-hopping singer-songwriter Yungblud gives props to some British metal heavyweights and a music icon

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"I’ve said no to tours and let some opportunities go by because they’re not what I’m really interested in doing." Serj Tankian on System Of A Down, heritage and the importance of staying active

Although System Of A Down haven't released a new album in almost 20 years, that hasn't stopped frontman Serj Tankian from remaining a prolific force

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“Nothing is finished yet, but it will come”: Floor Jansen will use Nightwish’s touring hiatus to make her next solo album

No Nightwish shows? No problem! Singer Floor Jansen will still be productive during the symphonic metal titans’ downtime

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The history of heavy metal to be explored in new documentary series 'Into the Void'

Creators of Hulu documentary series vow to go "beyond the mystique" of stars who helped shape metal

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Slipknot's Clown: "We probably have several albums in us right now. It’s looking great."

Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan talks new music, debut album anniversary tour and backstage donkeys

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System Of A Down announce first full tour since 2018

The nu-metal-but-not-really favourites will trek across South America in May

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Vote for the best metal album of 2024

Whether you've loved Judas Priest or Linkin Park, Poppy or Kerry King, we want to know what albums have excited you most in 2024

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“In our heavy metal world, he’s almost as important as Elvis Presley”: Blaze Bayley remembers fellow Iron Maiden alumnus Paul Di’Anno

Iron Maiden’s 90s singer pays tribute to his fallen predecessor, who died in October at the age of 66

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"The most successful symphonic metal band in the world." Every Nightwish album ranked from worst to best

The biggest symphonic metal band of them all have had a glittering career so far. Here is every Nightwish studio full-length ranked

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More than 30 minutes of live Black Sabbath footage from 1976 has appeared online

Watch it quick, before it's gone

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"Check this out! Amazing!" Gene Simmons would like you to watch this video immediately

In which Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's sons conjure up their inner Simon & Garfunkel

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Watch surviving members of Soundgarden reunite onstage in Seattle

Billed as Nudedragons, the Soundgarden trio were joined onstage by singer Shaina Shepherd and Duff McKagan

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Watch Sid WIlson and Kelly Osbourne's son Sidney in adorable backstage moment with masked-up Slipknot

Little Sidney Wilson joins Slipknot's backstage bonding ritual – and it's the cutest thing you'll see today

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“Roger asked, ‘Who’s singing it?’ ‘Ice-T.’ ‘Approved!’” How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour to stop bickering with a cover of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb

How David Gilmour ended up playing with Body Count

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“A good heavy metal song is like a good horror movie, and vice versa. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil!“: Inside Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s lifelong love of horror

When it comes to horror Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is the man

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“I could spend hours going through the mistakes we made and were made on our behalf. We all truly felt we could be big”: The tumultuous history of Testament, thrash metal’s greatest nearly-men

If there’s a thrash metal Big Five, Bay Area bangers Testament ares strong contenders

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Watch Metallica perform rarities at 2024 Helping Hands event in Los Angeles

The 4th edition of Metallica's Helping Hands charity show featured guest appearance from Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament

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“People have tried to copy it and rip it off, but no one has come close. No one will ever beat it”: The cult metal album Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison said was as good as Reign In Blood

High praise indeed from the late Slipknot drummer

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“We had a plan. Jesus Christ, are you kidding? My whole plan was to make an album that sells more than the last one”: How Whitesnake shed their skin and made a solid gold hard rock classic with the 1987 album

David Coverdale looks back on the making of Whitesnake’s hair metal-era classic 1987

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“I was stunned and angry and told them I couldn’t even consider it”: Why Marty Friedman turned down potential Megadeth reunion in 2015

Friedman claims an insultingly low salary offer prevented Megadeth’s most legendary lineup from regrouping 10 years ago

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“I keep telling Clown that I’m just gonna throw it up on Youtube”: Slipknot guitarist Jim Root often threatens to leak long-delayed album Look Outside Your Window

Sick of waiting for Slipknot’s atmospheric rock album to come out? So is guitarist Jim Root!

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