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“Rob Halford shows up in a jean jacket and I’m like, ‘Oh, this guy, come on!’” Slayer’s Kerry King explains why Judas Priest were a “letdown” at 1981 gig

Slayer’s guitarist was gutted the first time he saw Judas Priest onstage 40-plus years ago

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Napalm Death announce the rowdiest EU/UK tour of 2025 with Crowbar, Full Of Hell and Brat

In the words of modern prophet Jennifer Lopez, let’s get loud!

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“You could argue we were the quintessential cult band. But I was thinking, ‘We can be more than this’”: In Absentia sold poorly, influenced greatly, and marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree

They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again

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"It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you": Megadeth vs Peter Frampton is the 2024 beef no one saw coming

That escalated quickly, etc

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Poppy announces her genre-bending new album, Negative Spaces

Nu-gen pioneer Poppy has shared details of her new studio album, Negative Spaces

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"Someone said, 'If you see them without their masks on, they will come and kill you!'" Why I love Slipknot's debut album, by Jamie Campbell Bower

The Bloodmagic frontman and Stranger Things actor on why Slipknot's first album remains unlike any other in metal

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“The moshpit may take breaks, but the singalongs seldom do”: Zeal & Ardor go avant-garde without hindering their hooks at electric London gig

At a crammed O2 Empire Shepherds Bush, Zeal & Ardor shed their ‘black metal meets spirituals’ tag with a set of new, experimental anthems

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"Things have always been ****ed up." How death, cancer and a whole pandemic helped make Yesterwynde the most optimistic Nightwish album yet

Despite an unbelievable amount of personal setbacks, Nightwish rallied to make one of 2024's best metal albums. Here's how

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"We’re so excited for players and fans to experience this!”: Watch Linkin Park debut new single Heavy Is The Crown at recent Hamburg show

Linkin Park unveiled the second single from their forthcoming reunion album From Zero at their show at Barclays Arena in Hamburg this weekend, and it's set to be used as the League Of Legends World Championship anthem

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Watch Killswitch Engage reunite with ex-singer Howard Jones at emotional homecoming show in Massachusetts

Howard joined his old bandmates for the performance of three songs on Saturday night

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Slayer have just played their first set in five years - see their reunion setlist and watch fiery video footage here

Thrash titans Slayer have just returned to the stage after a 1759 day hiatus

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Slipknot's set at Knotfest Iowa cut short by severe weather

Slipknot forced to play earlier than planned and were onstage for under an hour as weather turned ugly

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“We weren’t arrogant enough to think we were suddenly the most important band in the world. We just knew we were”: A metal fan’s guide to Rush

Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal

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“They actually asked Judas Priest to write music for it. We saw it and decided to avoid it like the plague”: The inside story of Rock Star, Hollywood’s infamous attempt to make a heavy metal movie

Loosely based on Judas Priest, Rock Star saw Hollywood trying to make a metal movie – but does it deserve the hate it gets?

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“You would see them lift their masks, puke in a bucket and keep going!” Slipknot’s first manager remembers wild 90s Iowa shows

Sophia John reflects on the rabid gigs Slipknot played as they made themselves known in the mid-to-late 90s

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“Had we not made this record the way it sounded, I’m not certain there would have been another album”: How Opeth ditched the death growls and fully embraced prog on Heritage

In 2011, Opeth released Heritage – and cut the the last cord with their death metal past

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“It was total overkill. We were getting in all sorts of trouble. I thought, ‘I’ve got two months of this, I’m going to be dead at the end of it!’” The epic story of Iron Maiden‘s conquest of America

In 1981, a young Iron Maiden made their first trip to the USA. And the USA didn’t know what hit it

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The 15 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Wardruna, Body Count and Nightwish are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"A true believer, sharp as a knife, heart of gold." A tribute to Michelle Kerr, the ass-kicking, passionate PR legend who helped shape modern metal as we know it

Michelle Kerr, PR for Slipknot, Machine Head, Slayer, Megadeth and many more, died on Saturday. She leaves behind a legacy as one of the metal industry's most beloved figureheads

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Norse folk shamen Wardruna announce new album Birna with single Himinndotter

The collective, as heard on juggernaut TV series Vikings, will release their next album in January

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Slayer have their own hot sauce now, and we can’t believe it isn’t called “Hell Awaits”

Slayer’s Raining Blood hot sauce contains red ghost peppers, guaranteed to give your tastebuds a good, scorchy thrashing

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“We have to carry on howling, no matter how wrong it feels”: Ulver release Locusts and Nocturne #2, their first songs since longtime member Tore Ylwizaker’s death

Ulver continue to drop new songs from their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album, despite losing their long-serving keyboardist/producer last month

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Fever 333 double down on promoting new album Darker White by releasing two singles at once

Fever 333 have released not one, not three, but two new songs at the same time. Hear Murderer and Nosebleeds here.

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"They made it relevant again!" David Gilmour guests on Body Count cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb

Ice-Ts Body Count will release their new album Merciless in November

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“Lars called me, and you’re on a shortlist”: Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was in the running to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica

Megadeth’s David Ellefson was shortlisted to join Metallica in 2003 – and he found out because Dave Mustaine told him

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