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According to a new study, these are the 10 most popular rock band tattoos

Study reveals the top 10 rock bands inspiring tattoos globally

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"I’d love to do a crossover Sleep Token track." Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck and Trivium's Matt Heafy field questions on Welsh cuisine, punching people in the face and having a willy for a nose

Two of metal's best Matts answer questions from their biggest fans (and no, we still don't know who the next Metallica is)

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“We’re maintaining en element of prog but hopefully still being accessible”: Giant Walker chase an audience who wouldn’t normally bother with their style of groovy riffs

With elements of Deftones and Soundgarden in their experimental approach, Newcastle quartet want to preach their prog news at the heavier festivals

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"Prepare for an unforgettable night of pure metal mayhem!" Arch Enemy announce North American tour

Arch Enemy will hit the states with three killer support bands in tow

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"I hope your journeys will be safe." Black Sabbath legend Bill Ward shares message for Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain following tour retirement

One legendary heavy metal drummer pays tribute to another

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“Steve Harris from Iron Maiden said, ‘If any band can carry our torch, it’s them.’ You think, ‘Wow – do we even want that?’” Nightwish’s constant reinvention could be a chain reaction that explodes out of control

With close harmonies and a full orchestral suite on Human. :||: Nature. the band proved it was capable of endless expansion. But the experience of being mobbed and drowned out in South America offered pause for thought

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"Nigel has been running a cheese and guitar shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed": Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner reveals what the band have been up to since breaking up

A sequel to the classic Spinal Tap movie will hit theatres in 2025

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"It's finally hitting me that it's coming to an end." Sum 41's Deryck Whibley reflects as band bids farewell

Sum 41 will call it a day in a little over a month –and the reality of the looming end is starting to hit home

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"I thought I understood how big this band was, but I didn’t." Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante on the legacy of Linkin Park - and getting to play stadiums with them next year

Spiritbox might be one of the fastest-rising bands in metal today, but even they're overawed at the sheer size of Linkin Park

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"The whole thing is still as sick as ever." Slipknot put on 2024's biggest heavy metal nostalgia party in Manchester

Slipknot celebrating their iconic debut album with a visceral - if sometimes slightly too clean - show at the Co Op Live

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"Slash comes up to me and gives me a hug, and that was a moment that I will take to my grave." We asked Myles Kennedy to make us a playlist, and what he gave us is pure gold

From rock icons like Guns N' Roses and Queens Of The Stone Age to metal behemoths Gojira, it's safe to say Myles Kennedy knows his way around a riff

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"I had one mate who was massively into Deep Purple but they were a bit too proggy for me." How Frank Skinner became a born-again metalhead

Frank Skinner on the "inspirational" Judas Priest, playing in a cult Birmingham band and the heavy metal sitcom that never was

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"Why limit yourself to retreading what's already been done?" New Age philosophy, conspiracy theories and the cosmos: how Blood Incantation made death metal nerdier and cooler than ever

Mixing death metal, prog, krautrock and a dozen other ingredients besides, Blood Incantation made one of 2024's most essential records with Absolute Elsewhere

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King Diamond's first new song in five years has a video shot at a haunted asylum that inspired Stranger Things

Spider Lilly comes from Saint Lucifer‘s Hospital 1920, the first part of an upcoming horror trilogy

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“There’s always a lingering chance that we’re going to get back together," says Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty

Post-hardcore heroes Fugazi have been on indefinite hiatus for more than 20 years

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Do gig goers need a hero to put an end to ticketing fiascos and price gouging? And is that hero...sigh...Kid Rock?

Kid Rock says he'll work with incoming US President Donald Trump's administration to protect live music fans

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"He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, drove us to see Judas Priest." Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello celebrates the fellow iconic metal guitarist he was in a high school band with

Tom Morello heaped praise and love on another guitar legend yesterday

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"They push the genre forward." Yungblud reveals who he believes are the "best metal band under 40 years old", explains how David Bowie inspired him

Genre-hopping singer-songwriter Yungblud gives props to some British metal heavyweights and a music icon

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"I’ve said no to tours and let some opportunities go by because they’re not what I’m really interested in doing." Serj Tankian on System Of A Down, heritage and the importance of staying active

Although System Of A Down haven't released a new album in almost 20 years, that hasn't stopped frontman Serj Tankian from remaining a prolific force

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“Nothing is finished yet, but it will come”: Floor Jansen will use Nightwish’s touring hiatus to make her next solo album

No Nightwish shows? No problem! Singer Floor Jansen will still be productive during the symphonic metal titans’ downtime

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The history of heavy metal to be explored in new documentary series 'Into the Void'

Creators of Hulu documentary series vow to go "beyond the mystique" of stars who helped shape metal

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Slipknot's Clown: "We probably have several albums in us right now. It’s looking great."

Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan talks new music, debut album anniversary tour and backstage donkeys

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System Of A Down announce first full tour since 2018

The nu-metal-but-not-really favourites will trek across South America in May

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Vote for the best metal album of 2024

Whether you've loved Judas Priest or Linkin Park, Poppy or Kerry King, we want to know what albums have excited you most in 2024

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“In our heavy metal world, he’s almost as important as Elvis Presley”: Blaze Bayley remembers fellow Iron Maiden alumnus Paul Di’Anno

Iron Maiden’s 90s singer pays tribute to his fallen predecessor, who died in October at the age of 66

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