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"How have we arrived at a juncture where workers teeter towards an inequality gap reminiscent of Victorian Britain while the gilded class prosper?" Bad Breeding's Contempt is a portrait of a divided nation which deserves better

A damning state-of-the-nation address from Stevenage punks who refuse to give up hope

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“There were bad vibes with local Oslo bands saying it was crap”: how Dimmu Borgir’s controversial symphonic classic Enthrone Darkness Triumphant dragged black metal out of the shadows

The story of Dimmu Borgir’s Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, the album which drew up the blueprint for symphonic black metal

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"I was 22 when I burned an inverted cross into my forehead." Death metal icon Glen Benton talks blasphemy, fatherhood and the night a Deicide gig got bombed

Deicide might not grab headlines like they used to, but Glen Benton is happier than ever - these are the things he's learned

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“People are gonna think it’s either the last album or that we’re Trekkies”: how Iron Maiden made The Final Frontier and silenced rumours they’d reached the end of the road

In 2010, Metal Hammer joined Iron Maiden on the road in Texas to ask the question: would The Final Frontier really be their last album?

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

Ghost, Oceans Of Slumber and Powerwolf are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch Babymetal play Metal Galaxy standout Brand New Day live with megastar shredders Polyphia

The kawaii metal idols were recently joined by Polyphia’s Tim Henson and Scott LePage at their festival, Fox Fest

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Every Alcest album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best

From groundbreaking EP Le Secret to brand-new album Les Chants De L’Aurore, this is the dream-like discography of blackgaze’s pioneers ranked

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“They did it to get some kind of reaction from Jason”: Metallica producer explains why there’s no bass on …And Justice For All

Flemming Rasmussen offers his theory on why Metallica didn’t have any audible low end in 1988

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Lzzy Hale says new Halestorm album will be “weightier”, “heavier” and “different”

The US hard rockers are currently working on the followup to 2022’s Back From The Dead

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“Enjoy life, embrace it and do everything in your power to make life better”: Listen to surprise new Ghost song The Future Is A Foreign Land

The “1969-era” track is taken from the metal pontiffs’ new theatrical film, Rite Here Rite Now

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"Think Maiden’s Death On The Road or Metallica’s Quebec Magnetic as opposed to Live After Death or S&M." Within Temptation reaffirm their arena-conquering status on new live album Worlds Collide Tour: Live In Amsterdam

Recorded during Within Temptation's co-headline tour with Evanescence, Worlds Collide shows a band at the apex of their powers

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“I don’t have any qualms about playing it until the day I die.” How Nymphetamine helped Cradle Of Filth become “the Backstreet Boys” of black metal

With help from Leaves Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine and some spiritual interference from Type O Negative, Cradle Of Filth traded black metal for goth on 2004's Nymphetamine

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"Alcest are blackgaze’s undisputed masters, no matter how far they sometimes run." Black metal pioneers Alcest return to their roots on Les Chants De L’Aurore

Alcest might have a complicated relationship with blackgaze, but they return to the style with stunning results on new album Les Chants De L'Aurore

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The new issue of Metal Hammer celebrates Ghost’s debut movie spectacular, Rite Here Rite Now

Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge takes us behind the scenes of the action

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"When you're cold-calling musicians, some of whom you don’t even know, it doesn't matter who you are. It's a hard gig": How Slash organised Orgy Of The Damned

With his recent album Orgy Of The Damned – a selection of classics, each sung by a different guest singer – Slash is the latest rock superstar to take the blues road

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Scott Weiland's widow Jamie says late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman doesn't get accolades, respect and recognition he deserves

Jamie Weiland insists Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer didn't die of overdose

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"The wedding dress? That's long gone. We used to cover it in blood, so it got a little bit mouldy." Five minutes with Creeper keyboardist/vocalist, Hannah Greenwood

Hannah from Creeper talks theatre, life in the countryside and being a shy-ish rock star

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New Battlesnake album The Rise And Demise Of The Motorsteeple is proof that you can be a) heavy metal, b) silly as hell and c) really quite good

Battlesnake's mix of Aussie daftness and big, memorable tunes is a winner

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10 bands that defined Download 2024

From historic Download debuts to returning heroes, surprise sets to stage dives in the mud, these are the 10 performances that defined an unforgettable weekend at Donington

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"An all-singing, all-dancing front row seat at the most joyous show in heavy metal." Ghost's first movie Rite Here Rite Now is an instant classic

From its retina-singeing visuals to its stunning camerawork and heartfelt emotional punches, Rite Here Rite Now is a triumph

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Universal Music has signed a deal to train Artificial Intelligence to make "ultra-high fidelity vocal models" of artists signed to the label

Meanwhile, there's still no cure for cancer

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Fever 333 return with ferocious track New West Order, announce extensive US/Europe tour

Jason Aalon Butler’s rap metal unit have a stacked 2024 ahead

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“It’s part science fiction, part western gunslinger with a heavy dash of post-apocalyptic survival”: Progressive doom maestros Oceans Of Slumber announce Where Gods Fear To Speak album, release elegant single Poem Of Ecstasy

The US doom favourites will release album six in September, and its new single is as gorgeous as it is crushing

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Kirk Hammett says Metallica don’t tour enough: “What it’s all about is playing guitar and writing, recording, going out on tour”

Metallica’s guitarist wants to spend more time on the road, according to his recent appearance on the metal titans’ podcast

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Heilung announce UK and Ireland Rituals for April 2025

Pagan folk trio Heilung will release live album Lifa Iotungard (Live At Red Rocks 2021) in August

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