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What the 2026 Grammys got right about rock and metal this year - and what they got very wrong

As is so often the case, the rock and metal representation at this year's Grammys was a mix of deserved recognition and total clangers

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"We've experienced the biggest loss we will ever go through." Kelly Osbourne reveals why the Osbourne family are "closer than ever" following Ozzy's death - and has an emotional reaction to the epic Grammys tribute starring Post Malone and Slash

Ozzy not being here any more still feels as raw and surreal as ever

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"The community we found through punk and hardcore music has given us a safe place to swing in the dark." Turnstile win big in the rock and metal categories at the 2026 Grammys, Yungblud and Nine Inch Nails also winners

Other winners included Yungblud, Nine Inch Nails and The Cure

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"I was trying to make a butt sex joke and it was dumb." Maynard James Keenan regrets some of the lyrics he wrote on those early Tool records

Widely regarded as a smart and witty lyricist, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks he could have done better on some tracks

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“We didn’t expect to be Bon Jovi. We didn’t go into this band wanting to own 15 houses and have 17 supermodels on speed dial”: The 90s alt-rock superstars who lost half their audience and angered Axl Rose by making the most antagonistic album “in history”

How Faith No More made ‘the least commercial follow-up to a hit record in history’

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"The real ideological Nazis began coming out of the closet and attacked our shows." How pockets of mindless violence inspired the most important 63 seconds of punk you'll ever hear

Even 45 years after its release, this 1981 single remains depressingly relevant today

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“It makes you wanna hurt someone real bad. They always have the most violent pits. Their riffs just bring out the aggression in people”: The three iconic metal albums that changed Ice-T’s life

Riffs, beats and smackdowns - this is the soundtrack to Ice-T’s life

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From reggae/metal mash-ups to riff-stacked prog, these are the 11 new metal tracks that everybody needs to hear this week

Skindred, Sevendust and Møl spearhead a week of amazing new music. Listen to it all and vote for your favourite song here.

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"I said, 'Only call me if it’s AC/DC or the Rolling Stones.' A week in, the phone rings, and it’s my agent saying AC/DC called. What?!" From her dad touring with Aerosmith to singing in The Grinch, Taylor Momsen on her life in music and movies

The Pretty Reckless singer has learned some extremely useful lessons across her unique career

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“Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it was like, ‘Oh my god’”: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and more remember how thrash metal took over the world 40 years ago

1986 was the year where thrash metal broke through. We got the genre’s leading bands to look back on those whirlwind 12 months.

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"Some other very well-known people were at that first jam": Adrian Smith on how Smith/Kotzen got started, bonding over British rock and Iron Maiden's big homecoming

Guitarists Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen are preparing to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK and Europe

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“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about: giving young talent a stage in front of a lot of people”: Sharon Osbourne is talking to Live Nation about bringing Ozzfest back

She’s hoping for a return next year, with a lineup that goes beyond rock and metal

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“I think we’re headed to some really ugly terrain”: Ice-T explains why he changed lyrics from Body Count’s Cop Killer to ‘ICE Killer’ last year, as government agency faces heightened backlash for 2026 killings

United States Immigration And Custom Enforcement agents have fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis this month

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“Why would I want to play with those guys?” Dave Mustaine doesn’t want to reunite with certain former Megadeth members because they bad-mouthed him in interviews

It doesn’t help that other ex-members have apparently given up their instruments, as well

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“I’m taking care of myself for the first time ever”: Metallica, Slayer and Kiss members appear in new trailer for Paul Di’Anno documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer

Written and directed by Lemmy’s Wes Orshoski, the rock doc is due to come out later this year

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"New York is an eccentric city. We met a police officer smoking a cigar outside JFK and got in a cab while Africa by Toto blasted out of the radio." How memories of a "surreal" first US trip re-lit a fire under one of Britain's best young bands

Marmozets announce first new album since 2018

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"Sometimes all your fans want is to keep living the same experience over and over again": The story of the love/hate hit that split the Judas Priest fan base

Rob Halford recalls how Judas Priest celebrated 1980s materialism - complete with sexy motor imagery and state-of-the-art studio technology

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"Mars was forced to admit under oath that his statements were false": Mötley Crüe claim comprehensive victory in legal battle with Mick Mars

Mick Mars must pay Mötley Crüe a portion of the advance he received for shows in which he did not subsequently perform

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“He’s always had more to say than can be expressed in just one band”: Every solo album by Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson ranked from worst to best

Even if you take The Beast out of the equation, Bruce Dickinson has had a magical career. Here are his seven albums in reverse-order of excellence.

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“There’s no other explanation for how bad we looked”: Basketball fan goes viral after suggesting their team lost because a Ghost concert cursed the arena

One Reddit user implies that the Charlotte Hornets embarrassed Orlando Magic on the court last week thanks to a recent show filled with “Devil imagery”

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"You guys got more money than God, why do you have to take my money?" Dave Mustaine on his conversation with James Hetfield that ended Metallica's plan to release their legendary No Life 'Til Leather demo on vinyl and CD

Dave Mustaine understandably isn't prepared to be pressured into backing down on his contributions to Metallica's early success

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“I wouldn’t say I’m an alcoholic – but then, you know, alcoholics say they’re not alcoholics”: The chaotic and confusing story of Metallica’s abandoned album

In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.

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"What we're doing is more closely related to Lady Gaga than many rock bands." Ghost frontman Tobias Forge reveals what the Swedish metallers have in common with one of pop's biggest icons

The singer also sheds more light on the issues his masks have given him over the years

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“I just want this dementia-riddled sociopath and his cabinet of freaks removed from office”: Lamb Of God, Converge and other leading metal bands speak out following fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis

Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe lambasts the “open moral collapse” of the US government, joining the chorus of voices criticising Immigration And Customs Enforcement’s actions in Minnesota

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"We spend a lot of time stabbing babies, fornicating with dogs, bombing churches." The dark, twisted, brilliant but largely forgotten grunge band who could have been bigger than Nirvana

The story of the cult Seattle band who should have become superstars but couldn't catch a break

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