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I used to feel like a geek for loving prog metal. In 2025, it’s taking over the world – and I couldn’t be happier!

Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

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I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best

Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list

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The Secret Service locked Rage Against The Machine in their dressing room after bassist tried to “attack” a billionaire on SNL

Incensed by the band having a song cut from their set last-minute, Tim Commerford marched into the dressing room of guest host Steve Forbes and drew the ire of the Secret Service

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"When you have a band this good, I believe in showing it off": Alice Cooper announces shows in Wales and Scotland

Alice Cooper's new dates come in addition to his already-announced European tour schedule

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Injured Orianthi drops out of Alice Cooper tour at last minute – replacement already announced

Orianthi was originally brought in to replace Nita Strauss on Alice Cooper's upcoming tour

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"No one else is making contemporary heavy metal on their level." Every Trivium album ranked from worst to best

Rating the storied career of one of modern metal's most important bands as they head out on tour to celebrate 20 years of Ascendancy

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Hear Deafheaven go back to black metal with new single Magnolia

The California blackgaze darlings will release Lonely People With Power, their first album in four years, on March 28

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Wardruna fans! Order this exclusive 2LP Birna vinyl and signed art card bundle, only through the Metal Hammer store

Pick up a 2LP version of Wardruna’s shamanic new album, along with a signed memento you won’t find anywhere else

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“Two years ago, I was robbed in São Paulo. Two guys on motorcycles put a gun to my head”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande explains the hidden meanings in his mask – including that gruesome bullet hole

The design also references Brazilian culture and Slipknot’s late founding drummer, Joey Jordison

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“Man, it was amazing, the reactions we got for a Britney Spears cover. A lot of kids were super-mad at us”: The rocket-fuelled rise of Finnish hellraisers Children Of Bodom

Children Of Bodom did as much as HIM and Nightwish to put Finnish metal on the map

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It was darker than other bands but. It really got me to let go of the old and embrace the new”: The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal

The alt-metal classic that came out of nowhere and changed everything

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“We didn’t want to do a cheap cash-in, a quick reunion album. We took our damn time”: How extreme metal legends Celtic Frost returned from the dead with the Monotheist album

The story of the second coming of Celtic Frost

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“Some of the people I thought were good were actually bad. I felt a lot of betrayal and uncertainty”: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach explains the trauma and anger behind new album This Consequence

Jesse Leach tried to write “words of wisdom” for Killswitch Engage’s next album, but it ended up containing the angriest songs of their career

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“It used to be an adventure, that’s why I did all those drugs. But after a while it stops being awesome and that’s the reality”: How Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes faced his own demons to make That‘s The Spirit

Oli Sykes pulled himself of the darkness for BMTH’s 2015 album That’s The Spirit

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“Walk into a strip joint and nine times out of 10 you’ll hear this song. It brings tears to my eyes”: The chaotic story of Girls, Girls, Girls, the album that almost killed Motley Crue

The album that kicked Motley Crue to the next level – and nearly killed them

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"Once again, our justice system has failed survivors." Games of Thrones actress Esme Bianco speaks out as news breaks that Marilyn Manson will not face criminal charges in relation to allegations of sexual assault and domestic violence

After a four year investigation, Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman says sexual assault charges levelled at Marilyn Manson could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt

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"People told me our records had saved their life." How Big Brave bounced back from burnout to create a unifying cry in A Chaos Of Flowers

Burned out in 2021, Big Brave's Robin Wattie looked to accounts of "women, people of colour and queers" to draw strength and inspiration to keep going

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Watch Linkin Park’s Emily Armstrong prove her vocal prowess in her first take recording Heavy Is The Crown

The nu metal titans have released the footage to promote an a cappella version of latest album From Zero

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

Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage and Electric Callboy lead a stacked week of brilliant new metal singles. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since parting ways with the nu metal icons in 2023

The now-Suicidal Tendencies drummer played two Slipknot songs during a recent clinic in Paris

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“Three guitars? I don’t get that. I’ll step down!” Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith came back – but one member almost quit because of it

In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist

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"Wardruna remain a genuine force of nature." Heilung might've played Glastonbury, but Birna shows Wardruna are still the grand daddies of Nordic folk

As one of the leading figures behind the Nordic folk renaissance, Einar Selvik returns to claim the crown with Birna

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Linkin Park have released an a cappella version of new album From Zero for all your Linkin Park a cappella needs

Love Linkin Park but hate the music? This is the album for you!

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"This album wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t toured with Cult of Luna." How avant-metal maverick Julie Christmas made the weird and wonderful Ridiculous and Full Of Blood

Julie Christmas explains the weird and wonderful processes behind Ridiculous And Full Of Blood

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"We're in debt to Slayer forever." Ice-T explains why Slayer's comeback is great for metal fans

Body Count frontman and self-professed Slayer superfan Ice-T talks the return of the Big Four's most notorious band

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