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"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark

Mammoth name is a tribute to Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen

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Founding Black Sabbath members visit Birmingham mural ahead of epic hometown show

See photo of Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne at Black Sabbath mural in Birmingham

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"The Melbourne crew have Glasto by the baps and balls." Aussie punks Amyl and the Sniffers just ripped Glastonbury a new one

"The crowd in front of the Other Stage is a bubbling sea of pits, dancing, headbanging and fist-pumping"

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"We’re devastated." Deftones cancel Glastonbury festival appearance due to illness

"An illness in the band is going to prevent us from playing Glastonbury tonight"

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“The English press used to call us ‘hate metal’. It fit the music”: How Kreator made Pleasure To Kill, the vicious 80s classic that put German thrash on the map

Kreator’s second album, Pleasure To Kill, proved that America didn’t have the monopoly on thrash

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“We start stomping in each others’ faces, and getting lower and lower like two sumo wrestlers”: Metallica’s Robert Trujillo reveals the inspiration behind the ‘Crab Walk’ – and it involves Ozzy Osbourne

We’ve got Ozzy to thank for Robert Trujillo’s signature onstage move

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"We refused to believe we didn't have something special." From triumph to tragedy and triumph again, how Linkin Park became the first true metal breakout of the 21st century

Linkin Park are among the most successful and influential bands the entire nu metal movement ever produced

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

Lorna Shore, Papa Roach and Witch Club Satan are among the best new metal songs this week, plus new cuts from Sinsaenum, Halestorm, Scene Queen and more.

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"I told him, 'You saved my life.'" Faith No More's Mike Bordin recalls his words of support to Ozzy Osbourne in 1990

In 1990 Faith No More teamed up with Ozzy Osbourne and James Hetfield to play War Pigs. But after the show, FNM drummer Mike Bordin recalls consoling a downcast Ozzy

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"Baba Yaga is my spirit animal." How Hollywood star and horror icon Vera Farmiga discovered a love for metal with The Yagas

The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga's band The Yagas draw on everything from Nine Inch Nails and Judas Priest to The Cure and AC/DC

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When Sabbath had the blues: Black Sabbath's early recordings as Earth to be released as The Legendary Lost Tapes

Before they invented heavy metal, Black Sabbath were a blue band called Earth…

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AC/DC add more dates to Australian PWR⚡️UP tour

"Final" shows have been added to the band's Aussie schedule

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Native James just brought grime metal to Glastonbury - and Glasto lapped it up

The UK’s premier proprietor of grime metal makes a big impact on the Greenpeace stage

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"I've actually talked about it a few times." After years of shooting down the idea, Josh Homme now says that a Kyuss reunion is "possible"

Could cult desert rock legends Kyuss rise again? Josh Homme offers fans a glimmer of hope

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“No government on stolen land should have the power to decide who is 'legal' and who is 'illegal', or who lives and who dies." Rage Against The Machine slam US politicians over "racist terror" caused by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids

RATM hit out at politicians who've created a climate of fear among immigrants to the US

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“My uncle would drink, say he was possessed and run after people with knives”: Why heavy metal is turning its back on booze

Metal stardom has long been synonymous with drinking and excess. However, the genre’s musicians are giving up alcohol younger and younger. We investigate why.

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Pelagic Fest share their 2024 After Movie celebrating last year's post-rock and prog metal event

Prog and Metal Hammer are partnering with this year's post-rock and prog metal two-day event Pelagic Fest

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“It’s an invisible bond that can’t be broken”: Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

We talk to all four members of Sabbath ahead of their final show, taking place in the city where they started heavy metal

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"I don't sit around listening to Metallica." Kirk Hammett has a new book, a new album in the works and absolutely no plans to retire

Metallica's six-string king has his sights firmly set on the future

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"Won't miss being in a sh*t band with horrible humans." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media

It seems that Brent Hinds' exit from Mastodon may not have been entirely amicable

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"My mom was a shaman." Japan's Kuunatic mix doom, psychedelia and folk with sci-fi concepts - and are one of the most brilliant bands you'll hear this year

Drawing on Shinto, sci-fi and traditional Japanese folk, Kuunatic are one of metal's most fascinating new bands

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Black Sabbath offer first glimpse of rehearsals as they prepare for bow-out concert Back To The Beginning next week

“Hello from rehearsals!” frontman Ozzy Osbourne writes on social media

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"I could have died three times since 2010": It's been 18 years since the last King Diamond album and he's getting impatient

Danish shrieker King Diamond has returned to the road with "a horror show set to music"

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AC/DC, Kiss, Stryper, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and more collide in ultimate hell-themed mashup

Hotter Than A Highway to Hell With The Devil will provide all the Satan you'll ever need

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"He has no job security, no savings, no pension, and when he can't work, no income": Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack

Writer Mick Wall has written books on Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Eagles and more

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