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"All of a sudden I was like, 'I need to know where the door is...stop! Get the mask off!'" Tobias Forge reveals the moment he had a terrifying panic attack live on stage that'd change the way he approaches Ghost shows (and the mask he wears)

One fateful night in Leeds means Tobias now has a very strict rule in place for Ghost shows

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"Seven years after they burst onto the scene, much is riding on this new album." Much hyped UK metal hopefuls Conjurer are back to their very best on Unself

Conjurer's new album is the sign of one of the UK's most promising metal bands delivering once again

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“I said, ‘If you want a great film, watch this.’ We watched it together on the tour bus, then our singer went out and bought the entire back catalogue!” Rush inspired a collective moment for an enduring Britrock band

Guitarist had always loved the Canadian trio, but his colleagues had barely heard of them until one night on the road in 2010

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"He had this ability to pull this beautiful sadness out of the bass": Watch Fred Durst pay tribute to late Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers

Fred Durst releases video tribute to the "gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful" Sam Rivers

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“It’s something I say in one of the songs – ‘The separation starts here’”: How ‘the Radiohead of metal’ broke free from nu metal to blaze their own unique trail

The story of one of the 90s most pivotal albums

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“It’s almost cooler that we never did release it. It’s become this mythical thing now”: The lost Nine Inch Nails supergroup that could have united two of rock’s most iconic singers

This early 2000s project could have been asbolutely huge

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"Before she’s shot, she was eating an ice cream." From Scottish pride to writing songs for a Hollyoaks shootout, we spent five fun, chaotic minutes with Vukovi's Janine Shilstone

Nobody does chaotic fun like Scottish alt. metallers Vukovi

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Limp Bizkit bass player Sam Rivers dead at 48

Limp Bizkit mourn the loss of their "heartbeat" as bassist Sam Rivers dies at the age of 48

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Slipknot are suing anonymous owner of the slipknot.com domain name

The metal giants have been using slipknot1.com for more than 20 years as someone else owns the preferred web address

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"They were ripping the whole place down. The bar was used as a battering ram to storm the stage." How a long wait for a metal singer's dealer to deliver the goods almost caused disaster at an iconic UK music venue

There's a reason drugs are bad, kids, and this chaotic night in Nottingham was one of them

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"He was doing something that was light years away from all of my other heroes": The five albums that changed Ace Frehley's life

In 2018 late Kiss legend Ace Frehley picked the five records that guided his path towards the stars

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“I’m gonna play it with you and I’m gonna stay out of your way as much as I can”: The A-list comedy superstar who teamed up with two nu metal bands for the weirdest collaboration of the early 2000s

The nu metal era was a weird time

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“The anthems are unloaded with the speed of a machine gun but the accuracy of a sniper”: What happened when Killswitch Engage brought one of the year’s biggest metal lineups to Wembley Arena

The venue may not be heaving, but Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy and Decapitated still put on a night of top-to-bottom excellence

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“Every time we played it, a circle-pit would open up – hip hop kids spinning with punks and heavy metal guys”: The weed-fueled 90s rap song that became a huge hit after it was adopted by metal fans

It’s a guaranteed floor-filler more than 30 years on

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

Gaerea, Cavalera Conspiracy and Despised Icon are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“We played the song and then the earthquake alarms started ringing! They had to move the festival the next year because of that.” How a death metal band ended up writing a song so catchy and bouncy it rocked a 1,600-ton bridge

You wouldn't have imagined this band writing something like this in their early days!

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“Like watching a molecular physicist beat up everyone in the pit”: This thrash metal band just released their first album since 1993 – and it’s the smartest thing to come from the genre all year

On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door

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Sabaton Legends review: If you've ever found the biggest power metal band on Earth too war-obsessed, they've got something new for you

Sabaton mix it up on album 11

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“We miss you incredibly”: At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg

Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer

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Farewell to The Spaceman: The world of rock pays tribute to Ace Frehley

Tributes to Ace Frehley have come from Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Bruce Kulick and more

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Kiss legend Ace Frehley dead at 74

"Ace’s memory will continue to live on forever!" The former Kiss guitarist's family have confirmed his passing in a statement

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Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley reportedly on life support suffering from brain bleed

Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley cancelled his 2025 dates earlier this month after suffering a fall

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Somewhere there's a recording of Ozzy Osbourne duetting with Madonna

Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna ended up singing on the same song in 1983 - but Madonna wouldn't release it

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“It was the most amazing thing. I couldn’t have written it better myself because it was just so perfectly me!" How Ozzy Osbourne produced his most emotional anthem with some inspiration from his wife Sharon - and a stunning assist from Lemmy

There wasn't a dry eye in the house the final time he played this classic live

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"It's my 'I love you' to Joey." The story of Joey Jordison's post-Slipknot bands Vimic and Sinsaenum

Four years on from the passing of Joey Jordison, two of his bands are returning to active duty: but in very different ways

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