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Watch previously unseen videos of Chris Cornell covering Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and the Rolling Stones' Wild Horses

Late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell would have turned 60 on Saturday: Vicky Cornell and Nancy Wilson released videos to mark the occasion

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“Did we do drugs in the studio? Of course. What could be better than three or four bongs before you start recording?”: how stoner-doom kings Electric Wizard made the classic Dopethrone album

Electric Wizard frontman Jus Osborn on the making of the weed enthusiasts’ classic third album Dopethrone

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"Imagine. Your phone rings and it's Anthony Hopkins": Anvil's career has taken them to unexpected places, but now they've got everything they ever wanted

Anvil's career has been a masterclass in perseverance, and they're back with studio album number 20

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“They didn’t like the idea of choruses”: Lamb Of God producer reveals one of the “pop ideas” he snuck into Ashes Of The Wake

After a bit of a struggle to make his voice heard, Gene ‘Machine’ Freeman had an idea that made one Ashes Of The Wake track a Lamb Of God classic

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“We’ve really fought. In one day something can blow up into a full-scale war. There’s been days I’ve quit the band”: how System Of A Down turned friction into genius with Toxicity

In 2001, Metal Hammer joined System Of A Down in their Hollywood HQ to talk about their brilliant second album, Toxicity

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7 new progressive metal albums that break all the genre’s rules

So many prog metal bands want to sound like Tool, Gojira or Meshuggah – but not these seven forward-thinkers

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“We didn’t meander into obscurity and make records that I wasn’t proud of. None of that ever happened”: the epic story of Soundgarden, the superstar grunge band who didn’t want to be superstars

Late, great Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell would have turned 60 on July 20 – this is the story of the band that made him famous

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"I wasn’t concerned if people who liked The Downward Spiral would like this": Trent Reznor on the making of Nine Inch Nails' epic 1999 masterpiece The Fragile

The industrial-rock titans' third record helped lay the groundwork for Reznor's hugely-successful career as a film composer

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

Fever 333, Simone Simons and Zeal & Ardor are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Slayer guitarist Gary Holt declares his love for Taylor Swift: “Why all the hate? She’s an extraordinarily hard worker!”

From “Kill the Kardashians” to “I love Taylor Swift!”

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Heavy Psych Sounds Fest is returning to London, with Dozer, Black Rainbows, Lord Dying and more booked to perform

Dozer, Black Rainbows, Lord Dying, Black Tusk and more will play Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Camden this November

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“We are still disturbed, but not surprised, by the violence and the division and despair”: Genre-busters Ulver go full Depeche Mode on surprise new single Hollywood Babylon

It’s the fifth song from the Norwegian collective’s newest album, which is being released track by track

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“The director lost control of the crowd and chaos ensued.” Ex-Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell shares his memories of 'starring' in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video

There were around 40 'extras' on the Smells Like Teen Spirit video shoot. Burton C. Bell was one of them

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Former Great White frontman Jack Russell diagnosed with two degenerative illnesses, announces retirement from touring

"I am unable to perform at the level I desire and at the level you deserve" - Jack Russell

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The 100 songs that changed metal

From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre

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“When you’ve got a singer that is so eaten up with jealousy for the headliner, it never goes well”: Sharon Osbourne remembers pelting Iron Maiden with eggs, still doesn’t like Bruce Dickinson very much

Iron Maiden were egged by Sharon Osbourne and had their power cut during a co-headline set at Ozzfest 2005

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The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates 40 years of Metallica’s Ride The Lightning and the year that thrash exploded

The cover features brand new, official Metallica artwork

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“Just like anyone who plays, you find your favourites and the others need to go!” Metallica legend Jason Newsted is selling 60 of his guitars and basses

Newsted’s instruments, including the bass that recorded classic Metallica track Until It Sleeps, will be available from July 24

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“The most boring family known to mankind”: Britney Spears vs the Osbournes is the newest beef nobody saw coming

Any diss tracks that come from this would surely be glorious

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Lamb Of God go industrial rock! Hear Health’s official remix of classic Laid To Rest here

The clanging reinterpretation is taken from a 20th-anniversary reissue of Ashes Of The Wake, out next month

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"An ambitious blend of groove, death and nu metal elements, with frenzied Afrobeat polyrhythms." Dzikkuh proves Togo's Arka'n Asrafokor are the band every metalhead should know in 2024

Cited as "Togo's only metal band", Arka'n Asrafokor set their sights on global recognition with ambitious second album

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"I had never heard anything that raw and heavy and fast in my life": Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy picks the 10 albums that changed his life

These aren't Mike Portnoy's favourite albums - they're much more important than that

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Helmet announce US tour, plus UK and European dates celebrating the 30th anniversary of Betty

"We’re stoked to get back to Europe to perform the entire Betty album for the last time" says Page Hamilton

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"In a country with a nearly 80% Christian population, you can see the genuine social rebellion of metal in full force." Botswana death metallers Overthrust unleash another solid slab of noise with Slaves Of Myth

Botswana's premier death metal cowboys return

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"Samara from The Ring is a fashion icon!" Genre-mashing Eurovision star Bambie Thug names the five horror movies that have terrified them the most

Bambie Thug is a horror fanatic, so we asked them to name the films that have stuck with them through the years

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